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Advances in land surface modelling

Abstract:
Land surface models have an increasing scope. Initially designed to capture the feedbacks between the land and the atmosphere as part of weather and climate prediction, they are now used as a critical tool in the urgent need to inform policy about land-use and water-use management in a world that is changing physically and economically. This paper outlines the way that models have evolved through this change of purpose and what might the future hold. It highlights the importance of distinguishing between advances in the science within the modelling components, with the advances of how to represent their interaction. This latter aspect of modelling is often overlooked but will increasingly manifest as an issue as the complexity of the system, the time and space scales of the system being modelled increase. These increases are due to technology, data availability and the urgency and range of the problems being studied.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s40641-021-00171-5

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
Oxford college:
Christ Church
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-6144-4639


Publisher:
Springer
Journal:
Current Climate Change Reports More from this journal
Volume:
7
Issue:
2
Pages:
45-71
Publication date:
2021-05-11
Acceptance date:
2021-02-17
DOI:
EISSN:
2198-6061


Language:
English
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Review
Pubs id:
1180115
Local pid:
pubs:1180115
Deposit date:
2021-06-25
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