A review of parametrization schemes for land surface processes
April 2001

 

By Pedro Viterbo

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

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Table of contents


1 . Introduction

2 . General remarks

3 . Soil and water budget

4 . Examples of parametrization schemes

5 . Subgrid-scale heterogeneity

6 . Validation and intercomparison

7 . Initial values

8 . Snow modelling

9 . Conclusions

References