Author
Crow, Wade | |
SU, CHUN-HSU - University Of Melbourne | |
RYU, D. - University Of Melbourne | |
YILMAZ, M.T. - Collaborator |
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 4/15/2015 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: The correct interpretation of ensemble 3 soil moisture information obtained from the parallel implementation of multiple land surface models (LSMs) requires information concerning the LSM ensemble’s mutual error covariance. Here we propose a new technique for obtaining such information using an instrumental variable (IV) regression approach and comparisons against a long-term surface soil moisture dataset obtained from satellite remotesensing. Application of the approach to multi-model ensemble soil moisture output from the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2), and multi-satellite European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture (SM) Essential Climate Variable (ECV) dataset, allows for the calculation of optimal weighting coefficients for individual members of a the NLDAS-2 ensemble and a biased-minimized estimate of uncertainty in a deterministic soil moisture analysis derived via such optimal weighted averaging. As such, it provides key information required to accurately condition soil moisture expectations using information gleaned from a multi-model LSM ensemble. However, existing continuity and rescaling concerns surrounding the generation of long-term, satellite-based soil moisture products must likely be resolved before the proposed approach can be applied with full confidence. |