Impacts of grid resolution on surface energy fluxes simulated with an integrated surface-groundwater flow model

Shrestha, P.; Sulis, M.; Simmer, C.; Kollet, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4317-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4317-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4317-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 10

Research article

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23 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 23 Oct 2015

Impacts of grid resolution on surface energy fluxes simulated with an integrated surface-groundwater flow model

P. Shrestha, M. Sulis, C. Simmer, and S. Kollet

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RC C2831: 'Review: some discussion required on two issues', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Jul 2015
- AC C3006: 'Authors Response to comments on Paper by Anonymous Reviewer #1', Prabhakar Shrestha, 06 Aug 2015
RC C2921: 'Paper by Shrestha et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Jul 2015
- AC C3008: 'Authors Response to comments on Paper by Anonymous Reviewer #2', Prabhakar Shrestha, 06 Aug 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (20 Sep 2015) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by Prabhakar Shrestha on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Sep 2015) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by Prabhakar Shrestha on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2015)

Short summary

This study highlights the grid resolution dependence of energy and water balance of the 3-D physically based integrated surface-groundwater model. The non-local controls of soil moisture were found to be highly grid resolution dependent, but the local vegetation control strongly modulates the scaling behavior of surface energy fluxes. For coupled runs, variability in patterns of surface fluxes due to this scale dependence can affect the simulated atmospheric boundary layer and local circulation.