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Assimilating ESA CCI land surface temperature into the ORCHIDEE land surface model: insights from a multi-site study across Europe
Luis-Enrique Olivera-Guerra
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), CEA–CNRS–Université Paris-Saclay, Orme Des Merisiers, 91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
Catherine Ottlé
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), CEA–CNRS–Université Paris-Saclay, Orme Des Merisiers, 91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
Nina Raoult
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
Philippe Peylin
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), CEA–CNRS–Université Paris-Saclay, Orme Des Merisiers, 91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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Short summary
We assimilate the recent ESA-CCI land surface temperature (LST) product to optimize parameters of a land surface model (ORCHIDEE). We test different assimilation strategies to evaluate the best strategy over various in situ stations across Europe. We also provide advice on how to assimilate this LST product to better simulate LST and surface energy fluxes. Finally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of this optimization, which is essential to better simulate future projections.
We assimilate the recent ESA-CCI land surface temperature (LST) product to optimize parameters...
