Global Land/Atmosphere System Study (GLASS)
Panel
GLASS supports the improvement of estimates and representation of land-surface states and fluxes in models, the interaction with the overlying atmosphere, and maximizing the fraction of inherent predictability. The present structure is centered around three themes: Model Data Fusion, Benchmarking, and Land-Atmosphere Coupling.
Contacts: Martin Best and Joseph Santanello
GLASS Website
Acceleration of Land Surface Model Development Over a Decade of GLASS
DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00007.1
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GLASS Projects |
Description |
GLACE-2 - Global Land-Atmosphere
Coupling Experiment
Contact: Randal Koster
Website |
The second phase of GLACE is aimed at quantifying, across a broad range of state-of-the-art forecast models, the subseasonal forecast skill associated with the initialization of land surface state variables. The design is based upon the successful pilot experiment (GLACE-1) and is built around a comprehensive suite of 60-day forecasts that are evaluated against observed precipitation and air temperature fields.
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 LoCo - Local coupled land-atmospheric Modelling
Contact: Joseph Santanello
Website
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Understand,
model and predict the role of local land-atmosphere coupling in the evolution of
land-atmosphere fluxes and state variables, including clouds. |
 LUCID - Land-Use and Climate, Identification of robust impacts
Contact: Andrew Pitman
Website
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Joint GEWEX/GLASS and IGBP/iLEAPS Project to identify and quantify the impacts of land-used induced land-cover changes on the evolution of climate between the pre-industrial epoch and present-day. |
PILPS - Project for the Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes
Contact: Andrew Pitman
Website
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Contribute to improved understanding of continental surface and near-surface processes through international intercomparison of current state-of-the-art parameterization schemes employed in coupled climate, atmospheric and earth system models.
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ALMA - Assistance
for Land-surface Modelling Activities
Contact: Jan Polcher
Website
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Provide
a data exchange format that is general and flexible enough to evolve with the needs of
land-surface schemes.
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 GSWP-2 -
Global Soil Wetness Project
Website
This project concluded in 2006
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GSWP-2
was an environmental modelling research activity. |
