Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1217-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1217-2018
Research article
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17 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2018

A theoretical approach to assess soil moisture–climate coupling across CMIP5 and GLACE-CMIP5 experiments

Clemens Schwingshackl, Martin Hirschi, and Sonia I. Seneviratne

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Changing amounts of water in the soil can have a strong impact on atmospheric temperatures. We present a theoretical approach that can be used to quantify the effect that soil moisture has on temperature and validate it using climate model simulations in which soil moisture is prescribed. This theoretical approach also allows us to study the soil moisture effect on temperature in standard climate models, even if they do not provide dedicated soil moisture simulations.
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