Progress ELDAS “Point” Validation (ELDAS Progress Meeting, December 2003, Madrid) Cor Jacobs, Herbert Ter Maat, Eddy Moors
Contents Tasks Data collection Preliminary validation DWD results (TERRA, 2 months) CarboEurope Sites Scinty Sites Flevopolder ELDORADO and SAFFRAN To be solved
“Point” Validation: Tasks WP4100: Check validity of ELDAS product is there a relation between model output and reality? Extra (agreed during 1 st progress meeting): radiation ELDORADO versus SAFFRAN radiation
Validation sites and data collection progress CarboEurope Autonomous experiments PLAP Scintillometer Experiments, WU BALTEX
Model data production for validation
Flux Sites 1: CarboEurope Sites Forest sites On tall towers Various fluxes, hardly any soil moisture observations need moisture indicators ( , ,…)
Net Radiation: CarboEurope Sites / DWD model Albedo?!
Evapotransration: CarboEurope Sites / DWD model Albedo, r s, z o, soil, … ?
P-E: CarboEurope Sites / DWD model
Soil Moisture Increments and P-E (Normalized)
Soil Moisture Increments and Evaporative Fraction
Further Actions (1): CarboEurope Sites Complete data collection Databases 1 ELDAS year Comparison: timeseries, trends, quality indicators Normalized fluxes (and gridbox adjustment?) Moisture indicators ( , ) Temperature / humidity Soil moisture increments
Flux Sites 2: Scintillometer Sites (WAU) Sensible heat flux Heterogeneous area, average over 1-5 km Latent heat flux: indirect (from surface energy balance)
Scinty’s Flux Sites: H and G (noon)
Large Scale Irrigation! Scinty’s Flux Sites: Soil Moisture Increment (noon) Cumulatieve Soil Moisture Increment (mm)
Further Actions (2): Scinty Sites Re-format data Explore alternatives to compute E Comparison: timeseries, trends, quality indicators Normalized fluxes (and gridbox adjustment?) Moisture indicators ( , ) Temperature / humidity Irrigation data Soil moisture increments
Soil Moisture Sites: PLAP (Geus), Flevopolder (ESA) Agricultural Area Soil moisture measurements Many details in space and/or time, but hardly any additional data
Soil moisture (-5cm): Flevopolder / DWD model (1)
Soil moisture (-5cm): Flevopolder / DWD model (2)
Soil moisture (-5cm): Flevopolder / DWD model (3)
Further Actions (3): Soil Moisture Sites Re-format data Include BALTEX data Comparison: timeseries, trends, quality indicators Normalized soil moisture (and gridbox adjustment?) Effect of soil type Soil moisture in well-defined layers Soil moisture increments Effect of drainage? Estimate P-E?
Radiation schemes comparison
Correlation diagram between radiation models A simple correlation diagram between ELDORADO and SAFFRAN for 10 July :00 GMT
Correlation and slope ELDORADO/SAFFRAN
Validation ELDORADO (Carpentras) longwaveshortwave x axis: model, y-axis: observations
Validation SAFFRAN (Carpentras) longwaveshortwave x axis: model, y-axis: observations
Further Actions (4): Radiation Schemes Include Hesse (Sarrebourgh CarboEurope site; shortewave only) Further analyses radiation fields Think about conclusions
To be solved: defining “reality” Model surface versus observation space (Gridpoint Adjustment?) Land cover and characteristics Soil Type Irrigation, drainage Trivial Matters (Define your data!) Synchronisation Height/Depth/Layers