Comparison of land surface humidity between observations and CMIP5 models

We compare the latest observational land surface humidity dataset, HadISDH, with the latest generation of climate models extracted from the CMIP5 archive and the ERA-Interim reanalysis over the period 1973 to present. The globally averaged behaviour of HadISDH and ERA-Interim are very similar in...

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Main Authors: R. J. H. Dunn, K. M. Willett, A. Ciavarella, P. A. Stott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-08-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:https://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/8/719/2017/esd-8-719-2017.pdf