Sensitivity Study of Four Land Surface Schemes in the WRF Model

Table 2

Domain-wide averaged observations and simulations for precipitation and surface air temperature as shown in Figure 2. Summer is June, July, and August, and winter for temperature is December, January, and February. Precipitation is for November 1995 through March 1996 only.

		OBS	CLM	NOAH	RUC	STD
Summer	𝑇max (°C)	29.1	28.1	25.6	28.7	26.1
	𝑇min (°C)	11.6	11.7	13.2	13.9	13.4
Winter	𝑇max (°C)	5.5	2.9	4.2	2.5	8.7
	𝑇min (°C)	−7.4	−6.4	−3.4	−5.3	2.0
	Precip (cm/month)	4.8	10.7	10.7	10.4	10.9