Impact of the Choice of Land Surface Scheme on a Simulated Heatwave Event: The Case of Sichuan-Chongqing Area, China

Figure 3

Distributions of SAT06 difference fields (unit: °C) for August 10, 2006, due to different LSSs and simulation lengths (a–h) and the domain- (A3-) averaged DAY1 diurnal SAT variations (i) and SAT06 (j).

(a) DAY1–DAY5 (SLAB)

(b) DAY1–DAY10 (RUC)

(c) DAY1–DAY10 (NOAH)

(d) DAY1–DAY8 (NOAH_MP)

(e) DAY1–DAY10 (CLM4)

(f) CLM4-NOAH (DAY1)

(g) CLM4-NOAH_MP (DAY4)

(h) RUC-SLAB (DAY8)

(i) Diurnal SAT variation (DAY1)

(j) SAT06 on August 10, 2006