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

Figure 8

(a, c, e, g, and i) Domain A3-averaged initial soil moisture contents (unit: m³m⁻³) and (b, d, f, h, and j) soil moisture variations (unit: m³m⁻³) for the LSSs over time for the following soil layers: RUC (Level 1: 0 cm; Level 2: 5 cm; Level 3: 20 cm; Level 4: 40 cm; Level 5: 160 cm; Level 6: 300 cm), NOAH and NOAH_MP (Layer 1: 0–10 cm; Layer 2: 10–40 cm; Layer 3: 40–100 cm; Layer 4: 100–200 cm), CLM4 (Layer 1: 0–1.75 cm; Layer 2: 1.75–4.51 cm; Layer 3: 4.51–9.06 cm; Layer 4: 9.06–16.56 cm; Layer 5: 16.56–28.92 cm; Layer 6: 28.92–49.3 cm; Layer 7: 49.3–82.9 cm; Layer 8: 82.9–138.29 cm; Layer 9: 138.29–229.62 cm; Layer 10: 229.62–343.32 cm), and FNL (Layer 1: 0–10 cm; Layer 2: 10–40 cm; Layer 3: 40–100 cm; Layer 4: 100–200 cm); (k) daily average precipitation variations for the LSSs and observations over time (unit: mm).

(a) RUC-Initial

(b) RUC-Temporally Averaged

(c) NOAH-Initial

(d) NOAH-Temporally Averaged

(e) NOAH_MP-Initial

(f) NOAH_MP-Temporally Averaged

(g) CLM4-Initial

(h) CLM4-Temporally Averaged

(i) FNL-Initial

(j) FNL-Temporally Averaged

(k) Precipitation-Temporally Averaged