LS3MIP: Land Surface, Snow and Soil Moisture Model Intercomparison Project

In the context of WCPR's Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) and the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) are putting forward a joint model intercomparison (and improvement) project. The aims of the Land Surface, Snow and Soil Moisture Model Intercomparison Project (LS3MIP) are:

• Assess the performance of current land surface modules of Earth System Models
• Quantify land surface feedbacks in a changing climate

General information on LS3MIP

• LS3MIP Objectives and Design
• Paper on LS3MIP (van den Hurk et al., 2016)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

List of prioritized variables

Some model centers will not be able to disseminate their data on the ESGF grid until late autumn. Therefore, we may want to distribute some data internally beforehand, concentrating on a subset of variables; please indicate which ones you are interested in. Try to keep this to as few as possible!

• List of Variables (google sheets)

Experimental setup

The experimental setup has been simplified and redefined after the initial description in the LS3MIP paper by van den Hurk et al. (2016).

• Tier 1 experiments
• Tier 2 experiments

• Status of simulations (google sheets)

Proposed analyses

• Proposed analyses (google docs)
• (old list)

Meeting Notes

• Minutes kickoff meeting (11.09.2017)
• LandMIP workshop Oct 2018
• LS3MIP Teleconference on Jan 25, 2019
• LS3MIP teleconference on April 29, 2019
• LS3MIP teleconference on Oct 15, 2019
• Teleconference on LandHist Papers, July 17, 2020

Data

• Status of GSWP3 Forcing data
• Questions Data requests (A. Ducharne)

Edit LS3MIP wiki

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• Please contact Mathias Hauser or Urs Beyerle if you want to become a member