Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2701-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2701-2022
Brief communication
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11 Jul 2022
Brief communication |  | 11 Jul 2022

Brief communication: Improving ERA5-Land soil temperature in permafrost regions using an optimized multi-layer snow scheme

Bin Cao, Gabriele Arduini, and Ervin Zsoter

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Improving ERA5-Land soil temperature in permafrost regions Bin Cao, Gabriele Arduini, and Ervin Zsoter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6008389

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We implemented a new multi-layer snow scheme in the land surface scheme of ERA5-Land with revised snow densification parameterizations. The revised HTESSEL improved the representation of soil temperature in permafrost regions compared to ERA5-Land; in particular, warm bias in winter was significantly reduced, and the resulting modeled near-surface permafrost extent was improved.