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On the influence of different initial conditions on the soil temperature of Egypt using a regional climate model
* 1 , 2
1  Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Qobry EL-Kobba, Cairo, Egypt, P.O. Box 11784
2  Department of Water Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
Academic Editor: Francesco Arcadio

Abstract:

Soil temperature is an important indicator for monitoring the root’s environment of natural vegetation or crops. Regional Climate Models (RCMs) are valuable tools for simulating the soil temperature profile on a hierarchy of time scales ranging from daily to annual. Focusing on the daily scale, two eight-year simulations (2011-2018) were conducted to examine the influence of different initial conditions on the simulated soil temperature profile to using a regional climate model (RegCM4). The two simulations were driven by ERA-Interim reanalysis and the output was compared with respect to in-situ observation. The first simulation was initialized with an arbitrary initial condition (i.e., from bare soil) and it was referred to as RegCM4-S1; the second one was initialized with a long-term spin-up file and it was designated as RegCM4-S2. The results showed that the RegCM4-S2 performs better than RegCM4-S1 in simulating the shallow soil temperature profile. Moreover, the RegCM4-S2 shows a poor performance in simulating the soil temperature of deep depths but still outperforms the RegCM4-S1 with respect to the in-situ observation. With a particular focus on the deep depths, the soil temperature parameterization needs to be revised and it is necessary to implement a numerical scheme to reduce the spin-up time.

Keywords: Egypt; regional climate model; spin-up; soil temperature
Comments on this paper
Seemant Tiwari
This represents an intriguing investigation, even as researchers obtained specific details using cutting-edge approaches. On the whole, the material is well-written and organized.
Samy Anwar
Many thanks for your kind words. I really appreciate it.



 
 
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