Potential and limitations of multidecadal satellite soil moisture observations for selected climate model evaluation studies

Soil moisture is an essential climate variable (ECV) of major importance for land–atmosphere interactions and global hydrology.An appropriate representation of soil moisture dynamics in global climate models is Quick connect therefore important.Recently, a first multidecadal, observation-based soil moisture dataset has become available that provi

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On the radiative impact of aerosols on photolysis rates: comparison of simulations and observations in the Lampedusa island during the ChArMEx/ADRIMED campaign

The Mediterranean basin is characterized by large concentrations of aerosols from both natural and anthropogenic sources.These aerosols affect tropospheric photochemistry by modulating the photolytic rates.Three simulations of the atmospheric composition at basin scale have been performed with the CHIMERE chemistry-transport model for the period fr

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