[MITgcm-support] Energy budget over land

[Charline Ragon]

Dear all,

I'm using a coupled configuration of the MITgcm with aim+ocean+land+THSICE.
Once my simulations are at the equilibrium, I compute the energy balance 
at the surface using the diagnostics TFLUX over the ocean, and landHFlx 
over land. The global mean budget is well closed over the ocean but is 
about ~1W/m² over land. Note that the flux values over land are an order 
of magnitude lower than on ocean.

I'm wondering if anyone knows why it is not closed over land. Could this 
be explained by the fact that some processes are neglected in the land 
package (like continental ice or vegetation feedback)?

Thanks!
Charline


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Charline RAGON
PhD Student
Group of Applied Physics & Institute for Environmental Sciences
University of Geneva, Switzerland
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