AUTHOR=Zhang Qiang , Wen Jun , Zhang Tangtang , Yang Yiting , Wu Yueyue , Zhang Ge , Liu Wenhui , Chen Yaling , Yan Zhitao 

TITLE=The impacts of roughness length on the simulation of land-atmosphere water and heat exchanges over the Yarlung Zangbo Grand canyon region

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Earth Science

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.1077791

DOI=10.3389/feart.2022.1077791

ISSN=2296-6463

ABSTRACT=<p>Precipitation has a significant influence on the topsoil moisture and further impacts the land-atmospheric water and heat exchange process over the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon region (YGC) where exhibits one of the highest frequencies of convective activity in China. The simulated performance of the Community Land Model version 5.0 (CLM5.0) on turbulent fluxes under seven roughness heights for heat transfer (<italic>Z</italic><sub><italic>0h</italic></sub>) schemes at Motuo and Pailong stations over the YGC was evaluated. The results indicate that the CLM5.0 significantly overestimates the surface sensible heat flux (H) while the simulation performance of surface latent heat flux (LE) is better than H. By comparing and analyzing the simulation results, the <italic>Z</italic><sub><italic>0h</italic></sub> schemes suitable for the YGC are selected optimally. The Zeng et al. (J. Hydrometeorol., 2012, 13, 1359–1370) scheme (Z12) is more suitable for the simulations of H, with the simulated RMSE of H at Motuo and Pailong stations on typical sunny days being only 21.63 and 15.13 W m<sup>−2</sup>, respectively, 81.51% and 76.96% lower than the original <italic>Z</italic><sub><italic>0h</italic></sub> scheme of CLM5.0. The Garratt, J., R and Francey, R., J (Boundary. Layer. Meteorol., 1978, 15, 399–421) scheme (G78) is more suitable for simulating LE in the YGC. The simulated BIAS and RMSE of LE at Motuo station were 9.80% and 21.90% lower than that under the default scheme of CLM5.0 on typical cloudy days. In addition, except for the G78 and CLM5.0 default scheme, the <italic>Z</italic><sub><italic>0h</italic></sub> under the other schemes showed obvious diurnal variation characteristics, and H was positively sensitive to <italic>Z</italic><sub><italic>0h</italic></sub>, while LE was the opposite. Consequently, the optimal <italic>Z</italic><sub><italic>0h</italic></sub> schemes are of great application value for further comparative analysis of the water and heat exchange process between the Grand Canyon land surface and the atmosphere, to better reveal the mechanism of land-atmosphere interactions in the YGC.</p>