The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate Model
Soil temperature is an important indicator for monitoring the root environment of natural vegetation or crops. Also, 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 time sc...
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| description | Soil temperature is an important indicator for monitoring the root environment of natural vegetation or crops. Also, 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 time scale, two eight-year simulations (2011–2018) were conducted to examine the influence of different initial conditions on the simulated soil temperature profile of Egypt using a regional climate model (RegCM4). The two simulations were driven by ERA-Interim reanalysis, and the output (of each simulation) was compared to the 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 the RegCM4-S1 in simulating the shallow soil temperature profile. Moreover, the RegCM4-S2 shows poor performance in simulating the soil temperature of deep depths but still outperforms the RegCM4-S1 with respect to the in-situ observation. Focusing on 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c512724628e400482729008328e70982023-11-18T10:16:24ZengMDPI AGEngineering Proceedings2673-45912022-12-013116210.3390/ASEC2022-13850The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate ModelSamy A. Anwar0Somayah Hejabi1Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Qobry EL-Kobba, Cairo P.O. Box 11784, EgyptDepartment of Water Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia P.O. Box 5756151818, IranSoil temperature is an important indicator for monitoring the root environment of natural vegetation or crops. Also, 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 time scale, two eight-year simulations (2011–2018) were conducted to examine the influence of different initial conditions on the simulated soil temperature profile of Egypt using a regional climate model (RegCM4). The two simulations were driven by ERA-Interim reanalysis, and the output (of each simulation) was compared to the 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 the RegCM4-S1 in simulating the shallow soil temperature profile. Moreover, the RegCM4-S2 shows poor performance in simulating the soil temperature of deep depths but still outperforms the RegCM4-S1 with respect to the in-situ observation. Focusing on 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/31/1/62Egyptregional climate modelspin-upsoil temperature |
| spellingShingle | Samy A. Anwar Somayah Hejabi The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate Model Engineering Proceedings Egypt regional climate model spin-up soil temperature |
| title | The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate Model |
| title_full | The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate Model |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate Model |
| title_short | The Influence of Different Initial Conditions on the Soil Temperature Profile of Egypt Using a Regional Climate Model |
| title_sort | influence of different initial conditions on the soil temperature profile of egypt using a regional climate model |
| topic | Egypt regional climate model spin-up soil temperature |
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