The SURFEXv7.2 land and ocean surface platform for coupled or offline simulation of earth surface variables and fluxes

Abstract. SURFEX is a new externalized land and ocean surface platform that describes the surface fluxes and the evolution of four types of surfaces: nature, town, inland water and ocean. It is mostly based on pre-existing, well-validated scientific models that are continuously improved. The motivation for the building of SURFEX is to use strictly identical scientific models in a high range of applications in order to mutualise the research and development efforts. SURFEX can be run in offline mode (0-D or 2-D runs) or in coupled mode (from mesoscale models to numerical weather prediction and climate models). An assimilation mode is included for numerical weather prediction and monitoring. In addition to…

• EC
  European Commission
• AN
  Agence Nationale de la Recherche

  Awards: ANR-09-VILL-0007, ANR-08-VULN-013, ANR-09-VILL-0003
• CN
  Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique