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For given climatic rates of precipitation and potential evaporation, the land surface hydrology parameterizations of atmospheric general circulation models will maintain soil-water storage conditions that balance the moisture input and output. The surface relative soil saturation for such climatic conditions serves as a measure of the land surface parameterization state under a given forcing. The equilibrium value of this variable for alternate parameterizations of land surface hydrology are determined as a fuction of climate and the sensitivity of the surface to shifts and changes in climatic forcing are estimated.
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Entekhabi, D., Eagleson, P.S. (1991). Climate and the Equilibrium State of Land Surface Hydrology Parameterizations. In: Wood, E.F. (eds) Land Surface — Atmosphere Interactions for Climate Modeling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2155-9_10
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