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The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set: WATCH Forcing Data methodology applied to ERA-Interim reanalysis data by Weedon, Graham P., Balsamo, Gianpaolo, Bellouin, Nicolas, Gomes, Sandra, Best, Martin J., Viterbo, Pedro

“…The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set has been generated using the same methodology as the widely used WATCH Forcing Data (WFD) by making use of the…”
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Climate change in cities due to global warming and urban effects by McCarthy, Mark P., Best, Martin J., Betts, Richard A.

“…Urbanisation is estimated to result in 6 billion urban dwellers by 2050. Cities will be exposed to climate change from greenhouse gas induced radiative…”
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Sensitivity of the 2018 UK summer heatwave to local sea temperatures and soil moisture by Petch, Jon C., Short, Chris J., Best, Martin J., McCarthy, Mark, Lewis, Huw W., Vosper, Simon B., Weeks, Mark

“…The impact of local climate conditions on air temperatures during a hot summer period over the United Kingdom in 2018 is studied using simple sensitivity…”
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The Plumbing of Land Surface Models: Is Poor Performance a Result of Methodology or Data Quality? by Haughton, Ned, Abramowitz, Gab, Pitman, Andy J., Or, Dani, Best, Martin J., Johnson, Helen R., Balsamo, Gianpaolo, Boone, Aaron, Cuntz, Matthias, Decharme, Bertrand, Dirmeyer, Paul A., Dong, Jairui, Ek, Michael, Guo, Zichang, Haverd, Vanessa, van den Hurk, Bart J. J., Nearing, Grey S., Pak, Bernard, Santanello, Joe A., Stevens, Lauren E., Vuichard, Nicolas

“…The Protocol for the Analysis of Land Surface Models (PALS) Land Surface Model Benchmarking Evaluation Project (PLUMBER) illustrated the value of prescribing a…”
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Dew, frost, fog and lifted temperature minima: Observations in southern England and implications for modelling by Weedon, Graham P., Osborne, Simon R., Best, Martin J.

“…Given difficulties with modelling radiation fog and the similarity of meteorological conditions linked to dewfall and frost we investigated the formation of…”
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Assessing methods for representing soil heterogeneity through a flexible approach within the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) at version 3.4.1 by Rumbold, Heather S, Gilham, Richard J. J, Best, Martin J

“…The interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere can impact weather and climate through the exchanges of water, energy, carbon and momentum. The…”
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Evaluating the Performance of Hydrological Models via Cross-Spectral Analysis: Case Study of the Thames Basin, United Kingdom by Weedon, Graham P., Prudhomme, Christel, Crooks, Sue, Ellis, Richard J., Folwell, Sonja S., Best, Martin J.

“…Nine distributed hydrological models, forced with common meteorological inputs, simulated naturalized daily discharge from the Thames basin for 1963–2001…”
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Evaluating the Met Office Unified Model land surface temperature in Global Atmosphere/Land 3.1 (GA/L3.1), Global Atmosphere/Land 6.1 (GA/L6.1) and limited area 2.2 km configurations by Brooke, Jennifer K., Harlow, R. Chawn, Scott, Russell L., Best, Martin J., Edwards, John M., Thelen, Jean-Claude, Weeks, Mark

“…A limitation of the Met Office operational data assimilation scheme is that surface-sensitive infrared satellite sounding channels cannot be used during…”
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The location of the thermodynamic atmosphere–ice interface in fully coupled models – a case study using JULES and CICE by West, Alex E, McLaren, Alison J, Hewitt, Helene T, Best, Martin J

“…In fully coupled climate models, it is now normal to include a sea ice component with multiple layers, each having their own temperature. When coupling this…”
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Radiative exchange in an urban street canyon by HARMAN, Ian N, BEST, Martin J, BELCHER, Stephen E

“…The influence of building geometry on the radiation terms of the surface energy balance is a principal reason for surfacetemperature differences between rural…”
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Geological controls of discharge variability in the Thames Basin, UK from cross-spectral analyses: Observations versus modelling by Weedon, Graham P., Robinson, Emma L., Bloomfield, John P., Turner, Stephen, Crane, Emily J., Best, Martin J.

“…•In catchments <300 km2 geology controls daily- to multi-year streamflow variability.•Catchments >300 km2 variability mostly from mixing upstream- and…”
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The Plumbing of Land Surface Models: Benchmarking Model Performance by Best, M. J., Abramowitz, G., Johnson, H. R., Pitman, A. J., Balsamo, G., Boone, A., Cuntz, M., Decharme, B., Dirmeyer, P. A., Dong, J., Ek, M., Guo, Z., Haverd, V., van den Hurk, B. J. J., Nearing, G. S., Pak, B., Peters-Lidard, C., Santanello, J. A., Stevens, L., Vuichard, N.

“…The Protocol for the Analysis of Land Surface Models (PALS) Land Surface Model Benchmarking Evaluation Project (PLUMBER) was designed to be a land surface…”
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Modeling the Partitioning of Turbulent Fluxes at Urban Sites with Varying Vegetation Cover by Best, M. J., Grimmond, C. S. B.

“…Inclusion of vegetation is critical for urban land surfacemodels (ULSM)to represent reasonably the turbulent sensible and latent heat flux densities in an…”
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Revisiting GLACE: Understanding the Role of the Land Surface in Land–Atmosphere Coupling by Comer, Ruth E., Best, Martin J.

“…The Global Land–Atmosphere Coupling Experiment (GLACE) established a method for quantifying and comparing the influence of soil moisture on the atmosphere in…”
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Evaluating the Met Office Unified Model land surface temperature in Global Atmosphere/Land 3.1 and limited area 2.2 km configurations by Brooke, Jennifer K, Harlow, R. Chawn, Scott, Russell L, Best, Martin J, Edwards, John M, Thelen, Jean-Claude, Weeks, Mark

“…A limitation of the Met Office operational data assimilation scheme is that surface-sensitive infrared satellite sounding channels cannot be used during…”
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The Plumbing of Land Surface Models: Is Poor Performance a Result of Methodology or Data Quality? by Haughton, Ned, Abramowitz, Gab, Pitman, Andy J, Or, Dani, Best, Martin J, Johnson, Helen R, Balsamo, Gianpaolo, Boone, Aaron, Cuntz, Matthias, Decharme, Bertrand, Dirmeyer, Paul A, Dong, Jairui, Ek, Michael, Guo, Zichang, Haverd, Vanessa, van den Hurk, Bart J J, Nearing, Grey S, Pak, Bernard, Santanello, Joe A, Stevens, Lauren E, Vuichard, Nicolas

“…The Protocol for the Analysis of Land Surface Models (PALS) Land Surface Model Benchmarking Evaluation Project (PLUMBER) illustrated the value of prescribing a…”
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Evaluation of the urban tile in moses using surface energy balance observations by BEST, M. J, GRIMMOND, C. S. B, VILLANI, Maria Gabriella

“…The UK Met Office has introduced a new scheme for its urban tile in MOSES 2.2 (Met Office Surface Exchange Scheme version 2.2), which is currently implemented…”
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Progress towards better weather forecasts for city dwellers : from short range to climate change by BEST, M. J

“…The current resolution of operational weather forecast model is not sufficient in general to explicitly resolve even the major cities of the World. As a…”
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Determining the optimal soil temperature scheme for atmospheric modelling applications by BEST, M. J, COX, P. M, WARRILOW, D

“…The treatment of the land surface can have a significant impact on the performance of atmospheric models, influencing the surface energy balance and near…”
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