In Surfex, each model grid box is represented by four surface types : sea or ocean, water bodies (lakes, ...), urban areas and nature (soil and vegetation). Each surface type is modeled with a specific surface model and the total flux of the grid box results from the addition of the individual fluxes weighted by their respective fraction.
| The model for the tile "Nature" is the ISBA (interaction soil-biosphere-atmosphere) model : | more details here |
| The model for the tile "Town" is the TEB (Town energy balance) model : | The TEB page on the CNRM-GAME website. |
| Surface fluxes above the tile "sea and ocean" can be treated in a very simple way or by using more physically based model : | more details here |
| Surface fluxes above the lake tile can be treated in a very simple way or by using the FLake model | more details here |
| Emission and deposition of dust and aerosols are treated over land and oceans | more details here |
| Assimilation of near surface meteorological variables and remotely sensed variables can be performed using an optimal interpolation or an Ensemble Kalman filter scheme | more details here |
Get the code The code is available in the code download section. This section offers download of the main versions. If you plan to work on model development, cooperate with a developer, or need access to version in development, you may want to access the code on the code repository, see here. (...)
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