Land Surface - Outline
Climate Roles of Land
Surface
Climate Role 1: Albedo è Energy Cycle
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Climate Role 2:
Transpiration è Water
Cycle
Surface Energy Balance
Heat Storage in Soil
Penetration Depth
Surface Moisture Balance
Potential Evaporation
Root Zone and Soil
Storage
Land Surface Properties
Characteristics of
Vegetation Canopy
Idealized Canopy
Land Surface Model
Soil Moisture Content
Cryosphere
Why is Ice Important to
Climate?
Sea Ice
Land Ice
Ice and Sea Level