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Radiative surface temperature and surface temperature

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yongxin@lanl_gov

New Member
Hi,

I am looking at the CCSM3 model outputs and I have a question about radiative surface temperature (TS in CAM2 outputs). I am wondering what are the differences between radiative surface temperature and surface temperature, and how are they related.

Thanks,
Yongxin
 
R

rneale

Rich Neale
CAM Project Scientist
Staff member
"Radiative" and "surface temperature" (TS) in CAM and CCSM output are the same thing. It is the actual surface temperature as defined by the top ice/land/ocean model level temperature output. Surface air temperature (TREFHT) is the 2-m air temperature and is an extrapolation downwards from the lowest CAM model level to 2 m based on some stability approximation.
 
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