ISBA-related Publications
The references listed here are either directly
related to the ISBA scheme (model developments, validation
studies, etc.), or they include results using the ISBA
model. Note that some of the categories overlap. It is not yet comprehensive and it will be updated periodically.
ISBA model description
Noilhan, J. and S. Planton, 1989: A simple parameterization
of land surface processes for meteorological models.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 536-549.
Noilhan, J. and J.-F. Mahfouf, 1996: The ISBA
land surface parameterization scheme. Global and Plan. Change, 13, 145-159.
ISBA model developments
Boone, A., J.-C. Calvet and J. Noilhan, 1999: The inclusion of a third
soil layer in a Land Surface Scheme using the Force-Restore method.
J. of Appl. Meteor., 38, 1611-1630.
Boone, A., V. Masson, T. Meyers, and J. Noilhan, 2000:
The influence of the inclusion of soil freezing on simulations
by a soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer scheme.
J. of Appl. Meteor., 39, 1544-1569.
Boone, A., P. Etchevers, 2001:
An inter-comparison of three snow schemes of varying complexity
coupled to the same land-surface model:
Local scale evaluation at an Alpine site.
J. of Hydrometeor., 2, 374-394..
Braud, I., J. Noilhan, P. Bessemoulin, P. Mascart,
R. Havercamp, and M. Vauclin, 1993:
Bareground surface heat and water
exchanges under dry conditions: Observations and parameterization.
Bound. Layer Met., 66, 173-200.
Calvet, J. C., J. Noilhan, J.-L. Roujean, P. Bessemoulin,
M. Cabelguenne, A. Olioso and J.-P. Wigneron, 1998a:
An interactive vegetation SVAT model tested against data from six
contrasting sites.
Agric. Forest Meteorol., 92, 73-95.
Douville, H., J.-F. Royer, and J.-F. Mahfouf, 1995a:
A new snow parameterization for
the Meteo-France climate model, Climate Dynamics,
12, 21-35.
Mahfouf, J.-F. and J. Noilhan, 1996: Inclusion of gravitational
drainage in a land surface scheme based on the force-restore method.
J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 987-992.
Mesoscale/PBL Simulations and Case Studies
Bouttier, F., J.-F. Mahfouf, and J. Noilhan, 1993:
Sequential assimilation of soil moisture
from atmospheric low-level parameters.
Part I: Implementation in a mesoscale model.
J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 1352-1364.
Giordani, H., J. Noilhan, P. Lacarrère, and I. Braud, 1996:
Modelling the surface processes and the atmospheric boundary layer
for semi-arid conditions. Agric. Forest Meteorol., 80, 263-287.
Noilhan, J. and P. Lacarrère,
1995: GCM gridscale evaporation
from mesoscale modelling. J. Climate, 8(2), 206-223.
Noilhan, J., P. Lacarrère, and P. Bougeault, 1991:
An experiment with an advanced surface parameterization in a meso-beta
model. Part III: Comparison with the HAPEX-MOBILHY dataset.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 269-274.
Belair, S., P. Lacarrere, J. Noilhan,
V. Masson, and J. Stein, 1998:
High-resolution simulation of surface and turbulent fluxes
during HAPEX-MOBILHY.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2234-2253.
MUREX
Bessemoulin, P., J.-C. Calvet, G. Jaubert, J. Noilhan, D. Vignes, C. Tosca, I.
Braud, R. Haverkamp, J.-L. Thony, and M. Vauclin, MUREX, 1996: Un programme de suivi
du cycle annuel des échanges de masse et d'énergie entre sol, végétation, et
atmosphère. Premiers enseignements. Atelier Expérimentation et
Instrumentation, Météo-France/CNRM,
October 1996, Toulouse, 289-294 pp.
Calvet, J.-C., J. Noilhan, and P. Bessemoulin, 1998b: Retrieving the root-zone soil
moisture from surface soil moisture or temperature estimates: A feasibility
study based on field measurements. J. Appl. Meteor., 37(4), 371-386.
Calvet, J.-C., P. Bessemoulin, J. Noilhan, C. Berne, I. Braud,
D. Courault,
N. Fritz, E. Gonzalez-Sosa, J.-P. Goutorbe, R. Haverkamp, G. Jaubert,
L. Kergoat, G. Lachaud, J.-P. Laurent, P. Mordelet, A. Olioso, P. Péris,
J.-L. Roujean, J.-L. Thony, C. Tosca, M. Vauclin, D. Vignes, 1999: MUREX: a
land-surface field experiment to study the annual cycle of the energy
and water budgets. Ann. Geophysicae, (in press).
Model Intercomparison Studies
PILPS
Chen, T. H., A. Henderson-Sellers, P. C. D. Milly, A. J. Pitman,
A. C. M. Beljaars, J. Polcher,
F. Abramopoulos, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen,
Y. Dai, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, L. Duemenil, M. Ek,
J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, J. Kim, R. Koster,
E. Kowalczyk, K. Laval, J. Lean, D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J.-F.
Mahfouf, H.-T. Mengelkamp, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan,
A. Robock, C. Rosenweig, J. Schaake, C. A. Schlosser,
J.-P. Schulz, Y. Shao, A. B. Shmakin, D. L. Verseghy, P. Wetzel,
E. F. Wood, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, and Q. Zeng, 1996: Cabauw experimental
results from the project for intercomparison of landsurface schemes
(PILPS). J. Climate, 10, 1194-1215
Habets, F. and J. Noilhan, 1997: Resultats des simulations d'ISBA
dans la phase PILPS2c: bilan hydrique du bassin de l'Arkansas,
Note Trav. 50, GMME/Météo-France,
59 pp.
Habets, F., A. Boone, and J. Noilhan, 2002:
Simulation of a Scandinavian basin using the diffusion transfer version of ISBA.
Global and Plan. Change, (accepted).
Mahfouf, J.-F.,
C. Ciret, A. Ducharne, P. Irannejad, J. Noilhan, Y. Shao, P. Thorton,
Y. Xue, and Z.-L. Yang, 1996:
Analysis of transpiration results from the RICE and PILPS
workshop.
Glob. Plan. Change, 13, 73-88.
Liang, X., E. F. Wood, D. Lettenmaier, D. Lohmann, A. Boone, S. Chang,
F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. Desborough, Q. Duan, M. Ek, Y. Gusev, F. Habets, P. Irannejad,
R. Koster, O. Nasanova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. Schlosser, Y. Shao, A. Shmakin, D. Verseghy,
J. Wang, K. Warrach, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang and Q. Zeng, 1998:
The Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS)
Phase-2c Red-Arkansas River Basin experiment: 2. spatial and temporal analysis
of energy fluxes. Global and Plan. Change, 19, 137-159.
Lohmann, D., X. Liang, E. F. Wood, D. Lettenmaier, A. Boone, S. Chang,
F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. Desborough, Q. Duan, M. Ek, Y. Gusev, F. Habets, P. Irannejad,
R. Koster, O. Nasanova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. Schlosser, Y. Shao, A. Shmakin, D. Verseghy,
J. Wang, K. Warrach, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang and Q. Zeng, 1998:
The Porject for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS)
Phase-2c Red-Arkansas River Basin experiment: 3. spatial and temporal
analysis of water fluxes. Global and Plan. Change, 19, 161-179.
Luo, L.,
A. Robock, K. Y. Vinnikov,
C. A. Schlosser, Slater, A. G., N. A. Speranskaya,
A. Boone, H. Braden, F. Chen, P. M. Cox, P. de Rosnay,
C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson,
Y.-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P. Etchevers, A. Henderson-Sellers,
N. Gedney, Ye. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J. Kim, V. Koren,
E. A. Kowalczyk, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan,
A. J. Pitman, S. Schaake, A. B. Shmakin, T. G. Smirnova, D.
Verseghy, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, Q. Zeng, 2002:
Effects of frozen soil on soil temperature, spring infiltration, and runoff:
Results from the PILPS 2(d) Experiment at Valdai, Russia.
J. Hydrometeor., (accepted).
Pitman, A. J., A. Henderson-Sellers, F. Abramopoulos, R. Avvisar,
G. Bonan, A. Boone, J. G. Cogley, R. E. Dickinson, M. Ek,
D. Entekhabi, J. Famiglietti, J. R. Garratt, M. Frech, A. Hahmann,
R. Koster, E. Kowalczyk, K. Laval, L. Lean, T. J. Lee, D.
Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J-F. Mahfouf, L. Mahrt, C. Milly, K. Mitchell,
N. de Noblet, J. Noilhan, H. Pan, R. Pielke, A. Robock, C. Rosenzwig,
S. W. Running, A. Schlosser, R. Scott, M. Suarez, S. Thompson,
D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. Wood, Y. Xue, Z-L. Yang, L. Zhang, 1993:
Results from the off-line Control Simulation Phase of the Project
for Intercomparison of Landsurface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS),
GEWEX Tech. Note, IGPO Publ. Series, 7, 47 pp.
Pitman, A. J., A. Henderson-Sellers, F. Abramopoulos,
A. Boone, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, J. R. Garratt,
N. Gedney, A. Hahmann, R. Koster, E. Kowalczyk, K. Laval,
D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J-F. Mahfouf, J. Noilhan, J. Polcher,
W. Qu, A. Robock, C. Rosenzweig, C. A. Schlosser, A. B. Shmakin,
J. Smith, M. Suarez, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. Wood, Y. Xue,
Z-L. Yang, 1996: Results from the off-line control simulation phase
1(c) of the project for intercomparison of land-surface parameterization
schemes (PILPS). Climate Dynamics, 15, 673-684.
Schlosser, C. A., A. G. Slater, A. Robock, A. J. Pitman, K. Y. Vinnkov,
A. Henderson-Sellers, N. A. Speranskaya, K. Mitchell, A. Boone,
H. Braden, F. Chen, P. Cox, P. de Rosnay, C. E. Desborough,
R. E. Dickinson, Y.-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P. Etchevers,
N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J. Kim, V. Koren, E. Kowalczyk,
O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. B. Shmakin, T. G. Smirnova,
D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, and Z.-L. Yang, 1999 :
Simulations of a boreal grassland hydrology at Valdai, Russia:
PILPS Phase 2(d).
Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 301-321.
Slater, A. G., C. A. Schlosser, C. E. Desborough, A. J. Pitman, A.
Henderson-Sellers, A. Robock, K. Ya. Vinnikov, K. Mitchell,
A. Boone, H. Braden, F. Chen, P. M. Cox, P. de Rosnay, R. E. Dickinson,
Y.-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P.
Etchevers, N. Gedney, Ye. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J. Kim, V. Koren,
E. A. Kowalczyk, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, S. Schaake,
A. B. Shmakin, T. G. Smirnova, D.
Verseghy, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, Q. Zeng, 2001:
The Representation of Snow in Land Surface Schemes: Results from PILPS 2(d).
J. Hydrometeor., 2, 7--25.
Weiqing, Q., A. Henderson-Sellers, A. J. Pitman, T. H. Chen,
F. Abramopoulos, A. C. M. Beljaars, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen,
Y. Dai, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, L. Dumenil, M. Ek,
J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, J. Kim, R. Koster,
E. A .Kowalczyk, K. Laval, J. Lean, D .Lettenmaier, X. Liang,
J.-F. Mahfouf, H.-T. Mengelkamp, P. C. D. Milly, K. Mitchell,
O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, J. Polcher, A. Robock, C. Rosenzweig,
J. Schaake, C. A. Schlosser, J.-P. Schulz, A. B. Shmakin, D. L.
Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. F. Wood, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yan and Q. Zeng,
1996: Sensitivity of latent heat flux from PILPS land-surface
schemes to perterbations of surface air temperature.
J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 1909-1927.
Wetzel, P. J., X. Liang, P. Irannejad, A. Boone, J. Noilhan,
Y. Shao, C. Skelly, Y. Xue and Z. L. Yang, 1996: Modeling vadose
zone liquid water fluxes: Infiltration, runoff, drainage, interflow.
Global and Plan. Change, 13, 57-71.
Wood, E. F., D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, D. Lohmann, A. Boone, S. Chang,
F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. Desborough, Q. Duan, M. Ek, Y. Gusev, F. Habets, P. Irannejad,
R. Koster, O. Nasanova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. Schlosser, Y. Shao, A. Shmakin, D. Verseghy,
J. Wang, K. Warrach, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang and Q. Zeng, 1998:
The Porject for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS)
Phase-2c Red-Arkansas River Basin experiment: 3. experiment description and summary
intercomparisons. Global and Plan. Change, 19, 115-139.
SnowMIP
Essery, R.,
E. Martin, H. Douville, A. Fernandez,
and E. Brun, 1999:
A comparison of four snow models using observations from
an alpine site.
Clim. Dyn., 15, 583-593.
Rhone-AGG
Boone, A., F. Habets, J. Noilhan,
D. Clark, P. Dirmeyer, S. Fox, Y. Gusev, I. Haddeland,
R. Koster, D. Lohmann, S. Mahanama, K. Mitchell, O. Nasonova, G.-Y. Niu,
A. Pitman, J. Polcher, A. B. Shmakin, K. Tanaka, B. van den Hurk,
S. V\'erant, D. Verseghy and P. Viterbo, 2003:
The Rhone-Aggregation Land Surface Scheme
Intercomparison Project: An Overview.
J. Climate, (submitted).
GSWP-Phase 1
Douville, H., 1998:
Validation and sensitivity of the global
hydrologic budget in stand-alone simulations with the ISBA land-surface
scheme, Clim. Dyn., 14, 151-171.
Douville H., Bazile E., Caille P., Giard D., Noilhan J., Peirone L.,
Taillefer F., 1999 : Global Soil Wetness Project : forecast and
assimilation experiments performed at Météo-France,
J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan , 77, 305-316.
Operational Applications
Bouttier, F., J.-F. Mahfouf, and J. Noilhan, 1993:
Sequential assimilation of soil moisture
from atmospheric low-level parameters.
Part I: Sensitivity and calibration studies.
J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 1335-1351.
Giard, D., and E. Bazile, 2000:
Implementation of a new assimilation scheme for
soil and surface variables in a global NWP model.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 997-1015.
Mahfouf, J.-F., 1991:
Analysis of soil moisture from near surface parameters:
A feasibility study. J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 1534-1547.
Coupling with a macroscale hydrologic model (MODCOU)
Habets, F., J. Noilhan, C. Golaz, J. P. Goutorbe, P. Lacarrère,
E. Leblois, E. Ledoux, E. Martin, C. Ottlé,
D. Vidal-Madjar, 1999a:
The ISBA surface scheme in a macroscale hydrological model
applied to the Hapex-Mobilhy area Part 1: Model and database.
J. Hydrol., 217, 75-96.
Habets, F., J. Noilhan, C. Golaz, J. P. Goutorbe, P. Lacarrère,
E. Leblois, E. Ledoux, E. Martin, C. Ottlé,
D. Vidal-Madjar, 1999b:
The ISBA surface scheme in a macroscale hydrological model
applied to the Hapex-Mobilhy area Part 2: Simulation of streamflows
and annual water budget.
J. Hydrol., 217, 97-118.
Habets, F., P. Etchevers, C. Golaz, E. Leblois, E. Ledoux, E. Martin,
J. Noilhan, and C. Ottlé, 2000:
Simulation of the water budget and the river flows of the Rhone basin.
J. Geophys. Res.., (in press).
Etchevers, P., C. Golaz, and F. Habets, 2001:
Simulation of the water budget and the river flows
of the Rhone basin from 1981 to 1994.
J. Hydrol., 244, 60-85.
GCM simulations
Douville, H.,
Royer J.-F., Mahfouf, J.-F., 1995b:
A new snow parameterization for
the Meteo-France climate model.
Part 2: validation in a 3-D GCM experiment.
Clim. Dyn., 12, 37-52.
Douville, H.,
and J.-F. Royer, 1996:
Sensitivity of the Asian summer monsoon to an anomalous Eurasian
snow cover within the Meteo-France GCM.
Clim. Dyn., 12, 449-466.
Douville, H.,
and J.-F. Royer, 1997:
Influence of the temperate and boreal forests on the Northern
Hemisphere climate in the Meteo-France climate model.
Clim. Dyn., 13, 57-74.
Etchevers, P., Douville H., and Martin E., 1999:
Simulation of the northern hemisphere snow cover.
IAHS Publications No. 256, 3-10.
Mahfouf, J.-F.,
A. O. Manzi, J. Noilhan, H. Giordani, and M. Deque, 1995:
The land surface scheme ISBA within the Météo-France climate model
ARPEGE. Part I: Implementation and preliminary results.
J. Clim., 8, 2039-2057.
Local scale calibration and simulations/validation studies
Delire, C., J.-C. Calvet,
J. Noilhan, I. Wright, A. Manzi and C.A. Nobre, 1997:
Physical properties of Amazonian soils: A modeling study using the Anglo-
Brazilian Amazonian Climate Observation Study data, J. Geophys.
Res., 102, 30119-30133.
Douville H., 1997 : Local and global stand-alone tests of the
Météo-France snow parameterization,
Annals of Glaciology, 25, 165-169.
Mahfouf, J.-F., and J. Noilhan, 1991:
Comparative study of various formulations of evaporation
from bare soil using in situ data.
J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 351-362.