Land surface models (climate)
Land surface models use quantitative methods to simulate the exchange of water and energy fluxes at the Earth surface–atmosphere interface. They are key component of climate models. Over the past two decades, they
have evolved from oversimplified schemes, which described the surface boundary conditions for general circulation models, to complex models that can be used alone or as part of GCMs to investigate the biogeochemical, hydrological, and energy cycles at the
earth's surface.
