Global Soil Wetness Project
Contents
Executive Summary
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Motivation
1.2 The soil moisture problem
1.3 GSWP History
1.4 Project Structure
1.4.1 The Production Group
1.4.2 The Validation Group
1.4.3 The Inter-Comparison Center
1.5 Goals
2. INTERCOMPARISON
2.1 Comparison of LSPs
2.2 Implications for model development
3. PRODUCTION GROUP
3.1 Sensitivity studies
3.2 GCM applications
4. VALIDATION RESULTS
4.1 Quality of input data
4.2 Local scale measurements
4.3 Regional scale measurements
4.4 Validation against other model estimates
5. FUTURE PLANS
5.1 Extension of pilot project
5.2 Collaborations
5.3 Data Distribution
5.4 Publication of results
5.5 The next phase
6. CONCLUSIONS
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