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Hi all,

I have run 3 models using SimSphere. The first one varies soil moisture (10% - 100%) with no vegetation cover. The second varies fractional vegetation cover (0% - 100%) for deciduous forests at 2m. The third one varies fractional vegetation cover (0% - 100%) for deciduous forests at 20m. The relationships are as follows:

1. Soil moisture with no vegetation cover:

INCREASED soil moisture

INCREASED latent heat

DECREASED sensible heat

DECREASED PBL depth

2. Deciduous forest at height 2m:

INCREASED fractional vegetation cover

DECREASED latent heat

INCREASED sensible heat

INCREASED PBL depth

3. Deciduous forest at height 20m:

INCREASED fractional vegetation cover

DECREASED latent heat

DECREASED sensible heat

DECREASED PBL depth

I have attached the excel files of the results generated from the model runs along with this thread.

Could someone please help in explaining the relationships in these 3 scenarios please?

Thank you so much!

SimSphere.zip