A NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE EFFECT ON CHINESE REGIONAL CLIMATE DUE TO SEASONAL VARIATION OF LAND SURFACE PARAMETERS(PART I)

Sensitivity experiment is an important method to study the effect on regional climate due to seasonal variation of land surface parameters.Using China Regional Climate Model(CRCM) nested in CCM1.we first simulate Chinese regional climate,then two numerical sensitivity experiments on the effect of vegetation and roughness length are made.The results show that:(1) If the vegetation is replaced with the monthly data of 1997.precipitation and land-surface temperature are both changed clearly,precipitation decreases and land surface temperature increases,but there is no regional correspondence between these changes.And the results are much better than the results when climate average vegetation was used in the CRCM.(2) If the roughness length is replaced with the monthly data of 1997,there is significant change on land surface temperature,and there is very good regional correspondence between these changes.But the effect on precipitation is very small.