A New Metric for Land-Atmosphere Coupling Strength: Applications on Observations and Modeling

Qi Tang1, Shaocheng Xie1, Yunyan Zhang1, Thomas J Phillips1, Joseph A Santanello Jr2, David J Cook3, Laura Riihimaki4 and Krista Gaustad4, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Argonne, IL, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States