How realistic is the simulated spatial heterogeneity within sub-grid tiling schemes in land surface models?

Nathaniel W. Chaney1, Laura Torres Torres Rojas1, Enrico Zorzetto2, Noemi Vergopolan3, Jiaxuan Cai1 and Tyler Waterman4, (1)Duke University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NC, United States, (2)Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, (3)Princeton / GFDL, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences Program, Princeton, NJ, United States, (4)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States