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| Hindcast | Forecast | |
|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere initialization | ERA-Interim (Dee et al. 2011) | The Bureau’s 4D-Var analysis (Bureau of Meteorology 2019) |
| Atmosphere IC perturbations | See Hudson et al 2017 | See Hudson et al 2017 |
Land Initialization | Land surface (soil moisture and soil temperature) evolves in response to the atmosphere forcing (i.e., indirect initialisation of the land surface through nudging) | Land surface (soil moisture and soil temperature) evolves in response to the atmosphere forcing (i.e., indirect initialisation of the land surface through nudging) |
| Land IC perturbations | None | None |
| Soil moisture initialization | Land surface (soil moisture and soil temperature) evolves in response to the atmosphere forcing (i.e., indirect initialisation of the land surface through nudging) | Land surface (soil moisture and soil temperature) evolves in response to the atmosphere forcing (i.e., indirect initialisation of the land surface through nudging) |
| Snow initialization | None | None |
| Unperturbed control forecast? | None | None |
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