BATS

CLM4.5

Number of soil layers

3

10

Soil temperature calculation

Force-restore method

Head diffusion equation

Soil freezing and thawing

Yes

A new frozen soil model

(supercooled soil water)

Number of snow layers

1

5

Land use parameters

20(GLCC)

5 landunits, 17 types (PFTs) represent vegetation

Surface datasets

Leaf area index

MODIS products

Soil texture

FAO soil map of the world

IGBP soil dataset