Corrected Observationally Gridded Land–Atmosphere Coupling Metrics

Models disagree on the strength of the coupling metric in hotspot regions.Results can be validated locally at Flux tower sites. Which model is correct? Short duration Limited global distributionThe need for global observationally-based datasets for model validation.From Koster et al. (2004) We produced a global corrected L-A coupling metric using observational gridded data, while accounting for the observational random errors in soil moisture satellite measurements.