Calvet J.C. auteur aut IRD Bessemoulin P. auteur aut IRD Noilhan J. auteur aut IRD Berne C. auteur aut IRD Braud I. auteur aut IRD Courault D. auteur aut IRD Fritz N. auteur aut IRD Gonzalez-Sosa E. auteur aut IRD Goutorbe J.P. auteur aut IRD Haverkamp Randel auteur aut IRD Jaubert G. auteur aut IRD Kergoat L. auteur aut IRD Lachaud G. auteur aut IRD Laurent J.P. auteur aut IRD Mordelet P. auteur aut IRD Olioso A. auteur aut IRD Péris P. auteur aut IRD Roujean J.L. auteur aut IRD Thony J.L. auteur aut IRD Tosca C. auteur aut IRD Vauclin Michel auteur aut IRD Vignes D. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng The MUREX (monitoring the usable soil reservoir experimentally) experiment was designed to provide continuous time series of field data over a long period, in order to improve and validate the Soil-vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer (SVAT) parameterisations employed in meteorological models. Intensive measurements were performed for more than three years over fallow farmland in southwestern France. To capture the main processes controlling land-atmosphere exchanges, the local climate was fully characterised, and surface water and energy fluxes, vegetation biomass, soil moisture profiles, surface soil moisture and surface and soil temperature were monitored. Additional physiological measurements were carried out during selected periods to describe the biological control of the fluxes. The MUREX data of 1995, 1996, and 1997 are presented. Four SVAT models are applied to the annual cycle of 1995. In general, they succeed in simulating the main features of the fallow functioning, although some shortcomings are revealed. specialized 021 17 6 838-854 1999 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00002850 10.1007/s00585-999-0838-2 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00002850 Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2009-03-20 2017-08-23 PAR00002850 fre