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Particularly SHS on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) significantly influences East Asian atmospheric circulation and global climate. Accurate prediction of summer SHS on the TP is of urgent demand for economic development and local climate change. To evaluate the performance of SHS on the TP, the observed SHS data from the eleven sites on the TP verified against CRA40-land (CRA) is evidenced significantly better than ERA5-land (ERA5), another widely used reanalysis. The predictive capability of the CMA Climate Prediction System Model (CMA-CPS) for SHS on the TP was assessed using multiple scoring methods, including the anomaly correlation coefficient and temporal correlation coefficient, among others. Furthermore, relative variability and trend analysis were conducted. Finally, based on these assessments, the causes of the biases were preliminarily discussed. The CMA-CPS demonstrates a reasonable ability to predict the spatial distribution patterns of SHS, sensible heat (SH), and latent heat (LH) on the TP in summer. Specifically, the prediction results of SHS and LH exhibit an \u201ceast-high and west-low\u201d distribution, while the distribution of the predicted SH is opposite. Nevertheless, the predicted values are generally lower than CRA, particularly in interannual variations and trends. Among the predictions, LH exhibits the highest temporal correlation coefficients, consistently above 0.6, followed by SHS, while SH predictions are less accurate. The spatial distribution and skill scores indicate that LH on the TP contributes more significantly to SHS than SH in summer. Furthermore, discrepancies in the predictions of surface temperature gradients, ground wind speed, and humidity on the TP may partly explain the biases in SHS and their components.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16214118","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,4]],"date-time":"2024-11-04T10:57:20Z","timestamp":1730717840000},"page":"4118","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Evaluation of the Predictive Capability of CMA Climate Prediction System Model for Summer Surface Heat Source on the Tibetan Plateau"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-4774-7385","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xinyu","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Plateau Atmosphere and Environment Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Minhong","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plateau Atmosphere and Environment Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yaqi","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plateau Atmosphere and Environment Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5187-9121","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tongwen","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Numerical Prediction Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1679","DOI":"10.1007\/s11430-009-0194-9","article-title":"Impacts of thermodynamic processes over the Tibetan Plateau on the Northern Hemispheric climate","volume":"52","author":"Zhou","year":"2009","journal-title":"Sci. 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