Abstract:As a special indicator of land surface, soil enthalpy comprehensively integrates effects of various land surface statuses (soil moisture, soil temperature, etc), and directly reflects land surface thermal conditions based on energy theory. Therefore, the ananysis on relevant features of soil enthalpy anomaly persistence is favorable for deeply understanding thermal impacts of land surface on climate. Based on the soil temperature, soil liquid water, soil ice and the IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme) soil types across Eurasia obtained from off-line simulations of the Community Land Model (CLM4.0), the soil solid matter, soil liquid water and soil ice enthalpy (the sum was named soil enthalpy) were estimated. Climatologically, both shallow soil enthalpy and its three components obviously differed among regions and seasons, mainly due to the differences in soil temperature, and contents of soil liquid water and ice. With respect of soil enthalpy anomaly persistence over Eurasia, it was generally more robust in winter than in summer, especially for the mid-and high-latitudes. Moreover, the closer relationships of soil solid matter enthalpy with sensible heat and soil liquid water enthalpy with latent heat indicated that soil enthalpy could impact the near surface atmosphere through the pathways of therrnal heating. Importantly, the relatively comprehensive analyses on spatio-temporal characteristics of soil enthalpy anomaly persistence in this study provided critical references for conducting researches about land surface thermal anomaly induced climate effects.