Noah-MP

Knowledge graph centered on Noah-MP with 58 nodes and 113 connections. Top connected: snowpack persistence, leaf water content, evapotranspiration, precipitation, snow water equivalent.

Method synopsis

Offline land surface model simulation using Noah-MP at high spatial resolution (250m) with terrain-corrected meteorological forcing from WRF model output. Model estimates snow accumulation, ablation, and snow water equivalent.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Cold-season precipitation sensitivity to microphysical parameterizations: hydrologic evaluations leveraging snow lidar datasets (2024), Journal of Hydrometeorology. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. High-resolution Noah-MP offline simulation
   Force high-resolution 250m dx/dy offline Noah-MP land surface model using WRF meteorological outputs bilinearly interpolated to 250-m grid. Adjust temperature, pressure, and specific humidity for terrain differences between WRF digital elevation model and high-resolution elevation model distributed by ASO.
   Quantities: 250m horizontal grid spacing, terrain adjustments appliedDuration: Full simulation periods for both water yearsConditions: Terrain-corrected meteorological forcing
   Equipment: Noah-MP land surface model, ASO digital elevation model

Typical Equipment

• Noah-MP land surface model
• ASO digital elevation model

Output Measurements

• snow water equivalent
• snow depth
• snow density

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol

Places Where Used