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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-675
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-675
12 Apr 2023
 | 12 Apr 2023
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Modernizing the open-source community Noah-MP land surface model (version 5.0) with enhanced modularity, interoperability, and applicability

Cenlin He, Prasanth Valayamkunnath, Michael Barlage, Fei Chen, David Gochis, Ryan Cabell, Tim Schneider, Roy Rasmussen, Guo-Yue Niu, Zong-Liang Yang, Dev Niyogi, and Michael Ek

Abstract. The widely-used open-source community Noah-MP land surface model (LSM) is designed for applications ranging from uncoupled land-surface and ecohydrological process studies to coupled numerical weather prediction and decadal global/regional climate simulations. It has been used in many coupled community weather/climate/hydrology models. In this study, we modernize/refactor the Noah-MP LSM by adopting modern Fortran code and data structures and standards, which substantially enhances the model modularity, interoperability, and applicability. The modernized Noah-MP is released as the version 5.0 (v5.0), which has five key features: (1) enhanced modularization and interoperability by re-organizing model physics into individual process-level Fortran module files, (2) enhanced data structure with new hierarchical data types and optimized variable declaration and initialization structures, (3) enhanced code structure and calling workflow by leveraging the new data structure and modularization, (4) enhanced (descriptive and self-explanatory) model variable naming standard, and (5) enhanced driver and interface structures to couple with host weather/climate/hydrology models. In addition, we create a comprehensive technical documentation of the Noah-MP v5.0 and a set of model benchmark and reference datasets. The Noah-MP v5.0 will be coupled to various weather/climate/hydrology models in the future. Overall, the modernized Noah-MP will allow a more efficient and convenient process for future model developments and applications.

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Status: open (until 07 Jun 2023)

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  • CEC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-675', Juan Antonio Añel, 05 May 2023 reply
    • AC1: 'Reply on CEC1', Cenlin He, 06 May 2023 reply
      • CEC2: 'Reply on AC1', Juan Antonio Añel, 10 May 2023 reply
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-675', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 May 2023 reply

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Noah-MP is one of the most widely-used community land surface models in the world, which is designed for applications ranging from uncoupled land-surface and ecohydrological process studies to coupled numerical weather prediction and decadal climate simulations. To facilitate model developments and applications, we modernize Noah-MP by adopting modern Fortran code and data structures and standards, which substantially enhances the model modularity, interoperability, and applicability.