Noah LSM Snow Model Diagnostics and Enhancements

被引:141
作者
Livneh, Ben [1 ]
Xia, Youlong [2 ]
Mitchell, Kenneth E. [2 ]
Ek, Michael B. [2 ]
Lettenmaier, Dennis P.
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Wilson Ceram Lab, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[2] Natl Ctr Environm Predict, Environm Modeling Ctr, Camp Springs, MD USA
关键词
ASSIMILATION SYSTEM NLDAS; ANISOTROPIC REFLECTANCE; SOLAR-RADIATION; SPECTRAL ALBEDO; SURFACE; COVER; TEMPERATURE; ICE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION;
D O I
10.1175/2009JHM1174.1
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
A negative snow water equivalent (SWE) bias in the snow model of the Noah land surface scheme used in the NCEP suite of numerical weather and climate prediction models has been noted by several investigators. This bias motivated a series of offline tests of model extensions and improvements intended to reduce or eliminate the bias. These improvements consist of changes to the model's albedo formulation that include a parameterization for snowpack aging, changes to how pack temperature is computed, and inclusion of a provision for refreeze of liquid water in the pack. Less extensive testing was done on the performance of model extensions with alternate areal depletion parameterizations. Model improvements were evaluated through comparisons of point simulations with National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Snowpack Telemetry (SNOTEL) SWE data for deep-mountain snowpacks at selected stations in the western United States, as well as simulations of snow areal extent over the conterminous United States (CONUS) domain, compared with observational data from the NOAA Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS). The combination of snow-albedo decay and liquid-water refreeze results in substantial improvements in the magnitude and timing of peak SWE, as well as increased snow-covered extent at large scales. Modifications to areal snow depletion thresholds yielded more realistic snow-covered albedos at large scales.
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