Impact of Using Near Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction in Noah Land Surface Model of NOAA NCEP on Numerical Weather Predictions

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variables</td><td class="align_center">Assignment</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">WRF dynamical core</td><td class="align_center">Advanced research WRF</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grid spacing/projection</td><td class="align_center">12 km/Gaussian</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dimension (west-east by south-north)</td><td class="align_center">480 ∗ 400</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Integration time step</td><td class="align_center">24 s (the same in LIS and ARW)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Vertical dimension</td><td class="align_center">30</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Number of soil layers</td><td class="align_center">4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Land cover type</td><td class="align_center">MODIS (20 category)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">GVF</td><td class="align_center">Climatology: AVHRR, 0.144 degree<br/>NRT: MODIS, 1 km</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Microphysics</td><td class="align_center">5 (Eta microphysics: the operational microphysics in NCEP models)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Land surface model</td><td class="align_center">Noah (v3.3)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Planetary boundary layer</td><td class="align_center">Mellor–Yamada–Janjic scheme</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>LIS-WRF model configuration details.</div>

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Table 1: Impact of Using Near Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction in Noah Land Surface Model of NOAA NCEP on Numerical Weather Predictions 