Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-859-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-859-2022
Model description paper
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31 Jan 2022
Model description paper |  | 31 Jan 2022

MPR 1.0: a stand-alone multiscale parameter regionalization tool for improved parameter estimation of land surface models

Robert Schweppe, Stephan Thober, Sebastian Müller, Matthias Kelbling, Rohini Kumar, Sabine Attinger, and Luis Samaniego

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The recently released multiscale parameter regionalization (MPR) tool enables environmental modelers to efficiently use extensive datasets for model setups. It flexibly ingests the datasets using user-defined data–parameter relationships and rescales parameter fields to given model resolutions. Modern land surface models especially benefit from MPR through increased transparency and flexibility in modeling decisions. Thus, MPR empowers more sound and robust simulations of the Earth system.
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