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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-19-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-19-2025
Model evaluation paper
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08 Jan 2025
Model evaluation paper |  | 08 Jan 2025

Subsurface hydrological controls on the short-term effects of hurricanes on nitrate–nitrogen runoff loading: a case study of Hurricane Ida using the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) Land Model (v2.1)

Yilin Fang, Hoang Viet Tran, and L. Ruby Leung

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Hurricanes may worsen water quality in the lower Mississippi River basin (LMRB) by increasing nutrient runoff. We found that runoff parameterizations greatly affect nitrate–nitrogen runoff simulated using an Earth system land model. Our simulations predicted increased nitrogen runoff in the LMRB during Hurricane Ida in 2021, albeit less pronounced than the observations, indicating areas for model improvement to better understand and manage nutrient runoff loss during hurricanes in the region.
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