Benchmarking and evaluating the NASA Land Information System (version 7.5.2) coupled with the refactored Noah-MP land surface model (version 5.0)

He, Cenlin; Lin, Tzu-Shun; Mocko, David M.; Abolafia-Rosenzweig, Ronnie; Wegiel, Jerry W.; Kumar, Sujay V.

doi:10.5194/gmd-18-8439-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8439-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8439-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

Model evaluation paper

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12 Nov 2025

Model evaluation paper |

| 12 Nov 2025

Benchmarking and evaluating the NASA Land Information System (version 7.5.2) coupled with the refactored Noah-MP land surface model (version 5.0)

Cenlin He, Tzu-Shun Lin, David M. Mocko, Ronnie Abolafia-Rosenzweig, Jerry W. Wegiel, and Sujay V. Kumar

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8439-2025-supplement

Data sets

LIS/Noah-MP model benchmark and evaluation dataset C. He et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14567220

Model code and software

LIS/Noah-MPv5.0 coupled source code C. He et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14567646

Short summary

This study integrates the refactored community Noah-MP version 5.0 model with the NASA Land Information System (LIS) version 7.5.2 to streamline the synchronization, development, and maintenance of Noah-MP within LIS and to enhance their interoperability and applicability. The model benchmarking and evaluation results reveal key model strengths and weaknesses in simulating land surface quantities and show implications for future model improvements.