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Bug Fix: use Noah-MP table roughness length in urban areas when using bulk scheme (no urban option used) #827

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@barlage barlage commented Mar 19, 2019

TYPE: bug fix

KEYWORDS: Noah-MP

SOURCE: Jorge Navarro (CIEMAT, Spain), Michael Barlage (NCAR)

DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES:
Problem:
When running Noah-MP with no urban scheme (bulk method), the roughness length in urban areas
was not used from the MPTABLE and instead was set to a bare soil value. This resulted in a high
temperature, high wind speed, and low sensible heat flux over cities.

Fix: use z0 from the MPTABLE

LIST OF MODIFIED FILES:
M phys/module_sf_noahmplsm.F

TESTS CONDUCTED:

  1. 24-hr Noah-MP simulations in a summer and winter configuration

RELEASE NOTES:
When running Noah-MP with no urban scheme (bulk method), the roughness length in urban areas
used a bare soil value. This resulted in a high temperature, high wind speed, and low sensible heat
flux over cities. The correction uses z0 from the Noah-MP look-up table.

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dudhia commented Mar 19, 2019 via email

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barlage commented Mar 19, 2019

@dudhia yes, it affects everything that depends on roughness length, including wind speed.

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Mike,
Is there a specific person at CIEMAT for an attribution?

@davegill davegill changed the title Bug Fix: use Noah-MP table roughness length Bug Fix: use Noah-MP table roughness length in urban areas when using bulk scheme (no urban) Mar 20, 2019
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weiwangncar commented Mar 20, 2019 via email

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Dave,
We can help with that. Jimy got the email from this group.
Wei

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Wei,
Thanks

@davegill davegill changed the title Bug Fix: use Noah-MP table roughness length in urban areas when using bulk scheme (no urban) Bug Fix: use Noah-MP table roughness length in urban areas when using bulk scheme (no urban option used) Mar 20, 2019
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He may want everyone listed as for the 6th order diffusion fix. Those are J. Fidel González-Rouco (UCM & IGEO-CSIC, Spain), Jorge Navarro and Elena García-Bustamante (CIEMAT, Spain).

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@weiwangncar weiwangncar merged commit 1336d1d into wrf-model:release-v4.1 Mar 20, 2019
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