Research Article
Impact of Using Near Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction in Noah Land Surface Model of NOAA NCEP on Numerical Weather Predictions
Table 1
LIS-WRF model configuration details.
| Variables | Assignment |
| WRF dynamical core | Advanced research WRF | Grid spacing/projection | 12 km/Gaussian | Dimension (west-east by south-north) | 480 ∗ 400 | Integration time step | 24 s (the same in LIS and ARW) | Vertical dimension | 30 | Number of soil layers | 4 | Land cover type | MODIS (20 category) | GVF | Climatology: AVHRR, 0.144 degree NRT: MODIS, 1 km | Microphysics | 5 (Eta microphysics: the operational microphysics in NCEP models) | Land surface model | Noah (v3.3) | Planetary boundary layer | Mellor–Yamada–Janjic scheme |
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