Evaluating Noah-MP Snow and Soil Processes over the Montana Mesonet

Seasonal snow is primarily distributed over mountainous regions, and most studies on snow have focused on these areas, particularly for model simulations and validation. However, snow dynamics over flat regions can also be important, as snow cover significantly alters surface properties such as albedo, surface roughness length, and thermal conductivity. These changes, in turn, influence surface processes, including the energy balance and momentum fluxes. In this seminar, I will present offline simulations of the land surface model Noah-MP, which serves as the land component of the UFS, over stations in the Montana Mesonet, a newly established observational network that is still under development. I will also present preliminary results examining the impact of increasing the number of soil layers in Noah-MP.

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