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Update Land Surface Physics
Updating to NOAH LSM v2.2
Soil heat flux
- New thermal conductivity Peters-Lidard et al 1998
- Vegetation reduction of thermal conductivity Peters-Lidard et al 1997
- Within snow pack Chang et al 1999
Cold Season processes Koren et al 1999
- Frozen soil (new model history variable)
- Patchy snowcover - some solar can heat soil & air
- Snow density / snow depth (new model history variable - companion to snow water equivalent)