Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of doc/app/land_surface_parameters

Timestamp:

Mar 3, 2015 4:34:58 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

maronga

Comment:

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doc/app/land_surface_parameters

@@ -308 +308 @@
 
 
-The user can choose from the following table:
-||='''veg_class''' =||='''Vegetation type''' =|
-||0  ||user defined ||
-||1  ||crops, mixed farming ||
-||2  ||short grass ||
-||3  ||evergreen needleleaf trees ||
-||4  ||deciduous needleleaf trees ||
-||5  ||evergreen broadleaf trees ||
-||6  ||deciduous broadleaf trees ||
-||7  ||tall grass ||
-||8  ||desert ||
-||9  ||tundra ||
-||10 ||irrigated crops ||
-||11 ||semidesert ||
-||12 ||ice caps and glaciers ||
-||13 ||bogs and marshes ||
-||14 ||inland water ||
-||15 ||ocean ||
-||16 ||evergreen shrubs ||
-||17 ||deciduous shrubs ||
-||18 ||mixed forest/woodland ||
-||19 ||interrupted forest ||
+The user can choose from 7 soil types according to the ECMWF-IFS classification (parametrization after Van Genuchten (1980):
+||= '''soil_class'''=||='''Soil type''' =||=Notes =||
+||0  ||user defined ||All soil-related parameters must be explicitly set by the user. ||
+||1  ||coarse ||||
+||2  ||medium ||||
+||3  ||medium-fine ||||
+||4  ||fine ||||
+||5  ||very fine ||||
+||6  ||organic ||||
+||7  ||loamy (CH) ||Parametrization after Clapp & Hornberger (1978)||
+
 }}}
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@@ -357 +346 @@
 Vegetation type to be used in the land surface model.
 
-
-The user can choose from the following table:
+The user can choose from 19 different pre-defined vegetation classes accoring to the ECMWF-IFS classification:
+||= '''veg_class'''=||='''Vegetation type''' =||=Notes =||
+||0  ||user defined ||All vegetation-related parameters must be explicitly set by the user. ||
+||1  ||crops, mixed farming ||||
+||2  ||short grass ||||
+||3  ||evergreen needleleaf trees ||||
+||4  ||deciduous needleleaf trees ||||
+||5  ||evergreen broadleaf trees ||||
+||6  ||deciduous broadleaf trees ||||
+||7  ||tall grass ||||
+||8  ||desert ||||
+||9  ||tundra ||||
+||10 ||irrigated crops ||||
+||11 ||semidesert ||||
+||12 ||ice caps and glaciers ||Not implemented yet. ||
+||13 ||bogs and marshes ||||
+||14 ||inland water ||Not implemented yet. ||
+||15 ||ocean ||Not implemented yet. ||
+||16 ||evergreen shrubs ||||
+||17 ||deciduous shrubs ||||
+||18 ||mixed forest/woodland ||||
+||19 ||interrupted forest ||||
+
+
 }}}
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