WRF-HYDRO + Noah Test case & etc

[Donte]

Hi

Do you have plans to provide a test-case for users of WRF-HYDRO and Noah (not Noah-MP)?  

I have just compiled WRF+Noah and can't test it! Are there other alternatives?

Could the lack of a test case, and the inclusion of more info about Noah-MP compared to the situation with v3 be an indication of a move away from WRF-Hydro + Noah?

[Molly]

Hi Donte,

Support for the Noah Land Surface Model within WRF-Hydro is currently frozen at Noah version 3.6.

Since the Noah LSM is not under active development by the community, WRF-Hydro is continuing to

support Noah in deprecated mode only. Some new model features, such as the improved output routines,

have not been setup to be backward compatible with Noah. Noah users should follow the guidelines in

Appendix A2 of the WRF-Hydro V5 Technical Description for adapting the WRF-Hydro workflow to work with Noah.

At this time we do not fore see creating a test case for use with the Noah LSM.

Best regards,

Molly