MOD-LSP, MODIS-based parameters for hydrologic modeling of North American land cover change.

ABSTRACT: Earth systems models require gridded land surface properties to compute fluxes of water, energy, and carbon within the landscape and to the atmosphere. However, most parameter sets contain time-invariant properties despite their known variability. Here we present new MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-based land surface parameters (MOD-LSP) formatted for the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrologic model that account for seasonal and interannual variability and longer-term change over the continental United States, Mexico, and southern Canada at 0.0625° spatial resolution and monthly temporal resolution. MOD-LSP improves over previously-available parameter sets via: (1) land cover maps of higher native spatial resolution; (2) multiple versions corresponding to the

SUBMITTER: Bohn TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6689012 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature