LISF 557WW 7.3.3 Release

Release notes:

• Refine JULES-5.0 snow DA checks against attrib file maximums.
• Update 557WW-7.3-FOC lis.config examples to current settings.
• Change JULES-5.0 snow DA state variable quality control.
  1. Turn off snow DA when snow depths are very high.
  2. Use snow density from the JULES-5.0 state variable.
  3. Check snow density against JULES-prescribed maximum/minimum.
  4. Only check SWE and snow depth maximum when doing an update.
  5. Increase the recommended SWE and snow depth maximum values in the attributes + file.
• Prevent divide-by-zero in Noah-MP with frozen soils.
• Support reading WWMCA GRIB1 files.
• Add a forest fraction threshold to JULES.
• Remove blacklist logic at request of 557WW.
• Add GALWEM T2M support to USAFSI.
• Reconcile Bratseth snow depth to snow cover field.
• Add two new "SNODEP" GRIB1 output files. Updated GRIB output logic.

LISF Public 7.3.0 Release

Please see LISF's website, https://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov/, for download links to source code and documentation, as well as an overview of everything new.

LISF 557WW 7.3.2 Release

Release notes:

• Ensure that the USAF processing scripts use Python3
• Correct typo regarding generating USAFSI filenames

LISF 557WW 7.3.1 Release

Release notes:

• Add support to compile on koehr

LISF 557WW 7.3.0 Release

Release notes:

• Created next-generation global 10-km snow and ice analysis (USAFSI)
  • Updated SSMIS snow depth retrievals (multichannel, considers variations in forest cover)
  • Use Bratseth scheme
  • Updated quality control checks
• Added IMERG support to precipitation analysis
• Reduced memory footprint in precipitation analysis
• Retuned run-time covariance settings for GALWEM and GFS-FV3
• Upgraded Noah LSM to version 3.9
• Added NoahMP 4.0.1 LSM
• Added “warm-start” capability for JULES 5.0 LSM from GALWEM
• Upgraded soil moisture DA
  • Added monthly CDF bias-correction (was annual)
  • Improved observation quality control (frozen soil, urban area, dense vegetation, etc)
• Updated snow DA to support USAFSI analysis
• Added functionality to enable initialization of GALWEM's LoBCs using offline LIS-JULES