Land-Focused Changes in the Updated GEOS FP System (Version 5.25)

Abstract

Many of the changes imposed in the January 2020 upgrade from Version 5.22 to 5.25 of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Forward Processing (FP) analysis system were designed to increase the realism of simulated land variables. The changes, which consist of both land model parameter updates and improvements to the physical treatments employed for various land processes, have generally positive or neutral impacts on the character of the FP product, as documented here