Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation
Model evaluation and verification are key in improving the usage and applicability of simulation models for real-world applications. In this article, the development and capabilities of a formal system for land surface model evaluation called the Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) is described....
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| author | S. V. Kumar C. D. Peters-Lidard J. Santanello K. Harrison Y. Liu M. Shaw |
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| description | Model evaluation and verification are key in improving the usage and applicability of simulation models for real-world applications. In this article, the development and capabilities of a formal system for land surface model evaluation called the Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) is described. LVT is designed to provide an integrated environment for systematic land model evaluation and facilitates a range of verification approaches and analysis capabilities. LVT operates across multiple temporal and spatial scales and employs a large suite of in-situ, remotely sensed and other model and reanalysis datasets in their native formats. In addition to the traditional accuracy-based measures, LVT also includes uncertainty and ensemble diagnostics, information theory measures, spatial similarity metrics and scale decomposition techniques that provide novel ways for performing diagnostic model evaluations. Though LVT was originally designed to support the land surface modeling and data assimilation framework known as the Land Information System (LIS), it supports hydrological data products from non-LIS environments as well. In addition, the analysis of diagnostics from various computational subsystems of LIS including data assimilation, optimization and uncertainty estimation are supported within LVT. Together, LIS and LVT provide a robust end-to-end environment for enabling the concepts of model data fusion for hydrological applications. The evolving capabilities of LVT framework are expected to facilitate rapid model evaluation efforts and aid the definition and refinement of formal evaluation procedures for the land surface modeling community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ad3ed40648a4207adc82daefba7d26b2022-12-22T02:38:09ZengCopernicus PublicationsGeoscientific Model Development1991-959X1991-96032012-06-015386988610.5194/gmd-5-869-2012Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluationS. V. KumarC. D. Peters-LidardJ. SantanelloK. HarrisonY. LiuM. ShawModel evaluation and verification are key in improving the usage and applicability of simulation models for real-world applications. In this article, the development and capabilities of a formal system for land surface model evaluation called the Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) is described. LVT is designed to provide an integrated environment for systematic land model evaluation and facilitates a range of verification approaches and analysis capabilities. LVT operates across multiple temporal and spatial scales and employs a large suite of in-situ, remotely sensed and other model and reanalysis datasets in their native formats. In addition to the traditional accuracy-based measures, LVT also includes uncertainty and ensemble diagnostics, information theory measures, spatial similarity metrics and scale decomposition techniques that provide novel ways for performing diagnostic model evaluations. Though LVT was originally designed to support the land surface modeling and data assimilation framework known as the Land Information System (LIS), it supports hydrological data products from non-LIS environments as well. In addition, the analysis of diagnostics from various computational subsystems of LIS including data assimilation, optimization and uncertainty estimation are supported within LVT. Together, LIS and LVT provide a robust end-to-end environment for enabling the concepts of model data fusion for hydrological applications. The evolving capabilities of LVT framework are expected to facilitate rapid model evaluation efforts and aid the definition and refinement of formal evaluation procedures for the land surface modeling community.http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/5/869/2012/gmd-5-869-2012.pdf |
| spellingShingle | S. V. Kumar C. D. Peters-Lidard J. Santanello K. Harrison Y. Liu M. Shaw Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation Geoscientific Model Development |
| title | Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation |
| title_full | Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation |
| title_short | Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation |
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