From deaa37c92d7fc059ec9f35f11b225f32c0d5484c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cenlin_He Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 21:16:17 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Create LICENSE.txt --- LICENSE.txt | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE.txt diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fad4f423 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: + +1. License. Subject to these terms and conditions, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) +grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, create derivative works, publish, distribute, +disseminate, transfer, modify, revise and copy the Noah-MP software, in both object and source code +(the "Software"). You shall not sell, license or transfer for a fee the Software, or any work that in any +manner contains the Software. + +2. 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From 54482b670a1da5c25bd85b37d429f9580da4eb54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cenlin_He Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 21:28:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update README.md --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 529b6c3f..fb4aa438 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43385564/236596277-45d492e7-79fd-4006-83e2-3044106afd94.png) + + # Noah-MP Community Model Repository @@ -77,5 +80,7 @@ Some suggestions for model developers to contribute to Noah-MP code through the 7. Step (7) The Noah-MP physics and code review committee merges the updated "develop" branch to the master branch during the annual release of new model versions. +## License + +The license and terms of use for this software can be found [here](https://github.com/NCAR/noahmp/blob/develop/LICENSE.txt) -Updated on March 9, 2023 From 91e22be6bbd700b3b5161543b6161b3f85fbeb76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cenlin_He Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 21:29:57 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fb4aa438..257cd56e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Technical documentation freely available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/ew8g-yr95 **Original Noah-MP model description paper**: Niu, G. Y., Yang, Z. L., Mitchell, K. E., Chen, F., Ek, M. B., Barlage, M., ... & Xia, Y. (2011). The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah‐MP): 1. Model description and evaluation with local‐scale measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 116(D12). -**Noah-MP version 5.0 model description paper**: He, C., P. Valayamkunnath, M. Barlage, F. Chen, D. Gochis, R. Cabell, T. Schneider, R. Rasmussen, G.-Y. Niu, Z.-L. Yang, D. Niyogi, and M. Ek (2023): Modernizing the open-source community Noah-MP land surface model (version 5.0) with enhanced modularity, interoperability, and applicability, GMD, to be submitted. +**Noah-MP version 5.0 model description paper**: He, C., Valayamkunnath, P., Barlage, M., Chen, F., Gochis, D., Cabell, R., Schneider, T., Rasmussen, R., Niu, G.-Y., Yang, Z.-L., Niyogi, D., and Ek, M.: Modernizing the open-source community Noah-MP land surface model (version 5.0) with enhanced modularity, interoperability, and applicability, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-675, 2023. ## Noah-MP GitHub structure