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Boundary-Layer Meteorol (2010) 137:271–290 DOI 10.1007/s10546-010-9531-y ARTICLE Evaluating a New Deposition Velocity Module in the Noah Land-Surface Model U. Charusombat · D. Niyogi · A. Kumar · X. Wang · F. Chen · A. Guenther · A. Turnipseed · K. Alapaty Received: 7 June 2009 / Accepted: 15 July 2010 / Published online: 4 August 2010 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Abstract The community Noah land-surface model (Noah LSM) has been modified to couple with a photosynthesis-transpiration scheme (GEM) to estimate the deposition veloc- ity (Vd ) for air quality studies. This new capability of the Noah-GEM model was tested in a point version of the National Center for Atmospheric Research-High Resolution Land Data Assimilation System (HRLDAS). Ozone Vd observations from June 1–30, 2002 over the ◦ ◦ AmeriFlux forested site located at Niwot Ridge, Colorado, USA (40 1 58 N; 105 32 47 W) were used. The model reasonably captures Vd variations for both dry and wet conditions but has problems at nighttime. Experiments were performed to assess the sensitivity of Vd cal- culations to surface characteristics related to vegetation and soil parameters. The results indicated that Vd values are sensitive to accurate specifications of the leaf area index (LAI) and a lesser extent to vegetation type, maximum stomatal resistance (Rsmax ) and soil texture prescription. The model sensitivity to canopy resistance was noted for both daytime and nighttime. For this forest site, neither soil textures nor soil moisture appeared to affect Vd calculations significantly, though they affected the surface heat-flux estimation particularly under low soil moisture conditions. Therefore, the Vd estimation in the Noah model can be enhanced by either site-specific LAI or assimilating regional normal difference