production/GFS.v16: fix the frozen precip density issue #546
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Description
The snow density is used for all frozen precip types in the current operational GFS. With this assumption the density for sleet or freezing rain is too small and the snow depth is overestimated in this situation. This fix will give the different density to snow, graupel, and freezing rain in the Noah LSM driver.
The fix will change the result.
Issue(s) addressed
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Testing
How were these changes tested?
What compilers / HPCs was it tested with?
Extensive forecast tests have been made in WCOSS.
Are the changes covered by regression tests? (If not, why? Do new tests need to be added?)
Have the ufs-weather-model regression test been run? On what platform?
Dependencies
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Do PRs in upstream repositories need to be merged first?
No