diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index c843811823..b50cc2d739 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ env:
 
 steps:
   - label: "init environment :computer:"
-    key: "init_cpu_env"
+    key: "init_gpu_env"
     concurrency: 1
     concurrency_group: 'depot/climaland-ci'
     command:
diff --git a/Artifacts.toml b/Artifacts.toml
index 0c57f5440f..7f76d97feb 100644
--- a/Artifacts.toml
+++ b/Artifacts.toml
@@ -38,3 +38,14 @@ git-tree-sha1 = "b849eb95c09190095e7bf021494ddeda8858af01"
     [[modis_clumping_index.download]]
     sha256 = "e4c766a93a673e5dc22540687ef5616416d65bb13a0f4a67789b95d49ccbb158"
     url = "https://caltech.box.com/shared/static/ec2y3k5kqpl9wjvtsx3584wgkp5q8dyw.gz"
+
+[earth_orography_30arcseconds]
+git-tree-sha1 = "03dd08fcbf363ed055a176dd7adefb60ff1c3493"
+
+[earth_orography_60arcseconds]
+git-tree-sha1 = "fe19d8dbe7a18ff39588e1f718014b0479d9c0f7"
+lazy = true
+
+    [[earth_orography_60arcseconds.download]]
+    sha256 = "eca66c0701d1c2b9e271742314915ffbf4a0fae92709df611c323f38e019966e"
+    url = "https://caltech.box.com/shared/static/4asrxcgl6xsgenfcug9p0wkkyhtqilgk.gz"
diff --git a/experiments/long_runs/land.jl b/experiments/long_runs/land.jl
index 31363cb96e..17636b0549 100644
--- a/experiments/long_runs/land.jl
+++ b/experiments/long_runs/land.jl
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ diagnostics_outdir = joinpath(root_path, "global_diagnostics")
 outdir =
     ClimaUtilities.OutputPathGenerator.generate_output_path(diagnostics_outdir)
 
+function mask_land_tendencies(Yₜ, land_mask)
+    @. Yₜ *= land_mask
+end
+
 function setup_prob(t0, tf, Δt; outdir = outdir, nelements = (101, 15))
 
     earth_param_set = LP.LandParameters(FT)
@@ -70,8 +74,24 @@ function setup_prob(t0, tf, Δt; outdir = outdir, nelements = (101, 15))
         dz_tuple = FT.((10.0, 0.05)),
     )
     surface_space = domain.space.surface
+    
+    # Land Mask Example
+    extrapolation_bc = (
+        Interpolations.Periodic(),
+        Interpolations.Flat(),
+    )
+    comms_ctx = ClimaComms.context(surface_space);
+    soil_params_mask = SpaceVaryingInput(
+        ClimaLand.Artifacts.earth_orography_file_path(; context = comms_ctx),
+        "z",
+        surface_space;
+        regridder_kwargs = (; extrapolation_bc,),
+        file_reader_kwargs = (; preprocess_func = (data) -> data >= 0),
+    )
+    # TODO : Define smoothing operation in preprocess pipeline
+    
     subsurface_space = domain.space.subsurface
-
+    
     start_date = DateTime(2021)
     # Forcing data
     era5_artifact_path =
@@ -94,17 +114,17 @@ function setup_prob(t0, tf, Δt; outdir = outdir, nelements = (101, 15))
         Interpolations.Flat(),
         Interpolations.Flat(),
     )
-    soil_params_mask = SpaceVaryingInput(
-        joinpath(
-            soil_params_artifact_path,
-            "vGalpha_map_gupta_etal2020_1.0x1.0x4.nc",
-        ),
-        "α",
-        subsurface_space;
-        regridder_type,
-        regridder_kwargs = (; extrapolation_bc,),
-        file_reader_kwargs = (; preprocess_func = (data) -> data > 0,),
-    )
+    #soil_params_mask = SpaceVaryingInput(
+    #    joinpath(
+    #        soil_params_artifact_path,
+    #        "vGalpha_map_gupta_etal2020_1.0x1.0x4.nc",
+    #    ),
+    #    "α",
+    #    subsurface_space;
+    #    regridder_type,
+    #    regridder_kwargs = (; extrapolation_bc,),
+    #    file_reader_kwargs = (; preprocess_func = (data) -> data > 0,),
+    #)
     oceans_to_value(field, mask, value) =
         mask == 1.0 ? field : eltype(field)(value)
 
diff --git a/src/Artifacts.jl b/src/Artifacts.jl
index 37d9948435..76e39b5542 100644
--- a/src/Artifacts.jl
+++ b/src/Artifacts.jl
@@ -349,4 +349,19 @@ function bareground_albedo_dataset_path(; context = nothing)
     )
 end
 
+"""
+    earth_orography_file_path(; context=nothing)
+
+Construct the file path for the 60arcsecond orography data NetCDF file.
+
+Downloads the 60arc-second dataset by default. 
+"""
+function earth_orography_file_path(; context = nothing)
+    filename = "ETOPO_2022_v1_60s_N90W180_surface.nc"
+    return joinpath(
+        @clima_artifact("earth_orography_60arcseconds", context),
+        filename,
+    )
+end
+
 end