DIAG SET 5: CLM ANNUAL MEANS OVER LAND - DIFFERENCE (case1 - case2)
 
TEST CASE (case1):      plioCCSM4  (yrs 601-650)
 
REFERENCE CASE (case2): CCSM4  (yrs 1251-1300)
 
DIFFERENCE:            (plioCCSM4) - (CCSM4)
 
Variable                                                              case1-case2
 
TSA(K) 2m air temperature                                                  2.187
PREC(mm/d) ppt: rain+snow                                                  0.095
RAIN(mm/d) atmospheric rain                                                0.099
SNOW(mm/d) atmospheric snow                                               -0.004
SNOWDP(m) snow height                                                     -0.025
FSNO(unitless) fraction of ground covered by snow                         -0.015
H2OSNO(mm) total snow water equiv (SNOWICE + SNOWLIQ)                    -11.789
VBSA(% reflected) visible black-sky albedo                                -1.624
NBSA(% reflected) near-IR black-sky albedo                                -0.963
VWSA(% reflected) visible white-sky albedo                                -0.999
NWSA(% reflected) near-IR white-sky albedo                                -0.419
RNET(W/m^2) net radiation:fsa-fira                                         2.467
LHEAT(W/m^2) latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV                                   -0.411
FSH(W/m^2) sensible heat                                                   2.839
FSDS(W/m^2) atmospheric incident solar radiation                          -1.387
FSA(W/m^2) absorbed solar radiation                                        1.873
FLDS(W/m^2) atmospheric longwave radiation                                12.378
FIRE(W/m^2) emitted infrared (longwave) radiation                         11.784
FCTR(W/m^2) canopy transpiration                                          -0.447
FCEV(W/m^2) canopy evaporation                                             0.427
FGEV(W/m^2) ground evaporation                                            -0.391
FGR(W/m^2) heat flux into snow/soil (includes snow melt)                  -0.008
FSM(W/m^2) snow melt heat flux                                            -0.044
TLAI(m2/m2) total one-sided leaf area index                                0.148
TSAI(m2/m2) total one-sided stem area index                                0.124
LAISUN(m^2/m^2) Sunlit Projected Leaf Area Index                           0.002
LAISHA(m^2/m^2) Shaded Projected Leaf Area Index                           0.147
ET(mm/d) Evapotranspiration                                             -999.000
QOVER(mm/d) surface runoff                                                 0.017
QDRAI(mm/d) sub-surface drainage                                           0.094
QRGWL(mm/d) surface runoff at glaciers, wetlands, lakes                   -0.010
WA(mm) water in the unconfined aquifer                                    78.496
ZWT(m) water table depth                                                  -0.464
QCHARGE(mm/d) aquifer recharge rate                                        0.069
FCOV(unitless [0-1]) fractional area with water table at surface           0.015
CO2_PPMV(ppmv) CO2 concentration                                         120.305