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b.e21.B1850.f09_g17.PMIP4-midHolo.001.clm2.h0.
and
b.e21.B1850.f09_g17.CMIP6-piControl.001.clm2.h0.

Set 1 Description: Line plots of annual trends in energy balance, soil water/ice and temperature, runoff, snow water/ice, photosynthesis
'D_' denotes a variable derived from two or more history file variables (lnd_func.ncl)
'C_' denotes a CASA model variable.



Variable Name Long Name NativeUnits ReportedUnits
TSA 2m air temperature K K
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s mm/d
TOTRUNOFF Total Liquid Runoff mm/s mm/d
TSOI soil temperature : layers 1-10 K K
FPSN photosynthesis umol/m^2/s PgC/y
ELAI exposed one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 m2/m2
ESAI exposed one-sided stem area index m2/m2 m2/m2
TLAI total one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 m2/m2
TSAI total one-sided stem area index m2/m2 m2/m2
LAISUN Sunlit Projected Leaf Area Index m2/m2 m^2/m^2
LAISHA Shaded Projected Leaf Area Index m^2/m^2 m^2/m^2
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless unitless
QINFL infiltration mm/s mm/d
QOVER surface runoff mm/s mm/d
QIRRIG water added through irrig mm/s mm/d
QRGWL surface runoff at glaciers, wetlands, lakes mm/s mm/d
QDRAI sub-surface drainage mm/s mm/d
QINTR interception mm/s mm/d
QSOIL ground evaporation mm/s mm/d
QVEGT canopy transpiration mm/s mm/d
FSH sensible heat W/m^2 W/m^2
FSH_TO_COUPLER sensible heat sent to coupler W/m^2 W/m^2
FSH_PRECIP_CONVERSION SHF from conv of rain/snow atm forcing W/m^2 W/m^2
FSH_RUNOFF_ICE_TO_LIQ SHF from conv of ice runoff to liquid W/m^2 W/m^2
CPL_ENERGY_BAL Coupler Energy Balance (Land Area) W/m2 W/m2
SOILLIQ soil liquid water : layers 1-10 kg/m^2 kg/m^2
SOILICE soil ice : layers 1-10 kg/m^2 kg/m^2
SOILPSI Soil Water Potential in Each Soil Layer MPa MPa
SNOWLIQ snow liquid water kg/m^2 kg/m^2
SNOWICE snow ice kg/m^2 kg/m^2
FSNO fraction of ground covered by snow unitless unitless
H2OSNO total snow water equiv (SNOWICE + SNOWLIQ) mm mm
TOTSOILLIQ total soil liquid water kg/m^2 kg/m^2
TOTSOILICE total soil ice kg/m^2 kg/m^2
WA water in the unconfined aquifer mm mm
ZWT water table depth m m
QCHARGE aquifer recharge rate mm/s mm/d
FCOV fractional area with water table at surface unitless [0-1] unitless [0-1]
CO2_PPMV CO2 concentration ppmv ppmv
TWS total water storage mm mm
VOLR river channel total water storage m3 m3
DSTDEP total dust deposition (dry+wet) from atmosphere kg/m2/s Pg/y
DSTFLXT total surface dust emission kg/m2/s Pg/y
OCDEP total OC deposition (dry+wet) from atmosphere kg/m2/s Pg/y
BCDEP total BC deposition (dry+wet) from atmosphere kg/m2/s Pg/y
NEE net ecosys exchange of C;incl fire flx;pos for source gC/m^2/s PgC/y
NEP net ecosystem production;excl fire flx;pos for sink gC/m^2/s PgC/y
NBP net biome production, includes fire, landuse and harvest flux gC/m^2/s PgC/y
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
CUE carbon use efficiency NPP/GPP NPP/GPP
BTRAN2 root zone soil moisture factor unitless unitless
PSNSUN_TO_CPOOL GPP from Sunlit Canopy gC/m^2/s PgC/y
PSNSHADE_TO_CPOOL GPP from Shaded Canopy gC/m^2/s PgC/y
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
AGNPP above ground net primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
BGNPP below ground net primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
MR maintenance respiration gC/m^2/s PgC/y
GR total growth respiration gC/m^2/s PgC/y
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s PgC/y
LITHR litter hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s PgC/y
SOMHR SOM hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s PgC/y
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s PgC/y
RR root respiration (fine root MR + total root GR) gC/m^2/s PgC/y
SR total soil respiration (HR + root resp) gC/m^2/s PgC/y
ER total ecosystem respiration (AR + HR) gC/m^2/s PgC/y
FINUNDATED Fractional inundated of veg col unitless unitless
FCH4 Gridcell surface CH4 flux kgC/m^2/s PgC/y
FCH4TOCO2 Gridcell oxidation of CH4 to CO2 gC/m^2/s PgC/y
FCH4_DFSAT CH4 additional flux kgC/m^2/s PgC/y
CH4PROD Gridcell total CH4 production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
CH4_SURF_AERE_SAT aerenchyma sfc CH4 flx-inundated area mol/m^2/s Tmol/y
CH4_SURF_AERE_UNSAT aerenchyma sfc CH4 flx-non-inundated area mol/m^2/s Tmol/y
CH4_SURF_DIFF_SAT diffusive sfc CH4 flx-inundated/lake area mol/m^2/s Tmol/y
CH4_SURF_DIFF_UNSAT diffusive sfc CH4 flx-non-inundated area mol/m^2/s Tmol/y
CH4_SURF_EBUL_SAT ebullition sfc CH4 flx-inundated/lake area mol/m^2/s Tmol/y
CH4_SURF_EBUL_UNSAT ebullition sfc CH4 flx-non-inundated area mol/m^2/s Tmol/y
LEAFC leaf carbon gC/m^2 PgC
LEAFN leaf nitrogen gN/m^2 PgN
LEAFCN leaf carbon/nitrogen gC/gN gC/gN
SOIL3C Soil organic matter C (slow pool) gC/m^2 PgC
SOIL4C Soil organic matter C (slowest pool) gC/m^2 PgC
FROOTC fine root carbon gC/m^2 PgC
LIVESTEMC live stem C gC/m^2 PgC
DEADSTEMC dead stem carbon gC/m^2 PgC
LIVECROOTC live coarse root carbon gC/m^2 PgC
DEADCROOTC dead coarse root carbon gC/m^2 PgC
CPOOL temporary photosynthate C pool gC/m^2 PgC
XSMRPOOL Temporary Photosynthate C Pool gC/m^2 PgC
TOTVEGC total vegetation C, excluding cpool gC/m^2 PgC
TOTVEGN total vegetation N gN/m^2 PgN
TOTVEGCN total vegetation C/N gC/gN gC/gN
CWDC coarse woody debris carbon gC/m^2 PgC
TOTLITC total litter carbon gC/m^2 PgC
TOTLITC_1m total litter carbon to 1m depth gC/m^2 PgC
TOTLITN total litter N gN/m^2 TgN
TOTLITN_1m total litter N to 1m depth gN/m^2 TgN
TOTSOMC total SOM carbon gC/m^2 PgC
TOTSOMC_1m total SOM carbon to 1 meter depth gC/m^2 PgC
TOTSOMN total soil organic matter N gN/m^2 TgN
TOTSOMN_1m total soil organic matter N to 1m depth gN/m^2 TgN
TOTECOSYSC total ecosystem C, incl veg but excl cpool gC/m^2 PgC
TOTCOLC total ecosystem C, incl veg and cpool gC/m^2 PgC
COL_CTRUNC column-level sink for C truncation gC/m^2 PgC
PFT_CTRUNC pft-level sink for C truncation gC/m^2 PgC
FPG fraction of potential GPP proportion proportion
FPI fraction of potential immobilization proportion proportion
TOTECOSYSN total ecosystem N gN/m^2 TgN
NDEP_TO_SMINN nitrogen deposition gN/m^2/s TgN/y
FERT fertilizer added gN/m^2/s TgN/y
FERT_TO_SMINN fertilizer to soil mineral N gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NFERTILIZATION fertilizer added gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NFIX_TO_SMINN nitrogen fixation gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NAM AM-associated N uptake flux gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NECM ECM-associated N uptake flux gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NFIX Symbiotic BNF uptake flux gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NRETRANS Retranslocated N uptake flux gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NPP_NUPTAKE total carbon used by N uptake in FUN gC/m^2/s PgC/y
NUPTAKE_FRACTION NPP_NUPTAKE/(NPP_NUPTAKE+NPP) unitless NA
FFIX_TO_SMINN free living N fixation to soil mineral N gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NPP_NFIX Symbiotic BNF uptake used C gC/m^2/s PgC/y
NPP_NACTIVE Mycorrhizal N uptake used C gC/m^2/s PgC/y
NPP_NRETRANS retranslocated N uptake flux gC/m^2/s PgC/y
SUPPLEMENT_TO_SMINN supplement to mineral nitrogen gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SMINN_LEACHED Nitrogen Leached gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SMIN_NO3_LEACHED Soil NO3 pool loss to leaching gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SMIN_NO3_RUNOFF Soil NO3 pool loss to runoff gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SMINN soil mineral N gN/m^2 TgN
SMINN_TO_NPOOL Mineral N to NPool gN/m^2/s TgN/y
COL_NTRUNC column-level sink for N truncation gN/m^2 TgN
PFT_NTRUNC pft-level sink for N truncation gN/m^2 TgN
RETRANSN plant pool of retranslocated N gN/m^2 TgN
RETRANSN_TO_NPOOL Retranslocated N to NPool gN/m^2/s TgN/y
POTENTIAL_IMMOB Potential Immobilization gN/m^2/s TgN/y
ACTUAL_IMMOB Actual Immobilization gN/m^2/s TgN/y
GROSS_NMIN Gross N Mineralization gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NET_NMIN Net N Mineralization gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NDEPLOY Total N Deployed in New Growth gN/m^2/s TgN/y
DENIT Total Denitrification gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SOIL3N soil organic matter N (slow pool) gN/m^2 TgN
SOIL4N Soil organic matter N (slowest pool) gN/m^2 TgN
COL_FIRE_CLOSS total column-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s PgC/y
PFT_FIRE_CLOSS total pft-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s PgC/y
COL_FIRE_NLOSS total column-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s TgN/y
PFT_FIRE_NLOSS total pft-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s TgN/y
FAREA_BURNED fractional area burned proportion/s proportion/y
BAF_CROP fractional area burned - crop proportion/s proportion/y
CWDC_HR Coarse Woody Debris C Hetereotrophic respiration gC/m2s PgC/y
CWDC_LOSS Coarse Woody Debris C Loss gC/m2s PgC/y
FROOTC_ALLOC Fine root C allocation gC/m2s PgC/m2y
FROOTC_LOSS Fine root C Loss gC/m2s PgC/m2y
LEAFC_ALLOC Leaf C Allocation gC/m2s PgC/m2y
LEAFC_LOSS Leaf C Loss gC/m2s PgC/m2y
LITTERC Total Litter C gC/m2 PgC
LITTERC_HR Litter Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m2s PgC/m2y
LITTERC_LOSS Litter C Loss gC/m2s PgC/m2y
SOILC soil organic matter C (fast pool) gC/m2 PgC
SOILC_HR Soil C hetereotrophic respiration gC/m2s PgC/y
SOILC_LOSS Soil C Loss gC/m2s PgC/y
WOODC Wood C gC/m2 PgC
WOODC_ALLOC Wood C Allocation gC/m2s PgC/y
WOODC_LOSS Wood C Loss gC/m2s PgC/y
WOOD_HARVESTC Wood Harvest C (to prod pools) gC/m2s PgC/y
WOOD_HARVESTN Wood Harvest N (to prod pools) gN/m2s PgN/y
TOT_WOODPRODC_LOSS Total C loss from wood prod pools gC/m2s PgC/y
TOT_WOODPRODN_LOSS Total N loss from wood prod pools gN/m2s PgN/y
PROD10C_LOSS C loss from 10-yr wood prod pool gC/m2s PgC/y
PROD10N_LOSS N loss from 10-yr wood prod pool gN/m2s PgN/y
PROD100C_LOSS C loss from 100-yr wood prod pool gC/m2s PgC/y
PROD100N_LOSS N loss from 100-yr wood prod pool gN/m2s PgN/y
DWT_PROD10C_GAIN LCC-driven addition to 10-yr wood prod pool gC/m2s PgC/y
DWT_PROD10N_GAIN LCC-driven addition to 10-yr wood prod pool gN/m2s PgN/y
DWT_PROD100C_GAIN LCC-driven addition to 100-yr wood prod pool gC/m2s PgC/y
DWT_PROD100N_GAIN LCC-driven addition to 100-yr wood prod pool gN/m2s PgN/y
DWT_CONV_CFLUX conversion C flux (immediate loss to atm) gC/m2s PgC/y
C13_NEE C13 Net Ecosys Exchange of C;Incl Fire Flx;Pos for Source gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_NBP C13 net biome production, includes fire, landuse and harvest flux gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_NEP C13 Net Ecosystem Production;Excl Fire Flx;Pos for Sink gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_GPP C13 Gross Primary Production gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_PSNSUN_TO_CPOOL C13 GPP from Sunlit Canopy gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_PSNSHADE_TO_CPOOL C13 GPP from Shaded Canopy gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_NPP C13 Net Primary Production gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_AGNPP C13 Aboveground NPP gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_BGNPP C13 Belowground NPP gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_MR C13 Maintenance Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_GR C13 Total Growth Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_AR C13 Autotrophic Respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_LITHR C13 Litter Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_SOMHR C13 SOM Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_HR C13 Total Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_RR C13 Root Respiration (Fine Root MR + Total Root GR) gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_SR C13 Totl Soil Respiration (HR + Root Resp) gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_ER C13 Totl Ecosystem Respiration (AR + HR) gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_LEAFC C13 Leaf Carbon gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_SOIL3C C13 Soil Organic Matter C (Slow Pool) gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_SOIL4C C13 Soil Organic Matter C (Slowest Pool) gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_FROOTC C13 Fine Root CC gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_LIVESTEMC C13 Live Stem C gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_DEADSTEMC C13 Dead Stem Carbon gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_LIVECROOTC C13 Live Coarse Root Carbon gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_DEADCROOTC C13 Dead Coarse Root Carbon gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_CPOOL C13 Temporary Photosynthate C Pool gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_TOTVEGC C13 Total Vegetation C, Excluding Cpool gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_CWDC C13 Coarse Woody Debris Carbon gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_TOTLITC C13 Totl Litter Carbon gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_TOTSOMC C13 Total SOM Carbon gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_TOTECOSYSC C13 Totl Ecosystem C, Incl Veg But Excl Cpool gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_COL_CTRUNC C13 Column-Level Sink for C Truncation gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_PFT_CTRUNC C13 Pft-Level Sink for C Truncation gC/m^2 per mil v PDB
C13_COL_FIRE_CLOSS C13 Totl Col-Level Fire C Loss gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C13_PFT_FIRE_CLOSS C13 Totl Pft-Level Fire C Loss gC/m^2/s per mil v PDB
C14_NEE C14 Net Ecosys Exchange of C;Incl Fire Flx;Pos for Source gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_NBP C14 net biome production, includes fire, landuse and harvest flux gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_NEP C14 Net Ecosystem Production;Excl Fire Flx;Pos for Sink gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_GPP C14 Gross Primary Production gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_PSNSUN_TO_CPOOL C14 GPP from Sunlit Canopy gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_PSNSHADE_TO_CPOOL C14 GPP from Shaded Canopy gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_NPP C14 Net Primary Production gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_AGNPP C14 Aboveground NPP gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_BGNPP C14 Belowground NPP gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_MR C14 Maintenance Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_GR C14 Total Growth Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_AR C14 Autotrophic Respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_LITHR C14 Litter Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_SOMHR C14 SOM Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_HR C14 Total Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_RR C14 Root Respiration (Fine Root MR + Total Root GR) gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_SR C14 Totl Soil Respiration (HR + Root Resp) gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_ER C14 Totl Ecosystem Respiration (AR + HR) gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_LEAFC C14 Leaf Carbon gC/m^2 per mil
C14_SOIL3C C14 Soil Organic Matter C (Slow Pool) gC/m^2 per mil
C14_SOIL4C C14 Soil Organic Matter C (Slowest Pool) gC/m^2 per mil
C14_FROOTC C14 Fine Root CC gC/m^2 per mil
C14_LIVESTEMC C14 Live Stem C gC/m^2 per mil
C14_DEADSTEMC C14 Dead Stem Carbon gC/m^2 per mil
C14_LIVECROOTC C14 Live Coarse Root Carbon gC/m^2 per mil
C14_DEADCROOTC C14 Dead Coarse Root Carbon gC/m^2 per mil
C14_CPOOL C14 Temporary Photosynthate C Pool gC/m^2 per mil
C14_TOTVEGC C14 Total Vegetation C, Excluding Cpool gC/m^2 per mil
C14_CWDC C14 Coarse Woody Debris Carbon gC/m^2 per mil
C14_TOTLITC C14 Totl Litter Carbon gC/m^2 per mil
C14_TOTSOMC C14 Total SOM Carbon gC/m^2 per mil
C14_TOTECOSYSC C14 Totl Ecosystem C, Incl Veg But Excl Cpool gC/m^2 per mil
C14_COL_CTRUNC C14 Column-Level Sink for C Truncation gC/m^2 per mil
C14_PFT_CTRUNC C14 Pft-Level Sink for C Truncation gC/m^2 per mil
C14_COL_FIRE_CLOSS C14 Totl Col-Level Fire C Loss gC/m^2/s per mil
C14_PFT_FIRE_CLOSS C14 Totl Pft-Level Fire C Loss gC/m^2/s per mil