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b.e21.B1850.f19_g17.CMIP6-piControl-2deg.001.clm2.h0.
and
b.e21.B1850.f09_g17.CMIP6-piControl.001.clm2.h0.

Set 3 Description: Line plots of monthly climatology: regional air temperature, precipitation, runoff, snow depth, radiative fluxes, and turbulent fluxes
'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
VBSA visible black-sky albedo proportion % reflected
NBSA near-IR black-sky albedo proportion % reflected
VWSA visible white-sky albedo proportion % reflected
NWSA near-IR white-sky albedo proportion % reflected
ASA all-sky albedo:FSR/FSDS proportion % reflected
NEE net ecosys exchange of C;incl fire flx;pos for source gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NEP net ecosystem production;excl fire flx;pos for sink gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NEE net ecosys exchange of C;incl fire flx;pos for source gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
ER total ecosystem respiration (AR + HR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
FCH4 Gridcell surface CH4 flux kgC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
SMINN_LEACHED Nitrogen Leached gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
SMIN_NO3_LEACHED Soil NO3 pool loss to leaching gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
SMIN_NO3_RUNOFF Soil NO3 pool loss to runoff gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
TSA 2m air temperature K K
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s mm/d
TOTRUNOFF Total Liquid Runoff mm/s mm/d
SNOWDP snow height m m
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 W/m^2
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
TLAI total one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 m2/m2
COL_FIRE_CLOSS total column-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
COL_FIRE_NLOSS total column-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
PFT_FIRE_CLOSS total pft-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
PFT_FIRE_NLOSS total pft-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
FAREA_BURNED fractional area burned proportion/s proportion/d
BAF_CROP fractional area burned - crop proportion/s proportion/d
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]
TWS total water storage mm mm
TSA 2m air temperature K K
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s mm/d
TOTRUNOFF Total Liquid Runoff mm/s mm/d
SNOWDP snow height m m
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 W/m^2
FPSN photosynthesis umol/m^2/s gC/m2d
TLAI total one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 m2/m2
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s mm/d
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 W/m^2
ET Evapotranspiration mm/s mm/d
FSDS atmospheric incident solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
ALBEDO all-sky albedo:FSR/FSDS proportion % reflected
FSA absorbed solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FLDS atmospheric longwave radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FIRE emitted infrared (longwave) radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FIRA net infrared (longwave) radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 W/m^2
SNOWDP snow height m m
FSNO fraction of ground covered by snow unitless unitless
H2OSNO total snow water equiv (SNOWICE + SNOWLIQ) mm mm
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 W/m^2
FSH sensible heat W/m^2 W/m^2
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 W/m^2
FCTR canopy transpiration W/m^2 W/m^2
FCEV canopy evaporation W/m^2 W/m^2
FGEV ground evaporation W/m^2 W/m^2
FGR heat flux into snow/soil (includes snow melt) W/m^2 W/m^2
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless unitless
EVAPFRAC LHEAT/(LHEAT+FSH) unitless unitless