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Set 2 Description: Horizontal contour plots of DJF, MAM, JJA, SON, and ANN means
'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/s
ASA all-sky albedo:FSR/FSDS proportion proportion
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 W/m^2
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 W/m^2
TOTRUNOFF Runoff:qover+qdrai+qrgwl mm/s mm/s
SNOWDP snow height m m
FPSN photosynthesis umol/m^2/s umol/m^2/s
FSH sensible heat W/m^2 W/m^2
FSH_V sensible heat from vegetation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSH_G sensible heat from ground W/m^2 W/m^2
TV vegetation temperature K K
TG ground temperature K K
FSA absorbed solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
SABV solar rad absorbed by vegetation W/m^2 W/m^2
SABG solar rad absorbed by ground W/m^2 W/m^2
FSR reflected solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FIRA net infrared (longwave) radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FIRE emitted infrared (longwave) radiation 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
FSM snow melt heat flux W/m^2 W/m^2
FGNET net ground heat flux:fgr-fsm W/m^2 W/m^2
TAUX zonal surface stress kg/m/s^2 kg/m/s^2
TAUY meridional surface stress kg/m/s^2 kg/m/s^2
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 m2/m2
LAISHA Shaded Projected Leaf Area Index m^2/m^2 m^2/m^2
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless unitless
H2OSNO total snow water equiv (SNOWICE + SNOWLIQ) mm mm
H2OCAN intercepted water mm mm
SNOWLIQ snow liquid water kg/m^2 kg/m^2
SNOWICE snow ice kg/m^2 kg/m^2
QINFL infiltration mm/s mm/s
QOVER surface runoff mm/s mm/s
QRGWL surface runoff at glaciers, wetlands, lakes mm/s mm/s
QDRAI sub-surface drainage mm/s mm/s
QINTR interception mm/s mm/s
QDRIP throughfall mm/s mm/s
QSNOMELT snow melt mm/s mm/s
QSOIL ground evaporation mm/s mm/s
QVEGE canopy evaporation mm/s mm/s
QVEGT canopy transpiration mm/s mm/s
ERRSOI soil/lake energy conservation error W/m^2 W/m^2
ERRSEB surface energy conservation error W/m^2 W/m^2
FSNO fraction of ground covered by snow unitless unitless
ERRSOL solar radiation conservation error W/m^2 W/m^2
ERRH2O total water conservation error mm mm
RAIN atmospheric rain mm/s mm/s
SNOW atmospheric snow mm/s mm/s
TBOT atmospheric air temperature K K
TLAKE lake temperature K K
WIND atmospheric wind velocity magnitude m/s m/s
THBOT atmospheric air potential temperature K K
QBOT atmospheric specific humidity kg/kg kg/kg
ZBOT atmospheric reference height m m
FLDS atmospheric longwave radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSDS atmospheric incident solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSDSND direct nir incident solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSDSNDLN direct nir incident solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 W/m^2
FSDSNI diffuse nir incident solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSDSVD direct vis incident solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSDSVDLN direct vis incident solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 W/m^2
FSDSVI diffuse vis incident solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSRND direct nir reflected solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSRNDLN direct nir reflected solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 W/m^2
FSRNI diffuse nir reflected solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSRVD direct vis reflected solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FSRVDLN direct vis reflected solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 W/m^2
FSRVI diffuse vis reflected solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
Q2M 2m specific humidity kg/kg kg/kg
TREFMNAV daily minimum of average 2m temperature K K
TREFMXAV daily maximum of average 2m temperature K K
VBSA visible black-sky albedo proportion proportion
NBSA near-IR black-sky albedo proportion proportion
VWSA visible white-sky albedo proportion proportion
NWSA near-IR white-sky albedo proportion proportion
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
H2OSOI volumetric soil water mm3/mm3 mm3/mm3
TSOI soil temperature : layers 1-10 K K
EVAPFRAC LHEAT/(LHEAT+FSH) unitless unitless
XIM moisture index +/-1 +/-1
P-E PREC-ET mm/s mm/s
WA water in the unconfined aquifer mm mm
ZWT water table depth m m
TWS total water storage mm mm
VOLR river channel total water storage m3 m3
QCHARGE aquifer recharge rate mm/s mm/s
FCOV fractional area with water table at surface unitless [0-1] unitless [0-1]
PCO2 partial pressure of CO2 Pa Pa
DSTDEP total dust deposition (dry+wet) from atmosphere kg/m2/s kg/m2/s
DSTFLXT total surface dust emission kg/m2/s kg/m2/s
OCDEP total OC deposition (dry+wet) from atmosphere kg/m2/s kg/m2/s
BCDEP total BC deposition (dry+wet) from atmosphere kg/m2/s kg/m2/s
U10 10-m wind m/s m/s
PCT_BSOIL_PFT Percent Bare Soil on Natural Veg Landunit % %
PCT_TREE_PFT Percent Tree on Natural Veg Landunit % %
PCT_GRASS_PFT Percent Grass on Natural Veg Landunit % %
PCT_SHRUB_PFT Percent Shrub on Natural Veg Landunit % %
PCT_CROP_PFT Percent Crop on Natural Veg Landunit % %
NEE net ecosys exchange of C;incl fire flx;pos for source gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
NEP net ecosystem production;excl fire flx;pos for sink gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
PSNSUN_TO_CPOOL GPP from Sunlit Canopy gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
PSNSHADE_TO_CPOOL GPP from Shaded Canopy gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
AGNPP above ground net primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
BGNPP below ground net primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
MR maintenance respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
GR total growth respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
LITHR litter hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
SOMHR SOM hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
RR root respiration (fine root MR + total root GR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
SR total soil respiration (HR + root resp) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
ER total ecosystem respiration (AR + HR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
LEAFC leaf carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
LEAFN leaf nitrogen gN/m^2 gN/m^2
LEAFCN leaf carbon/nitrogen gC/gN gC/gN
FROOTC fine root carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
LIVESTEMC live stem C gC/m^2 gC/m^2
DEADSTEMC dead stem carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
LIVECROOTC live coarse root carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
DEADCROOTC dead coarse root carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
CPOOL temporary photosynthate C pool gC/m^2 gC/m^2
SOIL3C Soil organic matter C (slow pool) gC/m^2 gC/m^2
SOIL4C Soil organic matter C (slowest pool) gC/m^2 gC/m^2
XSMRPOOL Temporary Photosynthate C Pool gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTVEGC total vegetation C, excluding cpool gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTVEGN total vegetation N gN/m^2 gN/m^2
TOTVEGCN total vegetation C/N gC/gN gC/gN
CWDC coarse woody debris carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTLITC total litter carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTLITC_1m total litter carbon to 1m depth gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTSOMC total SOM carbon gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTSOMC_1m total SOM carbon to 1 meter depth gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTLITN total litter N gN/m^2 gN/m^2
TOTLITN_1m total litter N to 1m depth gN/m^2 gN/m^2
TOTSOMN total soil organic matter N gN/m^2 gN/m^2
TOTSOMN_1m total soil organic matter N to 1m depth gN/m^2 gN/m^2
TOTECOSYSC total ecosystem C, incl veg but excl cpool gC/m^2 gC/m^2
TOTCOLC total ecosystem C, incl veg and cpool gC/m^2 gC/m^2
FPG fraction of potential GPP proportion proportion
FPI fraction of potential immobilization proportion proportion
NDEP_TO_SMINN nitrogen deposition gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
POTENTIAL_IMMOB Potential Immobilization gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
ACTUAL_IMMOB Actual Immobilization gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
GROSS_NMIN Gross N Mineralization gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NET_NMIN Net N Mineralization gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NDEPLOY Total N Deployed in New Growth gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
RETRANSN_TO_NPOOL Retranslocated N to NPool gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
SMINN_TO_NPOOL Mineral N to NPool gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
DENIT Total Denitrification gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
SOIL3N soil organic matter N (slow pool) gN/m^2 gN/m^2
SOIL4N Soil organic matter N (slowest pool) gN/m^2 gN/m^2
NFIX_TO_SMINN nitrogen fixation gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NACTIVE Mycorrhizal N uptake flux gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NAM AM-associated N uptake flux gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NECM ECM-associated N uptake flux gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NFIX Symbiotic BNF uptake flux gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NRETRANS Retranslocated N uptake flux gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NPP_NUPTAKE total carbon used by N uptake in FUN gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
FFIX_TO_SMINN free living N fixation to soil mineral N gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
NPP_NFIX Symbiotic BNF uptake used C gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
NPP_NACTIVE Mycorrhizal N uptake used C gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
NPP_NRETRANS retranslocated N uptake flux gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
SUPPLEMENT_TO_SMINN supplement to mineral nitrogen gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
SMINN_LEACHED Nitrogen Leached gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
SMIN_NO3_LEACHED Soil NO3 pool loss to leaching gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
SMIN_NO3_RUNOFF Soil NO3 pool loss to runoff gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
SMINN soil mineral N gN/m^2 gN/m^2
RETRANSN plant pool of retranslocated N gN/m^2 gN/m^2
COL_FIRE_CLOSS total column-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
PFT_FIRE_CLOSS total pft-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/s
COL_FIRE_NLOSS total column-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
PFT_FIRE_NLOSS total pft-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/s
FAREA_BURNED fractional area burned proportion/s proportion/s
BAF_CROP fractional area burned - crop proportion/s proportion/s
CWDC_HR Coarse Woody Debris C Hetereotrophic respiration gC/m2s gC/m2s
CWDC_LOSS Coarse Woody Debris C Loss gC/m2s gC/m2s
FROOTC_ALLOC Fine root C allocation gC/m2s gC/m2s
FROOTC_LOSS Fine root C Loss gC/m2s gC/m2s
LEAFC_ALLOC Leaf C Allocation gC/m2s gC/m2s
LEAFC_LOSS Leaf C Loss gC/m2s gC/m2s
LITTERC Total Litter C gC/m2 gC/m2
LITTERC_HR Litter Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m2s gC/m2s
LITTERC_LOSS Litter C Loss gC/m2s gC/m2s
SOILC soil organic matter C (fast pool) gC/m2 gC/m2
SOILC_HR Soil C hetereotrophic respiration gC/m2s gC/m2s
SOILC_LOSS Soil C Loss gC/m2s gC/m2s
WOODC Wood C gC/m2 gC/m2
WOODC_ALLOC Wood C Allocation gC/m2s gC/m2s
WOODC_LOSS Wood C Loss gC/m2s gC/m2s