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b.e21.BHIST.f09_g17.CMIP6-historical.001.clm2.h0.
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b.e11.B20TRC5CNBDRD.f09_g16.001.clm2.h0.

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 NA
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s NA
ASA all-sky albedo:FSR/FSDS proportion NA
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 NA
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 NA
TOTRUNOFF Total Liquid Runoff mm/s mm/y
SNOWDP snow height m NA
FPSN photosynthesis umol/m^2/s PgC/y
FSH sensible heat W/m^2 NA
FSH_V sensible heat from vegetation W/m^2 NA
FSH_G sensible heat from ground W/m^2 NA
FSH_TO_COUPLER sensible heat sent to coupler W/m^2 NA
FSH_PRECIP_CONVERSION SHF from conv of rain/snow atm forcing W/m^2 NA
FSH_RUNOFF_ICE_TO_LIQ SHF from conv of ice runoff to liquid W/m^2 NA
CPL_ENERGY_BAL Coupler Energy Balance (Land Area) W/m2 NA
TV vegetation temperature K NA
TG ground temperature K NA
FSA absorbed solar radiation W/m^2 NA
SABV solar rad absorbed by vegetation W/m^2 NA
SABG solar rad absorbed by ground W/m^2 NA
FSR reflected solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FIRA net infrared (longwave) radiation W/m^2 NA
FIRE emitted infrared (longwave) radiation W/m^2 NA
FCTR canopy transpiration W/m^2 NA
FCEV canopy evaporation W/m^2 NA
FGEV ground evaporation W/m^2 NA
FGR heat flux into snow/soil (includes snow melt) W/m^2 NA
FSM snow melt heat flux W/m^2 NA
FGNET net ground heat flux:fgr-fsm W/m^2 NA
TAUX zonal surface stress kg/m/s^2 NA
TAUY meridional surface stress kg/m/s^2 NA
ELAI exposed one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 NA
ESAI exposed one-sided stem area index m2/m2 NA
TLAI total one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 NA
TSAI total one-sided stem area index m2/m2 NA
LAISUN Sunlit Projected Leaf Area Index m2/m2 NA
LAISHA Shaded Projected Leaf Area Index m^2/m^2 NA
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless NA
H2OSNO total snow water equiv (SNOWICE + SNOWLIQ) mm NA
H2OCAN intercepted water mm NA
SNOWLIQ snow liquid water kg/m^2 NA
SNOWICE snow ice kg/m^2 NA
QINFL infiltration mm/s mm/y
QOVER surface runoff mm/s mm/y
QRGWL surface runoff at glaciers, wetlands, lakes mm/s mm/y
QDRAI sub-surface drainage mm/s mm/y
QINTR interception mm/s mm/y
QDRIP throughfall mm/s mm/y
QSNOMELT snow melt mm/s mm/y
QSOIL ground evaporation mm/s mm/y
QVEGE canopy evaporation mm/s mm/y
QVEGT canopy transpiration mm/s mm/y
ERRSOI soil/lake energy conservation error W/m^2 NA
ERRSEB surface energy conservation error W/m^2 NA
FSNO fraction of ground covered by snow unitless NA
ERRSOL solar radiation conservation error W/m^2 NA
ERRH2O total water conservation error mm NA
RAIN atmospheric rain mm/s NA
SNOW atmospheric snow mm/s NA
TBOT atmospheric air temperature K NA
TLAKE lake temperature K NA
WIND atmospheric wind velocity magnitude m/s NA
THBOT atmospheric air potential temperature K NA
QBOT atmospheric specific humidity kg/kg NA
ZBOT atmospheric reference height m NA
FLDS atmospheric longwave radiation W/m^2 NA
FSDS atmospheric incident solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSDSND direct nir incident solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSDSNDLN direct nir incident solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 NA
FSDSNI diffuse nir incident solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSDSVD direct vis incident solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSDSVDLN direct vis incident solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 NA
FSDSVI diffuse vis incident solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSRND direct nir reflected solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSRNDLN direct nir reflected solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 NA
FSRNI diffuse nir reflected solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSRVD direct vis reflected solar radiation W/m^2 NA
FSRVDLN direct vis reflected solar radiation at local noon W/m^2 NA
FSRVI diffuse vis reflected solar radiation W/m^2 NA
Q2M 2m specific humidity kg/kg NA
RH2M 2m relative humidity % NA
TREFMNAV daily minimum of average 2m temperature K K
TREFMXAV daily maximum of average 2m temperature K K
VBSA visible black-sky albedo proportion NA
NBSA near-IR black-sky albedo proportion NA
VWSA visible white-sky albedo proportion NA
NWSA near-IR white-sky albedo proportion NA
SOILLIQ soil liquid water : layers 1-10 kg/m^2 NA
SOILICE soil ice : layers 1-10 kg/m^2 NA
H2OSOI volumetric soil water mm3/mm3 NA
TSOI soil temperature : layers 1-10 K NA
EVAPFRAC LHEAT/(LHEAT+FSH) unitless NA
XIM moisture index +/-1 NA
P-E PREC-ET mm/s NA
WA water in the unconfined aquifer mm NA
ZWT water table depth m NA
TWS total water storage mm NA
VOLR river channel total water storage m3 NA
QCHARGE aquifer recharge rate mm/s mm/y
FCOV fractional area with water table at surface unitless [0-1] NA
PCO2 partial pressure of CO2 Pa NA
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
U10 10-m wind m/s NA
PCT_BSOIL_PFT Percent Bare Soil on Natural Veg Landunit % NA
PCT_TREE_PFT Percent Tree on Natural Veg Landunit % NA
PCT_GRASS_PFT Percent Grass on Natural Veg Landunit % NA
PCT_SHRUB_PFT Percent Shrub on Natural Veg Landunit % NA
PCT_CROP_PFT Percent Crop on Natural Veg Landunit or Gridcell (CropModel) % NA
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
HTOP canopy top height m NA
CUE carbon use efficiency NPP/GPP NA
BTRAN2 root zone soil moisture factor unitless NA
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
GRAINC grain C (does not equal yield) gC/m^2 NA
GRAINC_TO_FOOD grain C to food gC/m^2/s PgC/y
GRAINC_TO_SEED grain C to seed 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 NA
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 NA
LEAFN leaf nitrogen gN/m^2 NA
LEAFCN leaf carbon/nitrogen gC/gN NA
FROOTC fine root carbon gC/m^2 NA
LIVESTEMC live stem C gC/m^2 NA
DEADSTEMC dead stem carbon gC/m^2 NA
LIVECROOTC live coarse root carbon gC/m^2 NA
DEADCROOTC dead coarse root carbon gC/m^2 NA
CPOOL temporary photosynthate C pool gC/m^2 NA
SOIL3C Soil organic matter C (slow pool) gC/m^2 NA
SOIL4C Soil organic matter C (slowest pool) gC/m^2 NA
XSMRPOOL Temporary Photosynthate C Pool gC/m^2 NA
TOTVEGC total vegetation C, excluding cpool gC/m^2 NA
TOTVEGN total vegetation N gN/m^2 NA
TOTVEGCN total vegetation C/N gC/gN NA
CWDC coarse woody debris carbon gC/m^2 NA
TOTLITC total litter carbon gC/m^2 NA
TOTLITC_1m total litter carbon to 1m depth gC/m^2 NA
TOTSOMC total SOM carbon gC/m^2 NA
TOTSOMC_1m total SOM carbon to 1 meter depth gC/m^2 NA
TOTLITN total litter N gN/m^2 NA
TOTLITN_1m total litter N to 1m depth gN/m^2 NA
TOTSOMN total soil organic matter N gN/m^2 NA
TOTSOMN_1m total soil organic matter N to 1m depth gN/m^2 NA
TOTECOSYSC total ecosystem C, incl veg but excl cpool gC/m^2 NA
TOTCOLC total ecosystem C, incl veg and cpool gC/m^2 NA
FPG fraction of potential GPP proportion NA
FPI fraction of potential immobilization proportion NA
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
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
RETRANSN_TO_NPOOL Retranslocated N to NPool gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SMINN_TO_NPOOL Mineral N to NPool 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 NA
SOIL4N Soil organic matter N (slowest pool) gN/m^2 NA
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
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 NA
RETRANSN plant pool of retranslocated N gN/m^2 NA
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 NA
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 NA
SOILC_HR Soil C hetereotrophic respiration gC/m2s PgC/y
SOILC_LOSS Soil C Loss gC/m2s PgC/y
WOODC Wood C gC/m2 NA
WOODC_ALLOC Wood C Allocation gC/m2s PgC/y
WOODC_LOSS Wood C Loss gC/m2s PgC/y