LND Variable Definitions

GSWP3_controla
and
CRUNCEP_controla

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 Runoff:qover+qdrai+qrgwl 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
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
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
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

Variable Name	Long Name	NativeUnits	ReportedUnits
TSA	2m air temperature	K	K
PREC	ppt: rain+snow	mm/s	mm/d
TOTRUNOFF	Runoff:qover+qdrai+qrgwl	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
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
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
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