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b40.20th.track1.1deg.012.1981-2005
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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
CANOPY_EVAPORATION Canopy Evaporation 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
RSSUN Sunlit leaf stomatal resistance s/m s/m
RSSHA shaded leaf stomatal resistance s/m s/m
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 soil ice kg/m^2 kg/m^2
WA water in the unconfined aquifer mm mm
WT total water storage 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
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
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
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
LEAFC leaf carbon gC/m^2 PgC
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
CWDC coarse woody debris carbon gC/m^2 PgC
TOTLITC total litter carbon gC/m^2 PgC
TOTSOMC total SOM carbon gC/m^2 PgC
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
NFIX_TO_SMINN nitrogen fixation gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SUPPLEMENT_TO_SMINN supplement to mineral nitrogen gN/m^2/s TgN/y
SMINN_LEACHED Nitrogen Leached 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
FIRESEASONL annual fire season length days days
FIRE_PROB daily fire probability 0-1 0-1
ANN_FAREA_BURNED annual total fractional area burned proportion proportion
MEAN_FIRE_PROB e-folding mean of daily fire probability 0-1 proportion
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
GROUND heat flux into soil W/m2 W/m2
LATENT Latent Heat Flux W/m2 W/m2
SENSIBLE Sensible Heat Flux W/m2 W/m2
SENSIBLE_GND Sensible Heat Flux from Ground W/m2 W/m2
SENSIBLE_VEG Sensible Heat Flux from Vegetation W/m2 W/m^2
REL_HUM Relative Humidity at 2m kg/kg kg/kg
SPEC_HUM_2M Specific Humidity at 2m kg/kg kg/kg
SPEC_HUM Atmospheric Specific Humidity kg/kg kg/kg
RAIN atmospheric rain mm/s mm/d
SNOW atmospheric snow mm/s mm/d
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless unitless
CANOPY_EVAPORATION Canopy Evaporation mm/s mm/d
DRAINAGE Subsurface Drainage mm/s mm/d
ET Evapotranspiration mm/s mm/d
INTERCEPTION Canopy Interception mm/s mm/d
RUNOFF Surface Runoff mm/s mm/d
SNOW_DEPTH Snow depth mm mm
SOIL_EVAPORATION Soil Evaporation mm/s mm/d
SOIL_ICE Soil Ice in each soil layer kg/m2 kg/m2
SOIL_LIQUID Soil Liquid Water kg/m2 kg/m2
SOIL_PSI Soil Water Potential MPa MPa
TOTAL_SOIL_ICE Total soil ice kg/m2 kg/m^2
TOTAL_SOIL_LIQUID total soil liquid water kg/m2 kg/m^2
TRANSPIRATION Transpiration mm/s mm/d
VOL_SOIL_WATER Volumetric Soil Water mm3/mm3 mm3/mm3
ALL_SKY_ALBEDO All-Sky Albedo proportion % reflected
BLACK_SKY_ALBEDO Surface Black-Sky Albedo proportion % reflected
IRDOWN Downward Infrared Radiation W/m2 W/m2
IRUP Upward Infrared Radiation W/m2 W/m2
LAISHA Shaded Projected Leaf Area Index m^2/m^2 m^2/m^2
LAISUN Sunlit Projected Leaf Area Index m2/m2 m^2/m^2
NETIR Net Infrared (longwave) Radiation W/m2 W/m2
NETRAD Net radiation W/m2 W/m2
REFLECT Total Reflected Solar Radiation W/m2 W/m2
SNOW_FRACTION Snow Fraction unitless unitless
SOLAR Total Incident Solar Radiation W/m2 W/m2
SOLAR_AB Total Absorbed Solar Radiation W/m2 W/m2
SOLAR_ABG Solar Radiation Absorbed by Ground W/m2 W/m2
SOLAR_ABV Solar Rad Absorbed by Vegetation W/m2 W/m2
DEGREE_DAYS Accumulated degree days K K
TREFMNAV daily minimum of average 2m temperature K K
TREFMXAV daily maximum of average 2m temperature K K
TSA2M 2m Air Temperature K K
TSOIL soil temperature K K
TVEG Vegetation Temperature K K
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
PHOTOSYNTHESIS Photosynthesis umol/m2s kgC/m2d
RSSHA shaded leaf stomatal resistance s/m s/m
RSSUN Sunlit leaf stomatal resistance s/m s/m
AGNPP above ground net primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s PgC/y
BGNPP below ground net primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
BIOGENIC_CO Biogenic CO Flux uG/m2/h kg/m2/y
CWDC coarse woody debris carbon gC/m^2 PgC
CWDC_HR Coarse Woody Debris C Hetereotrophic respiration gC/m2s PgC/y
CWDC_LOSS Coarse Woody Debris C Loss gC/m2s PgC/y
FROOTC fine root carbon gC/m^2 PgC
FROOTC_ALLOC Fine root C allocation gC/m2s PgC/m2y
FROOTC_LOSS Fine root C Loss gC/m2s PgC/m2y
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
GROSS_NMIN Gross N Mineralization gN/m^2/s TgN/y
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s PgC/y
ISOPRENE Isoprene Flux uG/m2/h kg/m2/y
LEAFC leaf carbon gC/m^2 PgC
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
MONOTERPENE Monoterpene Flux uG/m2/h kg/m2/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
NET_NMIN Net N Mineralization gN/m^2/s TgN/y
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s PgC/y
OTHER_VOC Other VOC Flux uG/m2/h kg/m2/y
OR_VOC Other Reactive VOC Flux uG/m2/h kg/m2/y
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
VOCFLXT Total VOC flux into Atmosphere uG/m2/h kg/m2/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