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b40.20th.track1.1deg.012.1981-2005
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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 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 Runoff:qover+qdrai+qrgwl mm/s mm/y
SNOWDP snow height m NA
SNOWAGE snow age unitless NA
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
TV vegetation temperature K NA
TG ground temperature K NA
TSNOW snow 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
RSSUN Sunlit leaf stomatal resistance s/m NA
RSSHA shaded leaf stomatal resistance s/m 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
QMELT 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
FPSN photosynthesis umol/m^2/s PgC/y
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
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
WT total water storage mm NA
ZWT water table depth m NA
QCHARGE aquifer recharge rate mm/s mm/y
FCOV fractional area with water table at surface unitless [0-1] NA
PCO2_PPMV VARIABLE NOT FOUND VARIABLE NOT FOUND VARIABLE NOT FOUND
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 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
CWDC coarse woody debris carbon gC/m^2 NA
TOTLITC total litter carbon gC/m^2 NA
TOTSOMC total SOM carbon gC/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
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
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 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
FIRESEASONL annual fire season length days NA
FIRE_PROB daily fire probability 0-1 NA
ANN_FAREA_BURNED annual total fractional area burned proportion NA
MEAN_FIRE_PROB e-folding mean of daily fire probability 0-1 NA
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
TSA2M 2m Air Temperature K NA
RAIN atmospheric rain mm/s NA
RUNOFF Surface Runoff mm/s mm/y
ALL_SKY_ALBEDO All-Sky Albedo proportion NA
GROUND heat flux into soil W/m2 NA
NETIR Net Infrared (longwave) Radiation W/m2 NA
NETRAD Net radiation W/m2 NA
LATENT Latent Heat Flux W/m2 NA
SENSIBLE Sensible Heat Flux W/m2 NA
SENSIBLE_GND Sensible Heat Flux from Ground W/m2 NA
SENSIBLE_VEG Sensible Heat Flux from Vegetation W/m2 NA
REL_HUM Relative Humidity at 2m kg/kg NA
SPEC_HUM_2M Specific Humidity at 2m kg/kg NA
SPEC_HUM Atmospheric Specific Humidity kg/kg NA
SNOW atmospheric snow mm/s NA
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless NA
CANOPY_EVAPORATION Canopy Evaporation mm/s mm/y
DRAINAGE Subsurface Drainage mm/s mm/y
ET Evapotranspiration mm/s mm/y
INTERCEPTION Canopy Interception mm/s mm/y
SNOW_DEPTH Snow depth mm NA
SOIL_EVAPORATION Soil Evaporation mm/s mm/y
SOIL_ICE Soil Ice in each soil layer kg/m2 NA
SOIL_LIQUID Soil Liquid Water kg/m2 NA
SOIL_PSI Soil Water Potential MPa NA
TOTAL_SOIL_ICE Total soil ice kg/m2 NA
TOTAL_SOIL_LIQUID total soil liquid water kg/m2 NA
TRANSPIRATION Transpiration mm/s mm/y
VOL_SOIL_WATER Volumetric Soil Water mm3/mm3 NA
BLACK_SKY_ALBEDO Surface Black-Sky Albedo proportion NA
IRDOWN Downward Infrared Radiation W/m2 NA
IRUP Upward Infrared Radiation W/m2 NA
LAISHA Shaded Projected Leaf Area Index m^2/m^2 NA
LAISUN Sunlit Projected Leaf Area Index m2/m2 NA
REFLECT Total Reflected Solar Radiation W/m2 NA
SNOW_FRACTION Snow Fraction unitless NA
SOLAR Total Incident Solar Radiation W/m2 NA
SOLAR_AB Total Absorbed Solar Radiation W/m2 NA
SOLAR_ABG Solar Radiation Absorbed by Ground W/m2 NA
SOLAR_ABV Solar Rad Absorbed by Vegetation W/m2 NA
DEGREE_DAYS Accumulated degree days K NA
TREFMNAV daily minimum of average 2m temperature K K
TREFMXAV daily maximum of average 2m temperature K K
TSOIL soil temperature K NA
TVEG Vegetation Temperature K 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
PHOTOSYNTHESIS Photosynthesis umol/m2s PgC/y
RSSHA shaded leaf stomatal resistance s/m NA
RSSUN Sunlit leaf stomatal resistance s/m NA
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 NA
CWDC coarse woody debris carbon gC/m^2 NA
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 NA
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 NA
LEAFC leaf carbon gC/m^2 NA
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
MONOTERPENE Monoterpene Flux uG/m2/h 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
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 NA
OR_VOC Other Reactive VOC Flux uG/m2/h NA
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
VOCFLXT Total VOC flux into Atmosphere uG/m2/h NA
WOODC Wood C gC/m2 NA
WOODC_ALLOC Wood C Allocation gC/m2s PgC/y
WOODC_LOSS Wood C Loss gC/m2s PgC/y