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b40.rcp2_6.1deg.003.2080-2099
and
b30.036a.2080-2099

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