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Set 3 Description: Line plots of monthly climatology: regional air temperature, precipitation, runoff, snow depth, radiative fluxes, and turbulent fluxes
'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
VBSA visible black-sky albedo proportion % reflected
NBSA near-IR black-sky albedo proportion % reflected
VWSA visible white-sky albedo proportion % reflected
NWSA near-IR white-sky albedo proportion % reflected
ASA all-sky albedo:FSR/FSDS proportion % reflected
NEE net ecosys exchange of C gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NEP net ecosystem production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NEE net ecosys exchange of C gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
ER total ecosystem respiration (AR + HR) gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
SUPPLEMENT_TO_SMINN supplement to mineral nitrogen gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
SMINN_TO_WATER soil NO3-N pool loss to water body: runoff+leaching gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
TSA 2m air temperature K K
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s mm/d
TOTRUNOFF Runoff:qover+qdrai+qrgwl mm/s mm/d
SNOWDP snow height m m
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 W/m^2
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
TLAI total one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 m2/m2
COL_FIRE_CLOSS total column-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
COL_FIRE_NLOSS total column-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
PFT_FIRE_CLOSS total pft-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s gC/m^2/d
PFT_FIRE_NLOSS total pft-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s gN/m^2/d
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
WA water in the unconfined aquifer mm mm
TWS total water storage mm mm
ZWT water table depth m m
ZWT_PERCH perched 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]
TSA 2m air temperature K K
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s mm/d
TOTRUNOFF Runoff:qover+qdrai+qrgwl mm/s mm/d
SNOWDP snow height m m
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 W/m^2
FPSN photosynthesis umol/m^2/s gC/m2d
TLAI total one-sided leaf area index m2/m2 m2/m2
PREC ppt: rain+snow mm/s mm/d
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 W/m^2
ET Total Evapotranspiration mm/s mm/d
FSDS atmospheric incident solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
ALBEDO all-sky albedo:FSR/FSDS proportion % reflected
FSA absorbed solar radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FLDS atmospheric longwave radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FIRE emitted infrared (longwave) radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
FIRA net infrared (longwave) radiation W/m^2 W/m^2
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 W/m^2
SNOWDP snow height m m
FSNO fraction of ground covered by snow unitless unitless
H2OSNO total snow water equiv (SNOWICE + SNOWLIQ) mm mm
RNET net radiation:fsa-fira W/m^2 W/m^2
FSH sensible heat W/m^2 W/m^2
LHEAT latent heat:FCTR+FCEV+FGEV W/m^2 W/m^2
FCTR canopy transpiration W/m^2 W/m^2
FCEV canopy evaporation W/m^2 W/m^2
FGEV ground evaporation W/m^2 W/m^2
FGR heat flux into snow/soil (includes snow melt) W/m^2 W/m^2
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless unitless
EVAPFRAC LHEAT/(LHEAT+FSH) unitless unitless