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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
RH2M 2m relative humidity % 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 NA
SNOWDP snow height m NA
FPSN photosynthesis umol/m^2/s 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 m2/m2
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 m^2/m^2
LAISHA Shaded Projected Leaf Area Index m^2/m^2 m^2/m^2
BTRAN transpiration beta factor unitless unitless
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 NA
QOVER surface runoff mm/s NA
QRGWL surface runoff at glaciers, wetlands, lakes mm/s NA
QDRAI sub-surface drainage mm/s NA
QINTR interception mm/s NA
QDRIP throughfall mm/s NA
QSNOMELT snow melt mm/s NA
QSOIL ground evaporation mm/s NA
QVEGE canopy evaporation mm/s NA
QVEGT canopy transpiration mm/s NA
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
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 NA
TREFMXAV daily maximum of average 2m temperature K NA
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 NA
FCOV fractional area with water table at surface unitless [0-1] NA
PCO2 partial pressure of CO2 Pa NA
NEE net ecosys exchange of C;incl fire flx;pos for source gC/m^2/s NA
NEP net ecosystem production;excl fire flx;pos for sink gC/m^2/s NA
GPP gross primary production gC/m^2/s NA
PSNSUN_TO_CPOOL GPP from Sunlit Canopy gC/m^2/s NA
PSNSHADE_TO_CPOOL GPP from Shaded Canopy gC/m^2/s NA
NPP net primary production gC/m^2/s NA
AGNPP above ground net primary production gC/m^2/s NA
BGNPP below ground net primary production gC/m^2/s NA
MR maintenance respiration gC/m^2/s NA
GR total growth respiration gC/m^2/s NA
AR autotrophic respiration (MR + GR) gC/m^2/s NA
LITHR litter hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s NA
SOMHR SOM hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s NA
HR total hetereotrophic respiration gC/m^2/s NA
RR root respiration (fine root MR + total root GR) gC/m^2/s NA
SR total soil respiration (HR + root resp) gC/m^2/s NA
ER total ecosystem respiration (AR + HR) gC/m^2/s NA
XR total excess respiration gC/m^2/s NA
LEAFC leaf carbon 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
SOIL3C Soil organic matter C (slow pool) gC/m^2 PgC
SOIL4C Soil organic matter C (slowest 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
FPG fraction of potential GPP proportion NA
FPG_P fraction of potential GPP due to P limitation proportion NA
FPI fraction of potential immobilization proportion NA
FPI_P fraction of potential immobilization of phosphorus proportion NA
NDEP_TO_SMINN nitrogen deposition gN/m^2/s NA
POTENTIAL_IMMOB Potential Immobilization gN/m^2/s NA
ACTUAL_IMMOB Actual Immobilization gN/m^2/s NA
GROSS_NMIN Gross N Mineralization gN/m^2/s NA
NET_NMIN Net N Mineralization gN/m^2/s NA
NDEPLOY Total N Deployed in New Growth gN/m^2/s NA
RETRANSN_TO_NPOOL Retranslocated N to NPool gN/m^2/s NA
SMINN_TO_NPOOL Mineral N to NPool gN/m^2/s NA
DENIT Total Denitrification gN/m^2/s NA
SOIL3N soil organic matter N (slow pool) gN/m^2 TgN
SOIL4N Soil organic matter N (slowest pool) gN/m^2 TgN
NFIX_TO_SMINN nitrogen fixation gN/m^2/s NA
SUPPLEMENT_TO_SMINN supplement to mineral nitrogen gN/m^2/s NA
SMIN_NO3_LEACHED soil NO3 pool loss to leaching gN/m^2/s NA
SMINN soil mineral N gN/m^2 TgN
RETRANSN plant pool of retranslocated N gN/m^2 TgN
COL_FIRE_CLOSS total column-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s NA
PFT_FIRE_CLOSS total pft-level fire C loss gC/m^2/s NA
COL_FIRE_NLOSS total column-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s NA
PFT_FIRE_NLOSS total pft-level fire N loss gN/m^2/s NA
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 NA
CWDC_LOSS Coarse Woody Debris C Loss gC/m2s NA
FROOTC_ALLOC Fine root C allocation gC/m2s NA
FROOTC_LOSS Fine root C Loss gC/m2s NA
LEAFC_ALLOC Leaf C Allocation gC/m2s NA
LEAFC_LOSS Leaf C Loss gC/m2s NA
LITTERC Total Litter C gC/m2 PgC
LITTERC_HR Litter Hetereotrophic Respiration gC/m2s NA
LITTERC_LOSS Litter C Loss gC/m2s NA
SOILC soil organic matter C (fast pool) gC/m2 PgC
SOILC_HR Soil C hetereotrophic respiration gC/m2s NA
SOILC_LOSS Soil C Loss gC/m2s NA
WOODC Wood C gC/m2 PgC
WOODC_ALLOC Wood C Allocation gC/m2s NA
WOODC_LOSS Wood C Loss gC/m2s NA
SOLUTIONP soil solution P gP/m^2 TgP
LABILEP soil Labile P gP/m^2 TgP
SECONDP soil secondary P gP/m^2 TgP
OCCLP soil occluded P gP/m^2 TgP
PRIMP soil primary P gP/m^2 TgP
TOTLITP total litter P gP/m^2 TgP
TOTSOMP total soil organic matter P gP/m^2 TgP
TOTECOSYSP total ecosystem P gP/m^2 TgP
NPOOL Nitrogen pool gN/m^2 TgN
PPOOL Phosphorous pool gP/m^2 TgP
POTENTIAL_IMMOB_P potential P immobilization gP/m^2/s NA
ACTUAL_IMMOB_P actual P immobilization gP/m^2/s NA
SMINP_TO_PLANT plant uptake of soil mineral P gP/m^2/s NA
GROSS_PMIN gross rate of P mineralization gP/m^2/s NA
NET_PMIN net rate of P mineralization gP/m^2/s NA
BIOCHEM_PMIN biochemical rate of P mineralization gP/m^2/s NA
PLANT_PDEMAND P flux required to support initial GPP gP/m^2/s NA
SMINP_LEACHED soil mineral P pool loss to leaching gP/m^2/s NA
DWT_PROD100C_GAIN landcover change-driven addition to 100-yr wood product pool gC/m/2s NA
DWT_PROD100N_GAIN landcover change-driven addition to 100-yr wood product pool gN/m2/s NA
DWT_PROD100P_GAIN landcover change-driven addition to 100-yr wood product pool gP/m2/s NA
DWT_PROD10C_GAIN landcover change-driven addition to 10-yr wood product pool gC/m/2s NA
DWT_PROD10N_GAIN landcover change-driven addition to 10-yr wood product pool gN/m2/s NA
DWT_PROD10P_GAIN landcover change-driven addition to 10-yr wood product pool gP/m/2s NA
PRODUCT_CLOSS total carbon loss from wood product pools gC/m/2s NA
PRODUCT_NLOSS total N loss from wood product pools gN/m2/s NA
PROD100C 100-yr wood product C gC/m^2 PgC
PROD100N 100-yr wood product N gN/m^2 PgN
PROD10C 10-yr wood product C gC/m^2 PgC
PROD10N 10-yr wood product N gN/m^2 PgN
TOTPRODC total wood product C gC/m^2 PgC
TOTPRODN total wood product N gN/m^2 PgN
TOTPRODP total wood product P gP/m^2 PgP