LND Variable Definitions

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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
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
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 | total soil ice | kg/m^2 | kg/m^2
WA | water in the unconfined aquifer | 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