21 Model Output Variables
Note: initial table derived from MsTMIP
Num | Group | order | Saveit | Variable.Name | standard_name | Units | Long.name | Priority | Category | Hourly | Monthly | var_type | ndim | dim1 | dim2 | dim3 | dim4 | Description |
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1 | 1 | 1 | Yes | lon | longitude | degrees_east | Longitude | 0 | Grid | Yes | Yes | real | 1 | lon | na | na | na | longitude at center of each grid cell |
2 | 1 | 2 | Yes | lat | latitude | degrees_north | Latitude | 0 | Grid | Yes | Yes | real | 1 | lat | na | na | na | latitude at center of each grid cell |
3 | 1 | 3 | Yes | lon_bnds | degrees_east | Longitude west-east bounds | 0 | Grid | Yes | Yes | real | 2 | nbnds | lon | na | na | (west boundary of grid cell, east boundary of grid cell) | |
4 | 1 | 4 | Yes | lat_bnds | degrees_north | Latitude south-north bounds | 0 | Grid | Yes | Yes | real | 2 | nbnds | lat | na | na | (south boundary of grid cell, north boundary of grid cell) | |
5 | 2 | 1 | Yes | time | time | days since 1700-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | Time middle averaging period | 0 | Time | Yes | Yes | double | 1 | time | na | na | na | julian days days since 1700-01-01 00:00:00 UTC for middle of time averaging period Proleptic_Gregorianc calendar |
6 | 2 | 2 | Yes | time_bnds | days since 1700-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | Time beginning-end bounds | 0 | Time | Yes | Yes | double | 2 | nbnds | time | na | na | (julian days days since 1700-01-01 beginning time ave period, julian days days since 1700-01-01 end time ave period) | |
7 | 2 | 3 | Yes | dec_date | yr | Decimal date middle averaging period | 0 | Time | Yes | Yes | double | 1 | time | na | na | na | decimal date in fractional years for middle of time averaging period | |
8 | 2 | 4 | Yes | dec_date_bnds | yr | Decimal date beginning-end bounds | 0 | Time | Yes | Yes | double | 2 | nbnds | time | na | na | (decimal date beginningᅠᅠtime ave period, decimal date end time ave period) | |
9 | 2 | 5 | Yes | cal_date_mid | yr, mon, day, hr, min, sec | Calender date middle averaging period | 0 | Time | Yes | Yes | integer | 2 | ncal | time | na | na | calender date middle of time ave period: year, month, day, hour, minute, second for UTC time zone | |
10 | 2 | 6 | Yes | cal_date_beg | yr, mon, day, hr, min, sec | Calender date beginning averaging period | 0 | Time | Yes | Yes | integer | 2 | ncal | time | na | na | calender date beginning of time ave period: year, month, day, hour, minute, second for UTC time zone | |
11 | 2 | 7 | Yes | cal_date_end | yr, mon, day, hr, min, sec | Calender date end averaging period | 0 | Time | Yes | Yes | integer | 2 | ncal | time | na | na | calender date end of time ave period: year, month, day, hour, minute, second for UTC time zone | |
12 | 3 | 1 | Yes | GPP | kg C m-2 s-1 | Gross Primary Productivity | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Rate of photosynthesis (always positive) | |
13 | 3 | 2 | Yes | NPP | kg C m-2 s-1 | Net Primary Productivity | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Net Primary Productivity (NPP=GPP-AutoResp, positive into plants) | |
14 | 3 | 3 | Yes | TotalResp | kg C m-2 s-1 | Total Respiration | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Total respiration (TotalResp=AutoResp+heteroResp, always positive) | |
15 | 3 | 4 | Yes | AutoResp | kg C m-2 s-1 | Autotrophic Respiration | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Autotrophic respiration rate (always positive) | |
16 | 3 | 5 | Yes | HeteroResp | kg C m-2 s-1 | Heterotrophic Respiration | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Heterotrophic respiration rate (always positive) | |
17 | 3 | 6 | Yes | DOC_flux | kg C m-2 s-1 | Dissolved Organic Carbon flux | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Loss of organic carbon dissolved in ground water or rivers (positive out of grid cell) | |
18 | 3 | 7 | Yes | Fire_flux | kg C m-2 s-1 | Fire emissions | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Flux of carbon due to fires (always positive) | |
19 | 3 | 8 | Yes | NEE | kg C m-2 s-1 | Net Ecosystem Exchange | 1 | Carbon Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE=HeteroResp+AutoResp-GPP, positive into atmosphere) | |
21 | 4 | 2 | Yes | poolname | (-) | Name of each Carbon Pool | 1 | Carbon Pools | No | Yes | character | 2 | nchar | npool | na | na | Name of each carbon pool (i.e., "wood," or "Coarse Woody Debris") | |
22 | 4 | 3 | Yes | CarbPools | kg C m-2 | Size of each carbon pool | 1 | Carbon Pools | No | Yes | real | 4 | lon | lat | npool | time | Total size of each carbon pool vertically integrated over the entire soil column | |
23 | 4 | 4 | Yes | AbvGrndWood | kg C m-2 | Above ground woody biomass | 1 | Carbon Pools | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Total above ground wood biomass | |
24 | 4 | 5 | Yes | TotLivBiom | kg C m-2 | Total living biomass | 1 | Carbon Pools | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Total carbon content of the living biomass (leaves+roots+wood) | |
25 | 4 | 6 | Yes | TotSoilCarb | kg C m-2 | Total Soil Carbon | 1 | Carbon Pools | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Total soil and litter carbon content vertically integrated over the enire soil column | |
26 | 4 | 7 | Yes | LAI | m2 m-2 | Leaf Area Index | 1 | Carbon Pools | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Area of leaves per area ground | |
27 | 5 | 1 | Yes | Qh | W m-2 | Sensible heat | 1 | Energy Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Sensible heat flux into the boundary layer (positive into atmosphere) | |
28 | 5 | 2 | Yes | Qle | W m-2 | Latent heat | 1 | Energy Fluxes | Yes | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Latent heat flux into the boundary layer (positive into atmosphere) | |
29 | 5 | 3 | Yes | Evap | kg m-2 s-1 | Total Evaporation | 1 | Energy Fluxes | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Sum of all evaporation sources (positive into atmosphere) | |
30 | 5 | 4 | Yes | TVeg | kg m-2 s-1 | Transpiration | 1 | Energy Fluxes | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Total Plant transpiration (always positive) | |
31 | 5 | 5 | Yes | LW_albedo | (-) | Longwave Albedo | 1 | Energy Fluxes | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Longwave Albedo | |
32 | 5 | 6 | Yes | SW_albedo | (-) | Shortwave Albedo | 1 | Energy Fluxes | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Shortwave albedo | |
33 | 5 | 7 | Yes | Lwnet | W m-2 | Net Longwave Radiation | 1 | Energy Fluxes | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Incident longwave radiation minusᅠᅠsimulated outgoing longwave radiation (positive into grnd) | |
34 | 5 | 8 | Yes | SWnet | W m-2 | Net shortwave radiation | 1 | Energy Fluxes | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Incident shortwave radiation minusᅠᅠsimulated outgoing shortwave radiation (positive into grnd) | |
35 | 5 | 9 | Yes | fPAR | (-) | Absorbed fraction incoming PAR | 1 | Energy Fluxes | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | absorbed fraction incoming photosyntetically active radiation | |
37 | 6 | 2 | Yes | z_top | m | Soil Layer Top Depth | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 1 | nsoil | na | na | na | Depth from soil surface to top of soil layer | |
38 | 6 | 3 | Yes | z_node | m | Soil Layer Node Depth | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 1 | nsoil | na | na | na | Depth from soil surface to layer prognostic variables; typically center of soil layer | |
39 | 6 | 4 | Yes | z_bottom | m | Soil Layer Bottom Depth | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 1 | nsoil | na | na | na | Depth from soil surface to bottom of soil layer | |
40 | 6 | 5 | Yes | SoilMoist | kg m-2 | Average Layer Soil Moisture | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 4 | lon | lat | nsoil | time | Soil water content in each soil layer, includingᅠᅠliquid, vapor and ice | |
41 | 6 | 5 | Yes | SoilMoistFrac | (-) | Average Layer Fraction of Saturation | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 4 | lon | lat | nsoil | time | Fraction of saturation of soil water in each soil layer, includingᅠᅠliquid and ice | |
42 | 6 | 6 | Yes | SoilWet | (-) | Total Soil Wetness | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Vertically integrated soil moisture divided by maximum allowable soil moisture above wilting point | |
43 | 6 | 7 | Yes | Qs | kg m-2 s-1 | Surface runoff | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Runoff from the landsurface and/or subsurface stormflow | |
44 | 6 | 8 | Yes | Qsb | kg m-2 s-1 | Subsurface runoff | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Gravity soil water drainage and/or soil water lateral flow | |
45 | 6 | 9 | Yes | SoilTemp | K | Average Layer Soil Temperature | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 4 | lon | lat | nsoil | time | Average soil temperature in each soil layer | |
46 | 6 | 10 | Yes | Tdepth | m | Active Layer Thickness | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Thaw depth; depth to zero centigrade isotherm in permafrost | |
47 | 6 | 11 | Yes | Fdepth | m | Frozen Layer Thickness | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Freeze depth; depth to zero centigrade isotherm in non-permafrost | |
48 | 6 | 12 | Yes | Tcan | K | Canopy Temperature | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Canopy or vegetation temperature (or temperature used in photosynthesis calculations) | |
49 | 6 | 13 | Yes | SWE | kg m-2 | Snow Water Equivalent | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Total water mass of snow pack, including ice and liquid water | |
50 | 6 | 14 | Yes | SnowDen | kg m-3 | Bulk Snow Density | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Overall bulk density of the snow pack, including ice and liquid water | |
51 | 6 | 15 | Yes | SnowDepth | m | Total snow depth | 1 | Physical Variables | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Total snow depth | |
52 | 7 | 1 | Yes | CO2air | micromol mol-1 | Near surface CO2 concentration | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Near surface dry air CO2 mole fraction | |
53 | 7 | 2 | Yes | LWdown | surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air | W/m2 | Surface incident longwave radiation | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Surface incident longwave radiation |
54 | 7 | 3 | Yes | Psurf | air_pressure | Pa | Surface pressure | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Surface pressure |
55 | 7 | 4 | Yes | Qair | specific_humidity | kg kg-1 | Near surface specific humidity | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Near surface specific humidity |
56 | 7 | 5 | Yes | Rainf | precipitation_flux | kg m-2 s-1 | Rainfall rate | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Rainfall rate |
57 | 7 | 6 | Yes | SWdown | surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air | W m-2 | Surface incident shortwave radiation | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Surface incident shortwave radiation |
58 | 7 | 7 | Yes | Tair | air_temperature | K | Near surface air temperature | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Near surface air temperature |
59 | 7 | 8 | Yes | Wind | wind_speed | m s-1 | Near surface module of the wind | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Near surface wind magnitude |
60 | NA | NA | Tmin | air_temperature_max | K | Daily Maximum Temperature | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Daily Maximum Temperature | |
61 | NA | NA | Tmax | air_temperature_min | K | Daily Minimum Temperature | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Daily Minimum Temperature | |
62 | NA | NA | Uwind | northward_wind | m s-1 | Northward Component of Wind | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Northward Component of Wind | |
63 | NA | NA | Vwind | eastward_wind | m s-1 | Eastward Component of Wind | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Eastward Component of Wind | |
64 | NA | NA | RH | relative_humidity | % | Relative Humidity | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Relative Humidity | |
65 | NA | NA | PAR | surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_flux_in_air | mol m-2 s-1 | Photosynthetically Active Radiation | 1 | Driver | No | Yes | real | 3 | lon | lat | time | na | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |