Name |
Description |
Units |
SoilDepth |
Depth of
each soil layer in the column (3D) |
M |
M_fieldcap* |
Field
capacity (3D) |
M |
M_wilt* |
Wilting
point (3D) |
M |
M_sat* |
Saturated
water content (porosity × layer depth) (3D) |
M |
* Note: change to soil moisture variable names to distinguish them from input data sets |
Variable |
Description |
Units |
Sign (+) |
O.1) General energy balance components |
|
|
|
Swnet |
Net shortwave radiation |
W m-2 |
Down |
Lwnet |
Net longwave radiation |
W m-2 |
Down |
Qle |
Latent heat flux |
W m-2 |
Up |
Qh |
Sensible heat flux |
W m-2 |
Up |
Qg |
Ground heat flux |
W m-2 |
Down |
Qf |
Energy of fusion |
W m-2 |
Sol.<Liq. |
Qv |
Energy of sublimation |
W m-2 |
Sol.<Vap. |
Qa |
Heat transferred to snowpack by
rainfall |
W m-2 |
Down |
DelSurfHeat |
Change in surface heat storage |
J m-2 |
Incr.Heat |
DelColdCont |
Change in snow cold content |
J m-2 |
Decr.Heat |
O.2) General water balance components |
|
|
|
Snowf |
Snowfall rate |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Down |
Rainf |
Rainfall rate |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Down |
Evap |
Total evapotranspiration (all
terms) |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
Qs |
Surface runoff |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Out |
Qsb |
Subsurface runoff |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Out |
Qsm |
Snowmelt |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Sol.<Liq. |
Qfz |
Refreezing of water in the
snowpack |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Liq.<Sol. |
Qst |
Water flowing out of snowpack |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Out |
DelSoilMoist |
Change in column soil moisture |
kg m-2 |
Increase |
DelSWE |
Change in snow water equivalent |
kg m-2 |
Increase |
DelSurfStor |
Change in surface liquid water
storage |
kg m-2 |
Increase |
DelIntercept |
Change in canopy interception
storage |
kg m-2 |
Increase |
O.3) Surface state variables |
|
|
|
SnowT |
Snow surface temperature |
K |
Pos.Def. |
VegT |
Vegetation canopy temperature |
K |
Pos.Def. |
BaresoilT |
Bare soil surface temperature |
K |
Pos.Def. |
AvgSurfT |
Area-weighted average surface
temperature |
K |
Pos.Def. |
RadT |
Effective surface radiative
temperature |
K |
Pos.Def. |
Albedo |
Surface albedo |
- |
Pos.Def. |
SWE |
Snow water equivalent on ground (3-D) |
kg m-2 |
Pos.Def. |
SWEVeg |
Snow water equivalent in canopy
interception |
kg m-2 |
Pos.Def. |
SurfStor |
Surface water storage |
kg m-2 |
Pos.Def. |
O.4) Subsurface state variables |
|
|
|
SoilMoist |
Average layer soil moisture (3-D) |
kg m-2 |
Pos.Def. |
SoilTemp |
Average layer soil temperature (3-D) |
K |
Pos.Def. |
SoilWet |
Total column soil wetness (wilting
point = 0, saturation = 1) |
- |
> wilting point |
O.5) Evaporation components |
|
|
|
PotEvap |
Potential evapotranspiration |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
Ecanop |
Evaporation of canopy interception |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
Tveg |
Vegetation transpiration |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
Esoil |
Bare soil evaporation |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
Ewater |
Open water evaporation |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
RootMoist |
Root zone soil moisture |
kg m-2 |
Pos.Def. |
CanopInt |
Total canopy water storage |
kg m-2 |
Pos.Def. |
EvapSnow |
Evaporation of liquid water from
snowpack |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
SubSnow |
Snow sublimation |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
SubSurf |
Sublimation of ice from soil and
canopy interception |
kg m-2 s-1 |
Up |
Acond |
Aerodynamic conductance |
m s-1 |
Pos.Def. |
CCond |
Canopy (stomatal)
conductance |
m s-1 |
Pos.Def. |
O.6) Other hydrologic variables |
|
|
|
WaterTableD |
Depth to water table |
m |
Pos.Def. |
O.7) Cold season processes |
|
|
|
SnowFrac |
Snow cover fraction |
- |
Pos.Def. |
SAlbedo |
Snow albedo |
- |
Pos.Def. |
SnowDepth |
Depth of snow layers (3-D) |
m |
Pos.Def. |
O.8) Variables to be compared with remotely sensed data |
|
|
|
RadTmax |
Maximum daily radiative surface
temperature |
K |
Pos.Def. |
RadTmin |
Minimum daily radiative surface
temperature |
K |
Pos.Def. |
O1 |
O2 |
O3 |
O5 |
Swnet |
Snowf |
SnowT |
PotEvap |
Lwnet |
Rainf |
VegT |
Ecanop |
Qle |
Evap |
BaresoilT |
Tveg |
Qh |
Qs |
AvgSurfT |
Esoil |
Qg |
Qsb |
RadT |
RootMoist |
Qf |
Qsm |
|
Acond |
Qv |
Qfz |
|
CCond |
Qa |
Qst |
|
|
DelSurfHeat |
DelSoilMoist |
|
|
DelColdCont |
DelSWE |
|
|
|
DelSurfStor |
|
|
|
DelIntercept |
|
|