History Levels

sechiba standard format, high frequency

Variable Name	Description	Unit	Dimension
History level = 1
basinmap	Aproximate map of the river basins	1	[lon, lat]
coastalflow	Diffuse coastal flow	m3/s	[lon, lat, time]
evap	Evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
lai	Leaf Area Index	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
netrad	Net radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
nbrivers	Number or rivers in the outflow grid box	1	[lon, lat]
rain	Rainfall	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
reinf_slope	Slope index for each grid box	1	[lon, lat, time]
riverflow	River flow to the oceans	m3/s	[lon, lat, time]
snowf	Snowfall	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
soilindex	Soil index	1	[lon, lat]
temp_sol	Surface Temperature	C	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 2
alb_nir	Albedo near infrared	1	[lon, lat, time]
alb_vis	Albedo visible	1	[lon, lat, time]
drainage	Deep drainage	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
drainage_soil	Drainage for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
evapnu	Bare soil evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
evapnu_soil	Bare soil evap for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
hydrographs	Hydrographs of gridbox outflow	m3/s	[lon, lat, time]
inter	Interception loss	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
qair	Air humidity	g/g	[lon, lat, time]
q2m	2m Air humidity	g/g	[lon, lat, time]
riversret	Return from endorheic rivers	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
roughheight	Effective roughness height	m	[lon, lat, time]
runoff	Surface runoff	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
runoff_soil	Runoff for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
soilalb_nir	Soil Albedo near infrared	1	[lon, lat, time]
soilalb_vis	Soil Albedo visible	1	[lon, lat, time]
subli	Sublimation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
tair	Air Temperature	K	[lon, lat, time]
transpir	Transpiration	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
transpir_soil	Transpir for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
t2m	2m Air Temperature	K	[lon, lat, time]
vegalb_vis	Vegetation Albedo visible	1	[lon, lat, time]
vegalb_nir	Vegetation Albedo near infrared	1	[lon, lat, time]
z0	Surface roughness	m	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 3
flood_frac	Flooded fraction	1	[lon, lat, time]
fluxlat	Latent Heat Flux	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
fluxsens	Sensible Heat Flux	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
frac_bare	Bare soil fraction for each tile	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
kfactroot_1	Root fraction profile for soil type	%	[lon, lat, nslm, time]
maxvegetfrac	Maximum fraction of vegetation	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
moistc_1	Soil Moisture profile for soil type	%	[lon, lat, nslm, time]
nobiofrac	Fraction of other surface types	1	[lon, lat, nnobio, time]
reinfiltration	Reinfiltration from floodplains	mm/d	[lon, lat time]
snow	Snow mass	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
snowage	Snow age	?	[lon, lat, time]
snownobio	Snow on other surfaces	kg/m2	[lon, lat, nnobio, time]
snownobioage	Snow age on other surfaces	d	[lon, lat, nnobio, time]
soiltile	Fraction of soil tiles	%	[lon, lat, nstm]
tot_bare_soil	Total Bare Soil Fraction	%	[lon, lat, time]
tsol_max	Maximum Surface Temperature	C	[lon, lat, time]
tsol_min	Minimum Surface Temperature	C	[lon, lat, time]
vegetfrac	Fraction of vegetation	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
vegetsoil_1	Fraction of vegetation on soil types	%	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
History level = 4
bqsb	Lower Soil Moisture	Kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
drysoil_frac	Fraction of visibly dry soil	1	[lon, lat, time]
dss	Up-reservoir Height	m	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
evapot	Potential evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
evapot_corr	Potential evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
gpp	Net assimilation of carbon by the vegetation	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
gqsb	Upper Soil Moisture	Kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
growth_resp	Growth respiration	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
hetero_resp	Heterotrophic respiration	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
humtot	Total Soil Moisture	?	[lon, lat, time]
humtot_soil	Soil Moisture for soil type	?	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
maint_resp	Maintenance respiration	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
nee	Net Ecosystem Exchange	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
njsc	Soil class used for hydrology	1	[lon, lat]
npp	Maintenance respiration	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
precisol	Throughfall	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
qsintveg	Water on canopy	Kg/m2	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
rstruct	Structural resistance	s/m	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
SWI	Soil wetness index	1	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 5
lwdown	Absorbed downward longwave radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
lwnet	Net surface longwave radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
swdown	Incident solar radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
swnet	Net solar radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 6
ptn	Deep ground temperature	K	[lon, lat, ngrnd, time]
History level = 7
fastr	Fast flow reservoir	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
lakevol	Volume in lake reservoir	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
slowr	Slow flow reservoir	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
streamr	Stream flow reservoir	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 8
beta	Beta Function	1	[lon, lat, time]
cdrag	Drag coefficient for LE and SH	?	[lon, lat, time]
evapflo	Floodplains evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
floodh	Floodplains height	mm	[lon, lat, time]
floodmap	Map of floodplains	m2	[lon, lat]
floodout	Flow out of floodplains	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
floodr	Floodplains reservoir	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
humrel	Soil moisture stress	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
irrigation	Net irrigation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
irrigmap	Map of irrigated surfaces	m2	[lon, lat]
k_litt	Litter cond	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
netirrig	Net irrigation requirement	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
pondr	Ponds reservoir	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
qsatt	Surface saturated humidity	g/g	[lon, lat, time]
raero	Aerodynamic resistance	s/m	[lon, lat, time]
swampmap	Map of swamps	m2	[lon, lat]
vbeta1	Beta for sublimation	1	[lon, lat, time]
vbeta4	Beta for bare soil	1	[lon, lat, time]
vbeta5	Beta for floodplains	1	[lon, lat, time]
vbetaco2	beta for CO2	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
Wind	Wind speed	m/s	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 9
History level = 10
cimean	Stomatal CO2 concentation	mmole/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
qsintmax	Maximum Interception capacity	kg/m2	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
rsol	Soil resistance	s/m	[lon, lat, time]
rveget	Canopy resistance	s/m	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
vbeta2	Beta for Interception loss	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
vbeta3	Beta for Transpiration	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
History level = 11
baresoilFrac	Bare Soil Fraction	%	[lon, lat, time]
CRF	CRF	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
cropFrac	Crop Fraction	%	[lon, lat, time]
Day	Day	1	[lon, lat, time]
evspsblveg	Evaporation from Canopy	kg m-2 s-1	[lon, lat, time]
evspsblsoi	Water Evaporation from Soil	kg m-2 s-1	[lon, lat, time]
Fdf	Fdf	1	[lon, lat, time]
flx_acetal	flx_acetal	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_acetic	flx_acetic	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_acetone	flx_acetone	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_co2_bbg_year	flx_co2_bbg_year	kgC/m2/yr	[lon, lat, time]
flx_fertil_no	flx_fertil_no	ngN/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_formal	flx_formal	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_formic	flx_formic	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_iso	flx_iso	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_MBO	flx_MBO	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_methanol	flx_methanol	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_mono	flx_mono	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_ORVOC	flx_ORVOC	kgC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_no	flx_no	ngN/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
flx_no_soil	flx_no_soil	ngN/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
grassFrac	Natural Grass Fraction	%	[lon, lat, time]
laish	Shaded Leaf Area Index	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
laisun	Sunlit Leaf Area Index	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
mrro	Total Runoff	kg m-2 s-1	[lon, lat, time]
mrros	Surface Runoff	kg m-2 s-1	[lon, lat, time]
mrso	Total Soil Moisture Content	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
mrsos	Moisture in Upper 0.1 m of Soil Column	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
N_qt_OTHER_year	N_qt_OTHER_year	kgN/yr	[lon, lat, time]
N_qt_WRICE_year	N_qt_WRICE_year	kgN/yr	[lon, lat, time]
PAR	PAR	umol phot/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
PARdf	PARdf	1	[lon, lat, time]
PARdr	PARdr	1	[lon, lat, time]
PARsh	Shaded Leaf Area PAR	umol phot/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
PARshtab	Shaded Leaf Area PAR	umol phot/m2/s	[lon, lat, nlai, time]
PARsun	Sunlit Leaf PAR	umol phot/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
PARsuntab	Sunlit Leaf PAR	umol phot/m2/s	[lon, lat, nlai, time]
prveg	Precipitation onto Canopy	kg m-2 s-1	[lon, lat, time]
ptnlev1	ptnlev1	K	[lon, lat, time]
residualFrac	Fraction of Grid Cell that is Land but Neither Vegetation-Covered nor Bare Soil	%	[lon, lat, time]
Sinang	Sinang	1	[lon, lat, time]
tran	Transpiration	kg m-2 s-1	[lon, lat, time]
Trans	Trans	1	[lon, lat, time]
treeFrac	Tree Cover Fraction	%	[lon, lat, time]
Year_length	Year_length	1	[lon, lat, time]

sechiba standard format (SECHIBA_HISTLEVEL2)

Variable Name	Description	Unit	Dimension
History level = 1
mrro	Total Runoff	kg m-2 s-1	[lon, lat, time]
mrsos	Moisture in Upper 0.1 m of Soil Column"	kg m-2	[lon, lat, time]
ptn	Deep ground temperature	K	[lon, lat, ngrnd, time]
History level = 2
albedo	Albedo	1	[lon, lat, time]
cdrag	Drag coefficient for LE and SH	?	[lon, lat, time]
coastalflow	Diffuse coastal flow	m3/s	[lon, lat, time]
emis	Surface emissivity	?	[lon, lat, time]
floodout	Flow out of floodplains	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
flood_frac	Flooded fraction	1	[lon, lat, time]
fluxlat	Latent Heat Flux	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
fluxsens	Sensible Heat Flux	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
qsurf	Near surface specific humidity	g/g	[lon, lat, time]
reinfiltration	Reinfiltration from floodplains	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
riverflow	River flow to the oceans	m3/s	[lon, lat, time]
soilalb_nir	Soil Albedo near infrared	1	[lon, lat, time]
soilalb_vis	Soil Albedo visible	1	[lon, lat, time]
temp_sol	New Surface Temperature	C	[lon, lat, time]
tsol_rad	Radiative surface temperature	C	[lon, lat, time]
vegalb_nir	Vegetation Albedo near infrared	1	[lon, lat, time]
vegalb_vis	Vegetation Albedo visible	1	[lon, lat, time]
vevapflo	Floodplains evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
vevapnu	Bare soil evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
z0	Surface roughness	m	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 3
basinmap	Aproximate map of the river basins	-	[lon, lat]
evap	Evaporation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
lai	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
nbrivers	Number or rivers in the outflow grid box	-	[lon, lat]
netrad	Net radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
rain	Rainfall	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
snowf	Snowfall	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
TotWater?	Total amount of water at end of time step	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
TotWaterFlux?	Total water flux	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]

History level = 4
alb_nir	Albedo near infrared	1	[lon, lat, time]
alb_vis	Albedo visible	1	[lon, lat, time]
drainage	Deep drainage	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
drainage_soil	Drainage for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
evapnu_soil	Bare soil evap for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
hydrographs	Hydrographs of gridbox outflow	m3/s	[lon, lat, time]
inter	Interception loss	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
qair	Sublimation	g/g	[lon, lat, time]
q2m	Sublimation	g/g	[lon, lat, time]
riversret	Return from endorheic rivers	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
roughheight	Effective roughness height	m	[lon, lat, time]
runoff	Surface runoff	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
runoff_soil	Runoff for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
subli	Sublimation	mm/d	[lon, lat, time]
tair	Sublimation	K	[lon, lat, time]
transpir	Transpiration	mm/d	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
transpir_soil	Transpir for soil type	mm/d	[lon, lat, nstm, time]
t2m	Sublimation	K	[lon, lat, time]
History level = 5
kfactroot_1	Root fraction profile for soil type	%	[lon, lat, nslm, time]
maxvegetfrac	Maximum fraction of vegetation	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
moistc_1	Soil Moisture profile for soil type	%	[lon, lat, nslm, time]
nobiofrac	Fraction of other surface types	1	[lon, lat, nnobio, time]
snow	Snow mass	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
snowage	Snow age	?	[lon, lat, time]
snownobio	Snow on other surfaces	kg/m2	[lon, lat, nnobio, time]
snownobioage	Snow age on other surfaces	d	[lon, lat, nnobio, time]
tsol_max	Maximum Surface Temperature	C	[lon, lat, time]
tsol_min	Minimum Surface Temperature	C	[lon, lat, time]
vegetfrac	Fraction of vegetation	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
vegetsoil_1	Fraction of vegetation on soil types	%	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
History level = 6

History level = 7

History level = 8

History level = 9

History level = 10

sechiba ALMA format

Variable Name	Description	Unit	Dimension
Vegetation
maxvegetfrac	Maximum fraction of vegetation	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
nobiofrac	Fraction of other surface types	1	[lon, lat, nnobio, time]
vegetfrac	Fraction of vegetation	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
General energy balance
DelColdCont?	Change in snow surface layer cold content	J/m2	[lon, lat, time]
DelSurfHeat?	Change in surface layer heat	J/m2	[lon, lat, time]
LWnet	Net longwave radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Qair	Near surface specific humidity at forcing level	g/g	[lon, lat, time]
Qf	Energy of fusion	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Qg	Ground heat flux	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Qh	Sensible heat flux	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Qle	Latent heat flux	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Qv	Energy of sublimation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
SWnet	Net shortwave radiation	W/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Tair	Near surface air temperature at forcing level	K	[lon, lat, time]
General water balance
DelIntercept?	Change in interception storage	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
DelSoilMoist?	Change in soil moisture	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
DelSurfStor?	Change in Surface Water Storage	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
DelSWE	Change in Snow Water Equivalent	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Evap	Total Evapotranspiration	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Qirrig	Irrigation	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Qirrig_req	Irrigation requirement	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Qs	Surface runoff	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Qsb	Sub-surface runoff	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Qsm	Snowmelt	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Rainf	Rainfall rate	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Snowf	Snowfall rate	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Surface state
Albedo	Albedo	1	[lon, lat, time]
AvgSurfT	Average surface temperature	K	[lon, lat, time]
PotSurfT	Potential (Unstressed) surface temperature	K	[lon, lat, time]
RadT	Surface radiative temperature	K	[lon, lat, time]
SurfStor?	Surface Water Storage	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
SWE	Snow Water Equivalent	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
SWI	Soil wetness index	1	[lon, lat, time]
Sub-surface state
SoilMoist?	3D average layer soil moisture	kg/m2	[lon, lat, (nslm), time]	nslm if...
SoilTemp?	3D layer average soil temperature	k	[lon, lat, ngrnd, time]
SoilWet?	Total soil wetness	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
Evaporation components
ACond	Aerodynamic conductance	m/s	[lon, lat, time]
ECanop	Interception evaporation	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
ESoil	Bare soil evaporation	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
EWater	Open water evaporation	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
PotEvap?	Potential evapotranspiration	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
PotEvapOld?	Potential evapotranspiration old method	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Qflood	Floodplain Evaporation	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
RootMoist?	Root zone soil water	kg/m2	[lon, lat, time]
SubSnow?	Snow sublimation	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
TVeg	Transpiration	kg/m2/s	[lon, lat, time]
Surface turbulence
EffectHeight?	Effective displacement height (h-d)	m	[lon, lat, time]
Z0	Roughness height	m	[lon, lat, time]
Cold Season Processes
SAlbedo	Snow albedo	1	[lon, lat, time]
SnowDepth?	3D snow depth	m	[lon, lat, time]
SnowFrac?	Snow cover fraction	1	[lon, lat, time]
Hydrologic variables
Dis	Simulated River Discharge	m3/s	[lon, lat, time]
FloodFrac?	Floodplain Fraction	-	[lon, lat, time]
FloodplainsMap?	Map of flooded areas	m2	[lon, lat, time]
humrel	Soil moisture stress	1	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
IrrigationMap?	Map of irrigated areas	m2	[lon, lat, time]
SwampMap?	Map of swamp areas	m2	[lon, lat, time]
The carbon budget
GPP	Net assimilation of carbon by the vegetation	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
growth_resp	Growth respiration	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
hetero_resp	Heterotrophic respiration	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
maint_resp	Maintenance respiration	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
NEE	Net Ecosystem Exchange	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
npp	Net Primary Production	gC/m2/s	[lon, lat, PFT, time]
Forcing and grid information
Areas	Mesh areas	m2	[lon, lat]
Contfrac	Continental fraction	1	[lon, lat]
LandPoints?	Land Points	1	[lon, lat]

stomate standard format

Variable Name	Description	Unit	Dimension
History level = 1
LAI	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	[lon, lat, PFT, time]

stomate IPCC format

Variable Name	Description	Unit	Dimension
History level = 1
lai	Leaf Area Fraction	m2/m2	[lon, lat, time]