Table 9 Fields written to CLM5 history files describe the evolution of plant growth. Bold indicates requested fields. The others are written by default. Instantaneous fields are stored in filetype “h0”. Time averaged fields are stored in filetype “h1”.

From: A new CAM6 + DART reanalysis with surface forcing from CAM6 to other CESM models

Variable name

Description

Instantaneous values

EFLX_LH_TOT

Total latent heat flux [+ to atm]

ER

Total ecosystem respiration, autotrophic + heterotrophic

HR

Total heterotrophic respiration

TSA

2 m air temperature

ZSOI

Soil depth

DZSOI

Soil thickness

WATSAT

Saturated soil water content (porosity)

SUCSAT

Saturated soil matric potential

BSW

Slope of soil water retention curve

HKSAT

Saturated hydraulic conductivity

ZLAKE

Lake layer node depth

DZLAKE

Lake layer thickness

Time averaged values

CPHASE

Crop phenology phase

GPP

Gross primary production

GRAINC_TO_FOOD

Grain carbon to food

GSSHALN

Shaded leaf stomatal conductance at local noon

GSSUNLN

Sunlit leaf stomatal conductance at local noon

NPP

Net primary production

NPP_NUPTAKE

Total carbon used by nitrogen uptake in FUN

PLANT_NDEMAND

Nitrogen flux required to support initial GPP

QVEGT

Canopy transpiration

TLAI

Total projected leaf area index