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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Variable Name'''
      <TD width="181" ALIGN="left" class="normal"><I>Variable Name</I></TD>
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Description'''
      <TD width="365" ALIGN="left" class="normal"><I>Description</I></TD>
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Units'''
      <TD width="330" ALIGN="left" class="normal"><I>Units</I></TD>
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| patch_default_ID||Identifier used by patch objects to indicate their patch default files||unique value for each default file
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">patch_default_ID</TD>
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| theta_psi_curve||Choice of theta-psi curve||1 or 2
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Identifier used by patch objects to indicate  
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        their patch default files</TD>
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| Ksat_0||Saturated hydraulic conductivity at surface||metres/day
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">unique value for each default file</TD>
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| m||Decay of saturated hydraulic conductivity with saturation deficit||1/ (metre of water)
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">theta_psi_curve</TD>
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| porosity_0||Porosity at soil surface||range (0 - 1)
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Choice of theta-psi curve</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">1 or 2</TD>
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| porosity_decay||Porosity scaling parameter with depth - porosity decays as||1/metre
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| P3||Van.G. parameter - should be renamed - only used if theta_psi_curve is 2;||dimensionless
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Ksat_0</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Saturated hydraulic conductivity at surface</TD>
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| pore_size_index||Soil pore size index||dimensionless
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres/day</TD>
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    </TR>
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| psi_air_entry||Soil air entry pressure||metres of water
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">m</TD>
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| psi_max||Maximum soil water tension, psi, >psi_air_entry||metres of water
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Decay of saturated hydraulic conductivity  
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        with saturation deficit</TD>
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| soil_depth||Maximum soil depth||metres
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">1/ (metre of water)</TD>
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| m_z||Decay of saturated conductivity with actual soil depth. If porosity does not scale with depth then m_z should be m/porosity_0||1/metres
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">porosity_0</TD>
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| detention_store_size||Surface detention storage capacity||metres of water
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Porosity at soil surface</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">range (0 - 1)</TD>
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| deltaZ||Soil depth over which soil heat flux is computed - use 0 to ignore heat flux model||metres
    </TR>
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| active_zone_z||Active zone for potential exfiltration calculations - a large number will cause saturation deficit to be used||metres
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">porosity_decay</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Porosity scaling parameter with depth -  
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| maximum_snow_energy_deficit||Maximum degree day energy deficit accumulation for snowpack||º C days
        porosity decays as </TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">1/metre</TD>
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| snow_water_capacity||Snowpack water holding capacity||metres of water
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| snow_light_ext_coef||Radiation extinction coefficient through the snowpack - a high value will assume complete radiation absorption by snowpack||dimensionless
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">P3</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Van.G. parameter - should be renamed - only  
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| snow_melt_Tcoef||Temperature melt coefficient||metres of water / º C
        used if theta_psi_curve is 2;</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">dimensionless</TD>
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| max_heat_capacity||Maximum soil heat capacity - 0 will ignore heat flux model||J/m3/º K
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| min_heat_capacity||Minimum soil heat capacity - 0 will ignore heat flux model||J/m3/º K
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">pore_size_index</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Soil pore size index</TD>
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| albedo||Soil albedo||range (0 - 1)
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">dimensionless</TD>
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    </TR>
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| mobile_N_proportion||The proportion of available N that can be leached i.e. % nitrate N that is temorary and should be replaced||range (0 - 1)
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">psi_air_entry</TD>
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| N_decay_rate||The decay rate of nitrogen throughout the profile||kg N/m
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Soil air entry pressure</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres of water</TD>
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| sand||Fraction of the soil that is sand, where sand + clay + silt must equal 1||range (0 - 1)
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| clay||Fraction of the soil that is clay, where sand + clay + silt must equal 1||range (0 - 1)
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">psi_max</TD>
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Maximum soil water tension, psi, &gt;psi_air_entry</TD>
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| silt||Fraction of the soil that is silt, where sand + clay + silt must equal 1||range (0 - 1)
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres of water</TD>
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    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">soil_depth</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Maximum soil depth </TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">m_z</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Decay of saturated conductivity with actual  
 
        soil depth. If porosity does not scale with depth then m_z should be m/porosity_0</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">1/metres</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
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      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">detention_store_size</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Surface detention storage capacity</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres of water</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">deltaZ</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Soil depth over which soil heat flux is  
 
        computed - use 0 to ignore heat flux model</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">active_zone_z</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Active zone for potential exfiltration calculations  
 
        - a large number will cause saturation deficit to be used</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">maximum_snow_energy_deficit</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Maximum degree day energy deficit accumulation  
 
        for snowpack</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">º C days</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">snow_water_capacity</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Snowpack water holding capacity</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres of water</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">snow_light_ext_coef</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Radiation extinction coefficient through  
 
        the snowpack - a high value will assume complete radiation absorption  
 
        by snowpack</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">dimensionless</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">snow_melt_Tcoef</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Temperature melt coefficient</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">metres of water / º C</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">max_heat_capacity</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Maximum soil heat capacity - 0 will ignore  
 
        heat flux model</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">J/m3/º K</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">min_heat_capacity</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Minimum soil heat capacity - 0 will ignore  
 
        heat flux model</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">J/m3/º K</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">albedo</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Soil albedo</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">range (0 - 1)</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">mobile_N_proportion</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">The proportion of available N that can be  
 
        leached i.e. % nitrate N that is temorary and should be replaced</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">range (0 - 1)</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">N_decay_rate</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">The decay rate of nitrogen throughout the  
 
        profile</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">kg N/m</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">sand</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Fraction of the soil that is sand, where  
 
        sand + clay + silt must equal 1</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">range (0 - 1)</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">clay</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Fraction of the soil that is clay, where  
 
        sand + clay + silt must equal 1</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">range (0 - 1)</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
    <TR VALIGN="top">
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">silt</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">Fraction of the soil that is silt, where  
 
        sand + clay + silt must equal 1</TD>
 
      <TD ALIGN="left" class="normal">range (0 - 1)</TD>
 
    </TR>
 
  </Table>
 

Revision as of 15:56, 12 October 2009

Variable Name Description Units
patch_default_ID Identifier used by patch objects to indicate their patch default files unique value for each default file
theta_psi_curve Choice of theta-psi curve 1 or 2
Ksat_0 Saturated hydraulic conductivity at surface metres/day
m Decay of saturated hydraulic conductivity with saturation deficit 1/ (metre of water)
porosity_0 Porosity at soil surface range (0 - 1)
porosity_decay Porosity scaling parameter with depth - porosity decays as 1/metre
P3 Van.G. parameter - should be renamed - only used if theta_psi_curve is 2; dimensionless
pore_size_index Soil pore size index dimensionless
psi_air_entry Soil air entry pressure metres of water
psi_max Maximum soil water tension, psi, >psi_air_entry metres of water
soil_depth Maximum soil depth metres
m_z Decay of saturated conductivity with actual soil depth. If porosity does not scale with depth then m_z should be m/porosity_0 1/metres
detention_store_size Surface detention storage capacity metres of water
deltaZ Soil depth over which soil heat flux is computed - use 0 to ignore heat flux model metres
active_zone_z Active zone for potential exfiltration calculations - a large number will cause saturation deficit to be used metres
maximum_snow_energy_deficit Maximum degree day energy deficit accumulation for snowpack º C days
snow_water_capacity Snowpack water holding capacity metres of water
snow_light_ext_coef Radiation extinction coefficient through the snowpack - a high value will assume complete radiation absorption by snowpack dimensionless
snow_melt_Tcoef Temperature melt coefficient metres of water / º C
max_heat_capacity Maximum soil heat capacity - 0 will ignore heat flux model J/m3/º K
min_heat_capacity Minimum soil heat capacity - 0 will ignore heat flux model J/m3/º K
albedo Soil albedo range (0 - 1)
mobile_N_proportion The proportion of available N that can be leached i.e. % nitrate N that is temorary and should be replaced range (0 - 1)
N_decay_rate The decay rate of nitrogen throughout the profile kg N/m
sand Fraction of the soil that is sand, where sand + clay + silt must equal 1 range (0 - 1)
clay Fraction of the soil that is clay, where sand + clay + silt must equal 1 range (0 - 1)
silt Fraction of the soil that is silt, where sand + clay + silt must equal 1 range (0 - 1)