Output Files

Basin Daily

Basin Daily Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Rain Throughfall	mm	pot_surface_infil
6	Snow Throughfall	mm	snow_thr
7	Saturation Deficit-depth	mm of depth	sat_def_z
8	Saturation Deficit-volume	mm of water	sat_def
8	Rooting Zone Storage	mm of water	rz_storage
9	Unsaturated Storage	mm	unsat_stor
10	Unsaturated Drainage	mm	unsat_drain
11	Capillary Rise	mm	cap
12	Evaporation	mm	evap
13	Snowpack Depth	mm	snow
14	Transpiration	mm	trans
15	Baseflow	mm	baseflow
20	Return Flow	mm	return
17	Total Stream Outflow	mm	streamflow
18	Net Photosynthesis	kgC/m2	psn
19	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
20	Groundwater Output	mm	gw.Qout
21	Groundwater Nitrate Output	mm	gw.Nout
22	Groundwater Store	mm	gw.storage	rhessys5.10.5
23	Groundwater Nitrate Store	mm	gw.NO3	rhessys5.10.5
24	Detention Store	mm	detention_store	rhessys5.10.10
25	Percent Saturated Area	m2/m2	%sat_area	rhessys5.10.10
26	Litter Store	m2/m2	litter_store	rhessys5.10.12
27	Percent Snow Cover	m2/m2	%snow_cover	rhessys5.10.12

Basin Daily Growth

Basin Daily Growth Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Gross Photosynthesis	gC/m2	gpsn
6	Plant Maintenance Respiration	mC/m2	plant_resp
7	Soil Respiration	gC/m2/day	soil_resp	rhessys5.10.11
8	Nitrate N	gN/m2	nitrate
9	Mineralized N	gN/m2	sminn
10	Plant C	kgC/m2	plantc
11	Plant N	kgN/m2	plantn
12	Litter C	kgC/m2	litrc
13	Litter N	kgN/m2	litrn
14	Soil C	kgC/m2	soilc
15	Soil N	kgN/m2	soiln
16	Streamflow Nitrate	gN/m2/day	streamflow_NO3
17	Denitrification	gN/m2/day	denitrif
18	Nitrification	gN/m2/day	nitrif
19	Dissolved Organic Carbon loss	gC/m2/day	DOC
20	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss	gN/m2/day	DON

Basin Monthly

Basin Monthly Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Month
2	Year
3	Basin ID
4	Total Stream Outflow	mm	streamflow
5	Nitrate to Stream	gN/m2	streamflow_NO3
6	Denitrification	gN/m2	denitrif
7	Dissolved Organic Carbon loss	gC/m2	DOC
8	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss	gN/m2	DON
9	Evapotranspiration	mm/m2	et
10	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn
11	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
12	Nitrification	gN/m2	nitrif
13	Mineralized Nitrate	gN/m2	mineralized
14	Vegetation Nitrogen Uptake	gN/m2	uptake

Basin Yearly

Basin Yearly Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Year
2	Basin ID
3	Total Stream Outflow	mm	streamflow
4	Nitrate to Stream	gN/m2	streamflow_NO3
5	Denitrification	gN/m2	denitrif
6	Dissolved Organic Carbon loss	gC/m2	DOC
7	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss	gN/m2	DON
8	Evapotranspiration	mm/m2	et
9	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn
10	Average Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
11	Nitrification	gN/m2	nitrif
12	Mineralized N	gN/m2	mineralized
13	Vegetation Uptake	gN/m2	uptake
14	Number Threshold	?	num_thresh

Basin Yearly Growth

Basin Yearly Growth Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Year			rhessys5.10.5
2	Basin ID			rhessys5.10.5
3	Gross Photosynthesis	gC/m2	gpsn	rhessys5.10.5
4	Plant Respiration	mC/m2	plantresp	rhessys5.10.5
5	New Carbon	mC/m2	newC	rhessys5.10.5
6	?Soilhr?	??	soilhr	rhessys5.10.5
7	?Streamflow Nitrate?	??	strN	rhessys5.10.5
8	Denitrification	gN/m2	denitrif	rhessys5.10.5

Hillslope Daily

Column Contents	Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Hillslope ID
6	Rain Throughfall	mm	rain_thr
7	Snow Throughfall	mm	snow_thr
8	Saturation Deficit	mm of depth	sat_def_z
9	Saturation Deficit	mm of water	sat_def
10	Unsaturated Storage	mm	unsat_stor
11	Unsaturated Drainage	mm	unsat_drain
12	Capillary Rise	mm	cap
13	Evaporation	mm	evap
14	Snowpack Depth	mm	snow
15	Transpiration	mm	trans
16	Baseflow	mm	baseflow
17	Return Flow	mm	return
18	Total Stream Outflow	mm	streamflow
19	Net Photosynthesis	kgC/m2	psn
20	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
21	Groundwater Output	mm	gw.Qout	rhessys5.10.5
22	Groundwater Nitrate Output	mm	gw.Nout	rhessys5.10.5
23	Groundwater Store	mm	gw.storage	rhessys5.10.5
24	Groundwater Nitrate Store	mm	gw.N03	rhessys5.10.5

Hillslope Daily Growth

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Hillslope ID
6	Gross Photosynthesis	gC/m2	gpsn
7	Maint Respiration	mC/m2	resp
8	Nitrate N	gN/m2	nitrate
9	Mineralized N	gN/m2	sminn
10	Plant C	kgC/m2	plantc
11	Plant N	kgN/m2	plantn
12	Litter C	kgC/m2	litrc
13	Litter N	kgN/m2	litrn
14	Soil C	kgC/m2	soilc
15	Soil N	kgN/m2	soiln
16	Streamflow Nitrate	gN/m2/day	streamflow_NO3
17	Streamflow	mm/day	streamflow
18	Denitrification	gN/m2/day	denitrif
19	Nitrification	gN/m2/day	nitrif
20	Dissolved Organic Carbon loss	gC/m2/day	DOC
21	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss	gN/m2/day	DON

Hillslope Monthly

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Month			rhessys5.10.7
2	Year
3	Hillslope ID
4	Streamflow	mm	streamflow
5	Streamflow Nitrate	gN/m2/day	streamflow_N03
6	Denitrification	gN/m2/day	denitrif
7	Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss	gC/m2/day	DOC
8	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss	gN/m2/day	DON
9	Evapotranspiration	mm/m2	et
10	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn
11	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
12	Nitrification	gN/m2	nitrif
13	Mineralized N	gN/m2	mineralized
14	Vegetation Uptake	gN/m2	uptake

Hillslope Yearly

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Year			rhessys5.10.7
2	Hillslope ID
3	Streamflow	mm	streamflow
4	Nitrate to Stream	gN/m2	streamflow_N03
5	Denitrification	gN/m2	denitrif
6	Dissolved Organic Carbon loss	gC/m2	DOC
7	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss	gN/m2	DON
8	Evapotranspiration	mm/m2	et
9	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn
10	Mineralized N	gN/m2	mineralized
11	Vegetation Uptake	gN/m2	uptake

Zone Daily

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Hillslope ID
6	Zone ID
7	Rainfall	mm	rain
8	Snowfall	mm	snow
9	Daytime Mean Air Temperature	C	tday
10	Average Daily Temperature	C	tavg
11	Vapour Pressure Deficit	Pa	vpd
12	Direct Radiation	KJ/m2	Kdown_direct
13	Diffuse Radiation	KJ/m2	Kdown_diffuse
14	Direct PAR Radiation	KJ/m2	PAR_direct
15	Diffuse PAR Radiation	KJ/m2	PAR_diffuse

Zone Monthly

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Month
2	Year
3	Basin ID
4	Hillslope ID
5	Zone ID
6	Precipitation	mm	precip
7	Direct Radiation	KJ/m2	K_direct
8	Diffuse Radiation	KJ/m2	K_diffuse
9	Average Max Daily Temperature	C	tmax
10	Average Min Daily Temperature	C	tmin

Patch Daily

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Hillslope ID
6	Zone ID
7	Patch ID
8	Rain Throughfall	mm	rain_thr
9	Detention Store	mm	detention_store	rhessys5.10.10
10	Saturation Deficit (depth)	mm of depth	sat_def_z
11	Saturation Deficit (water)	mm of water	sat_def
12	Unsaturated Storage	mm	unsat_stor
13	Unsaturated Drainage	mm	unsat_drain
14	Capillary Rise	mm	cap
15	Return Flow	mm	return
16	Evaporation	mm	evap
17	Snowpack Depth	mm	snow
18	Transpiration	mm	trans
19	Subsurface Flow to Stream	mm	Qin	rhessys5.10.9
20	Subsurface Flow to Stream	mm	Qout	rhessys5.10.9
21	Net Photosynthesis	kgC/m2	psn
22	Rooting Zone Saturation	?	root_zone.S
23	Litter Rain Stored	mm	litter.rain_stor	rhessys5.10.10
24	Litter Percent Saturation	m2/m2 ?	litter.S	rhessys5.10.9

Patch Daily Growth

Patch Daily Growth Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Hillslope ID
6	Zone ID
7	Patch ID
8	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
9	Plant C	kgC/m2	plantc
10	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	net_psn
11	Plant Respiration	gC/m2/day	plant_resp	rhessys5.10.11
12	Soil Respiration	gC/m2/day	soil_resp	rhessys5.10.11
13	Labile Litter C	kgC/m2	litr1c
14	Cellulose Litter C	kgC/m2	litr2c
15	Shielded Cellulose Litter C	kgC/m2	litr3c
16	Lignan Litter C	kgC/m2	litr4c
17	Litter Rain Capacity	mm	lit.rain_cap	rhessys5.10.10
18	Fast Soil C	kgC/m2	soil1c
19	Medium Soil C	kgC/m2	soil2c
20	Slow Soil C	kgC/m2	soil3c
21	Recalcitrant Soil C	kgC/m2	soil4c
22	Denitrification	gN/m2	denitrif
23	Net Nitrate Flux (+in)	gN/m2	netleach
24	Soil Nitrate	gN/m2	soilNO3
25	Streamflow N	gN/m2	streamN03
26	Surface N	gN/m2	surfaceN03
27	Canopy Height	m	height
28	Nitrogen Uptake	??	N-uptake
29	Area	cells	area

Patch Monthly

Patch Monthly Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Month
2	Year
3	Basin ID
4	Hillslope ID
5	Zone ID
6	Patch ID
7	Net Nitrate Flux (+in)	gN/m2	leach
8	Denitrification	gN/m2/month	denitrif
9	Average Soil Moisture Deficit	mm	soil_moist_deficit
10	Evapotranspiration	mm/m2/month	et
11	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2/month	psn
12	Dissolved Organic Carbon loss	gC/m2/month	DOC
13	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss	gN/m2/month	DON
14	Average LAI	m2/m2	lai
15	Nitrification	gN/m2/month	nitrif
16	Mineralized N	gN/m2/month	mineralized
17	Vegetation Uptake	gN/m2/month	uptake
18	Theta	0-100 percent	theta

Patch Yearly

Patch Yearly Output File Column Contents	Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Year
2	Basin ID
3	Hillslope ID
4	Zone ID
5	Patch ID
6	Number of Days Below Sat. Threshold		num_threshold_sat_def
7	Net Nitrate Flux (+in)	gN/m2/year	leach
8	Denitrification	gN/m2/year	denitrif
9	Dissolved Organic Carbon loss	gC/m2/year	DOC_loss
10	Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss	gN/m2/year	DON_loss
11	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn
12	Evapotranspiration	mm/m2/year	et
13	Maximum Leaf Area Index	m2/m2/year	lai
14	Nitrification	gN/m2/year	nitrif
15	Mineralized N	gN/m2year	mineralized
16	Vegetation Uptake	gN/m2/year	uptake
17	Theta	0-100 percent	theta

Patch Yearly Growth

Column Contents	Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Year
2	Basin ID
3	Hillslope ID
4	Zone ID
5	Patch ID
6	Litter C	kgC/m2	litter_c
7	Soil C	kgC/m2/year	soil_c
8	Litter N	kgN/m2/year	litter_n
9	Soil N	kgN/m2/year	soil_n
10	Soil Nitrate	gN/m2/year	nitrate
11	Mineralized N	gN/m2	Sminn

Stratum Daily

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Hillslope ID
6	Zone ID
7	Patch ID
8	Stratum ID
9	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
10	Evaporation	mm	evap
11	APAR Radiation	KJ/m2	APAR_direct
12	APAR Radiation	KJ/m2	APAR_diffuse
13	Sublimation	mm	sublim
14	Transpiration	mm	trans
15	Aerodynamic Conductance	mm/s	ga
16	Surface (non-vascular) Conductance	m/s	gsurf
17	Canopy Conductance	mm/s	gs
18	??	??	?psi?	rhessys5.10.10
19	Respiration	kgC/m2	leaf_day_mr
20	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn_to_cpool
21	Rain Interception Storage	mm	rain_stored
22	Snow Interception Storage	mm	snow_stored
23	Rooting Zone Saturation	??	rootzone.S

Stratum Daily Growth

Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Day
2	Month
3	Year
4	Basin ID
5	Hillslope ID
6	Zone ID
7	Patch ID
8	Stratum ID
9	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	proj_lai
10	Leaf C	gN/m2	leafc
11	Dead Leaf C	gN/m2	dead_leafc
12	Fine Root C	gN/m2	frootc
13	Live Stem C	gN/m2	live_stemc
14	Leaf C Store	gN/m2	leafc_store
15	Dead Stem C	gN/m2	dead_stemc
16	Live Coarse Root C	gN/m2	live_crootc
17	Dead Coarse Root C	gN/m2	dead_crootc
18	Coarse Woody Debris C	gN/m2	cwdc
19	Maint Respiration	gC/m2	mresp
20	Growth Respiration	gC/m2	gresp
21	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn_to_cpool
22	Stand Age	days	age	rhessys5.10.9

Stratum Monthly

Stratum Monthly Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Month
2	Year
3	Basin ID
4	Hillslope ID
5	Zone ID
6	Patch ID
7	Stratum ID
8	Leaf Area Index	m2/m2	lai
9	Net Photosynthesis	gC/m2	psn
10	Mean Leaf Water Potential	mPa	lwp

Stratum Yearly

Stratum Yearly Output File Column Contents		Units	RHESSys Output Abbreviation	included as of version
1	Year
2	Basin ID
3	Hillslope ID
4	Zone ID
5	Patch ID
6	Stratum ID
7	Net Photosynthesis	kgC/m2	psn
8	Mean Leaf Water Potential	mPa	lwp