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Mass-Conserving Downscaling of Climate Model Precipitation over Mountainous Terrain for Water Resource Applications
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netcdf file:///data/5ef21f14-62eb-468f-b21f-1462ebc68f71/westConus_vic_parameters.nc-20230630-145324Z-10f72c80-ba0e-40d9-b72c-80ba0e60d940 {
dimensions:
string34 = 34;
nlayer = 3;
veg_class = 17;
root_zone = 3;
snow_band = 5;
lat = 400;
lon = 464;
month = 12;
variables:
char veg_descr(veg_class=17, string34=34);
:units = "-";
:long_name = "land cover class name";
:standard_name = "land cover class name";
:_ChunkSizes = 17U, 34U; // uint
short veg_class(veg_class=17);
:standard_name = "land cover class ID code";
:long_name = "land cover class ID code";
:units = "-";
:_ChunkSizes = 17U; // uint
int layer(nlayer=3);
:long_name = "soil layer";
:_ChunkSizes = 3U; // uint
int root_zone(root_zone=3);
:long_name = "root zone";
:_ChunkSizes = 3U; // uint
int snow_band(snow_band=5);
:long_name = "Snow elevation band";
:_ChunkSizes = 5U; // uint
double lat(lat=400);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:standard_name = "latitude";
:axis = "Y";
:long_name = "Grid cell center latitude";
:units = "degrees North";
double lon(lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:standard_name = "longitude";
:axis = "X";
:long_name = "Grid cell center longitude";
:units = "degrees East";
int month(month=12);
:units = "month";
:long_name = "month of climatological year";
:_ChunkSizes = 12U; // uint
int mask(lat=400, lon=464);
:long_name = "Domain mask (1=inside domain, 0=outside)";
:units = "unitless";
float elev(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaNf; // float
:long_name = "Grid cell elevation above sea level";
:units = "m";
double Cv(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "-";
:long_name = "Area Fraction";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
int Nveg(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = -9999; // int
:long_name = "Nveg";
:units = "N/A";
:description = "Number of vegetation tiles in the grid cell";
int run_cell(lat=400, lon=464);
:units = "N/A";
:description = "1 = Run Grid Cell, 0 = Do Not Run";
:long_name = "run_cell";
int gridcell(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = -9999; // int
:units = "N/A";
:description = "Grid cell number";
:long_name = "gridcell";
double infilt(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:coordinates = "longitude latitude";
:long_name = "infilt";
:description = "Variable infiltration curve parameter (binfilt)";
:units = "mm d-1";
double Ds(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:coordinates = "longitude latitude";
:long_name = "Ds";
:description = "Fraction of Dsmax where non-linear baseflow begins";
:units = "fraction";
double Dsmax(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:coordinates = "longitude latitude";
:long_name = "Dsmax";
:description = "Maximum velocity of baseflow";
:units = "mm d-1";
double Ws(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Fraction of maximum soil moisture where non-linear baseflow occurs";
:long_name = "Ws";
double c(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "N/A";
:description = "Exponent used in baseflow curve, normally set to 2";
:long_name = "c";
double avg_T(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "C";
:description = "Average soil temperature, used as the bottom boundary for soil heat flux solutions";
:long_name = "avg_T";
double dp(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "m";
:description = "Soil thermal damping depth (depth at which soil temperature remains constant through the year, ~4 m)";
:long_name = "dp";
double off_gmt(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "h";
:description = "Time zone offset from GMT. This parameter determines how VIC interprets sub-daily time steps relative to the model start date and time.";
:long_name = "off_gmt";
double rough(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "m";
:description = "Surface roughness of bare soil";
:long_name = "rough";
double snow_rough(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "m";
:description = "Surface roughness of snowpack";
:long_name = "snow_rough";
double annual_prec(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "mm";
:description = "Average annual precipitation.";
:long_name = "annual_prec";
int fs_active(lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = -9999; // int
:units = "binary";
:description = "If set to 1, then frozen soil algorithm is activated for the grid cell. A 0 indicates that frozen soils are not computed even if soil temperatures fall below 0C.";
:long_name = "fs_active";
double expt(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "N/A";
:description = "Exponent n (=3+2/lambda) in Campbells eqn for hydraulic conductivity, HBH 5.6 (where lambda = soil pore size distribution parameter). Values should be > 3.0.";
:long_name = "expt";
:coordinates = "layer";
double Ksat(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "mm- d-1";
:description = "Saturated hydrologic conductivity";
:long_name = "Ksat";
:coordinates = "layer";
double phi_s(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "mm mm-1";
:description = "Soil moisture diffusion parameter";
:long_name = "phi_s";
:coordinates = "layer";
double init_moist(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "mm";
:description = "Initial layer moisture content";
:long_name = "init_moist";
:coordinates = "layer";
double depth(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:long_name = "depth";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:description = "Thickness of each soil moisture layer";
:units = "m";
:coordinates = "layer";
double bubble(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:description = "Bubbling pressure of soil. Values should be > 0.0";
:coordinates = "layer";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "bubble";
:units = "cm";
double quartz(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Quartz content of soil";
:long_name = "quartz";
:coordinates = "layer";
double bulk_density(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "kg m-3";
:description = "Bulk density of soil layer";
:long_name = "bulk_density";
:coordinates = "layer";
double soil_density(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:description = "Soil particle density, normally 2685 kg m-3";
:long_name = "soil_density";
:coordinates = "layer";
:units = "kg m-3";
double Wcr_FRACT(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Fractional soil moisture content at the critical point (~70%% of field capacity) (fraction of maximum moisture)";
:long_name = "Wcr_FRACT";
:coordinates = "layer";
double Wpwp_FRACT(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:description = "Fractional soil moisture content at the wilting point (fraction of maximum moisture)";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "Wpwp_FRACT";
:coordinates = "layer";
:units = "fraction";
double resid_moist(nlayer=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Soil moisture layer residual moisture.";
:long_name = "resid_moist";
:coordinates = "layer";
double AreaFract(snow_band=5, lat=400, lon=464);
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Fraction of grid cell covered by each elevation band. Sum of the fractions must equal 1.";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
double Pfactor(snow_band=5, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Fraction of cell precipitation thatfalls on each elevation band. Total must equal 1. To ignore effects of elevation on precipitation, set these fractions equal to the area fractions.";
double elevation(snow_band=5, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "m";
:description = "Mean (or median) elevation of elevation band. This is used to compute the change in air temperature from the grid cell mean elevation.";
int overstory(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = -9999; // int
:long_name = "overstory";
:units = "N/A";
:description = "Flag to indicate whether or not the current vegetation type has an overstory (1 for overstory present [e.g. trees], 0 for overstory not present [e.g. grass])";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double rarc(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "rarc";
:units = "s m-1";
:description = "Architectural resistance of vegetation type (~2 s m-1)";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double rmin(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "rmin";
:units = "s m-1";
:description = "Minimum stomatal resistance of vegetation type (~100 s m-1)";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double wind_h(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "m";
:description = "Height at which wind speed is measured.";
:long_name = "wind_h";
double RGL(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "RGL";
:units = "W m-2";
:description = "Minimum incoming shortwave radiation at which there will be transpiration. For trees this is about 30 W m-2, for crops about 100 W m-2.";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double rad_atten(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:description = "Radiation attenuation factor. Normally set to 0.5, though may need to be adjusted for high latitudes.";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:units = "fraction";
:long_name = "rad_atten";
double wind_atten(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "wind_atten";
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Wind speed attenuation through the overstory. The default value has been 0.5.";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double trunk_ratio(veg_class=17, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "trunk_ratio";
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Ratio of total tree height that is trunk (no branches). The default value has been 0.2.";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double root_depth(veg_class=17, root_zone=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "root_depth";
:units = "m";
:description = "Root zone thickness (sum of depths is total depth of root penetration)";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double root_fract(veg_class=17, root_zone=3, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "root_fract";
:units = "fraction";
:description = "Fraction of root in the current root zone";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double veg_rough(veg_class=17, month=12, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "veg_rough";
:description = "Vegetation roughness length (typically 0.123 * vegetation height)";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
:units = "m";
double displacement(veg_class=17, month=12, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "displacement";
:units = "m";
:description = "Vegetation displacement height (typically 0.67 * vegetation height)";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double LAI(veg_class=17, month=12, lat=400, lon=464);
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "Leaf Area Index Climatological Mean";
double fcanopy(veg_class=17, month=12, lat=400, lon=464);
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
:long_name = "Canopy fraction Climatological Mean";
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
double albedo(veg_class=17, month=12, lat=400, lon=464);
:coordinates = "veg_descr";
:long_name = "Albedo Climatological Mean";
:_FillValue = NaN; // double
// global attributes:
}
