###################################################################### # This text file contains information used by the vicNl model to define # needed global variables, and model parameters, as well as allowing the # user to control the features of the model to be used in the current # model run. # # Model parameter or options name must be followed by TRUE or FALSE (TRUE # meaning the option is to be used), or the appropriate information. # # Lines proceeded by a '#' are comments, and are not processed by the model ####################################################################### ####################################################################### # Define Global Parameters ####################################################################### NLAYER 3 # number of layers TIME_STEP 1 # model time step in hours (= 24 for water balance) STARTYEAR 1992 # year model simulation starts STARTMONTH 1 # month model simulation starts STARTDAY 1 # day model simulation starts STARTHOUR 0 # hour model simulation starts ENDYEAR 2000 # year model simulation ends } ENDMONTH 7 # month model simulation ends }Do Not Use if NRECS given ENDDAY 31 # day model simulation ends } SKIPYEAR 0 # number of startup years to skip before writing output WIND_H 10.0 # height of wind speed measurement MEASURE_H 2.0 # height of humidity measurement NODES 5 # number of soil thermal nodes MAX_SNOW_TEMP 0.5 # maximum temperature at which snow can fall MIN_RAIN_TEMP -0.5 # minimum temperature at which rain can fall ####################################################################### # Define Global Parameters ####################################################################### FULL_ENERGY TRUE # calculate full energy balance FROZEN_SOIL FALSE # calculate frozen soils DIST_PRCP FALSE # use distributed precipitation COMPRESS FALSE # compress input and output files when done CORRPREC FALSE # correct precipitation for gauge undercatch GRID_DECIMAL 4 # number of decimals to use in gridded file names PRT_SNOW_BAND FALSE # print snow variables ARC_SOIL FALSE # read soil parameters from ARC/INFO ASCII grids SNOW_STEP 1 # time step in hours to solve snow bands ROOT_ZONES 3 # number of root zones in veg parameter file BINARY_OUTPUT TRUE # default is ASCII, unless LDAS format MIN_WIND_SPEED 0.1 # minimum allowable wind speed PREC_EXPT 0.6 # fraction of grid cell receiving precip GRND_FLUX TRUE # true for full energy, false for water balance QUICK_FLUX FALSE # true uses Liang (1999), false uses finite diff. NOFLUX FALSE # false uses const. T at damping depth ####################################################################### # Snow Band Description File # # SNOW_BAND defines both the number of snow bands available for each # grid cell, and the name of the snow band description file. ####################################################################### SNOW_BAND 1 ####################################################################### # Define (Meteorological) Forcing Files ####################################################################### FORCING1 ./VIC_forcing_box1/data_ N_TYPES 4 FORCE_TYPE PREC UNSIGNED 40 FORCE_TYPE TMAX SIGNED 100 FORCE_TYPE TMIN SIGNED 100 FORCE_TYPE WIND SIGNED 100 FORCE_FORMAT BINARY FORCE_ENDIAN LITTLE # LITTLE for PC arch., BIG for Sun or HP-UX FORCE_DT 24 # time step of two input met files FORCEYEAR 1949 # year meteorological forcing files start FORCEMONTH 1 # month meteorological forcing files start FORCEDAY 1 # day meteorological forcing files start FORCEHOUR 0 # hour meteorological forcing files start ####################################################################### # Define Input and Output Data Files ####################################################################### SOIL sample.soil VEGPARAM sample.veg_param GLOBAL_LAI FALSE # true if veg param file has monthly LAI VEGLIB sample.veg_library RESULT_DIR ./output_full_data/