FORCE_TYPE defines which forcing variables are in the forcing file, and the order in which they appear. These lines must follow either FORCING1 or FORCING2, and N_TYPES so that the model knows which file to associate the columns with and how any columns are present. If the forcing file is in binary format, FORCE_TYPE must also define whether each value is a SIGNED or UNSIGNED short int and the factor by which it needs to be multiplied.
Possible forcing file data types are:
Examples. a standard four column daily forcing data file will be defined as:
ASCII File
FORCING1 FORCING_DATA/LDAS_ONE_DEGREE/data_
N_TYPES 4
FORCE_TYPE PREC
FORCE_TYPE TMAX
FORCE_TYPE TMIN
FORCE_TYPE WIND
FORCE_FORMAT ASCII
FORCE_DT 24
Binary File
FORCING1 FORCING_DATA/LDAS_ONE_DEGREE/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
FORCE_DT 24