Input Variables
Below is a list of meteorological input variables. These input variables may always be found in the vicNl_def.h file.
| Variable | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AIR_TEMP | Air temperature per time step | C (ALMA_INPUT: K) |
| ALBEDO | Surface albedo | fraction |
| CRAINF | Convective rainfall | mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s) |
| CSNOWF | Convective snowfall | mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s) |
| DENSITY | Atmospheric density | kg/m3 |
| LONGWAVE | Incoming longwave radiation | >W/m2 |
| LSRAINF | Large-scale rainfall | mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s) |
| LSSNOWF | Large-scale snowfall | mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s) |
| PREC | Total precipitation (rain and snow) | mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s) |
| PRESSURE | Atmospheric pressure | kPa (ALMA_INPUT: Pa) |
| QAIR | Specific humidity | kg/kg |
| RAINF | Rainfall (convective and large-scale) | mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s) |
| REL_HUMID | Relative humidity | fraction |
| SHORTWAVE | Incoming shortwave | W/m2 |
| SNOWF | Snowfall (convective and large-scale) | mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s) |
| TMAX | Maximum daily temperature | C (ALMA_INPUT: K) |
| TMIN | Minimum daily temperature | C (ALMA_INPUT: K) |
| TSKC | Cloud cover | fraction |
| VP | Vapor pressure | kPa (ALMA_INPUT: Pa) |
| WIND | Wind speed | m/s |
| WIND_E | Zonal component of wind speed | m/s |
| WIND_N | Meridional component of wind speed | m/s |
| Non-Data | ||
| SKIP | Place holder for unused data columns | |
VIC Administrator Last modified: Mon Aug 24 09:13:37 PDT 2009