initialize_energy

Author:

Keith Cherkauer

Date:

July 30, 1996

Description:

This subroutine initializes variables neede for computing the surface energy balance and soil thermal profile. If an input file has been given it will be used to initialize all soil parameters, otherwise they will be estimated using surface conditions, and 4m average temperature.

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Input Variables:

Variable	Type	Units	Description
soil_con	soil_con_struct	N/A	Structure of energy and temperature variables double *depth (m)
veg_num	int	N/A	Number of vegetation types in current grid cell
fsoil	FILE *	N/A	File containing initial soil variables (if used)

Output Variables:

Variable	Type	Units	Description
energy	energy_bal_struct *	N/A	Structure of energy and temperature variables double fdepth (m) double T (C) double dz (m) double kappa (W/m/K) double *Cs (J/m^3/K)
cell	cell_data_struct *	N/A	Structure of energy and temperature variables layer_data_struct *layer (N/A) double tdepth (m) double fdepth (m) double moist_thaw (mm) double moist_froz (mm) double moist (mm) double ice (mm) double T_thaw (C) double T_froz (C) double T (C)

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