read_vegparam

Author:

Keith Cherkauer

Date:

January 28, 1998

Description:

This subroutine reads vegetation coverage parameters for each grid cell. Each vegetation type is indexed to its specific parameters within the vegetation library.

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Input Variables:

Variable	Type	Units	Description
vegparam	FILE *	N/A	File pointer to vegetation coverage parameter file
gridcel	int	N/A	Grid cell number
Nveg_type	int	N/A	Number of vegetation types in the vegetation library

Output Variables:

Variable

Type

Units

Description

temp

veg_con_struct

N/A

Structure contains vegetation parameters for each grid cell

Cv - fraction of grid cell covered by vegetation type [fraction]
Cv_sum - total fraction of grid cell covered by vegetation (1-Cv_sum is bare soil) [fraction]
vegetat_type_num - number of vegetation types in a grid cell
veg_class - vegetation classification number, used to index vegetation parameters in vegetation library [N/A]

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