GSWP-2 MMA Monthly Data

Variable	Description	Units	Sign (+)
O.1) General energy balance components
Swnet	Net shortwave radiation	W m^-2	Down
Lwnet	Net longwave radiation	W m^-2	Down
Qle	Latent heat flux	W m^-2	Up
Qh	Sensible heat flux	W m^-2	Up
Qg	Ground heat flux	W m^-2	Down
Qf	Energy of fusion	W m^-2	Sol. to Liq.
Qv	Energy of sublimation	W m^-2	Sol. to Vap.
Qa	Heat transferred to snowpack by rainfall	W m^-2	Down
DelSurfHeat	Change in surface heat storage	J m-2	Incr.Heat
DelColdCont	Change in snow cold content	J m-2	Decr.Heat
O.2) General water balance components
Snowf	Snowfall rate	kg m^-2 s^-1	Down
Rainf	Rainfall rate	kg m^-2 s^-1	Down
Evap	Total evapotranspiration (all terms)	kg m^-2 s^-1	Up
Qs	Surface runoff	kg m^-2 s^-1	Out
Qsb	Subsurface runoff	kg m^-2 s^-1	Out
Qsm	Snowmelt	kg m^-2 s^-1	Sol. to Liq.
Qfz	Refreezing of water in the snowpack	kg m^-2 s^-1	Liq. to Sol.
Qst	Water flowing out of snowpack	kg m^-2 s^-1	Out
DelSoilMoist	Change in column soil moisture	kg m^-2	Increase
DelSWE	Change in snow water equivalent	kg m^-2	Increase
DelIntercept	Change in canopy interception storage	kg m^-2	Increase
O.3) Surface state variables
SnowT	Snow surface temperature	K	Pos.Def.
VegT	Vegetation canopy temperature	K	Pos.Def.
BaresoilT	Bare soil surface temperature	K	Pos.Def.
AvgSurfT	Area-weighted average surface temperature	K	Pos.Def.
RadT	Effective surface radiative temperature	K	Pos.Def.
Albedo	Surface albedo	-	Pos.Def.
SWE	Snow water equivalent on ground	kg m^-2	Pos.Def.
SWEVeg	Snow water equivalent in canopy interception	kg m^-2	Pos.Def.
O.4) Subsurface state variables
SoilMoist	Average layer soil moisture (6 layers)	kg m^-2	Pos.Def.
SoilTemp	Average layer soil temperature (6 layers)	K	Pos.Def.
SoilWet	Total column soil wetness (wilting point = 0, saturation = 1)	-	> wilting point
NormDeepSoilWet	Normalized column soil wetness (0.0-1.0m)	Std.dev.	Pos.Anomaly
NormSurfSoilWet	Normalized surface soil wetness (0.0-0.1m)	Std.dev.	Pos.Anomaly
O.5) Evaporation components
PotEvap	Potential evapotranspiration	kg m^-2 s^-1	Up
Ecanop	Evaporation of canopy interception	kg m^-2 s^-1	Up
Tveg	Vegetation transpiration	kg m^-2 s^-1	Up
Esoil	Bare soil evaporation	kg m^-2 s^-1	Up
RootMoist	Root zone soil moisture	kg m^-2	Pos.Def.
CanopInt	Total canopy water storage	kg m^-2	Pos.Def.
SubSnow	Snow sublimation	kg m^-2 s^-1	Up
SubSurf	Sublimation of ice from soil and canopy interception	kg m^-2 s^-1	Up
Acond	Aerodynamic conductance	m s^-1	Pos.Def.
Ccond	Canopy (stomatal) conductance	m s^-1	Pos.Def.
O.6) Other hydrologic variables
WaterTableD	Depth to water table	m	Pos.Def.
O.7) Cold season processes
SnowFrac	Snow cover fraction	-	Pos.Def.
SAlbedo	Snow albedo	-	Pos.Def.
SnowDepth	Depth of snow	m	Pos.Def.
O.8) Variables to be compared with remotely sensed data
RadTmax	Maximum daily radiative surface temperature	K	Pos.Def.
RadTmin	Minimum daily radiative surface temperature	K	Pos.Def.

GSWP-2 MMA Monthly Fields