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df_forcing variables¶

Note

Data structure of df_forcing is explained here.

RH¶
Description

Relative Humidity [%]

Tair¶
Description

Air temperature [°C]

U¶
Description

Wind speed [m s-1] Height of the wind speed measurement (z) is needed in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt.

Wuh¶
Description

External water use [m3]

fcld¶
Description

Cloud fraction [tenths]

id¶
Description

Day of year [DOY]

imin¶
Description

Minute [M]

isec¶
Description

Second [S]

it¶
Description

Hour [H]

iy¶
Description

Year [YYYY]

kdiff¶
Description

Diffuse radiation [W m-2] Recommended in this version. if SOLWEIGUse = 1

kdir¶
Description

Direct radiation [W m-2] Recommended in this version. if SOLWEIGUse = 1

kdown¶
Description

Incoming shortwave radiation [W m-2] Must be > 0 W m-2.

lai¶
Description

Observed leaf area index [m-2 m-2]

ldown¶
Description

Incoming longwave radiation [W m-2]

pres¶
Description

Barometric pressure [kPa]

qe¶
Description

Latent heat flux [W m-2]

qf¶
Description

Anthropogenic heat flux [W m-2]

qh¶
Description

Sensible heat flux [W m-2]

qn¶
Description

Net all-wave radiation [W m-2] Required if NetRadiationMethod = 0.

qs¶
Description

Storage heat flux [W m-2]

rain¶
Description

Rainfall [mm]

snow¶
Description

Snow cover fraction (0 – 1) [-] Required if SnowUse = 1

wdir¶
Description

Wind direction [°] Not available in this version.

xsmd¶
Description

Observed soil moisture [m3 m-3] or [kg kg-1]