This page contains a list of variables accessible for outputs.
Variable lists:
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- Variable Name Updates — This page lists the old and new names of variables that have changed with specific MESH releases.
Meteorological/climatology variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| FSIN | Incoming shortwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1398 |
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| FSVH | Visible component of incoming shortwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1398 |
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| FSIH | Infrared component of incoming shortwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1398 |
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| FSDIR | Direct component of incoming shortwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1403 |
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| FSDFF | Diffuse component of incoming shortwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1403 |
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| FSOUT | Outgoing shortwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1403 |
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| FLIN | Incoming longwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1398 |
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| FLOUT | Outgoing longwave radiation at the surface. | W m-2 | 1403 |
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| TA | Air temperature (at user-specified reference height). | K | 1398 |
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| QA | Specific humidity (at user-specificed reference height). | kg kg-1 | 1398 |
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| PRES | Air pressure at the surface. | Pa | 1398 |
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| UV | Wind speed (at user-specified reference height). | m s-1 | 1398 |
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| WDIR | Wind direction (at user-specified referenced height). | degrees | 1403 |
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| UU | U-component of wind speed (at user-specified reference height). | m s-1 | 1403 |
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| VV | V-component of wind speed (at user-specified reference height). | m s-1 | 1403 |
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| PRE | Total incoming precipitation rate. | kg m-2 s-1 | 1398 |
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| PRERN | Total incoming liquid precipitation rate. | kg m-2 s-1 | 1591 |
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| PRESNO | Total incoming solid precipitation rate. | kg m-2 s-1 | 1591 |
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| PREC | Total precipitation. | kg m-2 | 1398 |
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| PRECRN | Total liquid precipitation. | kg m-2 | 1591 |
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| PRECSNO | Total solid precipitation. | kg m-2 | 1591 |
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Canopy variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| LQWSCAN | Liquid water interception in the canopy. | kg m-2 | 1398 | Known as "RCAN" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| FZWSCAN | Frozen water interception in the canopy. | kg m-2 | 1398 | Known as "SNCAN" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| CMAS | Organic mass of the canopy. | kg m-2 | 1461 |
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| TCAN | Vegetation canopy temperature. | K | 1461 |
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| GRO | Vegetation growth index. | -- | 1403 |
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Snow variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| SNO | Snow mass. | kg m-2 | 1398 |
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| RHOSNO | Snow density. | kg m-3 | 1529 |
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| ZSNO | Snow depth. | m | 1529 |
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| FSNO | Fraction of fully snow covered area. | fraction | 1403 |
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| LQWSSNO | Liquid water content of the snow. | kg m-2 | 1398 | Known as "WSNO" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| TSNO | Snowpack temperature. | K | 1461 |
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| DRAINSNO | Drainage (runoff rate) from the bottom of the snowpack (see notes here) | kg m-2 s-1 | 1591 | Known as "ROFSNO" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
Surface variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| ALBT | Total albedo of the surface (visible and near-infrared). | fraction | 1461 |
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| ALVS | Visible component of the total albedo of the surface. | fraction | 1461 |
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| ALIR | Near-infrared components of the total albedo of the surface. | fraction | 1461 |
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| GTE | Effective black-body temperature at the surface. | K | 1403 |
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| ZPND | Depth of ponded water. | m | 1403 |
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| LQWSPND | Liquid water storage of ponded water. | kg m-2 | 1398 | Known as "PNDW" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| TPND | Temperature of ponded water. | K | 1461 |
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| POTEVP | Potential evaporation. | kg m-2 | 1403 | Known as "PEVP" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| ET | Evapotranspiration. | kg m-2 | 1398 | Known as "EVAP" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| EVPB | Evaporation efficiency (ET to POTEVP) of the canopy. | -- | 1403 |
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| ARRD | Arridity index (PRE to POTEVP). | -- | 1403 |
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| OVRFLW | Overland runoff. | kg m-2 | 1403 | Known as "ROFO" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| QEVP | Latent heat flux at the surface. | W m-2 | 1398 | Known as "QE" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| QSENS | Sensible heat flux at the surface. | W m-2 | 1398 | Known as "QH" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| GZERO | Heat flux into the ground. | W m-2 | 1403 |
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Subsurface/soil variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| THLQSOL | Volumetric liquid water content of the soil. | m3 m-3 | 1398 | Known as "THLQ" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| THICSOL | Volumetric frozen water content of the soil. | m3 m-3 | 1398 | Known as "THIC" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| LQWSSOL | Liquid water storage in the soil. | kg m-2 | 1398 | Known as "LQWS" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| FZWSSOL | Frozen water storage in the soil. | kg m-2 | 1398 | Known as "FZWS" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| ALWSSOL | Total water storage in the soil. | kg m-2 | 1403 | Known as "ALWS" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| TSOL | Temperature of the soil. | K | 1398 | Known as "TBAR" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| GFLX | Heat conduction between soil layers. | W m-2 | 1398 |
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| LATFLW | Interflow runoff. | kg m-2 | 1403 | Known as "ROFS" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| DRAINSOL | Drainage from the bottom of the permeable soil column. | kg m-2 | 1403 | Known as "ROFB" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
Groundwater/lower zone storage variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| RCHG | Drainage into groundwater/lower zone storage. | mm | 1398 |
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| STGGW | Groundwater/lower zone storage. | mm | 1403 | Known as "LZS" in r1713 and earlier. See notes on variable name updates. |
| DZS | Deep aquifer water storage. | mm | 1403 |
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Diagnostic variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| STGW | Total water storage (HLSS). | kg m-2 | 1592 |
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| DSTGW | Change in water storage from the previous time-step. | kg m-2 | 1592 |
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| STGE | Total energy storage (HLSS).
| W m-2 | 1403 |
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| DSTGE | Change in energy storage from the previous time-step | W m-2 | 1403 |
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Routing variables
| Token | Description | Units | Minimum release | Notes |
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| RFF | Total runoff (from all surface, subsurface, and groundwater components). | mm | 1398 |
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| ROF | Total runoff (from all surface and subsurface components). | kg m-2 | 1398 |
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| QI | Flow rate entering the channel. | m3 s-1 | 1403 |
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| QO | Flow rate leaving the channel (discharge). | m3 s-1 | 1403 |
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| STGCH | Channel storage. | m3 | 1403 |
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| ZLVL | Stage level. | m | 1403 |
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