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Output Options

This refers to (legacy) STANDARD RHESSys output - output variables that are automatically included in the Name_SpatialLevel.TemporalPeriod output files, i.e.

example_basin.daily, example_grow_basin.daily, example_patch.monthly, etc....

This list does not refer to output when using an Output Filter and selected Output Filter Variables

Standard RHESSys Output (when not using Output Filters)

  1. Generating RHESSys Output
  2. R tools to look at RHESSys output
  3. Output File Maintenance
  4. Output Design
  5. Output Variables

Spatial/Temporal Output Options

Generating RHESSys output

TOGETHER, the TEC file events + RHESSys command line options determine the type (temporal and spatial output) of results that are written to the output files .

  • TEC file events – determine the timing of output, TEMPORAL data aggregation
  • RHESSys command line options – determine the SPATIAL scale of output

Combinations of temporal print events and spatial run options produce different output variables (i.e. basin daily growth output variables are very different from monthly patch output variables).

RHESSys has more than 100 state variables that can be looked at. Different RHESSys command line options in combination with different printing TEC events (tecfile) produce output files with specific variables aggregated to specific spatial/temporal scales. Be sure to consider what type of output you are interested in, as each combination of tecfile and command line options will output different variables.

Output files for each of the four TEMPORAL levels will always be built and written to the output directory (however, if no event for a temporal level is included in the tecfile, then no results will be written to the output file for that level - it will essentially be a 'dummy' file (i.e. if only daily is requested, then hourly/monthly/yearly will be generated but will be empty).

Temporal output file extensions:

 .hourly    
 .daily    
 .monthly    
 .yearly

Command line options determine the SPATIAL scale of output. Spatial level output files will only be constructed when the corresponding command line option is included on the RHESSys command line (i.e. if only the –b command line option is included, then only basin output files will be built). Spatial level of output:

basin output    
growth output    
hillslope output    
zone output    
patch output    
stratum output

Example:
If TEC events print_daily_on & print_daily_growth_on are included in the tecfile AND command line options -b & -g are included on the RHESSys command line, then the result will be:

Output files constructed Data written
Prefix_basin.hourly empty
Prefix_basin.daily Results
Prefix_basin.monthly empty
Prefix_basin.yearly empty
Prefix_grow_basin.hourly empty
Prefix_grow_basin.daily Results
Prefix_grow_basin.monthly empty
Prefix_grow_basin.yearly empty

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Output File Maintenance

Maintenance is suggested on a regular basis to eliminate empty files (the output directory can get very crowded!)

Suggestion for organizing output automatically
In the RHESSys command line script file, include commands to automatically delete files that no data will be written to (ie. if only daily output is being written to the out directory, include the following commands after the RHESSys command line:

rm ../out/*hourly    
rm ../out/*monthly    
rm ../out/*yearly

Output files are also constructed for each Parameter Definition file used as input. So - if your worldfile uses:
   1 basin.def file
+ 1 hillslope.def file
+ 1 zone.def file
+ 2 different landuse.def files
+ 3 different soil.def files
+ 7 different vegetation.def files as input, then -
= 15 different output parameter files will be constructed.
(these will appears as .params files - the name will include the prefix given to the simulation output (name specified in the -pre command line option), the name of the input parameter def file, then the type of parameter file (hillslope, zone, soil, landuse, stratum), appended by .params
(for example, if you have input soil def files soil_sandyloam.def, soil_loam.def, soil_clay.def, the output params files will be

SimPrefix_soil_sandyloam_soil.params, SimPrefix_soil_loam_soil.params, SimPrefix_soil_clay_soil.params)

ℹ️ Each of these files will contain the parameter values that were used in the simulation, which is wonderful for documentation/records - but can over populate the output directory.

ℹ️ One way to manage these files is to include commands in the RHESSys command line script file that automatically write all of this data to just one file rather than fifteen separate files.
To write all parameter data to one text file, include the following commands:

pr -F ../out/output_prefix*params > ../out/output_prefix.ParsUsed    
rm ../out/output_prefix*params        
(where output_prefix is the prefix name you assigned to the output with the -pre command line option)

The individual parameters can easily be retrieved from the text file if necessary.

Alternatively, include commands to automatically move all .params files to a sub-directory within the out directory (first create the sub-directory within the out directory, i.e. Params):

mv ../out/output_prefix*params > ../out/Params

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Output Design

There are typically many spatial units in a landscape representation. Printing out data for every variable for every spatial unit on a daily basis over the course of many years would create very large output files. For example: printing results for all patches for a watershed composed of 100,000 patch units for every day over 20 years would result in a massive amount of output data: the patch.daily output file contains 78 variables, so 78 variables would be output for each one of the 100,000 patches for each day over 20 years (7300 days) = each patch alone would have 569,400 instances of output over the course of 20 years.

Therefore, it may be best to:

  • determine a particular time period for which you want to look at results - maybe just a single day or particular days, or monthly rather than daily - when requesting output for a finer spatial level output (i.e. zone/patch/stratum), or
  • request output for only a particular spatial unit (i.e. a single patch rather than all patches)

For example, if you want to look at the spatial distribution of spring and summer soil moisture, you may want to print all patch output just for the months of April and August. Or, you can print out results for just a single spatial unit, i.e. a single patch, for every day over a longer period of time.

To print output for a single spatial unit, you must give the full ID to that unit, which includes the ID’s for the parent containers it resides in. For example, if you want to print results for a single patch – you must give its patch ID as well as the ID’s for the zone, hillslope and basin it resides in after the patch command line option -p, with the format:
-p 1 321 1234 1234

command line option basinID hillID zoneID patchID
-p 1 321 1234 1234

Where patch 1234 resides within zone 1234,
zone 1234 resides within hillslope 321,
hillslope 321 resides within basin 1

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Output Variables

The following tables contain the output file content description, the units, and the output header name (if different from the description). These tables reflect the output headings as of the most current release of a rhessys version. As a result, if you are running an older version of rhessys than the most current release, the headings in your result files may be in a slightly different order, as additional outputs may have been added after the version you are running was created.

Basin Hourly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
hour
day
month
year
basinID
pot_surface_infil Rain Throughfall mm
sat_def_z Saturation deficit with depth (depth to water table, note that large values mean greater depth to water table so drier conditions) mm of depth
sat_def Saturation Deficit - volume mm of water
rz_stor Rooting Zone Storage mm of water
unsat_stor Unsaturated Storage mm
rz_drainage Rooting Zone Drainage mm
unsat_drainage Unsaturated Drainage mm
subsur2stream_flow
sur2stream_flow
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm
gw.Qout Groundwater Output mm
gw.storage Groundwater Store mm
detention_store Detention Store mm
%sat_area Percent Saturated Area m2/m2
litter_store Litter Store m2/m2
canopy_store Canopy Store m2/m2
precip Precipitation mm
routedstreamflow

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Basin Hourly Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
hour
day
month
year
basinID
gwNO3 Groundwater Nitrate Store mm
gwNH4 Groundwater Ammonium Store mm
gwDON Groundwater Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
gwDOC Groundwater Dissolved Organic Carbon
streamflow_NO3 Streamflow Nitrate gN/m2/day
streamflow_NH4 Streamflow Ammonium gN/m2/day
streamflow_DON Streamflow Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
streamflow_DOC Streamflow Dissolved Organic Carbon
gwNO3out Groundwater Nitrate Export
gwNH4out Groundwater Ammonium Export
gwDONout Groundwater Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss
gwDOCout Groundwater Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss
StreamNO3_from_surface
StreamNO3_from_sub

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Basin Daily Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
pot_surface_infil Rain Throughfall mm
snow_thr Snow Throughfall mm
sat_def_z Saturation deficit with depth (depth to water table, note that large values mean greater depth to water table so drier conditions) mm of depth
sat_def Saturation Deficit - volume mm of water
rz_storage Rooting Zone Storage mm of water
unsat_stor Unsaturated Storage mm
rz_drainage Rooting Zone Drainage mm
unsat_drain Unsaturated Storage mm
cap Capillary Rise mm
evap Evaporation mm
snowpack Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) mm
trans Transpiration mm
baseflow Baseflow mm
return Return flow mm
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm (normalized by basin area)
psn Net Photosynthesis kgC/m2
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
gw.Qout Groundwater Output mm
gw.storage Groundwater Store mm
detention_store Detention Store mm
%sat_area Percent Saturated Area m2/m2
litter_store Litter intercepted water Store m2/m2
canopy_store Canopy Intercepted water Store m2/m2
%snow_cover Percent Snow Cover m2/m2
snow_subl Snow Sublimation
trans_var Spatial variation in transpiration
acc_trans
acctransv_var
pet Potential Evapotranspiration mm
dC13
precip Precipitation mm
pcp_assim
mortf Fraction of Basin that have tree mortality
tmax Maximum Temperature °C
tmin Minimum Temperature °C
tavg Average Temperature °C
vpd Vapor Pressure Deficit Pa
snowfall Snowfall
recharge _Recharge of water to soil
gpsn Gross Photosynthesis kgC/m2
resp _ Respiration_ kgC/m2
gs Canopy Conductance mm/s?
rootdepth Rooting depth
plantc Plant Carbon kgC/m2
snowmelt Snow Melt
canopysubl Canopy Sublimation
routedstreamflow
canopy_snow Snow Intercepted on Canopy
height Canopy height
evap_can Canopy Evaporation?
evap_lit Litter Evaporation_
evap_soil Soil Evaporation_
litrc Litter Carbon_
Kdown Downward (from atmosphere) Direct Shortwave Radiation_
Ldown Downward (from atmosphere) Longwave Radiation_
Kup Reflected (upward) Shortwave Radiation_
Lup Reflected (upward) Longwave Radiation_
Kstar_can Absorbed shortwave by canopy
Kstar_soil Absorbed shortwave by soil
Kstar_snow Absorbed shortwave bysnow
Lstar_can Absorbed longwave by canopy
Lstar_soil Absorbed longwave by soil
Lstar_snow Absorbed longwave by snow
LE_canopy Latent heat evaporated by canopy
LE_soil La
LE_snow
Lstar_strat
canopydrip
ga Aerodynamic Conductance mm/s

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Basin Daily Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
gpsn Gross Photosynthesis gC/m2
plant_resp Plant Maintenance Respiration mC/m2
soil_resp Soil Respiration gC/m2/day
nitrate Nitrate gN/m2
sminn Mineralized Nitrate gN/m2
surfaceN Surface Nitrate_ gN/m2
plantc Plant Carbon
plantn Plant Nitrogen
cpool Carbon Pool
npool Nitrogen Pool
litrc Litter Carbon kgC/m2
litrn Litter Nitrogen kgN/m2
soilc Soil Carbon kgC/m2
soiln Soil Nitrogen kgN/m2
gwNO3 Groundwater Nitrate
gwNH4 Groundwater Ammonium
gwDON Groundwater Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
gwDOC Groundwater Dissolved Organic Carbon
streamflow_NO3 Streamflow Nitrate gN/m2/day
streamflow_NH4 Streamflow Ammonium
streamflow_DON Streamflow Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
streamflow_DOC Streamflow Dissolved Organic Carbon
gwNO3out Groundwater Nitrate Export
gwNH4out Groundwater Ammonium Export
gwDONout Groundwater Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss
gwDOCout Groundwater Dissolved Organic Carbbon loss
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2/day
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2/day
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss gC/m2/day
DON Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss gN/m2/day
root_depth Root Depth
nfix Nitrogen Fixation
nuptake Nitrogen Uptake
grazingC Carbon lost by grazing
StreamNO3_from_surface Streamflow nitrate that came from surface runoff
StreamNO3_from_sub Streamflow nitrate that came from subsurface runoff
N_dep Nitrogen Deposition
fertilizer_store Fertilizer N in ?

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Basin Monthly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
month
year
basinID
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm
streamflow_NO3 Nitrate to Stream gN/m2
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss gC/m2
DON Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss gN/m2
et Evapotranspiration mm/m2
psn Net Photosythesis gC/m2
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2
mineralized Mineralized Nitrate gN/m2
uptake Vegetation Nitrogen Uptake gN/m2

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Basin Yearly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
year
basinID
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm
streamflow_NO3 Nitrate to Stream gN/m2
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss gC/m2
DON Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss gN/m2
et Evapotranspiration mm/m2
psn Net Photosynthesis gC/m2
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2
mineralized Mineralized Nitrate gN/m2
uptake Vegetation Nitrogen Uptake gN/m2
num_thresh
pet Potential Evapotranspiration

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Basin Yearly Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
year
basinID
gpsn Gross Photosynthesis gC/m2
plantresp Plant Respiration gC/m2
newC New Carbon mC/m2
soilhr Soil respiration
strN
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2
root_depth Rooting Depth
mortf Fraction of watershed that had mortality

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Hillslope Daily Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
hillID
rain_thr Rain Throughfall mm
snow_thr Snow Throughfoall mm
sat_def_z Saturation deficit with depth (depth to water table, note that large values mean greater depth to water table so drier conditions) mm of depth
sat_def Saturation Deficit - volume mm of water
unsat_stor Unsaturated Storage mm
unsat_drain Unsaturated Drainage mm
cap Capillary Rise mm
evap Evaporation mm
snow Snowpack Depth mm
trans Transpiration mm
baseflow Baseflow mm
return Return Flow mm
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm
psn Net Photosynthesis kgC/m2
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
gw.Qout Groundwater Output mm
gw.storage Groundwater Store mm
area

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Hillslope Daily Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
gpsn Gross Photosynthesis gC/m2
plant_resp Plant Respiration mC/m2
soil_resp Soil Respiration mC/m2
nitrate Nitrate gN/m2
sminn Mineralized Nitrate gN/m2
surfaceN Nitrogen stored on surface
plantc Plant Carbon kgC/m2
plantn Plant Nitrogen kgN/m2
cpool Carbon Pool
npool Nitrogen Pool
litrc Litter Carbon kgC/m2
litrn Litter Nitrogen kgN/m2
soilc Soil Carbon kgC/m2
soiln Soil Nitrogen kgN/m2
gwNO3 Groundwater Nitrate
gwNH4 Groundwater Ammonium
gwDON Groundwater Dissolved Organic Nitrogen gN/m2/day
gwDOC Groundwater Dissolved Organic Carbon gC/m2/day
streamflow_NO3 Streamflow Nitrate gN/m2/day
streamflow_NH4 Streamflow Ammonium gN/m2/day
streamflow_DON Streamflow Dissolved Organic Nitrogen gN/m2/day
streamflow_DOC Streamflow Dissolved Organic Carbon gC/m2/day
gwNO3out Groundwater Nitrate export gN/m2/day
gwNH4out Groundwater Ammonium export gN/m2/day
gwDONout Groundwater Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss gN/m2/day
gwDOCout Groundwater Dissolved Organic Carbon loss gC/m2/day
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2/day
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2/day
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon loss gC/m2/day
DON Dissolved Organic Nitrogen loss gN/m2/day
root_depth Rooting Depth m
nfix
nuptake Nitrogen Uptake
grazingC
StreamNO3_from_surface
StreamNO3_from_sub

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Hillslope Monthly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
month
year
basinID
hillslopeID
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm
streamflow_NO3 Streamflow Nitrate gN/m2/day
snowpack Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) mm
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2/day
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss gC/m2/day
DON Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss gN/m2/day
et Evapotranspiration mm/m2
psn Net Photosythesis gC/m2
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2
mineralized Mineralized Nitrate gN/m2
uptake Vegetation Nitrogen Uptake gN/m2
area

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Hillslope Yearly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
year
basinID
hillslopeID
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm
streamflow_NO3 Nitrate to Stream gN/m2
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss gC/m2
DON Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss gN/m2
et Evapotranspiration mm/m2
psn Net Photosynthesis gC/m2
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2
mineralized Mineralized Nitrogen gN/m2
uptake Vegetation Nitrogen Uptake gN/m2
area

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Zone Hourly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
hour
basinID
hillID
ID Zone ID
rain Rainfall mm
snow Snowfall mm
tday Daytime Mean Air Temperature °C
tavg Average Daily Temperature °C
vpd Vapor Pressure Deficit Pa
Kdown_direct Direct Radiation KJ/m2
Kdown_diffuse Diffuse Radiation KJ/m2
PAR_direct Direct Photosynthetically Active Radiation KJ/m2
PAR_diffuse Diffuse Photosynthetically Active Radiation KJ/m2

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Zone Daily Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
hillID
ID Zone ID
rain Rainfall mm
snow Snowfall mm
tmax Maximum Daily Temperature °C
tmin Minimum Daily Temperature °C
vpd Vapor Pressure Deficit Pa
Kdown_direct Direct Radiation KJ/m2
Kdown_diffuse Diffuse Radiation KJ/m2
PAR_direct Direct Photosynthetically Active Radiation KJ/m2
PAR_diffuse Diffuse Photosynthetically Active Radiation KJ/m2
Ldown Downward longwave (from atmosphere)
relH Relative Humidity
aspect Aspect
z Elevation
slope Slope
ehr East Horizon
whr West Horizon
tdew Dewpoint temperature
edew
transmis Atmospheric transmissivity
wind Windspeed
deltaT
clearskytransmis Clear sky atmospheric transmissivity
tcoeff1
cloudfrac Fraction of day with cloud cover

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Zone Daily Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
hillID
ID Zone ID
rain Rainfall mm
snow Snowfall mm
tday Daytime Mean Air Temperature °C
tavg Average Daily Temperature °C
vpd Vapor Pressure Deficit
Kdown_direct Direct Radiation KJ/m2
Kdown_diffuse Diffuse Radiation KJ/m2
PAR_direct Direct Photosynthetically Active Radiation KJ/m2
PAR_diffuse Diffuse Photosynthetically Active Radiation KJ/m2

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Zone Monthly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
month
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
precip Precipitation m
K_direct Direct Radiation KJ/m2
K_diffuse Diffuse Radiation KJ/m2
tmax Average Maximum Daily Temperature °C
tmin Average Minimum Daily Temperature °C

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Patch Daily Output

Column RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
1 day
2 month
3 year
4 basinID
5 hillID
6 zoneID
7 patchID
8 rain_thr rain throughfall mm
9 detention_store Detention Store mm
10 sat_def_z Saturation deficit with depth (depth to water table, note that large values mean greater depth to water table so drier conditions) mm of depth
11 sat_def Saturation deficit - volume mm of water
12 rz_storage Rooting Zone Storage mm of water
13 potential_rz_store Potential Rooting Storage mm of water
14 rz_field_capacity
15 rz_wilting_point
16 unsat_stor Unsaturated Storage mm
17 rz_drainage Rooting Zone Drainage mm
18 unsat_drain Unsaturated Drainage mm
19 sublimation
20 return Return Flow mm
21 evap Evaporation mm
22 evap_surface
23 soil_evap
24 snow
25 snow_melt
26 trans_sat
27 trans_unsat
28 Qin
29 Qout
30 psn Net Photosynthesis KgC/m2
31 root_zone.S
32 root.depth
33 litter.rain_stor
34 litter.S
35 area
36 pet Potential Evapotranspiration mm
37 lai
38 baseflow
39 streamflow
40 pcp
41 recharge
42 Kdowndirpch downward direct shortwave at litter/soil surface
43 Kdowndiffpch downward diffuse shortwave at litter/soil surface
44 Kupdirpch reflected (upward) direct shortwave at litter/soil surface
45 Kupdifpch reflected (upward) diffuse shortwave at litter/soil surface
46 Luppch reflected (upward) longwave at litter/soil surface
47 Kdowndirsubcan downward direct shortwave at sub-canopy
48 Kdowndifsubcan downward diffuse shortwave at sub-canopy
49 Ldownsubcan downward longwave at sub-canopy
50 Kstarcan absorbed shortwave by canopy
51 Kstardirsno absorbed direct shortwave by snow
52 Kstardiffsno absorbed diffuse shortwave by snow
53 Lstarcanopy absorbed longwave by canopy
54 Lstarsnow absorbed longwave by snow
55 Lstarsoil absorbed longwave by soil
56 wind windspeed
57 windsnow
58 windzone
59 ga aerodynamic conductance mm/s
60 gasnow
61 trans_reduc_perc percent that potential transpiration is reduced by storage limitations
62 pch_field_cap patch field capacity
63 overland_flow
64 height
65 ustar
66 snow_albedo albedo of snow
67 Kstarsoil absorbed shortwave by soil
68 Kdowndirsurf downward direct shortwave
69 Kdowndifsurf downward diffuse shortwave radiation
70 exfil_unsat exfiltrated water from unsat zone
71 snow_Rnet net incoming radiation on snowpack
72 snow_QLE latent heat into snowpack
73 snow_QH sensible heat into snowpack
74 snow_Qrain advected energy from rain into snowpack
75 snow_Qmelt energy lost due to melt
76 LEcanopy latent heat by canopy
77 SED
78 snow_age

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Patch Daily Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
plantc Plant Carbon kgC/m2
plantn Plant Nitrogen kgN/m2
net_psn Net Photosynthesis kgC/m2
plant_resp Plant Maintenance Respiration mC/m2
soil_resp Soil Respiration gC/m2/day
litr1c Litter Carbon 1 kgC/m2
litr2c
litr3c
litr4c
litr1n Litter Nitrogen 1 kgN/m2
litr2n
litr3n
litr4n
lit.rain_cap
soil1c
soil2c
soil3c
soil4c
soil1n
soil2n
soil3n
soil4n
soilDON
soilDOC
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2
netleach
DON_loss dissolved organic nitrogen loss
DOC_loss dissolved organic carbon loss
soilNO3 soil nitrate
soilNH4 soil ammonium
streamNO3 streamflow nitrate gN/m2/day
streamNH4 streamflow ammonium gN/m2/day
streamDON streamflow dissolved organic nitrogen
streamDOC streamflow dissolved organic carbon
surfaceNO3 surface nitrate
surfaceNH4 surface ammonium
surfaceDOC surface dissolved organic carbon
surfaceDON surface dissolved organic nitrogen
height
nuptake Nitrogen Uptake
root_depth Root Depth m
nfix Nitrogen Fixation
grazingC Carbon lost by grazing
area

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Patch Monthly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
month
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
leach
denitrif
soil_moist_deficit
et Evapotranspiration
psn Net Photosynthesis kgC/m2
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss
DON Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss
lai Leef Area Index m2/m2
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2
mineralized Mineralized Nitrate gN/m2
uptake Nitrogen Update
theta
snow Snowfall
area
nitrate
sminn

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Patch Yearly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
num_threshold_sat_def
peaksweday
meltday
leach
denitrif Denitrification gN/m2
DOC_loss Dissolved Organic Carbon Loss
DON_loss Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Loss
psn Net Photosynthesis gC/m2
trans Transpiration mm
et Evapotranspiration mm
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
nitrif Nitrification gN/m2
mineralized Mineralized Nitrate gN/m2
uptake Nitrogen Uptake gN/m2
Theta
sd
pkswe Peak Snow Water Equivalent mm
pktrans Peak Transpiration mm
pkpet Peak Potential Evapotranspiration mm
streamflow Total Stream Outflow mm
Qin
Qout
rec.wyd
rec.pet.wyd
ndays_sat
ndays_sat70
midsm_wyd
area
pet Potential Evapotranspiration mm
pcp
burn
snowin
pot_recharge
recharge
recharge.wyd
pot_recharge.wyd

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Patch Yearly Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
litter_c Litter Carbon kgC/m2
soil_c Soil Carbon kgC/m2
litter_n Litter Nitrogen kgN/m2
soil_n Soil Nitrogen kgN/m2
nitrate Nitrate kgN/m2
sminn Mineralized Nitrate kgN/m2
root_depth Root Depth m

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Stratum Daily Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
stratumID
lai Leaf Area Index m2/m2
evap Evaporation mm
APAR_direct
APAR_diffuse
sublim Sublimation mm
trans Transpiration mm
ga Aerodynamic Conductance mm/s
gsurf
gs Canopy Conductance mm/s
psi
leaf_day_mr
psn_to_cpool Net Photosynthesis to Carbon Pool
rain_stored Rain Stored
snow_stored Snow Stored
rootzone.S
m_APAR
m_tavg
m_LWP
m_CO2
m_tmin
m_vpd
dC13
Kstar_dir Absorbed Direct Shortwave Radiation
Kstar_dif Absorbed Diffuse Shortwave Radiation
Lstar Absorbed Longwave Radiation
surf_heat
height
covfrac
vegID

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Stratum Daily Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
day
month
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
stratumID
proj_lai
leafc
leafn
cpool
npool
dead_leafc
frootc
frootn
live_stemc
live_stemn
leafc_store
leafn_store
dead_stemc
dead_stemn
live_crootc
live_crootn
dead_crootc
dead_crootn
cwdc
mresp
gresp
psn_to_cpool
age
root_depth
gwseasonday
lfseasonday
gsi
nlimit
fleaf
froot
fwood
Nuptake
smin2pl
retrans2pl
mort_fract

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Stratum Monthly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
month
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
stratumID
lai
psn
lwp

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Stratum Yearly Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
stratumID
psn
lwp
root_depth

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Stratum Yearly Growth Output

RHESSys Output Abbreviation Description Units
year
basinID
hillID
zoneID
patchID
stratumID
proj_lai
leafc
leafn
frootc
frootn
stemc
stemn
cwdc
cwdn
psn
cpool
mortfract

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