! *********************************************************************************************************************** ! DEFINITION OF THE MODEL DECISIONS ! *********************************************************************************************************************** ! This file defines the modeling decisions used. ! NOTES: ! (1) lines starting with ! are treated as comment lines -- there is no limit on the number of comment lines ! (2) the name of the decision is followed by the character string defining the decision ! (3) the simulation start/end times must be within single quotes ! *********************************************************************************************************************** simulStart '2000-01-01 00:30' ! (01) simulation start time -- must be in single quotes simulFinsh '2000-01-03 12:00' ! (02) simulation end time -- must be in single quotes ! *********************************************************************************************************************** soilCatTbl ROSETTA ! (03) soil-category dateset vegeParTbl USGS ! (04) vegetation category dataset soilStress NoahType ! (05) choice of function for the soil moisture control on stomatal resistance stomResist BallBerry ! (06) choice of function for stomatal resistance ! *********************************************************************************************************************** num_method itertive ! (07) choice of numerical method fDerivMeth analytic ! (08) method used to calculate flux derivatives LAI_method monTable ! (09) method used to determine LAI and SAI f_Richards mixdform ! (10) form of Richard's equation groundwatr noXplict ! (11) choice of groundwater parameterization hc_profile constant ! (12) choice of hydraulic conductivity profile bcUpprTdyn zeroFlux ! (13) type of upper boundary condition for thermodynamics bcLowrTdyn zeroFlux ! (14) type of lower boundary condition for thermodynamics bcUpprSoiH presHead ! (15) type of upper boundary condition for soil hydrology bcLowrSoiH presHead ! (16) type of lower boundary condition for soil hydrology veg_traits CM_QJRMS1998 ! (17) choice of parameterization for vegetation roughness length and displacement height canopyEmis difTrans ! (18) choice of parameterization for canopy emissivity snowIncept lightSnow ! (19) choice of parameterization for snow interception windPrfile logBelowCanopy ! (20) choice of wind profile through the canopy astability louisinv ! (21) choice of stability function canopySrad CLM_2stream ! (22) choice of canopy shortwave radiation method alb_method varDecay ! (23) choice of albedo representation compaction anderson ! (24) choice of compaction routine snowLayers CLM_2010 ! (25) choice of method to combine and sub-divide snow layers thCondSnow jrdn1991 ! (26) choice of thermal conductivity representation for snow thCondSoil mixConstit ! (27) choice of thermal conductivity representation for soil spatial_gw localColumn ! (28) choice of method for the spatial representation of groundwater subRouting timeDlay ! (29) choice of method for sub-grid routing ! *********************************************************************************************** ! ***** description of the options available -- nothing below this point is read **************** ! *********************************************************************************************** ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (01) simulation start time ! (02) simulation end time ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (03) soil-category dateset ! STAS ! STATSGO dataset ! STAS-RUC ! ?? ! ROSETTA ! merged Rosetta table with STAS-RUC ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (04) vegetation category dataset ! USGS ! USGS 24/27 category dataset ! MODIFIED_IGBP_MODIS_NOAH ! MODIS 20-category dataset ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (05) choice of function for the soil moisture control on stomatal resistance ! NoahType ! thresholded linear function of volumetric liquid water content ! CLM_Type ! thresholded linear function of matric head ! SiB_Type ! exponential of the log of matric head ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (06) choice of function for stomatal resistance ! BallBerry ! Ball-Berry ! Jarvis ! Jarvis ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (07) choice of numerical method ! itertive ! iterative ! non_iter ! non-iterative ! itersurf ! iterate only on the surface energy balance ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (08) method used to calculate flux derivatives ! numericl ! numerical derivatives ! analytic ! analytical derivatives ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (09) method used to determine LAI and SAI ! monTable ! LAI/SAI taken directly from a monthly table for different vegetation classes ! specified ! LAI/SAI computed from green vegetation fraction and winterSAI and summerLAI parameters ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (10) form of Richards' equation ! moisture ! moisture-based form of Richards' equation ! mixdform ! mixed form of Richards' equation ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (11) choice of groundwater parameterization ! qTopmodl ! topmodel parameterization ! bigBuckt ! a big bucket (lumped aquifer model) ! noXplict ! no explicit groundwater parameterization ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (12) choice of hydraulic conductivity profile ! constant ! constant hydraulic conductivity with depth ! pow_prof ! power-law profile ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (13) choice of upper boundary conditions for thermodynamics ! presTemp ! prescribed temperature ! nrg_flux ! energy flux ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (14) choice of lower boundary conditions for thermodynamics ! presTemp ! prescribed temperature ! zeroFlux ! zero flux ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (15) choice of upper boundary conditions for soil hydrology ! presHead ! prescribed head (volumetric liquid water content for mixed form of Richards' eqn) ! liq_flux ! liquid water flux ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (16) choice of lower boundary conditions for soil hydrology ! drainage ! free draining ! presHead ! prescribed head (volumetric liquid water content for mixed form of Richards' eqn) ! bottmPsi ! function of matric head in the lower-most layer ! zeroFlux ! zero flux ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (17) choice of parameterization for vegetation roughness length and displacement height ! Raupach_BLM1994 ! Raupach (BLM 1994) "Simplified expressions..." ! CM_QJRMS1998 ! Choudhury and Monteith (QJRMS 1998) "A four layer model for the heat budget..." ! vegTypeTable ! constant parameters dependent on the vegetation type ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (18) choice of parameterization for canopy emissivity ! simplExp ! simple exponential function ! difTrans ! parameterized as a function of diffuse transmissivity ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (19) choice of parameterization for snow interception ! stickySnow ! maximum interception capacity an increasing function of temerature ! lightSnow ! maximum interception capacity an inverse function of new snow density ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (20) choice of wind profile ! exponential ! exponential wind profile extends to the surface ! logBelowCanopy ! logarithmic profile below the vegetation canopy ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (21) choice of stability function ! standard ! standard MO similarity, a la Anderson (1979) ! louisinv ! Louis (1979) inverse power function ! mahrtexp ! Mahrt (1987) exponential function ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (22) choice of canopy shortwave radiation method ! noah_mp ! full Noah-MP implementation (including albedo) ! CLM_2stream ! CLM 2-stream model (see CLM documentation) ! UEB_2stream ! UEB 2-stream model (Mahat and Tarboton, WRR 2011) ! NL_scatter ! Simplified method Nijssen and Lettenmaier (JGR 1999) ! BeersLaw ! Beer's Law (as implemented in VIC) ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (23) choice of albedo representation ! conDecay ! constant decay rate (e.g., VIC, CLASS) ! varDecay ! variable decay rate (e.g., BATS approach, with destructive metamorphism + soot content) ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (24) choice of compaction routine ! consettl ! constant settlement rate ! anderson ! semi-empirical method of Anderson (1976) ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (25) choice of method to combine and sub-divide snow layers ! CLM_2010 ! CLM option: combination/sub-dividion rules depend on layer index ! jrdn1991 ! SNTHERM option: same combination/sub-dividion rules applied to all layers ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (26) choice of thermal conductivity representation for snow ! tyen1965 ! Yen (1965) ! melr1977 ! Mellor (1977) ! jrdn1991 ! Jordan (1991) ! smnv2000 ! Smirnova et al. (2000) ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (27) choice of thermal conductivity representation for soil ! funcSoilWet ! function of soil wetness ! mixConstit ! mixture of constituents ! hanssonVZJ ! test case for the mizoguchi lab experiment, Hansson et al. VZJ 2004 ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (28) choice of method for the spatial representation of groundwater ! localColumn ! separate groundwater representation in each local soil column ! singleBasin ! single groundwater store over the entire basin ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! (29) choice of method for sub-grid routing ! timeDlay ! time-delay histogram ! qInstant ! instantaneous routing ! ***********************************************************************************************