Column Names

ED Naming Conventions

Fix	Description
MMEAN	Monthly Average
PY	Polygon-level averages
SI	Site-level averages
PA	Patch-level averages
CO	Cohort-level averages

Site Level

Column Name	ED Name	Long Name	Unit	Notes
tair	MMEAN_ATM_TEMP_PY	Air Temperature	K
precipf	MMEAN_PCPG_PY	Precipitation	kg/m2/mo	Converted from seconds to months
lwdown	MMEAN_ATM_RLONG_PY	Longwave radiation: Atmosphere	W/m2
swdown	MMEAN_ATM_RSHORT_PY	Shortwave radiation: Atmosphere	W/m2
qair	MMEAN_ATM_SHV_PY	Specific humidity: Atmosphere	kg/kg
psurf	MMEAN_ATM_PRSS_PY	Air pressure: Atmosphere	Pa
wind	MMEAN_ATM_VELS_PY	Wind speed: Atmosphere	m/s
CO2	MMEAN_ATM_CO2_PY	CO2 mixing ratio: Atmosphere	umol/mol
basal.area.tree	BASAL_AREA_PY	Basal area	cm2/m2	Trees only
density.tree	NPLANT_PY	Trees density	plants/m2	Trees only
agb	AGB_PY	Above-Ground biomass	kgC/m2
gpp	MMEAN_GPP_PY	Gross primary productivity	kgC/m2/mo	Converted from seconds to months
npp	MMEAN_NPP_PY	Net primary productivity	kgC/m2/mo	Converted from seconds to months
nee	MMEAN_NEP_PY	Net Ecosystem productivity	kgC/m2/mo	Converted from seconds to months
cwd	MMEAN_CWD_C_PY	Coarse woody debris	kgC/m2
soil.c.fast	MMEAN_FAST_SOIL_C_PY	Soil Carbon (Fast pool)	kgC/m2
soil.c.slow	MMEAN_SLOW_SOIL_C_PY	Soil Carbon (Slow pool)	kgC/m2
soil.c.struc	MMEAN_STRUCT_SOIL_C_PY	Soil Carbon (Structural pool)	kgC/m2
albedo.short	MMEAN_ALBEDO_PY	Albedo	---
par.ground	MMEAN_PAR_GND_PY	PAR absorbed by ground	---
soil.moist.surf	MMEEAN_SOIL_WATER_PY	Soil water content: surface	m3/m3	Pulled out of ED variable
soil.moist.deep	MMEEAN_SOIL_WATER_PY	Soil water content: deep	m3/m3	Pulled out of ED variable
soil.moistpot.surf	MMEAN_SOIL_MSTPOT_PY	Soil matric potential: surface	m	Pulled out of ED variable
soil.moistpot.deep	MMEAN_SOIL_MSTPOT_PY	Soil matric potential: deep	m	Pulled out of ED variable
soil.temp.surf	MMEAN_SOIL_TEMP_PY	Soil temperature: surface	K	Pulled out of ED variable
soil.temp.deep	MMEAN_SOIL_TEMP_PY	Soil temperature: deep	K	Pulled out of ED variable
runoff.surface	MMEAN_RUNOFF_PY	Water runoff	kg/m2/mo	Converted from seconds to monthse
runoff.subsurf	MMEAN_DRAINAGE_PY	Water runoff	kg/m2/mo	Converted from seconds to months
transp	MMEAN_TRANSP_PY	Leaf transpiration	kg/m2/mo	Converted from seconds to months
snow.depth	MMEAN_SFCW_DEPTH_PY	Depth - temporary water layer	m
swe	MMEAN_SFCW_MASS_PY	Water mass - temporary water layer	kg/m2
lai	MMEAN_LAI_PY	leaf area index	m2leaf/m2
height.mean	NA	Mean tree height	m
height.sd	NA	Standard deviation of tree height	m
dbh.mean	NA	Mean tree diameter at breast height	cm
dbh.sd	NA	Standard deviation tree diameter at breast height	cm

Patch Level

Column Name	ED Name	Long Name	Unit	Notes
age	AGE	time since last disturbance	Years
area.patch	AREA	patch area (relative to the total SITE area)	No metadata available
n.cohorts	PACO_N	The number of cohorts in each patch	----
patch.co.start	PACO_ID	The global index of the first cohort in all patches	----

Cohort Level

Column Name	ED Name	Long Name	Unit	Notes
pft	PFT	Plant Functional Type	5=grass; 9=early hard; 10=mid hard; 11=late hard
dbh	DBH	Diameter at Breast Height	cm
ba	BA_CO	Basal Area	cm2/tree
carbs	CB	Carbon Balance	scale 0 to 1; 1 = not stressed
stress	CBR_BAR	Running mean relative carbon balance	scale = -1 to 1
height	HITE	Height	m
lai	LAI_CO	Leaf area index	m2leaf/m2
agb	AGB_CO	Above-Ground biomass	kgC/tree
dens.pch	NPLANT	plant/m2	trees/m2