VOM_namelist

The file “vom_namelist” is an input file for the VOM, containing all settings for the model runs:

i_alpha initial slope of j(par) curve -
i_cpccf water transport cost factor (cpcc=pc * rootdepth * cpccf) mol/m^3/s
i_tcfg turnover cost factor for foliage grasses (tc=tcf*LAI) mol/m^2/s
i_tcft turnover cost factor for foliage trees (tc=tcf*LAI) mol/m^2/s
i_maxyear number of years to process -
i_testyear number of years after which to perform initial test of netass -
i_ha parameters to calculate jmax(temp) J/mol
i_hd parameters to calculate jmax(temp) J/mol
i_toptf parameter to calculate adaptation of topt (range 0-1, 0.0 means no adaption, 1.0 means topt=tair) -
i_toptstart start parameter for topt to calculate jmax K
i_rlratio leaf respiration parameter (rl=rlratio*assmax) -
i_mdtf total dry mass of living tissues of trees per unit pc g/m^2
i_mqxtf total water storage capacity in living tissues of trees per unit md
i_rrootm root water uptake resistivity s
i_rsurfmin minimum root area to be maintained m^2/m^3
i_rsurf initial root surface area m^2/m^3
i_rootrad fine root radius m
i_prootmg constant root balance pressure in grasses m
i_growthmax parameter determining maximum daily growth increment of root surface area m^2/m^3/d
i_incrcovg parameter determining maximum increment percentage of grass cover -
i_incrjmax parameter determining maximum increment percentage of jmax25 -
i_jmax_ini parameter determining the start value of jmax25 mol/m^2/s
i_incrlait parameter determining maximum increment percentage of LAI grasses -
i_incrlaig parameter determining maximum increment percentage of LAI trees -
i_firstyear firstyear for the generation of hourly output in computation mode -
i_lastyear lastyear for the generation of hourly output in computation mode -
i_write_h flag to greate a file with hourly values from daily values -
i_read_pc flag to read vegetation coverage values from file -
i_write_nc flag to write to netcdf instead of plain text -
i_trans_vegcov fraction of radiative energy reaching soil under full cover (0-1) -
i_lai_function switch for 1) no LAI dynamics, 2) dynamic LAI, 3) dynamic LAI with shaded/sunlit fractions, 4) dynamic LAI with shaded/sunlit fractions and different Jmax for shaded/sunlit fractions - -
i_no_veg switch for running VOM without vegetation (0-with, 1-without) -
i_chi_g ratio projected areas of grass canopy elements on horizontal and vertical surfaces (-) -
i_chi_t ratio projected areas of tree canopy elements on horizontal and vertical surfaces (-) -
i_inputpath path to folder with inputfiles -
i_outputpath path to folder with outputfiles -
o_lambdagf factor for calculating lambdag_d mol/mol/m
o_wsgexp exponent for calculating lambdag -
o_lambdatf factor for calculating lambdat_d mol/mol/m
o_wstexp exponent for calculating lambdat_d -
o_cait projected cover perennial vegetation (0-1) -
o_rtdepth tree rooting depth m
o_mdstore wood water storage parameter of trees (can be in shufflepar) g/m^2
o_rgdepth root depth grasses (can be in shufflepar) m
i_lat geogr. latitude in degrees degrees
i_lon geogr. longitude in degrees degrees
i_cz average soil elevation m
i_cgs Capital Gamma S (length scale for seepage outflow REG) m
i_zr average channel bed elevation m
i_go slope close to channel rad
i_ksat Saturated hydraulic conductivity m/s
i_thetar residual soil moisture -
i_thetas saturated soil moisture -
i_nvg van Genuchten soil parameter n -
i_avg van Genuchten soil parameter alpha 1/m
i_delz thickness of soil sublayers m
vom_command COMMAND LINE TO RUN ASSIMILATION MODEL -
i_ncomp MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COMPLEXES (p) -
i_ncompmin MINIMUM NUMBER OF COMPLEXES (pmin) -
i_resolution RESOLUTION OF OPTIMISATION (% OF MAX VARIATION WHEN OPTIMISATION STOPS) -
i_patience NUMBER OF LOOPS WITHOUT INCREASE IN OF BEFORE OPTIMISATION STOPS -
i_nsimp NUMBER OF OPTIMISATIONS PER COMPLEX AND RUN -
i_focus IF <1.0, THE SPREAD OF THE RANDOM SEED AROUND THE INITIAL VALUES IS LIMITED -
i_iter Maximum iterations in case of random runs -
vom_npar number of parameters in shuffle2par used for optimization in SCE -
n_thread number of threads to be used in parallel -
sce_restart restart SCE from previous run -
runtime_limit time in minutes before sce stops minutes
parname0 list of parameter names -
parval0 list of default parameter values -
parmin0 list of minimum parameter values -
parmax0 list of maximum parameter values -
paropt0 list of parameters to optimize (0-1) -