Variable Dimensions Units Long Name
lat lat 1 N/A
lon lon 1 N/A
npft npft n/a N/A
time time years BP N/A
A_BL time mln km^2 Broadleaf forest area
A_C3 time mln km^2 C3 grassland area
A_C4 time mln km^2 C4 grassland area
A_NL time mln km^2 Needleleaf forest area
A_SH time mln km^2 Shrubland area
Acrop time mln km^2 cropland area
Adesert time mln km^2 desert area
Aforest time mln km^2 forest area
Agrass time mln km^2 grass area
Aice time mln km^2 global ice area
Ainund time mln km^2 inundated area excluding peatlands
Alake time mln km^2 global lake area
Aland time mln km^2 global land area
Apasture time mln km^2 pasture area
Apeat time mln km^2 peatland area
Apeatpot time mln km^2 potential peatland area
Aperm time mln km^2 permafrost area
Ashelf time mln km^2 global shelf area
Ashrub time mln km^2 shrub area
Aveg time mln km^2 global vegetated area
Awet time mln km^2 wetland area
Awetextrop time mln km^2 extratropical wetland area
Awettrop time mln km^2 tropical wetland area
C13flx_atm_lnd time PgC/yr net atmosphere-land carbon 13 flux
C14flx_atm_lnd time PgC/yr net atmosphere-land carbon 14 flux
calving time 10^15 kg/yr calving
Cfast time PgC fast soil carbon
Cflx_atm_lnd time PgC/yr net atmosphere-land carbon flux
Cflx_burial time PgC/yr carbon burial flux (lost from the system)
ch4 time TgCH4/yr methane emissions
ch4extrop time TgCH4/yr extratropical methane emissions
ch4lake time TgCH4/yr methane emissions from lakes
ch4shelf time TgCH4/yr methane emissions from ocean shelf
ch4trop time TgCH4/yr tropical methane emissions
Cice time PgC carbon below ice sheets
Cice1m time PgC top meter carbon below ice sheets
Cice3m time PgC top 3 meters carbon below ice sheets
Cinert time PgC inert land carbon (frozen soils and below ice sheets)
Clake time PgC carbon below lake water
Clake1m time PgC top meter carbon below lake water
Clake3m time PgC top 3 meters carbon below lake water
Cland time PgC total land carbon
Clitter time PgC litter carbon
Cmin time PgC mineral soil carbon
Cmin1m time PgC top meter mineral soil carbon
Cmin3m time PgC top 3 meters mineral soil carbon
co2 time ppm atmospheric CO2
Cpeat time PgC carbon in peat
Cpeat1m time PgC top meter carbon in peat
Cpeat3m time PgC top 3 meters carbon in peat
Cperm time PgC carbon in permafrost area
Cperm1m time PgC top meter carbon in permafrost area
Cperm1m_pimask time PgC top meter carbon in pre-industrial permafrost area
Cperm3m time PgC top 3 meters carbon in permafrost area
Cperm3m_pimask time PgC top 3 meters carbon in pre-industrial permafrost area
Cperm_pimask time PgC carbon in pre-industrial permafrost area
Cshelf time PgC carbon below ocean shelf water
Cshelf1m time PgC top meter carbon below ocean shelf water
Cshelf3m time PgC top 3 meters carbon below ocean shelf water
Cslow time PgC slow soil carbon
Csoil time PgC total soil carbon
Csoil1m time PgC top meter soil carbon
Csoil3m time PgC top 3 meters soil carbon
Csoil60N time PgC total soil carbon north of 60N
Csoil60N1m time PgC top meter soil carbon north of 60N
Cveg time PgC vegetation carbon
Cveg_pimask time PgC vegetation carbon in pre-industrial permafrost area
d13Cflx_burial time permil d13C of carbon burial flux
d13ch4 time permil d13C of methane emissions
doc_export time PgC/yr dissolved organic carbon export through rivers
drain time 10^15 kg/yr drainage
dust_e time Tg/yr total dust emission
esur time 10^15 kg/yr surface evaporation
evp time 10^15 kg/yr evapotranspiration
gpp time PgC/yr gross primary productivity
n2o time TgN2O-N/yr N2O emissions
n2oextrop time TgN2O-N/yr extratropical N2O emissions
n2otrop time TgN2O-N/yr tropical N2O emissions
npp time PgC/yr net primary productivity
npp_pimask time PgC/yr net primary productivity in pre-industrial permafrost area
poc_export time PgC/yr particulate organic carbon export through rivers
prc time 10^15 kg/yr precipitation
runoff time 10^15 kg/yr total runoff (surface runoff + drainage)
runsur time 10^15 kg/yr surface runoff
sresp time PgC/yr soil respiration
temp time degC land temperaure
trans time 10^15 kg/yr transpiration
Vsnow time 10^12 m^3 total snow volume
weath_carb time Tmol C/yr carbonate weathering
weath_loess time Tmol C/yr loess carbonate weathering
weath_sil time Tmol C/yr silicate weathering