Namelist

PrescribeSM has its own namelist that is called prescribe_SM_nl. This namelist must go in the run directory of CESM. The location of the run directory is defined in $CASEROOT/env_run.xml under the entry “RUNDIR”.

Note

an example namelist is given with the code

Namelist Options

pSMfile : string

path to the history file containing SOILLIQ and SOILICE

pSMtype : int

Defines how to prescribe SM, see Methods to Prescribe Soil Moisture.

monthly : bool

If .false. uses daily input. If .true. assumes monthly mean SM is provided.

interp_day : bool

If .false. uses the daily mean, if .true. linearly interpolates between daily mean. Applies only if daily input data is used (monthly = .false.).

levstart : int, optional

First level to prescribe SM, default = 1.

levstop : int, optional

Last level to prescribe SM, default = 10.

nudge : float between 0. and 1., optional

Nudging parameter. Not tested. Default = 1 (i.e. no nudging).

use_qdrai : bool, optional

Only for pSMtype 3. Do not use, default = .true..

reservoir_capacity, float, optional

Only for pSMtype 3. Do not use, default = 0.

Warning

if you set monthly=.true. but have a daily SM input file it will still work (uses the first 12 days as the months)