6.12. misc_params.nml

This file contains five namelists called JULES_SURF_PARAM, JULES_CSMIN, JULES_AERO, JULES_SEED and JULES_SIGM that are used to set various parameters not set elsewhere.

HCTN24 and 30 refer to Hadley Centre technical notes 24 and 30, available from the Met Office Library.

6.12.1. JULES_SURF_PARAM namelist members

JULES_SURF_PARAM::hleaf
Type:real
Default:5.7e4

Specific heat capacity of leaves (J K-1 per kg carbon).

See HCTN30 p6.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::hwood
Type:real
Default:1.1e4

Specific heat capacity of wood (J K-1 per kg carbon).

See HCTN30 p6.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::beta1
Type:real
Default:0.83

Coupling coefficient for co-limitation in photosynthesis model.

See Cox et al. (1999), Eq.61.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::beta2
Type:real
Default:0.93

Coupling coefficient for co-limitation in photosynthesis model.

See Cox et al. (1999), Eq.61.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::fwe_c3
Type:real
Default:0.5

Constant in expression for limitation of photosynthesis by transport of products, for C3 plants.

See Cox et al. (1999) Eq.60.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::fwe_c4
Type:real
Default:20000.0

Constant in expression for limitation of photosynthesis by transport of products, for C4 plants.

See Cox et al. (1999) Eq.60.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::q10_leaf
Type:real
Default:2.0

Q10 factor for plant respiration.

See Cox et al. (1999) Eq.66.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::q10_soil
Type:real
Default:2.0

Q10 factor for soil respiration.

Only used if l_q10 = TRUE. See HCTN24 Eq.17.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::kaps
Type:real
Default:0.5e-8

Specific soil respiration rate at 25 degC and optimum soil moisture (s-1).

Only used if not using TRIFFID (l_triffid = FALSE). See HCTN24 Eq.16.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::kaps_roth
Type:real(4)
Default:3.22e-7, 9.65e-9, 2.12e-8, 6.43e-10

Specific soil respiration rate for the RothC submodel for each soil carbon pool.

Only used if using the TRIFFID vegetation model (l_triffid = TRUE), in which case soil carbon is modelled using four pools (biomass, humus, decomposable plant material, resistant plant material).

JULES_SURF_PARAM::z0miz
Type:real
Default:1.0e-1

Roughness length for heat, moisture and momentum over the Marginal Ice Zone (m).

JULES_SURF_PARAM::z0sice
Type:real
Default:3.0e-3

Roughness length for heat, moisture and momentum over sea-ice (m).

JULES_SURF_PARAM::z0h_z0m_miz
Type:real
Default:1.0

Ratio of thermal to momentum roughness lengths for marginal ice.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::z0h_z0m_sice
Type:real
Default:1.0

Ratio of thermal to momentum roughness lengths for sea ice.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::emis_sea
Type:real
Default:1.0

Emissivity of open sea.

JULES_SURF_PARAM::emis_sice
Type:real
Default:1.0

Emissivity of sea-ice.

6.12.2. JULES_CSMIN namelist members

JULES_CSMIN::cs_min
Type:real
Default:1.0e-6

Minimum allowed soil carbon (kg m-2).

6.12.3. JULES_AERO namelist members

JULES_AERO::co2_mmr
Type:real
Default:5.241e-4

Concentration of atmospheric CO2, expressed as a mass mixing ratio.

6.12.4. JULES_SEED namelist members

JULES_SEED::frac_min
Type:real
Default:1.0e-6

Minimum fraction that a PFT is allowed to cover if TRIFFID is used.

JULES_SEED::frac_seed
Type:real
Default:0.01

Seed fraction for TRIFFID.

6.12.5. JULES_SIGM namelist members

JULES_SIGM::pow
Type:real
Default:5.241e-4

Power in sigmodial function used to get competition coefficients.

See HCTN24 Eq.3.