lake_csv

The file lake.csv records a daily summary of lake water and heat fluxes, plus other relevant metrics. The columns in the lake.csv file are outlined below:

************************************************************************** * Columns within lake.csv # * **************************************************************************
CLASS	NAME	UNITS	DESCRIPTION
var	"Volume"	"m3"	"Total lake volume"
var	"Vol Snow"	"m3"	"Total snow volume"
var	"Vol Blue Ice"	"m3"	"Total blue-ice volume"
var	"Vol White Ice"	"m3"	"Total white-ice volume"
var	"Tot Inflow Vol"	"m3/day"	"Total Inflow volume"
var	"Tot Outflow Vol"	"m3/day"	"Total Outflow volume"
var	"Overflow Vol"	"m3/day"	"Overflow volume"
var	"Evaporation"	"m3/day"	"Evaporation volume"
var	"Rain"	"m3/day"	"Rain volume"
var	"Local Runoff"	"m3/day"	"Local runoff volume"
var	"Snowfall"	"m3/day"	"Snowfall volume"
var	"lake_level"	"meters"	"Lake Level"
var	"snow_density"	"unknown"	"Snow Density"
var	"albedo"	"unknown"	"Surface Albedo"
var	"max_temp"	"celsius"	"Maximum Temperature"
var	"min_temp"	"celsius"	"Minimum Temperature"
var	"surface_temp"	"celsius"	"Surface Temperature"
var	"daily_qsw"	"Joules"	"Shortwave Radiation"
var	"daily_qe"	"Joules"	"Latent Heat"
var	"daily_qh"	"Joules"	"Sensible Heat"
var	"daily_qlw"	"Joules"	"Longwave Radiation"
var	"light"	"unknown"	"Light"
var	"benthic_light"	"unknown"	"Benthic Light"
var	"surface_wave_height"	"meters"	"Surface Wave Height"
var	"surface_wave_length"	"meters"	"Surface Wave Length"
var	"surface_wave_period"	"meters"	"Surface Wave Period"
var	"lake_number"	"unknown"	"Lake Number"
var	"max_dT_dz"	"m/s"	"Max difference in temp between layers"
var	"CD"	"m/s"	"Coefficient of Wind Drag"
var	"CHE"	"unknown"	"Coefficient of Wind chwn???
var	"z_L"	"unknown"	"atmospheric stability"

var "surface_area" "m2" "Surface Area"