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Surface/Flux Receptor File: Data

This section describes the different data field found in the surface/flux receptor files. Only time series files will be produced for the surface data (see Receptor Files).

Data contained in the surface receptor files:

NR FIELD UNIT MEANING
1 Date - Date of the Model Time (String)
2 Time - Model Time of Clock at Output (String)
3 modTime min Model Time in min since Start
4 z m Always zero, for compatibility with the other Receptor Files
5 T0 K Surface Temperature
6 dT0/dt K/h Change in Surface Temperature (see Remark 1)
7 q0 g/kg Surface Humidity
8 uv1 m/s Horizontal Wind Speed above Surface
9 w1 m/s Vertical Component Wind Speed above Surface (positive: upward)
9 T1 K Air Temperature of Grid Point above the Surface
10 H W/m² Sensible Heat Flux
11 LE W/m² Latent Heat Flux
12 G W/m² Soil Heat Flux, positive: directed into the soil
13 Km m²/s Mass Exchange Coefficient at Surface
14 Kh m²/s Turbulent Exchange Coefficient for Heat at Surface
15 Qkw.Dir W/m² Max Direct Shortwave Radiation (see Remark 2)
16 Qkw.Dif W/m² Max Diffuse Shortwave Radiation
17 Qlw.Budg W/m² Longwave Radiation Budget of Surface
18 Qlw.Surf W/m² Longwave Emission of Surface
19 Qlw.Sky W/m² Absorbed Longwave Radiation from the Sky (see Remark 3)
20 Qlw.Leafs W/m² Absorbed Longwave Radiation from Vegetation (see Remark 3)
21 Qlw.Envir W/m² Absorbed Longwave Radiation from Environment (Buildings)(see Remark 3)
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