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Cohort output

General structure: per variable one data file <sitename>_<var>.out<anz_sim>

Detailed information about yearly and daily output can be found in the respective chapters.
The following tables give an overview on the names of the variables which are listed in daily or yearly resolution and their description

Daily output of cohort variables

<var>	content	4C variable name	unit
ass	Optimum gross assimilation rate	assi	kg DW/d
aevi	Daily evaporation of intercepted water	aev_i	mm/day
ddi	Daily drought index	drindd	-
dem	Demand for soil water	demand	mm/day
dips	Drought index for Photosynthesis calulation	drindps	cum
gp	Unstressed stomatal conductance	gp	mol/m²*d
gsdps	Number of growingseason days per time step of photosynthesis	ndaysps	-
intcap	Interception (precipitation absorbed by the cohort per m² patch area)	sum of intcap(layer)	mm/day
interc	Interception storage (total intercepted precipitation by the cohort per m² patch area)	interc_st	mm/day
Ndemc_d	Daily N demand per tree		g
Nuptc_d	Daily N uptake per tree		g
N_pool	Daily N_pool per tree		g
RedNc	Daily photosynthesis nitrogen reduction factor		-
res	Leaf respiration rate	resp	kg DW/d
resbr	Daily respiration rate of br	respbr
ressap	Daily respiration rate of sapwood	respsap
resfrt	Daily respiration rate of frt	respfrt
sup	Supply of soil water to roots	supply	mm/day

Yearly output of cohort variables

<var>	content	4C variable name	unit
age	Tree-age per cohort	age	years
atr	Number of alive trees per cohort	ntreea	/td>
bioi	Net biomass increment	bio_inc	kg DM/year/tree
cpa	crown projection area	crown_area*ntreea	m²
daybb	Day of bud burst	day_bb	DOY
dcrb	Diameter of stem at crown base	dcrb	cm
diac	Drought index for Allocation calculation	drindal/ndaysgr	cum
diam	Diameter at breast height	diam	cm
dtr	Number of dead trees per cohort	ntreed	-
dwd	Stem biomass of dead trees per cohort	ntreed*(x_sap+x_hrt)	kg DM
fol	Foliage biomass	x_fol	kg DM/tree
foli	Foliage increment	fol_inc	kg DM/year/tree
frt	Fine root biomass	x_frt	kg DM/tree
frti	Net fine root increment	frt_inc	kg DM/year/tree
frtrel	Relative fine root fraction per soil layer	frtrel(1)	-
geff	Growth efficiency	geff	kg/m²
gfol	Gross growth rate foliage	gfol	kg DM/year/tree
gfrt	Gross growth rate fineroot	gfrt	kg DM/year/tree
grossass	Gross assimilation rate	grossass	kg DM/year/tree
gsap	Gross growth rate sapwood	gsap	kg DM/year/tree
gsd	Number of growing season days per year	ndaysgr	days
hbo	Bole height	x_hbole	cm
hea	Number of years without stress	x_health	years
hei	Total tree height	height	cm
hrt	Heartwood biomass	x_hrt	kg DM/tree
leaf	Leaf area per tree	t_leaf	m²
maintres	Maintenance respiration	maintres	kg DM/year/tree
nas	Realized net assimilation rate	netass	kg DM/year/tree
Ndemc_c	N demand per tree and year	Ndemc_c	g/year
npp	NPP	npp	kg DM/year/tree
Nstr	Ratio of N uptake to demand per tree and year	Nuptc_c /Ndemc_c	-
Nuptc_c	N uptake per tree and year	Nuptc_c	g/year
rooteff	Root uptake efficiency factor	rooteff(1)	-
sap	Sapwood biomass	x_sap	kg DM/tree
sfol	Senescence rate foliage	sfol	kg DM/year/tree
sfrt	Senescence rate fineroot	sfrt	kg DM/year/tree
spn	Species number of the cohort	species	-
ssap	Senescence rate sapwood	ssap	kg DM/year/tree
stem	Stemwood biomass increment	stem_inc	kg DM/year/tree
str	Number of stress years	x_stress	years
tdb	Total dead biomass per cohort	dbio	kg DM/year/tree
trman	Total number of harvested trees per cohort	ntreem	-
ttb	Total tree biomass	totbio	kg DM/tree

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