• Water Balance parameters
  • 086: Average layer soil moisture (# layers: noah, 4; clm, 10; mos, 3; vic, 3)
  • 065: Snow water equivalent
  • 071: Total canopy water storage
  • 132: Rainfall rate
  • 131: Snowfall rate
  • 099: Snowmelt
  • 235: Surface runoff
  • 234: Subsurface runoff
  • 057: Total evapotranspiration
• Energy Balance parameters
  • 111: Net shortwave radiation
  • 112: Net longwave radiation
  • 122: Sensible heat flux
  • 121: Latent heat flux
  • 155: Ground heat flux
  • 138: Average surface temperature
  • 085: Average layer soil temperature (# layers: noah, 4; clm, 10)
• Forcing parameters
  • 204: Surface incident shortwave radiation
  • 205: Surface incident longwave radiation
  • 011: Near surface air temperature
  • 051: Near surface specific humidity
  • 032: Near surface wind magnitude
  • 001: Surface pressure
  • 132: Rainfall rate (included in Water Balance)
  • 131: Snowfall rate (included in Water Balance)
• Static parameters
  • Elevation
  • Dominant vegetation type
  • Soil sand fraction
  • Soil silt fraction
  • Soil clay fraction

NOTE: All water balance, energy balance, and forcing parameters are in the GLDAS 3-hourly data set. The forcing parameters, except for the rainfall and snowfall rates, are included in the monthly energy balance data set.