VIC-4.2.d.

Using two forcing files
假设你有每日降水、最低和最高气温，但也有每小时风速。

为了节省空间，最好单独保存数据集(否则必须将每天的数据转换为每小时的数据，或者将每小时的数据转换为每天的数据)。

VIC能够使用两个不同的时间步长读取来自两个数据源的强制数据。下面是一个全局控制文件的例子:

FORCING1    FORCING_DATA/LDAS_ONE_DEGREE/data_
N_TYPES     4
FORCE_TYPE  PREC
FORCE_TYPE  TMAX
FORCE_TYPE  TMIN
FORCE_TYPE  SKIP
FORCE_FORMAT    ASCII
FORCE_DT    24
FORCEYEAR   1950
FORCEMONTH  1
FORCEDAY    1
FORCEHOUR   0
FORCING2    FORCING_DATA/LDAS_ONE_DEGREE/data_
N_TYPES     2
FORCE_TYPE  SKIP
FORCE_TYPE  WIND
FORCE_FORMAT    ASCII
FORCE_DT    1
FORCEYEAR   1950
FORCEMONTH  1
FORCEDAY    1
FORCEHOUR   0

Vegetation Timeseries Files
植被变量与气象变量相似，除了:

1. They must be at a daily time step
2. 对于每个变量，Cell中的每个植被类型都必须有一系列单独的列。例如，在一个特定的cell中有3种植被类型，你希望为VIC提供LAI、VEGCOVER、反照率，给定cell的输入文件应该如下：
   LAI1 LAI2 LAI3 VEGCOVER1 VEGCOVER2 VEGCOVER3 ALBEDO1 ALBEDO2 ALBEDO3

其中1、2、3分别对应于植被参数文件中列出的第一、第二、第三种植被类型。

全局参数文件中描述为:

FORCING2    FORCING_DATA/veg_hist/veg_hist__
N_TYPES     3
FORCE_TYPE  LAI_IN
FORCE_TYPE  VEGCOVER
FORCE_TYPE  ALBEDO
FORCE_FORMAT    ASCII
FORCE_DT    24
FORCEYEAR   1950
FORCEMONTH  1
FORCEDAY    1
FORCEHOUR   0

注意，在上面的例子中，N_TYPES是3，而不是9。这是因为N_TYPES只计算不同变量类型，而不是列的总数。

| METEOROLOGY | | |

Variable	Description	Units
AIR_TEMP	Average air temperature	C (ALMA_INPUT: K)
CHANNEL_IN	Incoming channel flow (total volume over the time step)	m3
CATM	Atmospheric CO2 mixing ratio	ppm
CRAINF	Convective rainfall	mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s)
CSNOWF	Convective snowfall	mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s)
DENSITY	Atmospheric density	kg/m3
FDIR	Fraction of incoming shortwave that is direct	fraction
LONGWAVE	Incoming longwave radiation	W/m2
LSRAINF	Large-scale rainfall	mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s)
LSSNOWF	Large-scale snowfall	mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s)
PREC	Total precipitation (rain and snow)	mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s)
PRESSURE	Atmospheric pressure	kPa (ALMA_INPUT: Pa)
QAIR	Specific humidity	kg/kg
RAINF	Rainfall (convective and large-scale)	mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s)
REL_HUMID	Relative humidity	fraction
SHORTWAVE	Incoming shortwave	W/m2
SNOWF	Snowfall (convective and large-scale)	mm (ALMA_INPUT: mm/s)
TMAX	Maximum daily temperature	C (ALMA_INPUT: K)
TMIN	Minimum daily temperature	C (ALMA_INPUT: K)
TSKC	Cloud cover	fraction
VP	Vapor pressure	kPa (ALMA_INPUT: Pa)
WIND	Wind speed	m/s
WIND_E	Zonal component of wind speed	m/s
WIND_N	Meridional component of wind speed	m/s

VEGETATION | | |

Variable	Description	Units
ALBEDO	Surface albedo	fraction
LAI_IN	Leaf Area Index	fraction
VEGCOVER	Partial Veg Cover Fract. (frac. of tile covered by veg)	fraction ( = 1 - canopy gap fraction)