mdfowler@uci_edu
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Hi all, I'm attempting to close the water budget over a single grid cell with default, monthly output from CLM4. If I want to assess the moisture in a single column of soil, I imagine that the residual should be much smaller than the other terms in the budget:residual = change in soil moisture (Soilliq and Soilice) - rain + Qrunoff + evapotranspiration + Qcharge + H2OCAN +H2OSNOBut this is not the result I'm getting; instead, my residual is on the order of 10^-5 kg/m^2/s, which is even larger than some of the terms being considered. Are there any other terms that need to be considered when attempting to close the water budget in a soil column? Any help would be much appreciated!Meg