README file for MANDIFORE NEON ED model simulation output

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Date: 4/24/23 (updated 6/20/23)
Author: Bailey Murphy (contact: baileyamurphy@gmail.com)

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File naming format: NEON_*site name*_*GCM name*_*RCP scenario name*_statCO2_*start year*_*end year*_*management type*_*spatial scale*.csv

File naming example: NEON_UNDE_GFDL-CM3_rcp45_statCO2_2006_2100_passive_Cohort.csv

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ED outputs at three spatial scales: site, patch, and cohort levels. There are three files for each site + GCM + RCP + mgmt combination, one for each spatial level. 
Sites contain patches and cohorts. Patches are defined by the type of disturbance that occured and the time since disturbance, patches contain multiple cohorts. 
Cohorts are groups of trees within the same plant functional type (PFT) and of similar sizes. 
Energy, water, and carbon cycles are resolved separately for each patch, and flux and storage terms are resolved for each cohort within a given patch. 

Several variables were scaled from the cohort or patch level to the site level, these are noted in the column 'Spatial Level' in NEON_variable_info.xlsx, 
where the smallest spatial scale listed is the native resolution. In scaling, for several variables (ex: DBH, tree height) tiny seedlings were 
filtered out as they are extremely abundant in ED and skew results, the FIA definition of a tree was used, 
so stems with a DBH smaller than 12.7cm and height less than 1.37m were filtered out. Several cohort based variables such as height and DBH were scaled to the site level using area weighted averaging. 
Average, standard deviation, and maximum value were calculated for several variables, including DBH, height, AGB, and crown area.