Table 4.

Abbreviation for data on each variable extracted from the ‘Climate, Hydrology and Ecology research Support System (CHESS)’ dataset used as file names.

Variable	Abbreviation/File name
Near surface air temperature (1.2 m)	‘tas’
Daily temperature range	‘dtr’
Precipitation – GEAR	‘precip’
Near-Surface Wind Speed (10 m)	‘sfcWind’
Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	‘rsds’
Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation	‘rlds’
Near-Surface Specific Humidity (1.2 m)	‘huss’
Surface Air Pressure	‘psurf’
Potential evapotranspiration over well-watered grass	‘pet’
Potential evapotranspiration with interception correction	‘peti’