Table: State variables, required for warm start of model simulations.

Key	LISFLOOD file name	LISFLOOD variable	Unit	Description
OFDirectState	ofdir	OFM3Direct	m3	Water volume on catchment surface for direct fraction
OFOtherState	ofoth	OFM3Other	m3	Water volume on catchment surface for other fraction
OFForestState	offor	OFM3Forest	m3	Water volume on catchment surface for forest fraction
ChanCrossSectionState	chcro	TotalCrossSectionArea	m2	Total cross-section area of channel
DSLRState	dslr	DSLR[0]	day	Reported days since last rain
DSLRForestState	dslf	DSLR[1]	day	Reported days since last rain for forest
DSLRIrrigationState	dsli	DSLR[2]	day	Reported days since last rain irrigation
SnowCoverAState	scova	SnowCoverS[0]	mm	Reported snow cover in snow zone A
SnowCoverBState	scovb	SnowCoverS[1]	mm	Reported snow cover in snow zone B
SnowCoverCState	scovc	SnowCoverS[2]	mm	Reported snow cover in snow zone C
FrostIndexState	frost	FrostIndex	C/day	Reported frost index
CumInterceptionState	cum	CumInterception[0]	mm	Reported interception storage
CumInterceptionForestState	cumf	CumInterception[1]	mm	Reported interception storage for forest
CumInterceptionIrrigationState	cumi	CumInterception[2]	mm	Reported interception storage for irrigation
CumIntSealedState	cseal	CumInterSealed	mm	Reported cumulative depressions storage
Theta1State	th1	Theta1a[0]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for superficial soil layer (1), other fraction [V/V]
Theta1ForestState	thf1	Theta1a[1]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for superficial soil layer (1), forest fraction [V/V]
Theta1IrrigationState	thi1	Theta1a[2]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for superficial soil layer (1), irrigation fraction [V/V]
Theta2State	th2	Theta1b[0]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for upper soil layer (2), other fraction [V/V]
Theta2ForestState	thf2	Theta1b[1]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for upper soil layer (2), forest fraction [V/V]
Theta2IrrigationState	thi2	Theta1b[2]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content upper soil layer (2), irrigation fraction [V/V]
Theta3State	th3	Theta2[0]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for lower soil layer (3), other fraction [V/V]
Theta3ForestState	thf3	Theta2[1]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for lower soil layer (3), forest fraction [V/V]
Theta3IrrigationState	thi3	Theta2[2]	-	Reported volumetric soil water content for for lower soil layer (3), irrigation fraction [V/V]
UZState	uz	UZ[0]	mm	Reported storage in upper groundwater zone, other fraction
UZForestState	uzf	UZ[1]	mm	Reported storage in upper groundwater zone, forest fraction
UZIrrigationState	uzi	UZ[2]	mm	Reported storage in upper groundwater zone, irrigation fraction
LZState	lz	LZ	mm	Reported storage in lower groundwater zone
ChanQState	chanq	ChanQ	m3/s	Reported instantaneous discharge at end of the model time step
ChanQAvgDtState *L	chanqavgdt	ChanQAvgDt	m3/s	Reported average discharge for the last routing sub-step
LakeLevelState *L	lakeh	LakeLevel	m	Output map(s) with lake level
LakePrevInflowState *L	lakeprevinq	LakeInflowOld	m3/s	Output map with lake average inflow at previous routing sub-step (ChanQ(t-1))
LakePrevOutflowState *L	lakeprevoutq	LakeOutflow	m3/s	Output map with lake average outflow at previous routing sub-step (ChanQ(t-1))
ReservoirFillState *R	rsfil	ReservoirFill	-	Output map(s) with Reservoir Filling [V/V]
CrossSection2State *SR	ch2cr	CrossSection2Area	m2	Cross section area for split routing
ChSideState *SR	chside	Sideflow1Chan	m2/s	Sideflow to channel for 1st line of routing
PrevCmMCTState *MCT	prevcm	PrevCmMCT	-	Courant number at previous step for MCT routing
PrevDmMCTState *MCT	prevdm	PrevDmMCT	-	Reynolds number at previous step for MCT routing

*L = this state variable is required when lakes are included in the modelling domain

*R = this state variable is required when reservoirs are included in the modelling domain

*SR = this state variable is required when using the split routing module

*MCT = this state variable is required when using diffusive routing (MCT)

A detailed description of OS LISFLOOD standard and optional modules is available from the Model Documentation