The script, wbw.csh, is used to run the model and name the output files. Version 2.2 of LINKAGES has additional input parameters not included in the original LINKAGES model. In subroutine input the new parameters are nclimat, bareplt, lai_dynm, nphenol, ntparab, and egs2. In addition, there are 7 soil parameters for each soil layer. nclimat - Selects the climate scenario for increasing temperature and decreasing or increasing precipitation. bareplt - Option for starting from a bare plot or initializing the model with WBW plot data. lai_dynm - Allows for using leaf area calculated in LINKAGES in the evapotranspiration equations instead of a constant. nphenol - Option for using a phenonolgy routine to determine the beginning of the growing season (budbreak) based on annual temperatures instead of a constant input value. ntparab - Controls how the temperature-response function is used to reduce tree growth. egs2 - Allows for the calculation of fractional dry days toward the end of the growing season since drought does not have as much effect on annual tree growth as earlier in the growing season. The soil parameters are: thick - thickness of the soil layer theta_fc - soil layer field capacity theta_wp - soil layer wilting point rock - % rock in the layer frac_use - fraction of usable soil a_ch - coefficient in psi function b_ch - coefficient in psi function In subroutine plotin, there is code to read and initialize the model with 1973 WBW plot data. In subroutine met, the climate variables, solar radiation, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, wind speed, and precipitation are read for the years 1973 - 2000. Every 28 years, the files rewind and the climate repeats. Twenty eight years before the end of a simulation, the model uses the data for 1973; so the climate for 2000 is always used the last year of the simulation.