Corrections to the VEMAPDOC.ps document and "A User's Guide to the VEMAP Phase I Database" (NCAR Technical Note TN-431-IA, November 1996). November 1996 (Updated 12/16/01) P.16: 8.4.1, first para, second line: "...1961-1980 normals..." -> "...1961-1990 normals..." P.21: 8.6.6, section heading: "...[kJ m-2 day-1, mo-1, or yr-1]" -> "...[kJ m-2 day-1]" (Remove "mo-1, or yr-1") P.21: 8.6.6, first para, first line: "Monthly and annual accumulated potential..." -> "Monthly and annual averaged daily potential..." P.21: 8.6.6, second para should read: "We report psr_sfc as daily values (psr_sfc.BI) and monthly (psr_sfc.MMM) and annual (psr_sfc.ann) averages." (Add "values" and "and"; remove two commas; replace "accumulations") P.22: 8.6.6, third para should read: "...based on the mean monthly psr_sfc and the mean monthly fsr_sfc values (i.e., [sr.MMM] -> [psr_sfc.MMM] x [fsr_sfc.MMM])." (Add "mean"; remove "accumulated" and "[days/month]"). P.22 8.6.6, fourth para, second [and third] lines: "Total monthly[annual] SVF files" -> "Average monthly[annual] SVF files" AND units "[kJ m-2 mo-1[yr-1]]" -> "[kJ m-2 day-1]" P.25: 9.2, "Total..." para, third [and fourth] lines: tsoc[tsoc20] units "[mg C/ha]" -> "[Mg C ha-1] Megagrams of carbon per hectare" P.25: 9.3.2, section heading: "Model Representation..." -> "Modal Representation..." P.29: 9.5.9, Scaling factor: "Organic soils 1.0" -> "Organic soils 100.0" P.34: 11.3.2, "UKMO" line should read: "UKMO ... Office ("UKLO" low resolution run; Wilson and Mitchell, 1987)" (Insert '"UKLO" low resolution run;') P.47: A3, VVEG=13, second column should read: "(v1) Temperate/subtropical deciduous savanna" "(v2) Temperate deciduous savanna" (Reverse v1 and v2 descriptions) Up-to-date, on-line version of the VEMAP User's Guide: http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/users_guide.html