| jdate | ncep absolute date and time at fcst time (yr, mon, day, t-zone, hr, min, sec, mil-sec) |
| kyear | usually kyear=jdate(1). if not, it is for hindcast mode, and it is usually the init cond time and serves as the upper limit of data can be used. |
| deltsw | time duration in seconds per sw calculation |
| deltim | timestep in seconds |
| lsol_chg | logical flags for change solar constant |
| me | print message control flag |
| slag | equation of time in radians |
| sdec,cdec | sin and cos of the solar declination angle |
| solcon | sun-earth distance adjusted solar constant \((w/m^2)\) |