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Add drag coefficient to the parameter file #596

@ijaguirre

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@ijaguirre

Hi,

In ./build/source/engine/vegNrgFlux.f90, there are several drag coefficient that looks like they are fixed in the code:

```
real(rkind),parameter            :: C_r = 0.3                     ! roughness element drag coefficient (-) from Raupach (BLM, 1994)
 real(rkind),parameter            :: C_s = 0.003_rkind                ! substrate surface drag coefficient (-) from Raupach (BLM, 1994)
 real(rkind),parameter            :: approxDragCoef_max = 0.3_rkind   ! maximum value of the approximate drag coefficient (-) from Raupach (BLM, 1994)
 real(rkind),parameter            :: psi_h = 0.193_rkind              ! roughness sub-layer influence function (-) from Raupach (BLM, 1994)
 real(rkind),parameter            :: c_d1 = 7.5_rkind                 ! scaling parameter used to define displacement height (-) from Raupach (BLM, 1994)
 real(rkind),parameter            :: cd_CM = 0.2_rkind                ! mean drag coefficient for individual leaves (-) from Choudhury and Monteith (QJRMS, 1988)
```

Following Raupach (1994), these parameters are not constants.

In this regard, I would like to suggest moving these parameters to the parameter file so users can modify them as needed.

Warm regards,

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