code: public static PathType getVariableType(String var) {
          if (var == null) {
              return PathType.UNKNOWN;
          }
          //String path = AcePathfinder.INSTANCE.getPath(var);
          AcePathfinder instance = getInstance();
          String path = instance.getPath(var);
          LOG.debug("Current var: "+var+", Current Path: "+path);
          if (path == null) {
          	return PathType.UNKNOWN;
          }
          if (path.contains("weather")) {
              return PathType.WEATHER;
          } else if (path.contains("soil")) {
              if (path.contains("initial_conditions")) {
                  return PathType.EXPERIMENT;
              }
              return PathType.SOIL;
          } else {
              return PathType.EXPERIMENT;
          }
      }
docs: Returns the general section of this variable (weather, soil, experiment).
  
  @param var Variable to lookup