| ALBT |
fraction |
surface |
average planetary albedo at top |
| AVAP |
ms-1 |
surface |
net upward surface-agcm water vapor flux (evapotranspiration) |
| BEVAP |
fraction |
surface |
fractional wetness for evaporation (land points
only) |
| BRINE |
fraction |
surface |
sea-ice brine reservoir/heat to melt column |
| BTRAN |
fraction |
surface |
fractional wetness for transpiration (land
points only) |
| CLDHGH |
fraction |
surface |
high cloud cover |
| CLDLOW |
fraction |
surface |
low cloud cover |
| CLDMED |
fraction |
surface |
medium cloud cover |
| CLDTOT |
fraction |
surface |
total cloud cover |
| CLOUD |
fraction |
sigma |
cloud fraction |
| CLOUDE |
fraction |
sigma |
|
| CLRLS |
Wm-2 |
sigma |
average clear sky longwave flux at surface |
| CLRLT |
Wm-2 |
surface |
average clear sky longwave flux at top |
| CLRSS |
Wm-2 |
surface |
average clear sky solar flux at surface |
| CLRST |
Wm-2 |
surface |
average clear sky solar flux at top |
| CMFDQ |
Kg/Kg/s |
sigma |
Q tendency - moist convection |
| CMFDT |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
T tendency - moist convection |
| CMFLQ |
Wm-2 |
sigma-ilev |
moist convection total water flux |
| CMFMC |
kg m-1s-1 |
sigma-ilev |
moist convection mass flux |
| CMFSL |
Wm-2 |
sigma-ilev |
moist convection liquid water static energy
flux |
| CNVCLD |
fraction |
surface |
convective cloud fraction |
| DC01 |
kg kg-1 |
sigma |
convective adjustment tendency of water vapor |
| DQP |
kg kg-1 |
sigma |
specific humidity tendency due to precipitation |
| DRAIN |
ms-1 |
surface |
sub-surface drainage rate |
| DTCOND |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
|
|
DTH
|
Ks-1 |
sigma |
T horizontal diffusive heating |
| DTV |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
T vertical diffusion |
| EFFCLD |
fraction |
sigma |
effective cloud fraction |
| ENETA |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net energy flux at top of atmosphere (ENETTA-ENETSA) |
| ENETSA |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net energy flux into surface (FSNS - FLNS) |
| ENETTA |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net total atmospheric energy flux |
| ETADOT |
s-1 |
ilev |
vertical (eta) velocity |
| EVP |
ms-1 |
surface |
moisture flux |
| FCEV |
Wm-2 |
surface |
canopy evaporation (land points) |
| FCTR |
Wm-2 |
surface |
canopy transpiration (land points only) |
| FEV |
Wm-2 |
surface |
soil and canopy evaporation |
| FGEV |
Wm-2 |
surface |
ground evaporation (land points only) |
| FICEADV |
s-1 |
surface |
advective d(sea-ice fraction)/dt |
| FIRA |
Wm-2 |
surface |
absorbed longwave radiation at surface |
| FIRTP |
Wm-2 |
surface |
average net upward longwave flux at top |
| FLNS |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net upward longwave flux at surface |
| FLNSC |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net clear-sky upward longwave flux at surface |
| FLNT |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net upward longwave flux at top |
| FLNTC |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net clear-sky upward longwave flux at top |
| FOGRAT |
ms-1 |
surface |
fog formation rate |
| FRLA |
Wm-2 |
surface |
average net upward longwave flux at surface |
|
FRLD
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
infrared flux absorbed by surface |
| FRSA |
Wm-2 |
surface |
average net downward solar flux at surface |
|
FRSAN
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
solar flux absorbed at surface, near-ir waveband |
|
FRSANC
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
clear-sky solar flux absorbed at surface, near-ir |
|
FRSAV
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
solar flux absorbed at surface, visible waveband |
|
FRSAVC
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
clear-sky solar flux absorbed at surface, visible waveband |
|
FRSIN
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
solar flux incident at surface, near-ir waveband |
|
FRSINC
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
clear-sky solar flux incident at surface, near-ir waveband |
|
FRSIV
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
solar flux incident at surface, visible waveband |
|
FRSIVC
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
clear-sky solar flux incident at surface, visible waveband |
| FSA |
Wm-2 |
surface |
absolute solar radiation at surface |
| FSDS |
Wm-2 |
surface |
solar rad onto surface = absorbed + reflected
i.e., reflected=FSDS-FSNS |
| FSH |
Wm-2 |
surface |
sensible heat flux |
| FSNIRT |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| FSNIRTSQ |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| FSNSC |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net clear-sky downward solar flux at surface |
| FSNT |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net downward solar flux at top |
| FSNTC |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net clear-sky downward solar flux at top |
| FSR |
Wm-2 |
surface |
reflected solar radiation at surface |
| FTR |
Wm-2 |
surface |
canopy transpiration |
| FWATER |
fraction |
surface |
areal fraction of water (ocean or lake) |
| HOSNO |
mm water |
surface |
liquid water snow depth |
| HEATF |
Wm-2 |
foam ocean |
ocean heat forcing |
| HFLR |
Wm-2 |
surface |
surface sensible heat flux |
| HFLXOCN |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| HI |
cm |
surface |
ice thickness |
| HICEADV |
ms-1 |
surface |
advective d(sea-ice thickness)/dt |
| HOCEAN |
m |
surface |
ocean/lake mixed-layer depth |
| HS |
cm |
surface |
snow depth |
| HT1 |
m |
sigma |
geopotential height |
| ICEF |
fraction |
surface |
fractional sea-ice cover |
| ICEHCM |
cm |
surface |
sea-ice thickness |
|
ICEVOL
|
m3 |
surface |
ice volume |
| INTVAP |
ms-1 |
surface |
evaporation from canopy-intercepted precipitation |
| LAIT |
fraction |
surface |
net two-sided LAI times fractional cover |
| LHF |
Wm-2 |
surface |
surface latent heat flux |
| LHFLX |
Wm-2 |
surface |
surface latent heat flux |
| LPSTEN |
Pa s-1 |
surface |
|
|
LWC
|
kg kg-1 |
sigma |
3-D liquid water content, all clouds |
|
LWSH
|
m |
surface |
Liquid water scale height |
| LWV |
Wm-2 |
surface |
longwave out |
| MQ |
Kg m-2 |
sigma |
water mass |
| NDQH |
kg kg-1s |
sigma |
|
| NDQV |
kg kg-1s |
sigma |
|
| NDTH |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
|
| NDTV |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
|
| NDUH |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
|
| NDUS |
J m-1 |
surface |
|
| NDUV |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
|
| NDVH |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
|
| NDVI |
none |
surface |
normalized diff veg index at surface |
| NDVS |
J m-1 |
surface |
|
| NDVV |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
|
| OHEAT |
Wm-2 |
surface |
ocean heat forcing field |
| OMEGA |
Pa s-1 |
sigma |
vertical pressure velocity |
| OPREC |
ms-1 |
surface |
precipitation from atm |
| OQFLX |
kg/(ms) |
surface |
ocean freshwater forcing field |
| ORNF |
ms-1 |
surface |
runoff into the ocean |
| ORO |
flag |
surface |
surface type: 1 land, 0 ocean, sea ice. |
| ORO |
flag |
surface |
|
| P |
ms-1 |
foam ocean-levels |
normalized perturbation pressure |
| P0 |
Pa |
|
reference pressure |
|
P-A
|
mm day-1 |
surface |
precipitation-evaporation rate |
| P-E (PME) |
mm day-1 |
surface |
precipitation minus evaporation |
|
PBL03
|
m |
surface |
PBL height at 03:00 local time |
|
PBL15
|
m |
surface |
PBL height at 15:00 local time |
| PBLH |
m |
surface |
planetary or atm bound layer height |
| PHIS |
ms-1 |
surface |
surface geopotential height |
| PHISM |
m |
surface |
surface geopotential height; PHIS/9.80 |
| PMEOCN |
ms-1 |
surface |
|
| PRECC |
mm day-1 |
surface |
convective precipitation rate |
| PRECCMM |
mm day-1 |
surface |
convective precipitation rate |
| PRECIPM |
mm day-1 |
M surface |
precipitation rate (from agcm) |
| PRECL |
mm day-1 |
surface |
large scale stable precipitation rate |
| PRECLMM |
mm day-1 |
surface |
large scale stable precipitation rate |
| PRECSC |
mm day-1 |
surface |
convective snowfall rate |
| PRECSL |
mm day-1 |
surface |
large scale stable snowfall rate |
| PRECT |
mm day-1 |
surface |
total precipitation rate (PRECC+PRECL) |
| PRECTMM |
mm day-1 |
surface |
total precipitation rate (PRECCMM+PRECLMM) |
| PS |
Pa |
surface |
surface pressure |
| PSL |
Pa |
surface |
sea-level pressure |
|
PSLEVMB
|
mb |
surface |
sea level pressure |
| PSLM |
mb |
surface |
sea-level pressure |
| Q |
kg kg-1 |
sigma |
specific humidity |
| QCANO |
mm water s-1 |
surface |
canopy evapotranspiration rate |
| QDRAI |
mm water s-1 |
surface |
sub-surface runoff rate |
| QFLR |
Wm-2 |
surface |
latent heat flux |
| QFLUX |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| QFLX |
kg m-1s-1 |
surface |
surface water flux |
| QINFL |
mm water s-1 |
surface |
infiltration rate |
| QMELT |
mm water s-1 |
surface |
liquid water snow melt |
| QOVER |
mm water s-1 |
surface |
surface runoff rate |
| QPERT |
kg kg-1 |
surface |
perturbation specific humidity (eddies in
PBL) |
| QRL |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
long wave heating rate |
| QRS |
Ks-1 |
sigma |
solar heating rate |
| QSOIL |
mm water s-1 |
surface |
soil evaporation rate |
| QSTOR |
cal |
surface |
heat stored in brine pockets |
| RAD |
Wm-2^ |
surface |
surface radiation |
|
RAINF
|
ms-1 |
surface |
rain rate (liquid equivalent depth) |
| RCAN |
sm-1 |
surface |
canopy resistance |
|
RELHUM
|
fraction |
sigma |
relative humidity |
|
RHUMID
|
fraction |
sigma |
relative humidity |
| RLANDC |
m |
surface |
model grid pt area, pos-land, neg-ocean |
| RNF |
m |
surface |
land runoff |
| ROUGHL |
m |
surface |
|
| RSW |
fraction |
surface |
volumetric root zone water (land points only) |
|
RUNDR
|
cm year-1 |
surface |
runoff + drain |
| RUNOFF |
mm day-1 |
surface |
soil moisture runoff |
| RUNOFFM |
mm day-1 |
M surface |
surface runoff rate |
| S |
psu |
foam ocean levels |
salinity |
|
SABAT
|
Wm-2 |
surface |
absorbed solar flux above model top |
| SABTP |
Wm-2 |
surface |
average absorbed solar flux |
| SAIT |
fraction |
surface |
net two-sided SAI times fractional cover |
| SALTF |
psu s-1 |
foam ocean |
surface salinity tendency due to freshwater
forcing |
| SGH |
m |
surface |
|
| SHF |
Wm-2 |
surface |
surface sensible heat flux |
| SHFLX |
Wm-2 |
surface |
surface sensible heat flux |
|
SIGDOT
|
|
sigma |
vertical sigma/hybrid velocity (d[sig]/dt) |
| SNDPTH |
m |
surface |
snow depth |
| SNM |
m |
surface |
snow melt |
|
SNOWDLWE
|
cm |
surface |
snow depth liquid water equivalent |
| SNOWF |
fraction |
surface |
fractional snow cover |
|
SNOWFMM
|
mm day-1 |
surface |
snow fall ? |
| SNOWH |
cm |
surface |
water equivalent snow depth |
| SNOWHCM |
cm |
surface |
snow thickness |
| SOLIN |
Wm-2 |
surface |
solar insolation |
| SOLL |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| SOLLD |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| SOLS |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| SOLSD |
Wm-2 |
surface |
|
| SRAD |
Wm-2 |
surface |
net downward radiation fluxes at surface |
| SRFRAD |
Wm-2 |
surface |
radiative flux absorbed at surface |
|
SSALB
|
fraction |
surface |
surface solar albedo (Foley) |
| SURALB |
fraction |
surface |
surface albedo, SURALB = (FSDS-FSNS) / FSDS |
| SURVAP |
ms-1 |
surface |
evaporation from 'solid' surface (soil/ice/snow/ocean) |
| SURWIND |
ms-1 |
surface |
lowest level horizontal speed |
| T |
deg C |
sigma |
atmospheric temperature |
| T(1) |
deg C |
surface |
upper ice layer temperature |
| T() |
deg C |
surface |
lower ice layer temperature |
| T0 |
deg C |
surface |
snow layer temperature |
| TA01 |
kg kg-1s |
sigma |
total advection of q |
| TAC |
deg C |
surface |
lowest level air temperature (from agcm) |
| TAH |
deg C |
surface |
"surface" temperature (land points only) |
| TAUGWX |
N m-1 |
surface |
east-west gravity wave drag surface stress
surface stress |
| TAUX |
N m-1 |
surface |
east-west (zonal) surface stress |
| TAUGWY |
N m-1 |
surface |
north-south gravity wave drag surface stress
surface stress |
| TAUY |
N m-1 |
surface |
north-south (meridional) surface stress |
| TCLD |
fraction |
surface |
total cloudiness |
| TGRD |
deg C |
surface |
ground "skin" temperature (land points only) |
| THCK |
none |
surface |
seaice thickness flag |
| TICE1C |
deg C |
surface |
|
| TICEC |
deg C |
surface |
|
| TICE3C |
deg C |
surface |
|
| TOCEAN |
K |
surface |
|
| TOPOG |
m |
surface |
surface topography, spectrally truncated |
|
TOTCLD
|
fr |
sigma |
total coudiness (all clouds) |
|
TOTLWC
|
kg m-1 |
sigma |
total column liquid water content |
|
TPERT
|
K |
surface |
perturbation temperature |
| TRANSPMM |
mm day-1 |
surface |
transpiration rate |
| TREFHT |
deg C |
surface |
m air temperature (land), 10m (ocean, seaice) |
| TS |
deg C |
surface |
surface radiative temperature |
| TS1 |
deg C |
surface |
surface temperature (level 1) |
| TS |
deg C |
surface |
subsurface temperature (level ) |
| TSC |
deg C |
surface |
-meter (screen) temperature |
|
TSMAXC
|
deg C |
surface |
daily maximum of TS |
|
TSMINC
|
deg C |
surface |
daily minimum of TS |
| TS_MC |
deg C |
;nbsp |
daily min/max TS ('lvl 1'=min,'lvl '=max) |
| TS3 |
deg C |
surface |
subsurface temperature (level 3) |
| TS4 |
deg C |
surface |
subsurface temperature (level 4) |
| TSA |
deg C |
surface |
m height air temperature |
| TSC |
deg C |
surface |
'solid' surface temperature (soil/snow/ocean/ice) |
| TSOI3 |
deg C |
surface |
soil temperature at 50 cm depth (level 3 -
land points only) |
| TSOI4 |
deg C |
surface |
soil temperature at 110 cm depth (level 4
- land points only) |
| TSSUB1 |
K |
surface |
top soil layer temperature |
| TSSUB |
K |
surface |
soil temperature layer |
| TSSUB3 |
K |
surface |
soil temperature layer 3 |
| TSSUB4 |
K |
surface |
soil temperature layer 4 |
| TSURF |
deg C |
surface |
surface temperature, from TS1 (no LSM), or
TS1&TSA or TS1 & TSA (LSM) |
| TVEG |
deg C |
surface |
vegetation "skin" temperature (land points
only) |
| U |
ms-1ec |
sigma |
zonal (east) wind component |
| UICE |
ms-1 |
surface |
eastward sea-ice velocity |
| USTAR |
ms-1 |
surface |
surface friction velocity |
| UTGW |
ms-1 |
sigma |
U tendency - gravity wave drag |
| V |
ms-1ec |
sigma |
meridional (north) wind comp |
| VD01 |
kg kg-1 |
sigma |
vertical diffusion tendency of water vapor |
| VICE |
ms-1 |
surface |
northward sea-ice velocity |
| VMAG |
ms-1ec |
sigma |
wind speed; from U, V |
| VOLR |
m3 |
surface |
river volume |
| VQ |
ms-1 |
sigma |
meridional water transport |
| VT |
ms-1 |
sigma |
meridional heat transport |
| VTGW |
ms-1 |
sigma |
V tendency - gravity wave drag |
| VZ |
ms-1 |
sigma |
meridional transport |
| W |
ms-1 |
foam ocean |
vertical velocity |
| WET |
cm |
surface |
surface wetness (soil moisture) |
| WET1 |
fraction |
surface |
soil moisture (liquid volume relative to ice-free
pore space), layer 1 (top) |
| WET |
fraction |
surface |
layer |
| WET3 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 3 |
| WET4 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 4 |
| WET5 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 5 |
| WET6 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 6 |
| WICE1 |
fraction |
surface |
soil ice content (ice volume relative to total
pore space), layer 1 (top layers) |
| WICE |
fraction |
surface |
layer |
| WICE3 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 3 |
| WICE4 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 4 |
| WICE5 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 5 |
| WICE6 |
fraction |
surface |
layer 6 |
| WIPUDCM |
cm |
surface |
ponded (puddle) ice depth (liquid equivalent
depth) |
| WPUDCM |
cm |
surface |
ponded (puddle) liquid depth |
| WS |
m |
surface |
soil moisture |
| Z200 |
m |
|
height of 200mb surface |
| Z500 |
m |
|
height of 500mb surface |