European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: Reading

Index	Abbreviation	Units	Longname
1	STRF	m**2 s**-1	Stream function
2	VPOT	m**2 s**-1	Velocity potential
3	PT	K	Potential temperature
4	EQPT	K	Equivalent potential temperature
5	SEPT	K	Saturated equivalent potential temperature
11	UDVW	m s**-1	U component of divergent wind
12	VDVW	m s**-1	V component of divergent wind
13	URTW	m s**-1	U component of rotational wind
14	VRTW	m s**-1	V component of rotational wind
21	UCTP	K	Unbalanced component of temperature
22	UCLN	-	Unbalanced component of logarithm of surface pressure
23	UCDV	s**-1	Unbalanced component of divergence
26	CL	(0-1)	Lake cover
27	CVL	(0-1)	Low vegetation cover
28	CVH	(0-1)	High vegetation cover
29	TVL	-	Type of low vegetation
30	TVH	-	Type of high vegetation
31	CI	(0-1)	Sea-ice cover
32	ASN	(0-1)	Snow albedo
33	RSN	kg m**-3	Snow density
34	SSTK	K	Sea surface temperature
35	ISTL1	K	Ice surface temperature layer 1
36	ISTL2	K	Ice surface temperature layer 2
37	ISTL3	K	Ice surface temperature layer 3
38	ISTL4	K	Ice surface temperature layer 4
39	SWVL1	m**3 m**-3	Volumetric soil water layer 1
40	SWVL2	m**3 m**-3	Volumetric soil water layer 2
41	SWVL3	m**3 m**-3	Volumetric soil water layer 3
42	SWVL4	m**3 m**-3	Volumetric soil water layer 4
43	SLT	-	Soil type
44	ES	m of water	Snow evaporation
45	SMLT	m of water	Snowmelt
46	SDUR	s	Solar duration
47	DSRP	w m**-2	Direct solar radiation
48	MAGSS	N m**-2 s	Magnitude of surface stress
49	10FG	m s**-1	10 metre wind gust
50	LSPF	s	Large-scale precipitation fraction
51	MX2T24	K	Maximum 2 metre temperature
52	MN2T24	K	Minimum 2 metre temperature
53	MONT	m**2 s**-2	Montgomery potential
54	PRES	Pa	Pressure
57	UVB	w m**-2	Downward UV radiation at the surface
58	PAR	w m**-2	Photosynthetically active radiation at the surface
59	CAPE	J kg**-1	Convective available potential energy
60	PV	K m**2 kg**-1 s**-1	Potential vorticity
61	TPO	Millimetres*100 + number of stations	Total precipitation from observations
127	AT	-	Atmospheric tide
128	BV	-	Budget values
129	Z	m**2 s**-2	Geopotential
130	T	K	Temperature
131	U	m s**-1	U velocity
132	V	m s**-1	V velocity
133	Q	kg kg**-1	Specific humidity
134	SP	Pa	Surface pressure
135	W	Pa s**-1	Vertical velocity
136	TCW	kg m**-2	Total column water
137	TCWV	kg m**-2	Total column water vapour
138	VO	s**-1	Vorticity (relative)
139	STL1	K	Soil temperature level 1
140	SWL1	m of water	Soil wetness level 1
141	SD	m of water equivalent	Snow depth
142	LSP	m	Stratiform precipitation (Large scale precipitation)
143	CP	m	Convective precipitation
144	SF	m of water equivalent	Snowfall (convective + stratiform)
145	BLD	W m**-2 s	Boundary layer dissipation
146	SSHF	W m**-2 s	Surface sensible heat flux
147	SLHF	W m**-2 s	Surface latent heat flux
148	CHNK	-	Charnock
149	SNR	W m**-2 s	Surface net radiation
150	TNR	-	Top net radiation
151	MSL	Pa	Mean sea level pressure
152	LNSP	-	Logarithm of surface pressure
153	SWHR	K	Short-wave heating rate
154	LWHR	K	Long-wave heating rate
155	D	s**-1	Divergence
156	GH	m	Height
157	R	%	Relative humidity
158	TSP	Pa s**-1	Tendency of surface pressure
159	BLH	m	Boundary layer height
160	SDOR	-	Standard deviation of orography
161	ISOR	-	Anisotropy of sub-gridscale orography
162	ANOR	rad	Angle of sub-gridscale orography
163	SLOR	-	Slope of sub-gridscale orography
164	TCC	(0 - 1)	Total cloud cover
165	10U	m s**-1	10 metre U wind component
166	10V	m s**-1	10 metre V wind component
167	2T	K	2 metre temperature
168	2D	K	2 metre dewpoint temperature
169	SSRD	W m**-2 s	Surface solar radiation downwards
170	STL2	K	Soil temperature level 2
171	SWL2	m of water	Soil wetness level 2
172	LSM	(0, 1)	Land-sea mask
173	SR	m	Surface roughness
174	AL	(0 - 1)	Albedo
175	STRD	W m**-2 s	Surface thermal radiation downwards
176	SSR	W m**-2 s	Surface solar radiation
177	STR	W m**-2 s	Surface thermal radiation
178	TSR	W m**-2 s	Top solar radiation
179	TTR	W m**-2 s	Top thermal radiation
180	EWSS	N m**-2 s	East-West surface stress
181	NSSS	N m**-2 s	North-South surface stress
182	E	m of water	Evaporation
183	STL3	K	Soil temperature level 3
184	SWL3	m of water	Soil wetness level 3
185	CCC	(0 - 1)	Convective cloud cover
186	LCC	(0 - 1)	Low cloud cover
187	MCC	(0 - 1)	Medium cloud cover
188	HCC	(0 - 1)	High cloud cover
189	SUND	s	Sunshine duration
190	EWOV	m**2	East-West component of sub-grid orographic variance
191	NSOV	m**2	North-South component of sub-grid orographic variance
192	NWOV	NWSE component subgrid orographic variance	m**2
193	NEOV	NESW component subgrid orographic variance	m**2
194	BTMP	K	Brightness temperature
195	LGWS	N m**-2 s	Latitudinal component of gravity wave stress
196	MGWS	N m**-2 s	Meridional component of gravity wave stress
197	GWD	W m**-2 s	Gravity wave dissipation
198	SRC	m of water	Skin reservoir content
199	VEG	(0 - 1)	Vegetation fraction
200	VSO	m**2	Variance of sub-gridscale orography
201	MX2T	K	Maximum temperature at 2 metres since previous post-processing
202	MN2T	K	Minimum temperature at 2 metres since previous post-processing
203	O3	kg kg**-1	Ozone mass mixing ratio
204	PAW	-	Precipiation analysis weights
205	RO	m	Runoff
206	TCO3	kg m**-2	Total column ozone
207	10SI	m s**-1	10 metre wind speed
208	TSRC	W m**-2	Top net solar radiation, clear sky
209	TTRC	W m**-2	Top net thermal radiation, clear sky
210	SSRC	W m**-2	Surface net solar radiation, clear sky
211	STRC	W m**-2	Surface net thermal radiation, clear sky
212	SI	W m**-2	Solar insolation
214	DHR	K	Diabatic heating by radiation
215	DHVD	K	Diabatic heating by vertical diffusion
216	DHCC	K	Diabatic heating by cumulus convection
217	DHLC	K	Diabatic heating large-scale condensation
218	VDZW	m s**-1	Vertical diffusion of zonal wind
219	VDMW	m s**-1	Vertical diffusion of meridional wind
220	EWGD	m s**-1	East-West gravity wave drag tendency
221	NSGD	m s**-1	North-South gravity wave drag tendency
222	CTZW	m s**-1	Convective tendency of zonal wind
223	CTMW	m s**-1	Convective tendency of meridional wind
224	VDH	kg kg**-1	Vertical diffusion of humidity
225	HTCC	kg kg**-1	Humidity tendency by cumulus convection
226	HTLC	kg kg**-1	Humidity tendency large-scale condensation
227	CRNH	kg kg**-1	Change from removing negative humidity
228	TP	m	Total precipitation
229	IEWS	N m**-2	Instantaneous X surface stress
230	INSS	N m**-2	Instantaneous Y surface stress
231	ISHF	W m**-2	Instantaneous surface heat flux
232	IE	kg m**-2 s	Instantaneous moisture flux
233	ASQ	kg kg**-1	Apparent surface humidity
234	LSRH	-	Logarithm of surface roughness length for heat
235	SKT	K	Skin temperature
236	STL4	K	Soil temperature level 4
237	SWL4	m	Soil wetness level 4
238	TSN	K	Temperature of snow layer
239	CSF	m of water equivalent	Convective snowfall
240	LSF	m of water equivalent	Large-scale snowfall
241	ACF	(-1 to 1)	Accumulated cloud fraction tendency
242	ALW	(-1 to 1)	Accumulated liquid water tendency
243	FAL	(0 - 1)	Forecast albedo
244	FSR	m	Forecast surface roughness
245	FLSR	-	Forecast log of surface roughness for heat
246	CLWC	kg kg**-1	Cloud liquid water content
247	CIWC	kg kg**-1	Cloud ice water content
248	CC	(0 - 1)	Cloud cover
249	AIW	(-1 to 1)	Accumulated ice water tendency
250	ICE	1,0	Ice age
251	ATTE	K	Adiabatic tendency of temperature
252	ATHE	kg kg**-1	Adiabatic tendency of humidity
253	ATZE	m s**-1	Adiabatic tendency of zonal wind
254	ATMW	m s**-1	Adiabatic tendency of meridional wind