Index | Abbreviation | Units | Longname |
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1 | P | Pa | Pressure |
2 | PMSL | Pa | Pressure reduced to mean sea level |
3 | PT | Pa/s | Pressure tendency |
4 | PVORT | Km**2/kg/s | Potential vorticity |
5 | ICAHT | m | ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height |
6 | GP | m**2/s**2 | Geopotential |
7 | GH | gpm | Geopotential Height |
8 | GEH | m | Geometric Height |
9 | HGHTSD | m | Standard deviation of height |
10 | TOZO | Dobson | Total ozone |
11 | T | K | Temperature |
12 | VT | K | Virtual temperature |
13 | POT | K | Potential temperature |
14 | EPOT | K | Equivalent potential temperature |
15 | MXT | K | Maximum temperature |
16 | MNT | K | Minimum temperature |
17 | DPT | K | Dew point temperature |
18 | DPD | K | Dew point depression |
19 | LR | K/m | Lapse rate |
20 | VIS | m | Visibility |
21 | RSP1 | undef | Radar Spectra (1) |
22 | RSP2 | undef | Radar Spectra (2) |
23 | RSP3 | undef | Radar Spectra (3) |
24 | PLI | K | Parcel lifted index (to 500 hPa) |
25 | TA | K | Temperature anomaly |
26 | PA | Pa | Pressure anomaly |
27 | GHA | gpm | Geopotential height anomaly |
28 | WSP1 | undef | Wave Spectra (1) |
29 | WSP2 | undef | Wave Spectra (2) |
30 | WSP3 | undef | Wave Spectra (3) |
31 | WD | deg true | Wind direction (from which blowing) |
32 | WS | m/s | Wind speed |
33 | UW | m/s | u-component of wind |
34 | VW | m/s | v-component of wind |
35 | SF | m**2/s | Stream function |
36 | VPOT | m**2/s | Velocity potential |
37 | MSG | m**2/s**2 | Montgomery stream function |
38 | SVV | /s | Sigma coordinate vertical velocity |
39 | PVV | Pa/s | Pressure vertical velocity |
40 | GVV | m/s | Geometric vertical velocity |
41 | AV | /s | Absolute vorticity |
42 | AD | /s | Absolute divergence |
43 | RV | /s | Relative vorticity |
44 | RD | /s | Relative divergence |
45 | VUCSH | /s | Vertical u-component shear |
46 | VVCSH | /s | Vertical v-component shear |
47 | DIRC | deg true | Direction of current |
48 | SPC | m/s | Speed of current |
49 | UOGRD | m/s | u-component of current |
50 | VOGRD | m/s | v-component of current |
51 | SH | kg/kg | Specific humidity |
52 | RH | % | Relative humidity |
53 | MIXR | kg/kg | Humidity mixing ratio |
54 | PW | kg/m**2 | Precipitable water |
55 | VAPP | Pa | Vapor pressure |
56 | SATD | Pa | Saturation deficit |
57 | EVP | kg/m**2 | Evaporation |
58 | CICE | kg/m**2 | Cloud Ice |
59 | PR | kg/m**2/s | Precipitation rate |
60 | THP | % | Thunderstorm probability |
61 | TP | kg/m**2 | Total precipitation |
62 | LGSP | kg/m**2 | Large scale precipitation |
63 | CP | kg/m**2 | Convective precipitation |
64 | SRWEQ | kg/m**2/s | Snowfall rate water equivalent |
65 | WEASD | kg/m**2 | Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth |
66 | SND | m | Snow depth |
67 | MIXHT | m | Mixed layer depth |
68 | TTHDP | m | Transient thermocline depth |
69 | MTHD | m | Main thermocline depth |
70 | MTHA | m | Main thermocline anomaly |
71 | TCC | % | Total cloud cover |
72 | CCC | % | Convective cloud cover |
73 | LCC | % | Low cloud cover |
74 | MCC | % | Medium cloud cover |
75 | HCC | % | High cloud cover |
76 | CWAT | kg/m**2 | Cloud water |
77 | BLI | K | Best Lifted Index (to 500 hPa) |
78 | SNOC | kg/m**2 | Convective snow |
79 | SNOL | kg/m**2 | Large scale snow |
80 | WT | K | Water temperature |
81 | LAND | proportion | Land cover (land=1, sea=0) |
82 | DSLM | m | Deviation of sea level from mean |
83 | SFCR | m | Surface roughness |
84 | ALBDO | % | Albedo |
85 | ST | K | Soil temperature |
86 | SMC | kg/m**2 | Soil moisture content |
87 | VEG | % | Vegetation |
88 | SALTY | kg/kg | Salinity |
89 | DEN | kg/m**3 | Density |
90 | WATR | kg/m**2 | Water runoff |
91 | ICEC | proportion | Ice cover (ice=1, no ice=0) |
92 | ICETK | m | Ice thickness |
93 | DICED | deg true | Direction of ice drift |
94 | SICED | m/s | Speed of ice drift |
95 | UICE | m/s | u-component of ice drift |
96 | VICE | m/s | v-component of ice drift |
97 | ICEG | m/s | Ice growth rate |
98 | ICED | /s | Ice divergence |
99 | SNOM | kg/m**2 | Snow melt |
100 | HTSGW | m | Significant height of combined wind waves & swell |
101 | WVDIR | deg true | Direction of wind waves (from which) |
102 | WVHGT | m | Significant height of wind waves |
103 | WVPER | s | Mean period of wind waves |
104 | SWDIR | deg true | Direction of swell waves |
105 | SWELL | m | Significant height of swell waves |
106 | SWPER | s | Mean period of swell waves |
107 | DIRPW | deg true | Primary wave direction |
108 | PERPW | s | Primary wave mean period |
109 | DIRSW | deg true | Secondary wave direction |
110 | PERSW | s | Secondary wave mean period |
111 | NSWRS | W/m**2 | Net short-wave radiation (surface) |
112 | NLRS | W/m**2 | Net long-wave radiation (surface) |
113 | NSWRT | W/m**2 | Net short-wave radiation (top of atmosphere) |
114 | NLWRT | W/m**2 | Net long-wave radiation (top of atmosphere) |
115 | LWAVR | W/m**2 | Long wave radiation flux |
116 | SWAVR | W/m**2 | Short wave radiation flux |
117 | GRAD | W/m**2 | Global radiation flux |
118 | BRTMP | K | Brightness temperature |
119 | LWRAD | W/m/sr | Radiance (with respect to wave number) |
120 | SWRAD | W/m**3/sr | Radiance (with respect to wave length) |
121 | LHTFL | W/m**2 | Latent heat net flux |
122 | SHTFL | W/m**2 | Sensible heat net flux |
123 | BLYDP | W/m**2 | Boundary layer dissipation |
124 | UFLX | N/m**2 | Momentum flux, u component |
125 | VFLX | N/m**2 | Momentum flux, v component |
126 | WMIXE | J | Wind mixing energy |
127 | IMGD | undef | Image data |
128 | MSLP | Pa | Mean sea level pressure |
129 | MMSP | Pa | MAPS mean sea level pressure |
130 | EMSP | Pa | ETA mean sea level pressure |
131 | SLI | K | Surface lifted index |
132 | BLI | K | Best (4 layer) lifted index |
133 | KI | K | K index |
134 | SI | K | Sweat index |
135 | MCONV | kg/kg/s | Horizontal moisture divergence |
136 | VSS | 1/s | Vertical speed shear |
137 | PT3 | Pa/s | Pressure tendency - 3 hour |
138 | BVF2 | 1/s**2 | Brunt-Vaisala frequency (squared) |
139 | PVMV | 1/s/m | Potential vorticity (density weighted) |
140 | CRAIN | non-dim | Categorical rain (yes=1, no=0) |
141 | CFRZR | non-dim | Categorical freezing rain (yes=1, no=0) |
142 | CICEP | non-dim | Categorical ice pellets (yes=1, no=0) |
143 | CSNOW | non-dim | Categorical snow (yes=1, no=0) |
144 | SOILW | fraction | Volumetric soil moisture content |
145 | PEVPR | W/m**2 | Potential evaporation rate |
146 | CWORK | J/kg | Cloud workfunction |
147 | UGWD | N/m**2 | Zonal flux of gravity wave stress |
148 | VGWD | N/m**2 | Meridional flux of gravity wave stress |
149 | PV | m**2/s/kg | Potential vorticity |
150 | COVMZ | m**2/kg**2 | Covariance between meridional and zonal wind |
151 | COVTZ | K*m/s | Covariance between temperature and zonal wind |
152 | COVTM | K*m/s | Covariance between temperature and merid. wind |
153 | CW | Kg/kg | Cloud water |
154 | O3MR | Kg/kg | Ozone mixing ratio |
155 | GFLUX | W/m**2 | Ground Heat flux |
156 | CIN | J/kg | Convective inhibition |
157 | CAPE | J/kg | Convective available potential energy |
158 | TKE | J/kg | Turbulent kinetic energy |
159 | CONDP | Pa | Condensation pressure of parcel lifted from sfc |
160 | CSUSF | W/m**2 | Clear sky upward solar flux |
161 | CSDSF | W/m**2 | Clear sky downward solar flux |
162 | CSULF | W/m**2 | Clear sky upward long wave flux |
163 | CSDLF | W/m**2 | Clear sky downward long wave flux |
164 | CFNSF | W/m**2 | Cloud forcing net solar flux |
165 | CFNLF | W/m**2 | Cloud forcing net long wave flux |
166 | VBDSF | W/m**2 | Visible beam downward solar flux |
167 | VDDSF | W/m**2 | Visible diffuse downward solar flux |
168 | NBDSF | W/m**2 | Near IR beam downward solar flux |
169 | NDDSF | W/m**2 | Near IR diffuse downward solar flux |
170 | RWMR | Kg/Kg | Rain water mixing ratio |
171 | SNMR | Kg/Kg | Snow mixing ratio |
172 | MFLX | N/m**2 | Momentum flux |
173 | LMH | non-dim | Mass point model surface |
174 | LMV | non-dim | Velocity point model surface |
175 | MLYNO | non-dim | Model layer number (from bottom up) |
176 | NLAT | deg | Latitude |
177 | ELON | deg | East longitude |
178 | ICMR | Kg/Kg | Ice mixing ratio |
179 | GRMR | Kg/Kg | Graupel mixing ratio |
181 | LPSX | 1/m | x-gradient of log pressure |
182 | LPSY | 1/m | y-gradient of log pressure |
183 | JGTX | m/m | x-gradient of height |
184 | JGTY | m/m | y-gradient of height |
185 | TURB | non-dim | Turbulence SIGMET/AIRMET |
186 | ICNG | non-dim | Icing SIGMET/AIRMET |
187 | LTNG | non-dim | Lightning |
188 | WDROP | kg/m**2/s | Rate of Water drop from canopy to ground |
189 | VPT | K | Vitual potentail temperature |
190 | HELI | m**2/s**2 | Helicity |
191 | PROB | numeric | Probability from ensemble |
192 | PROBN | numeric | Probability from ensemble normalized to climate |
193 | POP | % | Probability of precipitation |
194 | CPOFP | % | Probability of frozen precipitation |
195 | CPOZP | % | Probability of freezing precipitation |
196 | USTM | m/s | u-component of storm motion |
197 | VSTM | m/s | v-component of storm motion |
198 | NCIP | undef | Number conecntration for ice particles |
199 | EVBS | W/m**2 | Direct evaporation from bare soil |
200 | EVCW | W/m**2 | Canopy water evaporation |
201 | ICWAT | % | Ice-free water surface |
202 | CWDI | non-dim | Convective weather detection index |
203 | VAFTAD | non-dim | VAFTAD |
204 | DSWRF | W/m**2 | Downward short wave radiation flux |
205 | DLWRF | W/m**2 | Downward long wave radiation flux |
206 | UVI | J/m**2 | Ulta violet index (1 hr integration at solar noon) |
207 | MSTAV | % | Moisture availability |
208 | SFEXC | kg/m**3/(m/s) | Exchange coefficient |
209 | MIXLY | integer | Number of mixed layers next to surface |
210 | TRANS | W/m**2 | Transpiration |
211 | USWRF | W/m**2 | Upward short wave radiation flux |
212 | ULWRF | W/m**2 | Upward long wave radiation flux |
213 | CDLYR | % | Amount of non-convective cloud |
214 | CPRAT | kg/m**2/s | Convective precipitation rate |
215 | TTDIA | K/s | Temperature tendency by all physics |
216 | TTRAD | K/s | Temperature tendency by all radiation |
217 | TTPHY | K/s | Temperature tendency by non-radiation physics |
218 | PREIX | fraction | Precipitation index(0.0-1.0) |
219 | TSDID | K | Std. dev. of IR temperature over 1x1 deg area |
220 | NLGSP | In(kPa) | Natural log of surface pressure |
221 | HPBL | m | Planetary boundary layer height |
222 | WGH | gpm | 5-wave geopotential height |
223 | CNWAT | kg/m**2 | Plant canopy surface water |
224 | SOTYP | integer (0-9) | Soil type (as in Zobler) |
225 | VGTYP | integer (0-9) | Vegetation type (as in SiB) |
226 | BMIXL | m | Blackadar's mixing length scale |
227 | AMIXL | m | Asympotic mixing length scale |
228 | PEVAP | kg/m**2 | Potential evaporation |
229 | SNOHF | W/m**2 | Snow phase-change heat flux |
230 | WGH5A | gpm | 5-wave geopotential height anomaly |
231 | MFLUX | Pa/s | Convective cloud mass flux |
232 | DTRF | W/m**2 | Downward total radiation flux |
233 | UTRF | W/m**2 | Upward total radiation flux |
234 | BGRUN | kg/m**2 | Baseflow-groundwater runoff |
235 | SSRUN | kg/m**2 | Storm surface runoff |
237 | OTOT | Kg/m**2 | Total ozone |
238 | SCP | % | Snow cover percentage |
239 | SNOWT | K | Snow temperature |
240 | COVTW | K*m/s | Covariance between temperature and vertical component of the wind. |
241 | LRGHR | K/s | Large scale condensation heat rate |
242 | CNVHR | K/s | Deep convective heating rate |
243 | CNVMR | kg/kg/s | Deep convective moistening rate |
244 | SHAHR | K/s | Shallow convective heating rate |
245 | SHAMR | kg/kg/s | Shallow convective moistening rate |
246 | VDFHR | K/s | Vertical diffusion heating rate |
247 | VDFUA | m/s | Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration |
248 | VDFVA | m/s**2 | Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration |
249 | VDFMR | kg/kg/s | Vertical diffusion moistening rate |
250 | SWHR | K/s | Solar radiative heating rate |
251 | LWHR | K/s | Long wave radiative heating rate |
252 | CD | non-dim | Drag coefficient |
253 | FRICV | m/s | Friction velocity |
254 | RI | non-dim | Richardson number |
255 | WGS | m/s | Wind Gust Speed |