| 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 |
| 6 | SSFR | (0 - 1) | Soil sand fraction |
| 7 | SCFR | (0 - 1) | Soil clay fraction |
| 8 | SRO | m | Surface runoff |
| 9 | SSRO | m | Sub-surface runoff |
| 10 | WIND | m s**-1 | Wind speed |
| 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 |
| 15 | ALUVP | (0 - 1) | UV visible albedo for direct radiation |
| 16 | ALUVD | (0 - 1) | UV visible albedo for diffuse radiation |
| 17 | ALNIP | (0 - 1) | Near IR albedo for direct radiation |
| 18 | ALNID | (0 - 1) | Near IR albedo for diffuse radiation |
| 19 | UVCS | W m**-2 s | Clear sky surface UV |
| 20 | PARCS | W m**-2 s | Clear sky surface PAR |
| 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 temperature at 2 metres since last 24 hours |
| 52 | MN2T24 | K | Minimum temperature at 2 metres since last 24 hours |
| 53 | MONT | m**2 s**-2 | Montgomery potential |
| 54 | PRES | Pa | Pressure |
| 55 | MEAN2T24 | K | Mean temperature at 2 metres since last 24 hours |
| 56 | MN2D24 | K | Mean 2 metre dewpoint temperature in past 24 hours |
| 57 | UVB | w m**-2 s | Downward UV radiation at the surface |
| 58 | PAR | w m**-2 s | 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 |
| 62 | OBCT | - | Observation count |
| 63 | | s | Start time for skin temperature difference |
| 64 | | s | Finish time for skin temperature difference |
| 65 | | K | Skin temperature difference |
| 66 | | m**2 / m**2 | Leaf area index, low vegetation |
| 67 | | m**2 / m**2 | Leaf area index, high vegetation |
| 68 | | s m**-1 | Minimum stomatal resistance, low vegetation |
| 69 | | s m**-1 | Minimum stomatal resistance, high vegetation |
| 70 | | (0 - 1) | Biome cover, low vegetation |
| 71 | | (0 - 1) | Biome cover, high vegetation |
| 72 | ISSRD | w m**-2 | Instantaneous surface solar radiation downwards |
| 73 | ISTRD | w m**-2 | Instantaneous surface thermal radiation downwards |
| 74 | SDFOR | m | Standard deviation of filtered subgrid orography |
| 75 | CRWC | kg kg**-1 | Cloud rain water content |
| 76 | CSWC | kg kg**-1 | Cloud snow water content |
| 77 | ETADOT | s**-1 | Eta-coordinate vertical velocity |
| 78 | TCLW | kg m**-2 | Total column liquid water |
| 79 | TCIW | kg m**-2 | Total column ice water |
| 121 | MX2T6 | K | Maximum temperature at 2 metres since last 6 hours |
| 122 | MN2T6 | K | Minimum temperature at 2 metres since last 6 hours |
| 123 | 10FG6 | m s**-1 | 10 metre wind gust in the past 6 hours |
| 124 | EMIS | dimensionless | Surface emissivity |
| 125 | | J m**-2 | Vertically integrated total energy |
| 126 | | Various | Generic parameter for sensitive area prediction |
| 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 |
| 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 | gpm | 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-gridscale orographic variance |
| 191 | NSOV | m**2 | North-South component of sub-gridscale orographic variance |
| 192 | NWOV | m**2 | North-West/South-East component of sub-gridscale orographic variance |
| 193 | NEOV | m**2 | North-East/South-West component of sub-gridscale orographic variance |
| 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 | - | Precipitation 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 s | Top net solar radiation, clear sky |
| 209 | TTRC | W m**-2 s | Top net thermal radiation, clear sky |
| 210 | SSRC | W m**-2 s | Surface net solar radiation, clear sky |
| 211 | STRC | W m**-2 s | Surface net thermal radiation, clear sky |
| 212 | TISR | W m**-2 s | TOA incident solar radiation |
| 213 | VIMD | kg m**-2 | Vertically integrated moisture divergence |
| 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 by large-scale condensation |
| 227 | CRNH | kg kg**-1 | Change from removal of 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**-1 | 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 logarithm 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 | (0 - 1) | 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 |