European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: Reading

Index	Abbreviation	Units	Longname
129	POT_OC	deg C	Ocean potential temperature
130	SALTY_OC	psu	Ocean salinity
131	PDEN_OC	kg m**-3 -1000	Ocean potential density(reference = surface)
133	UVEL_OC	m s**-1	Ocean u velocity
134	VVEL_OC	m s**-1	Ocean v velocity
135	WVEL_OC	m s**-1	Ocean w velocity
137	RI	-	Richardson number
139	UV	m s**-2	u*v product
140	UT	m s**-1 deg C	u*T product
141	VT	m s**-1 deg C	v*T product
142	UU	m s**-2	u*u product
143	VV	m s**-2	v*v product
144	UV_TMEAN	m s**-2	uv - u~v~ (u~ is time-mean of u)
145	UT_TMEAN	m s**-1 deg C	uT - u~T~
146	VT_TMEAN	m s**-1 deg C	vT - v~T~
147	UU_TMEAN	m s**-2	uu - u~u~
148	VV_TMEAN	m s**-2	vv - v~v~
152	SL_DEP	-	Sea level (departure from geoid tides removed)
153	BSTRM	-	Barotropic stream function
154	MIXHT	m	Mixed layer depth (Tcr=0.5 C for HOPE model)
155	DEPTH	m	Depth (eg of isothermal surface)
168	USTR	Pa	U-stress
169	VSTR	Pa	V-stress
170	TKE	-	Turbulent Kinetic Energy input
171	NSHFLX	-	Net surface heat flux (+ve = down)
172	SSRAD	-	Surface solar radiation
173	PE	-	P-E
180	SST_ERR	deg C	Diagnosed SST eror
181	HFLX_COR	W m**-2	Heat flux correction
182	SST_OB	C	Observed SST deg
183	HFLX_OB	W m**-2	Observed heat flux