| Index | Abbreviation | Units | Longname |
| 1 | | W m**-2 | downward shortwave radiant flux density |
| 2 | | W m**-2 | upward shortwave radiant flux density |
| 3 | | W m**-2 | downward longwave radiant flux density |
| 4 | | W m**-2 | upward longwave radiant flux density |
| 5 | APAB_S | W m**-2 | downwd photosynthetic active radiant flux density |
| 6 | | W m**-2 | net shortwave flux |
| 7 | | W m**-2 | net longwave flux |
| 8 | | W m**-2 | total net radiative flux density |
| 9 | | W m**-2 | downw shortw radiant flux density, cloudfree part |
| 10 | | W m**-2 | upw shortw radiant flux density, cloudy part |
| 11 | | W m**-2 | downw longw radiant flux density, cloudfree part |
| 12 | | W m**-2 | upw longw radiant flux density, cloudy part |
| 13 | SOHR_RAD | K s**-1 | shortwave radiative heating rate |
| 14 | THHR_RAD | K s**-1 | longwave radiative heating rate |
| 15 | | W m**-2 | total radiative heating rate |
| 16 | | W m**-2 | soil heat flux, surface |
| 17 | | W m**-2 | soil heat flux, bottom of layer |
| 29 | CLC | (0-1) | fractional cloud cover |
| 30 | | (0-1) | cloud cover, grid scale |
| 31 | QC | kg kg**-1 | specific cloud water content |
| 32 | | kg m**-2 | cloud water content, grid scale, vert integrated |
| 33 | QI | kg kg**-1 | specific cloud ice content, grid scale |
| 34 | | kg m**-2 | cloud ice content, grid scale, vert integrated |
| 35 | | kg kg**-1 | specific rainwater content, grid scale |
| 36 | | kg kg**-1 | specific snow content, grid scale |
| 37 | | kg m**-2 | specific rainwater content, gs, vert. integrated |
| 38 | | kg m**-2 | specific snow content, gs, vert. integrated |
| 41 | TWATER | kg m**-2 | total column water |
| 42 | | kg m**-2 | vert. integral of divergence of tot. water content |
| 50 | CH_CM_CL | (0-1) | cloud covers CH_CM_CL (000...888) |
| 51 | | (0-1) | cloud cover CH (0..8) |
| 52 | | (0-1) | cloud cover CM (0..8) |
| 53 | | (0-1) | cloud cover CL (0..8) |
| 54 | | (0-1) | total cloud cover (0..8) |
| 55 | | (0-1) | fog (0..8) |
| 56 | | (0-1) | fog |
| 60 | | (0-1) | cloud cover, convective cirrus |
| 61 | | kg kg**-1 | specific cloud water content, convective clouds |
| 62 | | kg m**-2 | cloud water content, conv clouds, vert integrated |
| 63 | | kg kg**-1 | specific cloud ice content, convective clouds |
| 64 | | kg m**-2 | cloud ice content, conv clouds, vert integrated |
| 65 | | kg s**-1 m**-2 | convective mass flux |
| 66 | | m s**-1 | updraft velocity, convection |
| 67 | | m**-1 | entrainment parameter, convection |
| 68 | HBAS_CON | m | cloud base, convective clouds (above msl) |
| 69 | HTOP_CON | m | cloud top, convective clouds (above msl) |
| 70 | | (0-1) | convective layers (00...77) (BKE) |
| 71 | | (1) | KO-index |
| 72 | BAS_CON | (1) | convection base index |
| 73 | TOP_CON | (1) | convection top index |
| 74 | DT_CON | K s**-1 | convective temperature tendency |
| 75 | DQV_CON | s**-1 | convective tendency of specific humidity |
| 76 | | J kg**-1 s**-1 | convective tendency of total heat |
| 77 | | s**-1 | convective tendency of total water |
| 78 | DU_CON | m s**-2 | convective momentum tendency (X-component) |
| 79 | DV_CON | m s**-2 | convective momentum tendency (Y-component) |
| 80 | | s**-2 | convective vorticity tendency |
| 81 | | s**-2 | convective divergence tendency |
| 82 | HTOP_DC | m | top of dry convection (above msl) |
| 83 | | (1) | dry convection top index |
| 84 | HZEROCL | m | height of 0 degree Celsius isotherm above msl |
| 85 | SNOWLMT | m | height of snow-fall limit |
| 99 | QRS_GSP | kg kg**-1 | spec. content of precip. particles |
| 100 | PRR_GSP | kg s**-1 m**-2 | surface precipitation rate, rain, grid scale |
| 101 | PRS_GSP | kg s**-1 m**-2 | surface precipitation rate, snow, grid scale |
| 102 | RAIN_GSP | kg m**-2 | surface precipitation amount, rain, grid scale |
| 111 | PRR_CON | kg s**-1 m**-2 | surface precipitation rate, rain, convective |
| 112 | PRS_CON | kg s**-1 m**-2 | surface precipitation rate, snow, convective |
| 113 | RAIN_CON | kg m**-2 | surface precipitation amount, rain, convective |
| 139 | PP | Pa | deviation of pressure from reference value |
| 150 | | m**2 s**-1 | coefficient of horizontal diffusion |
| 187 | VMAX_10M | m s**-1 | maximum wind velocity |
| 200 | W_I | kg m**-2 | water content of interception store |
| 203 | T_SNOW | K | snow temperature |
| 215 | T_ICE | K | ice surface temperature |
| 241 | CAPE_CON | J kg**-1 | convective available potential energy |