US Navy - Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

Index	Abbreviation	Units	Longname
1	PRES	Pa	pressure
2	PRMSL	Pa	pressure reduced to msl
3	PTEND	Pa/s	pressure tendency
6	GP	m*m/s/s	geopotential
7	HGT	gpm	geopotential height
8	DIST	m	geometrical height
9	HSTDEV	m	std deviation of height
11	TMP	K	temperature
12	VTMP	K	virtual temperature
13	POT	K	potential temperature
14	EPOT	K	pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature
15	TMAX	K	maximum temperature
16	TMIN	K	minimum temperature
17	DPT	K	dewpoint temperature
18	DEPR	K	dewpoint depression (or deficit)
19	LAPR	K/m	lapse rate
20	VIS	m	visibility
21	RDSP1	non-dim	radar spectra (1)
22	RDSP2	non-dim	radar spectra (2)
23	RDSP3	non-dim	radar spectra (3)
24	PLI	K	parcel lifted index (to 500hPa)
25	TMPA	K	temperature anomaly
26	PRESA	Pa	pressure anomaly
27	GPA	gpm	geopotential height anomaly
28	WVSP1	non-dim	wave spectra (1)
29	WVSP2	non-dim	wave spectra (2)
30	WVSP3	non-dim	wave spectra (3)
31	WDIR	Degree true	wind direction
32	WIND	m/s	wind speed
33	UGRD	m/s	wind u-component
34	VGRD	m/s	wind v-component
35	STRM	m*m/s	stream function
36	VPOT	m*m/s	velocity potential
37	MNTSF	m*m/s/s	montgomery stream function
38	SGCVV	1/s	sigma coordinate vertical velocity
39	VVEL	Pa/s	vertical velocity in Pa/s
40	DZDT	m/s	vertical velocity in m/s
41	ABSV	1/s	absolute vorticity
42	ABSD	1/s	absolute divergence
43	RELV	1/s	relative vorticity
44	RELD	1/s	relative divergence
45	VUCSH	1/s	vertical u-component shear
46	VVCSH	1/s	vertical v-component shear
47	DIRC	Degree true	current direction
48	SPC	m/s	current speed
49	UOGRD	m/s	current u-component
50	VOGRD	m/s	current v-component
51	SPFH	kg/kg	specific humidity
52	RH	%	relative humidity
53	MIXR	kg/kg	humidity mixing ratio
54	PWAT	kg/m/m	precipitable water
55	VAPP	Pa	vapour pressure
56	SATD	Pa	saturation deficit
57	EVP	kg/m/m	evaporation
58	CICE	kg/m/m	cloud ice
59	PRATE	kg/m/m/s	precipitaiton rate
60	TSTM	%	thunderstorm probability
61	APCP	kg/m/m	total precipitation
62	NCPCP	kg/m/m	large scale precipitation
63	ACPCP	kg/m/m	convective precipitation
64	SRWEQ	kg/m/m/s	snowfall rate water equivalent
65	WEASD	kg/m/m	water equivalent of accumulated snow depth
66	SNOD	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	TCDC	%	total cloud cover
72	CDCON	%	convective cloud cover
73	LCDC	%	low cloud cover
74	MCDC	%	medium cloud cover
75	HCDC	%	high cloud cover
76	CWAT	kg/m/m	cloud water
77	BLI	K	best lifted index (to 500 hPa)
78	SNOC	kg/m/m	convective snow
79	SNOL	kg/m/m	large scale snow
80	WTMP	K	water temperature
81	LAND	fraction	land cover (1= land; 0= sea)
82	DSLM	m	deviation of sea-level from mean
83	TH	m	terrain height
84	ALBDO	%	albedo
85	TSOIL	K	soil temperature
86	SOILM	kg/m/m	soil moisture content
87	VEG	%	vegetation
88	SALTY	kg/kg	salinity
89	DEN	kg/m/m/m	density
90	WATR	kg/m/m	water run-off
91	ICEC	fraction	ice cover (1= ice; 0= no ice)
92	ICETK	m	ice thickness
93	DICED	Degree true	ice drift direction
94	SICED	m/s	ice drift speed
95	UICE	m/s	ice drift u-component
96	VICE	m/s	ice drift v-component
97	ICEG	m/s	ice growth rate
98	ICED	1/s	ice divergence
99	SNOM	kg/m/m	snow melt
100	HTSGW	m	signific height of combinedwind wave & swell
101	WVDIR	Degree true	wind wave direction
102	WVHGT	m	wind wave significant height
103	WVPER	s	wind wave mean period
104	SWDIR	Degree true	swell wave direction
105	SWELL	m	swell wave significant height
106	SWPER	s	swell wave mean period
107	DIRPW	Degree true	primary wave direction
108	PERPW	s	primary wave mean period
109	DIRSW	Degree true	secondary wave direction
110	PERSW	s	secondary wave mean period
111	NSWRS	W/m/m	net short-wave radiation (surface)
112	NLWRS	W/m/m	net long-wave radiation (surface)
113	NSWRT	W/m/m	net short-wave radiation (atmosphere top)
114	NLWRT	W/m/m	net long-wave radiation (atmosphere top)
115	LWAVR	W/m/m	long-wave radiation
116	SWAVR	W/m/m	short-wave radiation
117	GRAD	W/m/m	global radiation
118	MAXWH	m	max wave height
121	LHTFL	W/m/m	latent heat flux
122	SHTFL	W/m/m	sensible heat flux
123	BLYDP	W/m/m	boundary layer dissipation
124	UFLX	N/m/m	momentum flux u-component
125	VFLX	N/m/m	momentum flux v-component
126	WMIXE	J	wind mixing energy
127	IMGD	non-dim	image data
132	GMR	1/ft	grad mod refc
133	TGS	K	temperature of ground or sea
140	IU	m/s	ice u-component
141	IV	m/s	ice v-component
145	DH	cm	dynamic height
146	TE	K	temperature error
153	WSUC	N/m/m	wind stress u component
154	WSVC	N/m/m	wind stress v component
155	WCP	%	white cap probability
160	DS	m	depth surface
162	ESST	K	EOTS sea surface temperature
170	EDH	m	evaporation duct height
171	GAI	XX	general acoustic ix
178	GBSL	XX	gradient below sound level
179	SSSC	XX	strength of shallow sound channel
196	IC	%	ice coverage
197	SSHD	m	sea sufrace height dorrection
209	VSH	m	visual sea height
210	SSD500	gpm	500MB small scale disturbance
211	RP500	gpm	500MB residual pattern
212	LWP500	gpm	500MB long wave pattern
213	MDH	Degree true	magnetic ditch heading
218	GW	fraction	ground wetness
220	MWH	m	max wave height
221	SLHF	W/m/m	sensible latent heat flux
222	THF	W/m/m	total heat flux
224	SFA	K/m/m	surface frontal anal
225	FOG	%	fog
226	TKE	J/kg	turbulent kinetic energy
230	FLH	m	freezing level height
234	CH	m	ceiling Height
236	DSL	m	depth of sound layer
240	VAI	XX	vlad_acst_ix
250	SRHF	W/m/m	solar radiation heat flux
255	MV	non-dim	missing value