NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL): Boulder, CO, USA

FSL/FRD Regional Analysis and Prediction Branch (RAPB)

Index	Abbreviation	Units	Longname
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	RR	dBZ	Radar Reflectivity
129	CXR	dBZ	Column Max Radar Reflectivity
130	MRET	m	Maximum Echo Tops
131	SLIX	K	Surface lifted index
132	BLIX	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	PTYP	non-dim	LAPS Precip Type Code
137	CCAG	m	Cloud ceiling height AGL
138	CB	m	Cloud base height
139	CTOP	m	Cloud top height
140	S1HR	m	Incremental snow depth accumulation
141	STOT	m	Storm-total snow depth accumulation
142	PC	kg/m**2	Incremental precipitation accumulation
144	SOILW	fraction	Volumetric soil moisture content
153	CW	Kg/kg	Cloud water
156	CIN	J/kg	Convective inhibition
157	CAPE	J/kg	Convective available potential energy
170	RWMR	Kg/Kg	Rain water mixing ratio
171	SNMR	Kg/Kg	Snow mixing ratio
176	NLAT	deg	Latitude
177	ELON	deg	East longitude
178	ICMR	Kg/Kg	Ice mixing ratio
179	GRMR	Kg/Kg	Graupel mixing ratio
190	HELI	m**2/s**2	Helicity
211	USWRF	W/m**2	Upward short wave radiation flux
212	ULWRF	W/m**2	Upward long wave radiation flux
221	HPBL	m	Planetary boundary layer height