US National Weather Service - NCEP (WMC)

Index	Abbreviation	Units	Longname
1	PRES	Pa	Pressure
2	PRMSL	Pa	Pressure reduced to MSL
3	PTEND	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	HGT	gpm	Geopotential height
8	DIST	m	Geometric height
9	HSTDV	m	Std dev of height
10	TOZONE	Dobson	Total ozone
11	TMP	K	Temperature
12	VTMP	K	Virtual temperature
13	POT	K	Potential temperature
14	EPOT	K	Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature
15	T_MAX	K	Maximum temperature
16	T_MIN	K	Minimum temperature
17	DPT	K	Dew point temperature
18	DEPR	K	Dew point depression
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 500 hPa)
25	TMP_A	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	deg	Wind direction
32	WIND	m/s	Wind speed
33	U_GRD	m/s	u-component of wind
34	V_GRD	m/s	v-component of wind
35	STRM	m^2/s	Stream function
36	V_POT	m^2/s	Velocity potential
37	MNTSF	m^2/s^2	Montgomery stream function
38	SGCVV	/s	Sigma coord. vertical velocity
39	V_VEL	Pa/s	Pressure vertical velocity
40	DZDT	m/s	Geometric vertical velocity
41	ABS_V	/s	Absolute vorticity
42	ABS_D	/s	Absolute divergence
43	REL_V	/s	Relative vorticity
44	REL_D	/s	Relative divergence
45	VUCSH	/s	Vertical u-component shear
46	VVCSH	/s	Vertical v-component shear
47	DIR_C	deg	Direction of current
48	SP_C	m/s	Speed of current
49	UOGRD	m/s	u-component of current
50	VOGRD	m/s	v-component of current
51	SPF_H	kg/kg	Specific humidity
52	R_H	%	Relative humidity
53	MIXR	kg/kg	Humidity mixing ratio
54	P_WAT	kg/m^2	Precipitable water
55	VAPP	Pa	Vapor pressure
56	SAT_D	Pa	Saturation deficit
57	EVP	kg/m^2	Evaporation
58	C_ICE	kg/m^2	Cloud Ice
59	PRATE	kg/m^2/s	Precipitation rate
60	TSTM	%	Thunderstorm probability
61	A_PCP	kg/m^2	Total precipitation
62	NCPCP	kg/m^2	Large scale precipitation
63	ACPCP	kg/m^2	Convective precipitation
64	SRWEQ	kg/m^2/s	Snowfall rate water equivalent.
65	WEASD	kg/m^2	Water equivalent of accum. snow depth
66	SNO_D	m	Snow depth
67	MIXHT	m	Mixed layer depth
68	TTHDP	m	Transient thermocline depth
69	MTHD	m	Main thermocline depth
70	MTH_A	m	Main thermocline anomaly
71	T_CDC	%	Total cloud cover
72	CDCON	%	Convective cloud cover
73	L_CDC	%	Low level cloud cover
74	M_CDC	%	Mid level cloud cover
75	H_CDC	%	High level cloud cover
76	C_WAT	kg/m^2	Cloud water
77	BLI	K	Best lifted index (to 500 hPa)
78	SNO_C	kg/m^2	Convective snow
79	SNO_L	kg/m^2	Large scale snow
80	WTMP	K	Water temperature
81	LAND	fraction	Land-sea mask (land=1;sea=0)
82	DSL_M	m	Deviation of sea level from mean
83	SFC_R	m	Surface roughness
84	ALBDO	%	Albedo
85	TSOIL	K	Soil temperature
86	SOIL_M	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	ICE_C	fraction	Ice concentration (ice=1;no ice=0)
92	ICETK	m	Ice thickness
93	DICED	deg	Direction of ice drift
94	SICED	m/s	Speed of ice drift
95	U_ICE	m/s	u-component of ice drift
96	V_ICE	m/s	v-component of ice drift
97	ICE_G	m/s	Ice growth rate
98	ICE_D	/s	Ice divergence
99	SNO_M	kg/m^2	Snow melt
100	HTSGW	m	Sig height of wind waves and swell
101	WVDIR	deg	Direction of wind waves
102	WVHGT	m	Significant height of wind waves
103	WVPER	s	Mean period of wind waves
104	SWDIR	deg	Direction of swell waves
105	SWELL	m	Significant height of swell waves
106	SWPER	s	Mean period of swell waves
107	DIRPW	deg	Primary wave direction
108	PERPW	s	Primary wave mean period
109	DIRSW	deg	Secondary wave direction
110	PERSW	s	Secondary wave mean period
111	NSWRS	W/m^2	Net short wave radiation (surface)
112	NLWRS	W/m^2	Net long wave radiation(surface)
113	NSWRT	W/m^2	Net short wave radiation (top)
114	NLWRT	W/m^2	Net long wave radiation (top)
115	LWAVR	W/m^2	Long wave radiation
116	SWAVR	W/m^2	Short wave radiation
117	G_RAD	W/m^2	Global radiation
118	BRTMP	K	Brightness temperature
119	LWRAD	W/m/sr	Radiance with respect to wave no.
120	SWRAD	W/m^3/sr	Radiance with respect ot wave len.
121	LHTFL	W/m^2	Latent heat flux
122	SHTFL	W/m^2	Sensible heat flux
123	BLYDP	W/m^2	Boundary layer dissipation
124	U_FLX	N/m^2	Momentum flux, u component
125	V_FLX	N/m^2	Momentum flux, v component
126	WMIXE	J	Wind mixing energy
127	IMG_D	none	Image data
128	AVDEPTH	m	Ocean depth - mean
129	DEPTH	m	Ocean depth - instantaneous
130	ELEV	m	Ocean surface elevation relative to geoid
131	MXEL24	m	Max ocean surface elevation in last 24 hours
132	MNEL24	m	Min ocean surface elevation in last 24 hours
135	O2	Mol/kg	Oxygen (O2 (aq))
136	PO4	Mol/kg	PO4
137	NO3	Mol/kg	NO3
138	SIO4	Mol/kg	SiO4
139	CO2AQ	Mol/kg	CO2 (aq)
140	HCO3	Mol/kg	HCO3
141	CO3	Mol/kg	CO3
142	TCO2	Mol/kg	TCO2
143	TALK	Mol/kg	TALK
146	S11	non-dim	S11 - 1,1 component of ice stress tensor
147	S12	non-dim	S12 - 1,2 component of ice stress tensor
148	S22	non-dim	S22 - 2,2 component of ice stress tensor
149	INV1	non-dim	T1 - First invariant of stress tensor
150	INV2	non-dim	T2 - First invariant of stress tensor
155	WVRGH	non-dim	Wave roughness
156	WVSTRS	non-dim	Wave stresses
157	WHITE	non-dim	Whitecap coverage
158	SWDIRWID	non-dim	Swell direction width
159	SWFREWID	non-dim	Swell frequency width
160	WVAGE	non-dim	Wave age
161	PWVAGE	non-dim	Physical Wave age
165	LTURB	m	Master length scale (turbulence)
170	AIHFLX	W/m^2	Net air-ice heat flux
171	AOHFLX	W/m^2	Net air-ocean heat flux
172	IOHFLX	W/m^2	Net ice-ocean heat flux
173	IOSFLX	kg/s	Net ice-ocean salt flux
175	OMLT	K	Ocean mixed layer temperature
176	OMLS	kg/kg	Ocean mixed layer salinity
177	P2OMLT	kg/m^3	Ocean mixed layer potential density (Referenced to 2000m)
178	OMLU	m/s	Ocean mixed layer u velocity
179	OMLV	m/s	Ocean mixed layer v velocity
180	ASHFL	W/m^2	Assimilative heat flux
181	ASSFL	mm/day	Assimilative salt flux
182	BOTLD	m	Bottom layer depth
183	UBARO	m/s	Barotropic U velocity
184	VBARO	m/s	Barotropic V velocity
185	INTFD	m	Interface depths
186	WTMPC	deg c	3-D temperature
187	SALIN	psu	3-D Salinity
188	EMNP	cm/day	Evaporation - precipitation
190	KENG	J/kg	Kinetic energy
191	BKENG	J/kg	Barotropic Kinetic energy
192	LAYTH	m	Layer Thickness
193	SSTT	deg/day	Surface temperature trend
194	SSST	psu/day	Surface salinity trend
254	REV	non-dim	Relative error variance