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	PAOT	%	Probability anomaly of temperature
129	PAOP	%	Probability anomaly of precipitation
130	CWR	%	Probability of Wetting Rain, exceeding 0.10 inch in a given time period
131	FRAIN	non-dim	Rain fraction of total liquid water
132	FICE	non-dim	Ice fraction of total condensate
133	FRIME	non-dim	Rime Factor
134	CUEFI	non-dim	Convective cloud efficiency
135	TCOND	kg/kg	Total condensate
136	TCOLW	kg/m^2	Total column-integrated cloud water
137	TCOLI	kg/m^2	Total column-integrated cloud ice
138	TCOLR	kg/m^2	Total column-integrated rain
139	TCOLS	kg/m^2	Total column-integrated snow
140	TCOLC	kg/m^2	Total column-integrated condensate
141	PLPL	Pa	Pressure of level from which parcel was lifted
142	HLPL	m	Height of level from which parcel was lifted
143	CEMS	Fraction 0-1	Cloud Emissivity
144	COPD	non-dim	Cloud Optical Depth
145	PSIZ	Microns	Effective Particle size
146	TCWAT	%	Total Water Cloud
147	TCICE	%	Total Ice Cloud
148	WDIF	m/s	Wind difference
149	WSTP	non-dim	Wave Steepness
150	PTAN	%	Probability of Temperature being above normal
151	PTNN	%	Probability of Temperature being near normal
152	PTBN	%	Probability of Temperature being below normal
153	PPAN	%	Probability of Precipitation being above normal
154	PPNN	%	Probability of Precipitation being near normal
155	PPBN	%	Probability of Precipitation being below normal
156	PMTC	mcg/m^3	Particulate matter (coarse)
157	PMTF	mcg/m^3	Particulate matter (fine)
158	AETMP	K	Analysis error of temperature
159	AEDPT	%	Analysis error of dew point
160	AESPH	kg/kg	Analysis error of specific humidity
161	AEUWD	m/s	Analysis error of u-wind
162	AEVWD	m/s	Analysis error of v-wind
163	LPMTF	log10(mcg/m^3)	Log Particulate matter (fine)
164	LIPMF	log10(mcg/m^3)	Log Integrated column particulate matter (fine)
165	REFZR	mm^6/m^3	Derived radar reflectivity backscatter from rain
166	REFZI	mm^6/m^3	Derived radar reflectivity backscatter from ice
167	REFZC	mm^6/m^3	Derived radar reflectivity backscatter from parameterized convection
168	TCLSW	kg/m^2	Total column-integrated supercooled liquid water
169	TCOLM	kg/m^2	Total column-integrated melting ice
170	ELRDI	non-dim	Ellrod Index
171	TSEC	sec	Seconds prior to initial reference time
172	TSECA	sec	Seconds after initial reference time
173	NUM	non-dim	Number of samples/observations
174	AEPRS	Pa	Analysis error of pressure
175	ICSEV	non-dim	Icing severity
176	ICPRB	non-dim	Icing probability
177	LAVNI	non-dim	Low-level aviation interest
178	HAVNI	non-dim	High-level aviation interest
179	FLGHT	non-dim	Flight Category
180	OZCON	PPB	Ozone concentration
181	OZCAT	non-dim	Categorical ozone concentration
182	VEDH	m^2/s	Vertical eddy diffusivity heat exchange (Kh)
183	SIGV	non-dim	Sigma level value
184	EWGT	non-dim	Ensemble Weight
185	CICEL	non-dim	Confidence indicator - Ceiling
186	CIVIS	non-dim	Confidence indicator - Visibility
187	CIFLT	non-dim	Confidence indicator - Flight Category
188	LAVV	deg	Latitude of V wind component of velocity
189	LOVV	deg	Longitude of V wind component of velocity
190	USCT	m/s	Scatterometer estimated U wind componenet
191	VSCT	m/s	Scatterometer estimated V wind componenet
192	LAUV	deg	Latitude of U wind component of velocity
193	LOUV	deg	Longitude of U wind component of velocity
194	TCHP	J/m^2	Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential
195	DBSS	m	Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface
196	ODHA	dynamic m	Ocean Dynamic Height Anomaly
197	OHC	J/m^2	Ocean Heat Content
198	SSHG	m	Sea Surface Height Relative to Geoid
199	SLTFL	Kg/m^2/s	Salt Flux
200	DUVB	W/m^2	UV-B downward solar flux
201	CDUVB	W/m^2	Clear sky UV-B downward solar flux
202	THFLX	W/m^2	Total downward heat flux at surface (downward is positive)
203	UVAR	m^2/s^2	U velocity variance
204	VVAR	m^2/s^2	V velocity variance
205	UVVCC	m^2/s^2	UV Velocity Cross Correlation
206	MCLS	m	Meteorological Correlation Length Scale
207	LAPP	deg	Latitude of pressure point
208	LOPP	deg	Longitude of pressure point
210	REFO	dbZ	Observed radar reflectivity
211	REFD	dbZ	Derived radar reflectivity
212	REFC	dbZ	Maximum/Composite radar reflectivity
213	SBT122	K	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 2
214	SBT123	K	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 3
215	SBT124	K	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 4
216	SBT125	K	Simulated Brightness Temperature for GOES12, Channel 5
217	MINRH	%	Minimum Relative Humidity
218	MAXRH	%	Maximum Relative Humidity
219	CEIL	m	Ceiling
220	PBLREG	non-dim	Planetary boundary layer Regime
221	SBC123	Byte	Simulated Brightness Counts for GOES12, Channel 3
222	SBC124	Byte	Simulated Brightness Counts for GOES12, Channel 4
223	RPRATE	kg/m^2/s	Rain Precipitation Rate
224	SPRATE	kg/m^2/s	Snow Precipitation Rate
225	FPRATE	kg/m^2/s	Freezing Rain Precipitation Rate
226	IPRATE	kg/m^2/s	Ice Pellets Precipitation Rate
227	UPHL	m^2/s^2	Updraft Helicity
228	SURGE	m	Storm Surge
229	ETSRG	m	Extra Tropical Storm Surge