Index | Abbreviation | Units | Longname |
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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 | MSLSA | Pa | Mean sea level pressure (Std Atm) |
129 | MSLMA | Pa | Mean sea level pressure (MAPS) |
130 | MSLET | Pa | Mean sea level pressure (ETA model) |
131 | LFT_X | K | Surface lifted index |
132 | 4LFTX | K | Best (4-layer) lifted index |
133 | K_X | K | K index |
134 | S_X | K | Sweat index |
135 | MCONV | kg/kg/s | Horizontal moisture divergence |
136 | VW_SH | 1/s | Vertical speed shear |
137 | TSLSA | Pa/s | 3-hr pressure tendency (Std Atmos Red) |
138 | BVF_2 | 1/s^2 | Brunt-Vaisala frequency (squared) |
139 | PV_MW | 1/s/m | Potential vorticity (density-weighted) |
140 | CRAIN | yes=1;no=0 | Categorical rain |
141 | CFRZR | yes=1;no=0 | Categorical freezing rain |
142 | CICEPL | yes=1;no=0 | Categorical ice pellets |
143 | CSNOW | yes=1;no=0 | Categorical snow |
144 | SOILW | fraction | Volumetric soil moisture content |
145 | PEVPR | W/m^2 | Potential evaporation rate |
146 | CWORK | J/kg | Cloud work function |
147 | U_GWD | N/m^2 | Zonal flux of gravity wave stress |
148 | V_GWD | N/m^2 | Meridional flux of gravity wave stress |
149 | PV | m^2/s/kg | Potential vorticity |
150 | COVMZ | m^2/s^2 | Covariance between u and v |
151 | COVTZ | K*m/s | Covariance between u and T |
152 | COVTM | K*m/s | Covariance between v and T |
153 | CLWMR | kg/kg | Cloud water |
154 | O3MR | kg/kg | Ozone mixing ratio |
155 | GFLUX | W/m^2 | Ground heat flux |
156 | CIN | J/kg | Convective inhibition |
157 | CAPE | J/kg | Convective available. potential energy |
158 | TKE | J/kg | Turbulent kinetic energy |
159 | CONDP | Pa | Lifted parcel condensation pressure |
160 | CSUSF | W/m^2 | Clear sky upward solar flux |
161 | CSDSF | W/m^2 | Clear sky downward solar flux |
162 | CSULF | W/m^2 | Clear sky upward long wave flux |
163 | CSDLF | W/m^2 | Clear sky downward long wave flux |
164 | CFNSF | W/m^2 | Cloud forcing net solar flux |
165 | CFNLF | W/m^2 | Cloud forcing net long wave flux |
166 | VBDSF | W/m^2 | Visible beam downward solar flux |
167 | VDDSF | W/m^2 | Visible diffuse downward solar flux |
168 | NBDSF | W/m^2 | Near IR beam downward solar flux |
169 | NDDSF | W/m^2 | Near IR diffuse downward solar flux |
170 | RWMR | kg/kg | Rain water mixing ratio |
171 | SNMR | kg/kg | Snow mixing ratio |
172 | M_FLX | N/m^2 | Momentum flux |
173 | LMH | non-dim | Mass point model surface |
174 | LMV | non-dim | Velocity point model surface |
175 | MLYNO | non-dim | Model layer number (from bottom up) |
176 | NLAT | deg | Latitude (-90 to +90) |
177 | ELON | deg | East longitude (0-360) |
178 | ICMR | kg/kg | Ice mixing ratio |
179 | GRMR | non-dim | Graupel mixing ratio |
180 | GUST | m/s | Surface wind gust |
181 | LPS_X | 1/m | x-gradient of log pressure |
182 | LPS_Y | 1/m | y-gradient of log pressure |
183 | HGT_X | m/m | x-gradient of height |
184 | HGT_Y | m/m | y-gradient of height |
185 | TURB | non-dim | Turbulence Potential Forecast Index |
186 | ICNG | non-dim | Total Icing Potential Diagnostic |
187 | LTNG | non-dim | Lightning |
188 | RWDCG | - | Rate of water dropping from canopy to ground |
189 | VPTMP | K | Virtual potential temperature |
190 | HLCY | m^2/s^2 | Storm relative helicity |
191 | PROB | numeric | Probability from ensemble |
192 | PROBN | numeric | Probability from ensemble normalized to climate expectancy |
193 | POP | % | Probability of precipitation |
194 | CPOFP | % | Probability of frozen precipitation |
195 | CPOZP | % | Probability of freezing precipitation |
196 | USTM | m/s | u-component of storm motion |
197 | VSTM | m/s | v-component of storm motion |
198 | NCIP | - | Number concentration for ice particles |
199 | EVBS | W/m^2 | Direct evaporation from bare soil |
200 | EVCW | W/m^2 | Canopy water evaporation |
201 | ICWAT | % | Ice-free water surface |
202 | CWDI | non-dim] | Convective weather detection index |
203 | VAFTAD | - | VAFTAD |
204 | DSWRF | W/m^2 | Downward short wave flux |
205 | DLWRF | W/m^2 | Downward long wave flux |
206 | UVI | J/m^2 | Ultra violet index (1 hour integration centered at solar noon) |
207 | MSTAV | % | Moisture availability |
208 | SFEXC | (kg/m^3)(m/s) | Exchange coefficient |
209 | MIXLY | integer | Number of mixed layers next to surface |
210 | TRANS | W/m^2 | Transpiration |
211 | USWRF | W/m^2 | Upward short wave flux |
212 | ULWRF | W/m^2 | Upward long wave flux |
213 | CDLYR | % | Non-convective cloud |
214 | CPRAT | kg/m^2/s | Convective precip. rate |
215 | TTDIA | K/s | Temperature tendency by all physics |
216 | TTRAD | K/s | Temperature tendency by all radiation |
217 | TTPHY | K/s | Temperature tendency by non-radiation physics |
218 | PREIX | fraction | Precipitation index (0.0-1.00) |
219 | TSD1D | K | Std. dev. of IR T over 1x1 deg area |
220 | NLGSP | ln(kPa) | Natural log of surface pressure |
221 | HPBL | m | Planetary boundary layer height |
222 | 5WAVH | gpm | 5-wave geopotential height |
223 | C_WAT | kg/m^2 | Plant canopy surface water |
224 | SOTYP | 0..9 | Soil type (as in Zobler) |
225 | VGTYP | 0..13 | Vegetation type (as in SiB) |
226 | BMIXL | m | Blackadar's mixing length scale |
227 | AMIXL | m | Asymptotic mixing length scale |
228 | PEVAP | kg/m^2 | Potential evaporation |
229 | SNOHF | W/m^2 | Snow phase-change heat flux |
230 | 5WAVA | gpm | 5-wave geopotential height anomaly |
231 | MFLUX | Pa/s | Convective cloud mass flux |
232 | DTRF | W/m^2 | Downward total radiation flux |
233 | UTRF | W/m^2 | Upward total radiation flux |
234 | BGRUN | kg/m^2 | Baseflow-groundwater runoff |
235 | SSRUN | kg/m^2 | Storm surface runoff |
236 | SIPD | non-dim | Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) Icing Potential Diagnostic |
237 | O3TOT | kg/m^2 | Total ozone |
238 | SNOWC | % | Snow cover |
239 | SNOT | K | Snow temperature |
240 | COVTW | K*m/s | Covariance between temperature and vertical component of the wind |
241 | LRGHR | K/s | Large scale condensation heating |
242 | CNVHR | K/s | Deep convective heating |
243 | CNVMR | kg/kg/s | Deep convective moistening |
244 | SHAHR | K/s | Shallow convective heating |
245 | SHAMR | kg/kg/s | Shallow convective moistening |
246 | VDFHR | K/s | Vertical diffusion heating |
247 | VDFUA | m/s^2 | Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration |
248 | VDFVA | m/s^2 | Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration |
249 | VDFMR | kg/kg/s | Vertical diffusion moistening rate |
250 | SWHR | K/s | Solar radiative heating rate |
251 | LWHR | K/s | Longwave radiative heating rate |
252 | CD | non-dim | Drag coefficient |
253 | FRICV | m/s | Friction velocity |
254 | RI | non-dim | Richardson number |