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 |
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 | HVAR | m^2 | Variance of height |
11 | TMP | K | Temp. |
12 | VTMP | K | Virtual temp. |
13 | POT | K | Potential temp. |
14 | EPOT | K | Pseudo-adiabatic pot. temp. |
15 | T_MAX | K | Max. temp. |
16 | T_MIN | K | Min. temp. |
17 | DPT | K | Dew point temp. |
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) |
25 | TMP_A | K | Temp. 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 wind |
34 | V_GRD | m/s | v 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 shear |
46 | VVCSH | /s | Vertical v shear |
47 | DIR_C | deg | Direction of current |
48 | SP_C | m/s | Speed of current |
49 | UOGRD | m/s | u of current |
50 | VOGRD | m/s | v of current |
51 | SPFH | kg/kg | Specific humidity |
52 | RH | % | 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 equiv. |
65 | WEASD | kg/m^2 | Accum. snow |
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 |
78 | SNO_C | kg/m^2 | Convective snow |
79 | SNO_L | kg/m^2 | Large scale snow |
80 | WTMP | K | Water temp. |
81 | LAND | 1=land; 0=sea | Land-sea mask |
82 | DSL_M | m | Deviation of sea level from mean |
83 | SFC_R | m | Surface roughness |
84 | ALBDO | % | Albedo |
85 | TSOIL | K | Soil temp. |
86 | SOIL_M | kg/m^2 | Soil moisture content |
87 | VEG | % | Vegetation |
88 | SALTY | kg/kg | Salinity |
89 | DEN | kg/m^3 | Density |
90 | RUNOF | kg/m^2 | Runoff |
91 | ICE_C | ice=1;no ice=0 | Ice concentration |
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 of ice drift |
96 | V_ICE | m/s | v 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 | Sig height of wind waves |
103 | WVPER | s | Mean period of wind waves |
104 | SWDIR | deg | Direction of swell waves |
105 | SWELL | m | Sig 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 (surface) |
112 | NLWRS | W/m^2 | Net long wave (surface) |
113 | NSWRT | W/m^2 | Net short wave (top) |
114 | NLWRT | W/m^2 | Net long wave (top) |
115 | LWAVR | W/m^2 | Long wave |
116 | SWAVR | W/m^2 | Short wave |
117 | G_RAD | W/m^2 | Global radiation |
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 | Zonal momentum flux |
125 | V_FLX | N/m^2 | Meridional momentum flux |
126 | WMIXE | J | Wind mixing energy |
127 | IMG_D | integer | 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 |
138 | BVF_2 | 1/s^2 | Brunt-Vaisala frequency^2 |
139 | PV_MW | 1/s/m | Potential vorticity (mass-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 |
145 | PEVPR | W/m^2 | Potential evaporation rate |
146 | CWORK | J/kg | Cloud work function |
147 | U_GWD | N/m^2 | Zonal gravity wave stress |
148 | V_GWD | N/m^2 | Meridional gravity wave stress |
149 | PV | m^2/s/kg | Potential vorticity |
153 | MFXDV | gr/gr*m/s/m | Moisture flux divergence |
155 | GFLUX | W/m^2 | Ground heat flux |
156 | CIN | J/kg | Convective inhibition |
157 | CAPE | J/kg | Convective Avail. Pot. 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 | USTR | N/m^2 | U wind stress |
171 | VSTR | N/m^2 | V wind stress |
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 | UMAS | gm/m*K*s | Mass weighted u |
179 | VMAS | gm/m*K*s | Mass weighted v |
180 | XPRATE | kg/m^2/s | corrected precip |
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 | STDZ | m | Std dev of Geop. hgt. |
186 | STDU | m/s | Std dev of zonal wind |
187 | STDV | m/s | Std dev of meridional wind |
188 | STDQ | gm/gm | Std dev of spec. hum. |
189 | STDT | K | Std dev of temp. |
190 | CBUW | m/s*Pa/s | Covariance u and omega |
191 | CBVW | m/s*Pa/s | Covariance v and omega |
192 | CBUQ | m/s*gm/gm | Covariance u and specific hum |
193 | CBVQ | m/s*gm/gm | Covariance v and specific hum |
194 | CBTW | K*Pa/s | Covariance T and omega |
195 | CBQW | gm/gm*Pa/s | Covariance spec. hum and omega |
196 | CBMZW | m^2/s^2 | Covariance v and u |
197 | CBTZW | K*m/s | Covariance u and T |
198 | CBTMW | K*m/s | Covariance v and T |
199 | STDRH | % | Std dev of Rel. Hum. |
200 | SDTZ | m | Std dev of time tend of geop. hgt |
201 | ICWAT | % | Ice-free water surface |
202 | SDTU | m/s | Std dev of time tend of zonal wind |
203 | SDTV | m/s | Std dev of time tend of merid wind |
204 | DSWRF | W/m^2 | Downward solar radiation flux |
205 | DLWRF | W/m^2 | Downward long wave flux |
206 | SDTQ | gm/gm | Std dev of time tend of spec. hum |
207 | MSTAV | % | Moisture availability |
208 | SFEXC | kg*m/m^3/s | Exchange coefficient |
209 | MIXLY | integer | No. of mixed layers next to sfc |
210 | SDTT | K | Std dev of time tend of temp. |
211 | USWRF | W/m^2 | Upward solar radiation 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 | Temp. tendency by all physics |
216 | TTRAD | K/s | Temp. tendency by all radiation |
217 | TTPHY | K/s | Temp. tendency by nonrad physics |
218 | PREIX | fraction | Precipitation index |
219 | TSD1D | K | Std dev of IR T over 1x1 deg area |
220 | NLSGP | ln(kPa) | Natural log of surface pressure |
221 | SDTRH | % | Std dev of time tend of rel hum |
222 | 5WAVH | gpm | 5-wave geopotential height |
223 | C_WAT | kg/m^2 | Plant canopy surface water |
224 | PLTRS | s/m | Max. stomato plant resistance |
225 | RHCLD | % | RH-type cloud cover |
226 | BMIXL | m | Blackadar's mixing length scale |
227 | AMIXL | m | Asymptotic mixing length scale |
228 | PEVAP | kg/m^2 | Pot. evaporation |
229 | SNOHF | W/m^2 | Snow melt heat flux |
230 | SNOEV | W/m^2 | Snow sublimation heat flux |
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 |
237 | OZONE | Dobson | Total column ozone |
238 | SNOWC | % | Snow cover |
239 | SNOT | K | Snow temp. |
240 | GLCR | mask | Permanent snow points |
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 accel |
248 | VDFVA | m/s^2 | Vertical diffusion meridional accel |
249 | VDFMR | kg/kg/s | Vertical diffusion moistening |
250 | SWHR | K/s | Solar radiative heating |
251 | LWHR | K/s | Longwave radiative heating |
252 | CD | non-dim | Drag coefficient |
253 | FRICV | m/s | Friction velocity |
254 | RI | non-dim | Richardson number |