CMIP5 Atmospheric Variables

Realm: atmos - land/landIce - ocean/seaIce - ocnBgchem

A full list of CMIP5 requested variables is available at: CERA codelist 

Realm: atmos

Variable Short-Name	CF Standard Name	Frequencies
albisccp	cloud_albedo	day   mon
areacella	cell_area	fx
cct	air_pressure_at_convective_cloud_top	day   mon   subhr
cl	cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer	day   mon   subhr
clcalipso	cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer	day   mon
clhcalipso	cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer	day   mon
cli	mass_fraction_of_cloud_ice_in_air	day   mon   subhr
clisccp	cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer	day
clisccp	isccp_cloud_area_fraction	mon
clivi	atmosphere_cloud_ice_content	day   mon   subhr
cllcalipso	cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer	day   mon
clmcalipso	cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer	day   mon
clt	cloud_area_fraction	day   mon   subhr
cltcalipso	cloud_area_fraction	day   mon
cltisccp	cloud_area_fraction	day   mon
clw	mass_fraction_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air	day   mon   subhr
clwvi	atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content	day   mon   subhr
co2	mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide_in_air	mon
co2mass	atmosphere_mass_of_carbon_dioxide	mon   monClim
dmc	atmosphere_net_upward_deep_convective_mass_flux	mon
evspsbl	water_evaporation_flux	mon   subhr
fco2antt	tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_carbon_dioxide_\ expressed_as_carbon_due_to_anthropogenic_emission	mon
fco2nat	surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_\ expressed_as_carbon_due_to_emission_from_natural_sources	mon
hfls	surface_upward_latent_heat_flux	day   mon   subhr
hfss	surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux	day   mon   subhr
hur	relative_humidity	day   mon   subhr
hus	specific_humidity	day   mon   subhr
mc	atmosphere_net_upward_convective_mass_flux	subhr
mcd	atmosphere_downdraft_convective_mass_flux	mon
mcu	atmosphere_updraft_convective_mass_flux	mon
orog	surface_altitude	fx
parasolRefl	toa_bidirectional_reflectance	day   mon
pctisccp	air_pressure_at_cloud_top	day   mon
pr	precipitation_flux	day   mon   subhr
prc	convective_precipitation_flux	day   mon   subhr
prsn	snowfall_flux	day   mon   subhr
prw	atmosphere_water_vapor_content	mon   subhr
ps	surface_air_pressure	day   mon   subhr
psl	air_pressure_at_sea_level	6hr   day   mon
rld	downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air	mon   subhr
rldcs	downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky	mon   subhr
rlds	surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air	day   mon   subhr
rldscs	surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky	day   mon   subhr
rlu	upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air	mon   subhr
rlucs	upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky	mon   subhr
rlus	surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air	day   mon   subhr
rlut	toa_outgoing_longwave_flux	day   mon   subhr
rlutcs	toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky	day   mon   subhr
rsd	downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air	mon   subhr
rsdcs	downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky	mon   subhr
rsds	surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air	day   mon   subhr
rsdscs	surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky	day   mon   subhr
rsdt	toa_incoming_shortwave_flux	day   mon   subhr
rsu	upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air	mon   subhr
rsucs	upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky	mon   subhr
rsus	surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air	day   mon   subhr
rsuscs	surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky	day   mon   subhr
rsut	toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux	day   mon   subhr
rsutcs	toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky	day   mon   subhr
rtmt	net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model	mon   subhr
sfcWind	wind_speed	day   mon   subhr
sfcWindmax	wind_speed	day
sftlf	land_area_fraction	fx
smc	atmosphere_net_upward_shallow_convective_mass_flux	mon
snc	surface_snow_area_fraction	day
ta	air_temperature	6hr   day   mon   subhr
ta700	air_temperature	day
tas	air_temperature	day   mon   subhr
tasmax	air_temperature	day   mon
tasmin	air_temperature	day   mon
tauu	surface_downward_eastward_stress	mon   subhr
tauv	surface_downward_northward_stress	mon   subhr
tnhusc	tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_convection	mon   subhr
tnhusmp	tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_model_physics	mon   subhr
tnhusscpbl	tendency_of_specific_humidity_\ due_to_stratiform_cloud_and_precipitation_and_boundary_layer_mixing	mon   subhr
tntc	tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_convection	mon   subhr
tntmp	tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_model_physics	mon   subhr
tntr	tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_radiative_heating	mon   subhr
tntscpbl	tendency_of_air_temperature_\ due_to_stratiform_cloud_and_precipitation_and_boundary_layer_mixing	mon   subhr
tro3	mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air	mon
ts	surface_temperature	mon   subhr
ua	eastward_wind	6hr   day   mon   subhr
uas	eastward_wind	day   mon   subhr
va	northward_wind	6hr   day   mon   subhr
vas	northward_wind	day   mon   subhr
wap	lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure	day   mon   subhr
wap500	lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure	day
zg	geopotential_height	day   mon   subhr