Variables#

CODE

Levels

Internal Name

Type

Long Name

Unit

91

1

TRFLIAC

g m

LW flux over ice

[W/m**2]

92

1

TRFLWAC

g m

LW flux over water

[W/m**2]

93

1

TRFLLAC

g m

LW flux over land

[W/m**2]

94

1

SOFLIAC

g m

SW flux over ice

[W/m**2]

95

1

SOFLWAC

g m

SW flux over water

[W/m**2]

96

1

SOFLLAC

g m

SW flux over land

[W/m**2]

97

1

FRIAC

g m

ice cover (fraction of grid box)

[]

102

1

TSI

g

surface temperature of ice

[K]

103

1

TSW

surface temperature of water

[K]

104

1

USTRI

g

zonal wind stress over ice

[Pa]

105

1

VSTRI

g

meridional wind stress over ice

[Pa]

106

1

USTRW

g

zonal wind stress over water

[Pa]

107

1

VSTRW

g

meridional wind stress over water

[Pa]

108

1

USTRL

g

zonal wind stress over land

[Pa]

109

1

VSTRL

g

meridional wind stress over land

[Pa]

110

1

AHFLIAC

g m

latent heat flux over ice

[W/m**2]

111

1

AHFLWAC

g m

latent heat flux over water

[W/m**2]

112

1

AHFLLAC

g m

latent heat flux over land

[W/m**2]

113

1

EVAPIAC

g m

evaporation over ice

[kg/m**2s]

114

1

EVAPWAC

g m

evaporation over water

[kg/m**2s]

115

1

EVAPLAC

g m

evaporation over land

[kg/m**2s]

116

1

AZ0I

g

roughness length over ice

[m]

117

1

AZ0W

g

roughness length over water

[m]

118

1

AZ0L

g

roughness length over land

[m]

119

1

AHFSIAC

g m

sensible heat flux over ice

[W/m**2]

120

1

AHFSWAC

g m

sensible heat flux over water

[W/m**2]

121

1

AHFSLAC

g m

sensible heat flux over land

[W/m**2]

122

1

ALSOI

g

albedo of ice

[]

123

1

ALSOW

g

albedo of water

[]

124

1

ALSOL

g

albedo of land

[]

125

1

AHFICE

g

conductive heat flux

[W/m**2]

126

1

QRES

g

residual heat flux for melting sea ice

[W/m**2]

127

1

ALAKE

g

lake fraction of grid box

[]

129

1

EOSP

g

surface geopotential (orography)

[m**2/s**2]

130

19

STP

s

temperature

[K]

131

19

g

u-velocity

[m/s]

132

19

g

v-velocity

[m/s]

133

19

Q

g

specific humidity

[kg/kg]

134

1

APS

g

Surface pressure

[Pa]

135

19

g

Vertical velocity

[Pa/s]

136

19

ACDNC

g

cloud droplet number concentration

[]

138

19

SVO

s

vorticity

[1/s]

139

1

TSLM1

g

surface temperature of land

[K]

140

1

WS

g

soil wetness

[m]

141

1

SN

g

snow depth

[m]

142

1

APRL

g m

large scale precipitation

[kg/m**2s]

143

1

APRC

g m

convective precipitation

[kg/m**2s]

144

1

APRS

g m

snow fall

[kg/m**2s]

145

1

VDIS

g m

boundary layer dissipation

[W/m**2]

146

1

AHFS

g m

sensible heat flux

[W/m**2]

147

1

AHFL

g m

latent heat flux

[W/m**2]

148

19

g

streamfunction

[m**2/s]

149

19

g

velocity potential

[m**2/s]

150

1

XIVI

g m

vertically integrated cloud ice

[kg/m**2]

151

1

g

mean sea level pressure

[Pa]

152

1

STP(20)

s

log surface pressure

[]

153

19

XL

g

cloud water

[kg/kg]

154

19

XI

g

cloud ice

[kg/kg]

155

19

SD

s

divergence

[1/s]

156

19

g

geopotential height

[gpm]

157

19

g

relative humidity

[]

158

1

g

tendency of surface pressure

[Pa/s]

159

1

USTAR3

g

ustar**3

[m**3/s**3]

160

1

RUNOFF

g m

surface runoff and drainage

[kg/m**2s]

161

1

DRAIN

g m

drainage

[kg/m**2s]

162

19

ACLC

g

cloud cover

[]

163

1

ACLCV

g

total cloud cover

[]

164

1

ACLCOV

g m

total cloud cover

[]

165

1

U10

g

10m u-velocity

[m/s]

166

1

V10

g

10m v-velocity

[m/s]

167

1

TEMP2

g

2m temperature

[K]

168

1

DEW2

g

2m dew point temperature

[K]

169

1

TSURF

g m

surface temperature

[K]

170

19

XVAR

variance of total water amount qv+qi+ql

[]

171

1

WIND10

g m

10m windspeed

[m/s]

172

1

SLM

g

land sea mask (1.=land, 0.=sea/lakes)

[]

173

1

AZ0

g

roughness length

[m]

174

1

ALB

g

surface background albedo

[]

175

1

ALBEDO

g

surface albedo

[]

176

1

SRADS

g m

net surface solar radiation

[W/m**2]

177

1

TRADS

g m

net surface thermal radiation

[W/m**2]

178

1

SRAD0

g m

net top solar radiation

[W/m**2]

179

1

TRAD0

g m

top thermal radiation (OLR)

[W/m**2]

180

1

USTR

g m

u-stress

[Pa]

181

1

VSTR

g m

v-stress

[Pa]

182

1

EVAP

g m

evaporation

[kg/m**2s]

183

19

XSKEW

skewness of total water amount qv+qi+ql

[]

184

1

SRAD0D

g m

top incoming solar radiation

[W/m**2]

185

1

SRAFS

g m

net surf. solar radiation (clear sky)

[W/m**2]

186

1

TRAFS

g m

net surf. thermal radiation (clear sky)

[W/m**2]

187

1

SRAF0

g m

net top solar radiation (clear sky)

[W/m**2]

188

1

TRAF0

g m

net top thermal radiation (clear sky)

[W/m**2]

189

1

surface solar cloud forcing

[W/m**2]

190

1

surface thermal cloud forcing

[W/m**2]

191

1

SW top cloud forcing (178-187)

[W/m**2]

192

1

LW top cloud forcing (179-188)

[W/m**2]

193

1

WL

g

skin reservoir content

[m]

194

1

SLF

g

sea land fraction

[]

195

1

USTRGW

g m

u-gravity wave stress

[Pa]

196

1

VSTRGW

g m

v-gravity wave stress

[Pa]

197

1

VDISGW

g m

gravity wave dissipation

[W/m**2]

198

1

VGRAT

g

vegetation ratio

[]

199

1

VAROR

g

orographic variance

[]

200

1

VLT

g

leaf area index

[]

201

1

T2MAX

g

maximum 2m-temperature

[K]

202

1

T2MIN

g

minimum 2m-temperature

[K]

203

1

SRAD0U

g m

top solar radiation upward

[W/m**2]

204

1

SRADSU

g m

surface solar radiation upward

[W/m**2]

205

1

TRADSU

g m

surface thermal radiation upward

[W/m**2]

206

1

RNDFLUX

g

surface ground heat flux

[]

207

1

TSOIL

g

deep soil temperatures (5 layers)

[K]

208

1

AHFCON

g m

conductive heat flux through ice

[W/m**2]

209

1

AHFRES

g m

residual heat flux over ice

[W/m**2]

210

1

SEAICE

g

ice cover (fraction of 1-SLM)

[]

211

1

SICED

g

ice depth

[m]

212

1

FOREST

g

forest fraction

[]

213

1

gLD

g

glacier depth

[m]

214

1

SNI

g

water equivalent of snow on ice

[m]

215

1

ROGL

g m

glacier runoff

[kg/m**2s]

216

1

WIMAX

g

maximum 10m-wind speed

[m/s]

217

1

TOPMAX

g

maximum height of convective cloud tops

[Pa]

218

1

SNMEL

g m

snow melt

[kg/m**2s]

219

1

RUNTOC

g m

surface runoff into ocean

[kg/m**2s]

220

1

RUNLND

g

surface runoff not running into ocean

[kg/m**2s]

221

1

APMEGL

g m

P-E over land ice

[kg/m**2s]

222

1

SNACL

g m

snow accumulation over land

[kg/m**2s]

223

19

ACLCAC

g m

cloud cover

[]

224

19

TKE

g

turbulent kinetic energy

[]

225

19

TKEM1

g

turbulent kinetic energy (t-1)

[]

226

1

FAO

g

FAO data set (soil data flags)

[0…5.]

227

1

RGCGN

g

heat capacity of soil

[]

228

1

SODIF

g

soil diffusivity

[]

229

1

WSMX

g

field capacity of soil

[m]

230

1

QVI

g m

vertically integrated water vapor

[kg/m**2]

231

1

XLVI

g m

vertically integrated cloud water

[kg/m**2]

232

1

LAC

g

fraction of land covered by glaciers

[]

235-255

19

XT(1)-XT(15)

g

optional tracer variable

[]

259

19

g

windspeed (sqrt(u**2+v**2))

[]

260

1

g m

total precipitation (142+143)

[]

261

1

g m

total top radiation (178+179)

[]

262

1

g m

total surface radiation (176+177)

[]

263

1

g m

net surface heat flux (146+147+176+177 -C*218-208*fice-209); C=3.345E5*fland

[]

264

1

g m

total surface water (142+143+182-160-221)

[]

type: g=grid, s=spectral, m=mean over output intervall