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CAM3 Column Outputs
List of fields


Fields saved at each timestep:
		CLDHGH_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Vertically-integrated high cloud" ;
		CLDICE_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Grid box averaged ice condensate amount" ;
		CLDLIQ_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Grid box averaged liquid condensate amount" ;
		CLDLOW_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Vertically-integrated low cloud" ;
		CLDMED_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Vertically-integrated mid-level cloud" ;
		CLDST_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Stratus cloud fraction" ;
		CLDTOT_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Vertically-integrated total cloud" ;
		CLOUD_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Cloud fraction" ;
		CMFDQ_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Q tendency - Hack convection" ;
		CMFDT_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "T tendency - Hack convection" ;
		CMFMC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Moist convection mass flux" ;
		CNVCLD_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Vertically integrated convective cloud amount" ;
		CONCLD_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Convective cloud cover" ;
		DCCLDICE_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "CLDICE tendency due to moist processes" ;
		DCCLDLIQ_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "CLDLIQ tendency due to moist processes" ;
		DCQ_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Q tendency due to moist processes" ;
		DTCOND_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "T tendency - moist processes" ;
		DTV_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "T vertical diffusion" ;
		FICE_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Fractional ice content within cloud" ;
		FLNS_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Net longwave flux at surface" ;
		FLNSC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clearsky net longwave flux at surface" ;
		FLNT_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Net longwave flux at top of model" ;
		FLNTC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clearsky net longwave flux at top of model" ;
		FLUT_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Upwelling longwave flux at top of model" ;
		FLUTC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clearsky upwelling longwave flux at top of model" ;
		FSDS_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Downwelling solar flux at surface" ;
		FSDSC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clearsky downwelling solar flux at surface" ;
		FSNS_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Net solar flux at surface" ;
		FSNSC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clearsky net solar flux at surface" ;
		FSNTOA_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Net solar flux at top of atmosphere" ;
		FSNTOAC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clearsky net solar flux at top of atmosphere" ;
		LHFLX_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Surface latent heat flux" ;
		LWCF_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Longwave cloud forcing" ;
		OMEGA_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Vertical velocity (pressure)" ;
		PBLH_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "PBL height" ;
		PRECC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Convective precipitation rate" ;
		PRECL_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Large-scale (stable) precipitation rate" ;
		PRECSH_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Shallow Convection precipitation rate" ;
		PRECT_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Total (convective and large-scale) precipitation rate" ;
		PS_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Surface pressure" ;
		Q_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Specific humidity" ;
		QRL_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Longwave heating rate" ;
		QRS_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Solar heating rate" ;
		RELHUM_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Relative humidity" ;
		SHFLX_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Surface sensible heat flux" ;
		SOLIN_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Solar insolation" ;
		SWCF_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Shortwave cloud forcing" ;
		T_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Temperature" ;
		TGCLDIWP_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Total grid-box cloud ice water path" ;
		TGCLDLWP_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Total grid-box cloud liquid water path" ;
		TMQ_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Total (vertically integrated) precipitatable water" ;
		TREFHT_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Reference height temperature" ;
		TS_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Surface temperature (radiative)" ;
		U_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Zonal wind" ;
		V_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Meridional wind" ;
		VD01_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Vertical diffusion of Q" ;
                FLUC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clear-sky upwelling longwave flux at each level" ;
                FLU_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Upwelling longwave flux at each level" ;
                FSUC_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Clear-sky upwelling shortwave flux at each level" ;
                FSU_97.5W_36.4N:long_name = "Upwelling shortwave flux at each level" ;


Monthly Fields
                CGH:long_name = "Counter-gradient term for heat in PBL" ;
                CGQ:long_name = "Counter-gradient term for moisture in PBL" ;
                CGS:long_name = "Counter-gradient coeff on surface kinematic fluxes" ;
                CLDFRQ:long_name = "Frequency of occurance of clouds (CLOUD > 0.01)" ;
                CLDHGH:long_name = "Vertically-integrated high cloud" ;
                CLDICE:long_name = "Grid box averaged ice condensate amount" ;
                CLDLIQ:long_name = "Grid box averaged liquid condensate amount" ;
                CLDLOW:long_name = "Vertically-integrated low cloud" ;
                CLDMED:long_name = "Vertically-integrated mid-level cloud" ;
                CLDST:long_name = "Stratus cloud fraction" ;
                CLDTOT:long_name = "Vertically-integrated total cloud" ;
                CLOUD:long_name = "Cloud fraction" ;
                CLOUDY:long_name = "Binary flag for TCLDAREA > cldmin" ;
                CME:long_name = "Rate of cond-evap within the cloud" ;
                CMFDQ:long_name = "Q tendency - Hack convection" ;
                CMFDQR:long_name = "Q tendency - shallow convection rainout" ;
                CMFDT:long_name = "T tendency - Hack convection" ;
                CMFLQ:long_name = "Moist convection total water flux" ;
                CMFMC:long_name = "Moist convection mass flux" ;
                CMFSL:long_name = "Moist convection liquid water static energy flux" ;
                CNVCLD:long_name = "Vertically integrated convective cloud amount" ;
                CONCLD:long_name = "Convective cloud cover" ;
                DCCLDICE:long_name = "CLDICE tendency due to moist processes" ;
                DCCLDLIQ:long_name = "CLDLIQ tendency due to moist processes" ;
                DCQ:long_name = "Q tendency due to moist processes" ;
                DISED:long_name = "Cloud ice tendency from sedimentation" ;
                DLSED:long_name = "Cloud liquid tendency from sedimentation" ;
                DQP:long_name = "Specific humidity tendency due to precipitation" ;
                DQSED:long_name = "Water vapor tendency from cloud sedimentation" ;
                DTCOND:long_name = "T tendency - moist processes" ;
                DTH:long_name = "T horizontal diffusive heating" ;
                DTV:long_name = "T vertical diffusion" ;
                EMIS:long_name = "cloud emissivity" ;
                EVAPPCT:long_name = "Percentage of Zhang-McFarlane precipitation going into evaporation" ;
                EVAPPREC:long_name = "Rate of evaporation of falling precip" ;
                EVAPSNOW:long_name = "Rate of evaporation of falling snow" ;
                FICE:long_name = "Fractional ice content within cloud" ;
                FISCCP1:long_name = "grid box fraction covered by each ISCCP D level cloud types" ;
                FLNS:long_name = "Net longwave flux at surface" ;
                FLNSC:long_name = "Clearsky net longwave flux at surface" ;
                FLNSOI:long_name = "FLNS over open ocn and ice" ;
                FLNT:long_name = "Net longwave flux at top of model" ;
                FLNTC:long_name = "Clearsky net longwave flux at top of model" ;
                FLUT:long_name = "Upwelling longwave flux at top of model" ;
                FLUTC:long_name = "Clearsky upwelling longwave flux at top of model" ;
                FSDS:long_name = "Downwelling solar flux at surface" ;
                FSDSC:long_name = "Clearsky downwelling solar flux at surface" ;
                FSNS:long_name = "Net solar flux at surface" ;
                FSNSC:long_name = "Clearsky net solar flux at surface" ;
                FSNSOI:long_name = "FSNS over open ocn and ice" ;
                FSNT:long_name = "Net solar flux at top of model" ;
                FSNTC:long_name = "Clearsky net solar flux at top of model" ;
                FSNTOA:long_name = "Net solar flux at top of atmosphere" ;
                FSNTOAC:long_name = "Clearsky net solar flux at top of atmosphere" ;
                GCLDLWP:long_name = "Grid-box cloud water path" ;
                ICEFRAC:long_name = "Fraction of sfc area covered by sea-ice" ;
                ICIMR:long_name = "Prognostic in-cloud ice mixing ratio" ;
                ICLDIWP:long_name = "In-cloud ice water path" ;
                ICLDLWP:long_name = "In-cloud cloud water path (liquid and ice)" ;
                ICWMR:long_name = "Prognostic in-cloud water mixing ratio" ;
                LANDFRAC:long_name = "Fraction of sfc area covered by land" ;
                LHFLX:long_name = "Surface latent heat flux" ;
                LHFLXOI:long_name = "LHFLX over open ocn and ice" ;
                LWCF:long_name = "Longwave cloud forcing" ;
                MEANPTOP:long_name = "Mean cloud top pressure" ;
                MEANTAU:long_name = "Mean optical thickness" ;
                MEANTTOP:long_name = "Mean cloud top temperature" ;
                OCNFRAC:long_name = "Fraction of sfc area covered by ocean" ;
                OMEGA:long_name = "Vertical velocity (pressure)" ;
                OMEGAT:long_name = "Vertical heat flux" ;
                PBLH:long_name = "PBL height" ;
                PDELDRY:long_name = "Dry pressure difference between levels" ;
                PHIS:long_name = "Surface geopotential" ;
                PRECC:long_name = "Convective precipitation rate" ;
                PRECL:long_name = "Large-scale (stable) precipitation rate" ;
                PRECSC:long_name = "Convective snow rate (water equivalent)" ;
                PRECSH:long_name = "Shallow Convection precipitation rate" ;
                PRECSL:long_name = "Large-scale (stable) snow rate (water equivalent)" ;
                PRECT:long_name = "Total (convective and large-scale) precipitation rate" ;
                PS:long_name = "Surface pressure" ;
                PSDRY:long_name = "Surface pressure" ;
                PSL:long_name = "Sea level pressure" ;
                Q:long_name = "Specific humidity" ;
                QC:long_name = "Q tendency - shallow convection LW export" ;
                QFLX:long_name = "Surface water flux" ;
                QPERT:long_name = "Perturbation specific humidity (eddies in PBL)" ;
                QRL:long_name = "Longwave heating rate" ;
                QRS:long_name = "Solar heating rate" ;
                REI:long_name = "effective ice particle radius" ;
                REL:long_name = "effective liquid drop radius" ;
                RELHUM:long_name = "Relative humidity" ;
                SFCLDICE:long_name = "CLDICE surface flux" ;
                SFCLDLIQ:long_name = "CLDLIQ surface flux" ;
                SFQ:long_name = "Q surface flux" ;
                SHFLX:long_name = "Surface sensible heat flux" ;
                SHFLXOI:long_name = "SHFLX over open ocn and ice" ;
                SNOWHICE:long_name = "Water equivalent snow depth" ;
                SNOWHLND:long_name = "Water equivalent snow depth" ;
                SOLIN:long_name = "Solar insolation" ;
                SRFRAD:long_name = "Net radiative flux at surface" ;
                SWCF:long_name = "Shortwave cloud forcing" ;
                T:long_name = "Temperature" ;
                TAUX:long_name = "Zonal surface stress" ;
                TAUY:long_name = "Meridional surface stress" ;
                TCLDAREA:long_name = "Total cloud area" ;
                TGCLDIWP:long_name = "Total grid-box cloud ice water path" ;
                TGCLDLWP:long_name = "Total grid-box cloud liquid water path" ;
                TMQ:long_name = "Total (vertically integrated) precipitatable water" ;
                TPERT:long_name = "Perturbation temperature (eddies in PBL)" ;
                TREFHT:long_name = "Reference height temperature" ;
                TS:long_name = "Surface temperature (radiative)" ;
                TSMN:long_name = "Minimum surface temperature over output period" ;
                TSMX:long_name = "Maximum surface temperature over output period" ;
                U:long_name = "Zonal wind" ;
                UU:long_name = "Zonal velocity squared" ;
                V:long_name = "Meridional wind" ;
                VD01:long_name = "Vertical diffusion of Q" ;
                VQ:long_name = "Meridional water transport" ;
                VT:long_name = "Meridional heat transport" ;
                VU:long_name = "Meridional flux of zonal momentum" ;
                VV:long_name = "Meridional velocity squared" ;
                Z3:long_name = "Geopotential Height (above sea level)" ;



Last modified: Dec 15 2005   by hannay@ucar.edu