| CF standard_name |
IPCC short name |
units |
Description
|
| air_pressure_at_sea_level |
psl |
Pa |
|
| precipitation_flux |
pr |
kg m-2 s-1
|
includes both liquid and solid phases. |
| air_temperature |
tas |
K |
near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature;
the CMOR singleton dimension default value of 2 m can be overridden, if
absolutely necessary, by redefining axis "height1". |
| surface_downward_eastward_stress |
tauu |
Pa |
|
| surface_downward_northward_stress |
tauv |
Pa |
|
| surface_snow_thickness |
snd |
m |
this thickness when multiplied by the average
area of the grid cell covered by snow yields the time-mean snow
volume. Thus, for time means, compute as the weighted sum of
thickness (averaged over the snow-covered portion of the grid cell)
divided by the sum of the weights, with the weights equal to the area
covered by snow. report as 0.0 in snow-free regions. |
| surface_upward_latent_heat_flux |
hfls |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux |
hfss |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
rlds |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
rlus |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
rsds |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
rsus |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_temperature |
ts |
K |
"skin" temperature (i.e., SST for open ocean) |
| surface_air_pressure |
ps |
Pa |
not mean sea-level pressure |
| snowfall_flux |
prsn |
kg m-2 s-1
|
|
| convective_precipitation_flux |
prc |
kg m-2 s-1
|
|
| atmosphere_water_vapor_content |
prw |
kg m-2 |
vertically integrated through the atmospheric
column |
| eastward_wind |
uas |
m s-1 |
near-surface (usually, 10 meters) eastward
component of wind; the CMOR singleton dimension default value of 10 m
can be overridden, if absolutely necessary, by redefining axis
"height2". |
| northward_wind |
vas |
m s-1 |
near-surface (usually, 10 meters) northward
component of wind; the CMOR singleton dimension default value of 10 m
can be overridden, if absolutely necessary, by redefining axis
"height2". |
| specific_humidity |
huss |
1 (i.e., dimensionless
fraction) |
near-surface (usually, 2meters) specific
humidity; the CMOR singleton dimension default value of 2 m can be
overridden, if absolutely necessary, by redefining axis "height1". |
| toa_incoming_shortwave_flux |
rsdt |
W m-2 |
incident shortwave at the top of the atmosphere |
| toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux |
rsut |
W m-2 |
at the top of the atmosphere |
| toa_outgoing_longwave_flux |
rlut |
W m-2 |
at the top of the atmosphere (to be compared with
satellite measurements) |
| net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model
|
rtmt |
W m-2 |
i.e., at the top of that portion of the
atmosphere where dynamics are explicitly treated by the model. |
| surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
|
rsdscs |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
|
rsuscs |
W m-2 |
|
| surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
|
rldscs |
W m-2 |
|
| toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
|
rlutcs |
W m-2 |
|
| toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
|
rsutcs |
W m-2 |
|
| cloud_area_fraction |
clt |
% |
for the whole atmospheric column, as seen from
the surface or the top of the atmosphere. Include both large-scale and
convective cloud. |
| atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content
|
clwvi |
kg m-2 |
include both liquid and ice phases, consider all
the mass of condensed water in the column and divide by its area (in
the longitude-latitude plane) |
| atmosphere_cloud_ice_content |
clivi |
kg m-2 |
consider all the mass of condensed water in the
column and divide by its area (in the longitude-latitude plane) |