| CSIM short name |
CSIM long_name |
CSIM units |
| aice1 | ice concentration (category 1) | % |
| aice2 | ice concentration (category 2) | % |
| aice3 | ice concentration (category 3) | % |
| aice4 | ice concentration (category 4) | % |
| aice5 | ice concentration (category 5) | % |
| aice | ice concentration (aggregate) | % |
| albsni | snow/ice broad band albedo | % |
| alidr | near-IR direct albedo | % |
| alvdr | visible direct albedo | % |
| daidtd | area tendency due to dynamics | % day-1 |
| daidtt | area tendency due to thermodynamics | % day-1 |
| divu | velocity divergence | % day-1 |
| dvidtd | ice volume tendency due to dynamics | cm day-1 |
| dvidtt | ice volume tendency due to thermo. | cm day-1 |
| evap_aice | ice/atm evaporative water flux | cm day-1 |
| evap | evaporative water flux sent to coupler | cm day-1 |
| Fhnet_aice | ice/ocn net heat flux | W m-2 |
| Fhnet | ice/ocn net heat flux sent to coupler | W m-2 |
| Flat_aice | ice/atm latent heat flux | W m-2 |
| Flat | latent heat flux sent to coupler | W m-2 |
| Flwdn | downwelling longwave flux | W m-2 |
| Flwout_aice | ice/atm outgoing longwave flux | W m-2 |
| Flwout | outgoing longwave flux sent to coupler | W m-2 |
| frazil | frazil ice growth | cm day-1 |
| Fresh_aice | ice/ocn fresh water flux | cm day-1 |
| Fresh | ice/ocn fresh water flux sent to coupler | cm day-1 |
| Fsalt_aice | ice to ocn salt flux | kg m-2 day-1 |
| Fsalt | ice to ocn salt flux sent to coupler | kg m-2 day-1 |
| Fsens_aice | ice/atm sensible heat flux | W m-2 |
| Fsens | sensible heat flux sent to coupler | W m-2 |
| Fswabs_aice | absorbed solar flux in snow/ocn/ice | W m-2 |
| Fswabs | absorbed solar flux sent to coupler | W m-2 |
| Fswdn | downwelling solar flux | W m-2 |
| Fswthru_aice | SW transmitted through ice to ocean | W m-2 |
| Fswthru | SW transmitted through ice to ocean sent to coupler | W m-2 |
| growb | congelation ice growth | cm/day |
| hi | grid box mean ice thickness | m |
| hs | grid box mean snow thickness | m |
| ice_present | fraction of time-averaging interval that any ice is present | 1 |
| meltb | basal ice melt | cm day-1 |
| meltl | lateral ice melt | cm day-1 |
| meltt | surface ice melt | cm day-1 |
| opening | lead opening rate | % day-1 |
| Qref | 2 m reference specific humidity | g/kg |
| rain_aice | rain fall rate on ice cover | cm day-1 |
| rain | rain fall rate received from coupler | cm day-1 |
| shear | strain rate | % day-1 |
| sig1 | normalized principal stress component | |
| sig2 | normalized principal stress component | |
| snoice | snow-ice formation | cm day-1 |
| snow_aice | snow fall rate on ice cover | cm day-1 |
| snow | snow fall rate received from coupler | cm day-1 |
| strairx | zonal atm/ice stress | N m-2 |
| strairy | meridional atm/ice stress | N m-2 |
| strcorx | zonal coriolis stress | N m-2 |
| strcory | meridional coriolis stress | N m-2 |
| strength | compressive ice strength | N m-1 |
| strintx | zonal internal ice stress | N m-2 |
| strinty | meridional internal ice stress | N m-2 |
| strocnx | zonal ocean/ice stress | N m-2 |
| strocny | meridional ocean/ice stress | N m-2 |
| Tref | 2 m reference temperature | C |
| Tsfc | snow/ice surface temperature | C |
| u | zonal ice velocity | cm s-1 |
| v | meridional ice velocity | cm s-1 |