All Variables | Variable |
Long Name | Standard Name |
|---|
| cdd | Maximum Number of Consecutive Dry Days | N/A |
| cl | Cloud Fraction | cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer |
| clisccp | Cloud Fraction as Calculated by the ISCCP Simulator | isccp_cloud_area_fraction |
| clivi | Column Integerated Cloud Ice Content | atmosphere_cloud_ice_content |
| clt | Total Cloud Fraction | cloud_area_fraction |
| clwvi | Column Integerated Cloud Water Content | atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content |
| etr | Intra-Annual Extreme Temperature Range | N/A |
| evspsblveg | Evaporation from Vegetation Canopy | water_evaporation_flux_from_canopy |
| fd | Total Number of Frost Days in Year | N/A |
| gsl | Growing Season Length | N/A |
| hfcorr | Heat FLux Correction | heat_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| hfls | Surface Latent Heat Flux | surface_upward_latent_heat_flux |
| hfogo | Northward Ocean Heat Transport | northward_ocean_heat_transport |
| hfsib | Upward Heat Flux at Base of Sea Ice | upward_sea_ice_basal_heat_flux |
| hfss | Surface Sensible Heat Flux | surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux |
| htovdiff | Northward Diffusive Heat Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_diffusion |
| htovgyre | Northward Gyre Heat Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_gyre |
| htovovrt | Northward Ocean Heat Transport by Overturning | northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_overturning |
| hur | Relative Humidity | relative_humidity |
| hus | Specific Humidity | specific_humidity |
| huss | Surface Specific Humidity | specific_humidity |
| hwdi | Heat Wave Duration Index | N/A |
| mrfso | Soil Frozen Water Content | soil_frozen_water_content |
| mrro | Surface and Subsurface Runoff | runoff_flux |
| mrros | Surface Runoff | surface_runoff_flux |
| mrso | Total Soil Moisture Content | soil_moisture_content |
| mrsofc | Capacity of Soil to Store Water | soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity |
| mrsos | Moisture in Upper 0.1 m of Soil Column | moisture_content_of_soil_layer |
| orog | Surface Altitude | surface_altitude |
| pr | Precipitation | precipitation_flux |
| prc | Convective Precipitation | convective_precipitation_flux |
| prsn | Snowfall Flux | snowfall_flux |
| prveg | Precipitation Intercepted by Vegetation Canopy | precipitation_flux_onto_canopy |
| prw | Precipitable Water | atmosphere_water_vapor_content |
| ps | Surface Pressure | surface_air_pressure |
| psl | Sea Level Pressure | air_pressure_at_sea_level |
| qflux | Q-Flux | prescribed_heat_flux_into_slab_ocean |
| r10 | Number of Days for which Precipitation Rate Exceeds 10 mm/day | N/A |
| r5d | Maximum 5-day Precipitation Total | N/A |
| r95t | Percent of Annual Total Precipitation due to Events Exceeding the 1961-1990 95th Percentile | N/A |
| rhopoto | Potential Density | sea_water_potential_density |
| rlds | Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation | surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
| rldscs | Downwelling Surface Clear-Sky Longwave | surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rlntp | Net Upward Longwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air |
| rlntpcs | Net Upward Clear-Sky Longwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rlus | Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation | surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
| rlut | Outgoing Longwave Radiation | toa_outgoing_longwave_flux |
| rlutcs | Outgoing Clear-Sky Longwave | toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky |
| rootd | Root Depth | root_depth |
| rsds | Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation | surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| rsdscs | Incident Surface Clear-Sky Shortwave | surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rsdt | TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation | toa_incoming_shortwave_flux |
| rsntp | Net Downward Shortwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_downward_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| rsntpcs | Net Downward Clear-Sky Shortwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_downward_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rsus | Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation | surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| rsuscs | Reflected Surface Clear-Sky Shortwave | surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rsut | TOA Reflected Shortwave Radiation | toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux |
| rsutcs | Reflected Clear-Sky Shortwave | toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky |
| rtmt | Net Flux at Top of Model | net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model |
| sbl | Sublimation over Sea Ice | water_evaporation_flux_where_sea_ice |
| sdii | Simple Daily Precipitation Index | N/A |
| sftgif | Fraction of Grid Cell Covered with Glacier | land_ice_area_fraction |
| sftlf | Land Area Fraction | land_area_fraction |
| sic | Sea Ice Concentration | sea_ice_area_fraction |
| sit | Sea Ice Thickness | sea_ice_thickness |
| sltfsib | Downward Salt Flux at Base of Sea Ice | downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux |
| sltovdiff | Northward Diffusive Salt Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_diffusion |
| sltovgyre | Northward Gyre Salt Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_gyre |
| sltovovrt | Northward Ocean Salt Transport by Overturning | northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_overturning |
| snc | Snow Area Fraction | surface_snow_area_fraction_where_land |
| snd | Snow Depth | surface_snow_thickness |
| snm | Snow Melt | surface_snow_melt_flux_where_land |
| snw | Snow Amount | surface_snow_amount_where_land |
| so | Salinity | sea_water_salinity |
| stfbarot | Ocean Barotropic Streamfunction | ocean_barotropic_streamfunction |
| stfmmc | Meridional Overturning Streamfunction | ocean_meridional_overturning_streamfunction |
| ta | Temperature | air_temperature |
| tas | Surface Air Temperature | air_temperature |
| tasmax | Maximum Daily Surface Air Temperature | air_temperature |
| tasmin | Minimum Daily Surface Air Temperature | air_temperature |
| tauu | Zonal Surface Wind Stress | surface_downward_eastward_stress |
| tauucorr | Eastward Momentum Flux Correction | eastward_momentum_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| tauv | Meridional Surface Wind Stress | surface_downward_northward_stress |
| tauvcorr | Northward Momentum Flux Correction | northward_momentum_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| thetao | Potential Temperature | sea_water_potential_temperature |
| tn90 | Percent of time Tmin > the 90th percentile value of daily minimum temperature | N/A |
| tos | Sea Surface Temperature | sea_surface_temperature |
| tro3 | Ozone Mole Fraction | mole_fraction_of_o3_in_air |
| trsul | Mass Concentration of Sulfate Aerosol | mass_concentration_of_sulfate_aerosol_in_air |
| trsult | Sulfate Burden | atmosphere_content_of_sulfate_aerosol |
| ts | Surface Skin Temperature | surface_temperature |
| ua | Zonal Wind Component | eastward_wind |
| uas | Zonal Surface Wind Speed | eastward_wind |
| uo | Eastward Sea Water Velocity | eastward_sea_water_velocity |
| usi | Eastward Sea Ice Velocity | eastward_sea_ice_velocity |
| va | Meridional Wind Component | northward_wind |
| vas | Meridional Surface Wind Speed | northward_wind |
| vo | Northward Sea Water Velocity | northward_sea_water_velocity |
| vsi | Northward Sea Ice Velocity | northward_sea_ice_velocity |
| wap | Omega (=dp/dt) | lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure |
| wfcorr | Water FLux Correction | water_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| wfo | Water Flux Into Ocean | water_flux_into_ocean |
| wo | Upward Sea Water Velocity | upward_sea_water_velocity |
| zg | Geopotential Height | geopotential_height |
| zmla | Atmospheric Boundary Layer Thickness | atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness |
| zmlo | Mixed Layer Thickness | ocean_mixed_layer_thickness |
| zobt | Sea Floor Depth | sea_floor_depth_below_geoid |
| zos | Sea Surface Elevation | sea_surface_height_above_geoid |
| zosga | Global Mean Sea Level Change | global_average_sea_level_change |
| zostoga | Global Mean Thermosteric Sea Level Change | global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change |
IPCC Table A1 | Variable |
Long Name | Standard Name |
|---|
| cl | Cloud Fraction | cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer |
| clisccp | Cloud Fraction as Calculated by the ISCCP Simulator | isccp_cloud_area_fraction |
| clivi | Column Integerated Cloud Ice Content | atmosphere_cloud_ice_content |
| clt | Total Cloud Fraction | cloud_area_fraction |
| clwvi | Column Integerated Cloud Water Content | atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content |
| evspsblveg | Evaporation from Vegetation Canopy | water_evaporation_flux_from_canopy |
| hfls | Surface Latent Heat Flux | surface_upward_latent_heat_flux |
| hfss | Surface Sensible Heat Flux | surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux |
| hur | Relative Humidity | relative_humidity |
| hus | Specific Humidity | specific_humidity |
| huss | Surface Specific Humidity | specific_humidity |
| mrfso | Soil Frozen Water Content | soil_frozen_water_content |
| mrro | Surface and Subsurface Runoff | runoff_flux |
| mrros | Surface Runoff | surface_runoff_flux |
| mrso | Total Soil Moisture Content | soil_moisture_content |
| mrsofc | Capacity of Soil to Store Water | soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity |
| mrsos | Moisture in Upper 0.1 m of Soil Column | moisture_content_of_soil_layer |
| orog | Surface Altitude | surface_altitude |
| pr | Precipitation | precipitation_flux |
| prc | Convective Precipitation | convective_precipitation_flux |
| prsn | Snowfall Flux | snowfall_flux |
| prveg | Precipitation Intercepted by Vegetation Canopy | precipitation_flux_onto_canopy |
| prw | Precipitable Water | atmosphere_water_vapor_content |
| ps | Surface Pressure | surface_air_pressure |
| psl | Sea Level Pressure | air_pressure_at_sea_level |
| rlds | Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation | surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
| rldscs | Downwelling Surface Clear-Sky Longwave | surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rlntp | Net Upward Longwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air |
| rlntpcs | Net Upward Clear-Sky Longwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rlus | Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation | surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
| rlut | Outgoing Longwave Radiation | toa_outgoing_longwave_flux |
| rlutcs | Outgoing Clear-Sky Longwave | toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky |
| rootd | Root Depth | root_depth |
| rsds | Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation | surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| rsdscs | Incident Surface Clear-Sky Shortwave | surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rsdt | TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation | toa_incoming_shortwave_flux |
| rsntp | Net Downward Shortwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_downward_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| rsntpcs | Net Downward Clear-Sky Shortwave Flux at 200 hPa | net_downward_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rsus | Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation | surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| rsuscs | Reflected Surface Clear-Sky Shortwave | surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| rsut | TOA Reflected Shortwave Radiation | toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux |
| rsutcs | Reflected Clear-Sky Shortwave | toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky |
| rtmt | Net Flux at Top of Model | net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model |
| sftgif | Fraction of Grid Cell Covered with Glacier | land_ice_area_fraction |
| sftlf | Land Area Fraction | land_area_fraction |
| snc | Snow Area Fraction | surface_snow_area_fraction_where_land |
| snd | Snow Depth | surface_snow_thickness |
| snm | Snow Melt | surface_snow_melt_flux_where_land |
| snw | Snow Amount | surface_snow_amount_where_land |
| ta | Temperature | air_temperature |
| tas | Surface Air Temperature | air_temperature |
| tasmax | Daily Miximum Surface Air Temperature | air_temperature |
| tasmin | Daily Minimum Surface Air Temperature | air_temperature |
| tauu | Zonal Surface Wind Stress | surface_downward_eastward_stress |
| tauv | Meridional Surface Wind Stress | surface_downward_northward_stress |
| tro3 | Ozone Mole Fraction | mole_fraction_of_o3_in_air |
| trsul | Mass Concentration of Sulfate Aerosol | mass_concentration_of_sulfate_aerosol_in_air |
| trsult | Sulfate Burden | atmosphere_content_of_sulfate_aerosol |
| ts | Surface Skin Temperature | surface_temperature |
| ua | Zonal Wind Component | eastward_wind |
| uas | Zonal Surface Wind Speed | eastward_wind |
| va | Meridional Wind Component | northward_wind |
| vas | Meridional Surface Wind Speed | northward_wind |
| wap | Omega (=dp/dt) | lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure |
| zg | Geopotential Height | geopotential_height |
| zmla | Atmospheric Boundary Layer Thickness | atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness |
IPCC Table O1 | Variable |
Long Name | Standard Name |
|---|
| hfcorr | Heat FLux Correction | heat_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| hfogo | Northward Ocean Heat Transport | northward_ocean_heat_transport |
| hfsib | Upward Heat Flux at Base of Sea Ice | upward_sea_ice_basal_heat_flux |
| htovdiff | Northward Diffusive Heat Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_diffusion |
| htovgyre | Northward Gyre Heat Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_gyre |
| htovovrt | Northward Ocean Heat Transport by Overturning | northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_overturning |
| qflux | Q-Flux | prescribed_heat_flux_into_slab_ocean |
| rhopoto | Potential Density | sea_water_potential_density |
| sbl | Sublimation over Sea Ice | water_evaporation_flux_where_sea_ice |
| sic | Sea Ice Concentration | sea_ice_area_fraction |
| sit | Sea Ice Thickness | sea_ice_thickness |
| sltfsib | Downward Salt Flux at Base of Sea Ice | downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux |
| sltovdiff | Northward Diffusive Salt Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_diffusion |
| sltovgyre | Northward Gyre Salt Transport by Ocean | northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_gyre |
| sltovovrt | Northward Ocean Salt Transport by Overturning | northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_overturning |
| so | Salinity | sea_water_salinity |
| stfbarot | Ocean Barotropic Streamfunction | ocean_barotropic_streamfunction |
| stfmmc | Meridional Overturning Streamfunction | ocean_meridional_overturning_streamfunction |
| tauucorr | Eastward Momentum Flux Correction | eastward_momentum_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| tauvcorr | Northward Momentum Flux Correction | northward_momentum_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| thetao | Potential Temperature | sea_water_potential_temperature |
| tos | Sea Surface Temperature | sea_surface_temperature |
| uo | Eastward Sea Water Velocity | eastward_sea_water_velocity |
| usi | Eastward Sea Ice Velocity | eastward_sea_ice_velocity |
| vo | Northward Sea Water Velocity | northward_sea_water_velocity |
| vsi | Northward Sea Ice Velocity | northward_sea_ice_velocity |
| wfcorr | Water FLux Correction | water_flux_correction_where_ocean |
| wfo | Water Flux Into Ocean | water_flux_into_ocean |
| wo | Upward Sea Water Velocity | upward_sea_water_velocity |
| zmlo | Mixed Layer Thickness | ocean_mixed_layer_thickness |
| zobt | Sea Floor Depth | sea_floor_depth_below_geoid |
| zos | Sea Surface Elevation | sea_surface_height_above_geoid |
| zosga | Global Mean Sea Level Change | global_average_sea_level_change |
| zostoga | Global Mean Thermosteric Sea Level Change | global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change |
