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netCDF VARIABLE NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
UNITS |
nc{'yymmddhh'} |
time |
[UTC] |
nc{'sigma'} |
normalized pressure height, full levels (*1) |
[UTC] |
nc{'sigmah'} |
normalized pressure height, half levels (for fluxes) (*1) |
[UTC] |
nc{'psurf'} |
surface pressure |
[Pa] |
nc{'p'} |
pressure |
[Pa] |
nc{'u'} |
zonal wind component |
[m/s] |
nc{'v'} |
meridional wind component |
[m/s] |
nc{'T'} |
temperature |
[K] |
nc{'qv'} |
specific humidity |
[kg/kg] |
nc{'ql'} |
specific cloud liquid water content |
[kg/kg] |
nc{'qi'} |
specific cloud ice content |
[kg/kg] |
nc{'cloud-frac'} |
cloud fraction |
[percent/100] |
nc{'rel-hum'} |
relative humidity |
[percent/100] |
nc{'omega'} |
vertical velocity in pressure coordinates |
[Pa/s] |
nc{'dudt'} |
total u tendency |
[m/s^2] |
nc{'dudt-nonadiabatic'} |
diabatic u tendency |
[m/s^2] |
nc{'dvdt'} |
total adiabatic v tendency |
[m/s^2] |
nc{'dvdt-nonadiabatic'} |
diabatic v tendency |
[m/s^2] |
nc{'dTdt'} |
total temperature tendency |
[K/s] |
nc{'dTdt-nonadiabatic'} |
diabatic temperature tendency |
[K/s] |
nc{'dqdt'} |
total moisture tendency |
[s^-1] |
nc{'dqdt-nonadiabatic'} |
diabatic moisture tendency |
[s^-1] |
nc{'SW-net'} |
net shortwave radiation |
[W/m^2] |
nc{'LW-net'} |
net longwave radiation |
[W/m^2] |
nc{'turb-heat-flux'} |
turbulent heat flux |
[W/m^2] |
nc{'turb-moist-flux'} |
turbulent moisture flux |
[kg/kg * kg/(m^2*s)] |
nc{'turb-u-flux'} |
turbulent flux of x-momentum |
[kg m/s^2] |
nc{'turb-v-flux'} |
turbulent flux of y-momentum |
[kg m/s^2] |
nc{'rain-flux-convective'} |
convective rainfall |
[kg/(m^2*s)] = [mm/s] |
nc{'snow-flux-convective'} |
convective snowfall |
[mm/s] |
nc{'rain-flux-largescale'} |
large-scale rainfall |
[mm/s] |
nc{'snow-flux-largescale'} |
large-scale snowfall |
[mm/s] |
nc{'T2'} |
2 m temperature |
[K] |
nc{'q2'} |
2 m specific humidity |
[kg/kg] |
nc{'u10'} |
10 m zonal wind component |
[m/s] |
nc{'v10'} |
10 m meridional wind component |
[m/s] |
nc{'Tskin'} |
surface skin temperature |
[K] |
nc{'surf-roughness-length'} |
surface roughness length' |
[m] |
nc{'surface-roughness-length-heat'} |
surface roughness length for heat |
[m] |
nc{'surf-albedo'} |
surface albedo |
[%/100] |
nc{'SW-dn-surf'} |
downwelling shortwave radiation |
[W/m^2] |
nc{'LW-dn-surf'} |
downwelling longwave radiation |
[W/m^2] |
nc{'lon'} |
ECMWF column latitude (N) |
[degree] |
nc{'lat'} |
ECMWF column longitude (E, values negative for W) TD> | [degree] |
nc{'lonship'} |
ship column latitude (N) |
[degree] |
nc{'latship'} |
ship column longitude (E) |
[degree] |