Name | Abbreviation | Unit |
10 metre u-velocity | 10u | m s-1 |
10 metre v-velocity | 10v | m s-1 |
CAPE | cape | J kg-1 |
Skin temperature | skt | K |
Snow depth water equivalent | sd | kg m-2 |
Snow density
| sden | kg m-3 |
Snow fall water equivalent | sf | kg m-2 |
Snow albedo
| asn | % |
Soil moisture top 20cm | sm20
| kg m-3 |
Soil moisture top 100 cm | sm100 | kg m-3 |
Soil temperature top 20 cm | st20 | K |
Soil temperature top 100 cm | st100 | K |
Surface air maximum temperature | mx2t6 | K |
Surface air minimum temperature | mn2t6 | K |
Surface air temperature | 2t | K |
Surface air dewpoint temperature | 2d | 2d |
Sea surface temperature
| sstk | K |
Sea ice cover * | ci | proportion |
Surface pressure | sp | Pa |
Time-integrated outgoing long-wave radiation | ttr | W m-2 s |
Time-integrated surface latent heat flux | sshlf | W m-2 s |
Time-integrated surface net solar radiation | sssr | W m-2 s |
Time-integrated surface net thermal radiation | str | W m-2 s |
Time-integrated surface sensible heat flux | sshf | W m-2 s |
Time-integrated surface solar radiation downwards | ssrd | W m-2 s |
Time-integrated surface thermal radiation downwards | strd | W m-2 s |
Total cloud cover | tcc | % |
Total column water | tcw | kg m-2 |
Total precipitation | tp | kg m-2 |
Convective precipitation | cp | kg m-2 |
Northward turbulent surface stress *
| nsss | N m-2 s |
Eastward turbulent surface stress * | ewss | N m-2 s |
Mean sea-level pressure | msl | Pa |
Water runoff * | ro | kg m-2 |
Surface water runoff *
| sro | kg m-2 |
Land sea mask | lsm | Proportion of land |
Orography | orog | gpm |
Soil type * | slt | Categorical |