Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Frequency |
10 metre u-velocity | 10u | m s-1 | Instantaneous once a day (00Z) |
10 metre v-velocity | 10v | m s-1 | Instantaneous once a day (00Z) |
CAPE | cape | J kg-1 | Daily averaged |
Skin temperature | skt | K | Daily averaged |
Snow depth water equivalent | sd | kg m-2 | Daily averaged |
Snow density
| rsn | kg m-3 | Daily averaged |
Snow fall water equivalent | sf | kg m-2 | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Snow albedo
| asn | % | Daily averaged |
Soil moisture top 20cm | sm20
| kg m-3 | Daily averaged |
Soil moisture top 100 cm | sm100 | kg m-3 | Daily averaged |
Soil temperature top 20 cm | st20 | K | Daily averaged |
Soil temperature top 100 cm | st100 | K | Daily averaged |
Surface air maximum temperature | mx2t6 | K | 6-hourly
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Surface air minimum temperature | mn2t6 | K | 6-hourly
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Surface air temperature | 2t | K | Daily averaged |
Surface air dewpoint temperature | 2d | 2d | Daily averaged |
Sea surface temperature
| sst | K | Daily averaged |
Sea ice cover | ci | proportion | Daily averaged |
Surface pressure | sp | Pa | Instantaneous once a day (00Z) |
Time-integrated total top net thermal radiation | ttr | W m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Time-integrated surface latent heat flux | slhf | W m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Time-integrated surface net solar radiation | ssr | W m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Time-integrated surface net thermal radiation | str | W m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Time-integrated surface sensible heat flux | sshf | W m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Time-integrated surface solar radiation downwards | ssrd | W m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Time-integrated surface thermal radiation downwards | strd | W m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Total cloud cover | tcc | % | Daily averaged |
Total column water | tcw | kg m-2 | Daily averaged |
Total precipitation | tp | kg m-2 | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Convective precipitation *
| cp | kg m-2 | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Northward turbulent surface stress *
| nsss | N m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Eastward turbulent surface stress * | ewss | N m-2 s | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Mean sea-level pressure | msl | Pa | Instantaneous once a day (00Z) |
Water runoff and drainage *
| ro | kg m-2 | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Surface water runoff *
| sro | kg m-2 | Accumulated, archived every 24 hours |
Land sea mask | lsm | Proportion of land | Instantaneous once a day (00Z) Only control forecast |
Orography | orog | gpm | Instantaneous once a day (00Z) Only control forecast |
Soil type | slt | Categorical | Instantaneous once a day (00Z) Only control forecast |