NCEP Table Version 7-4-130
PRES
Pressure
Pa
TMP
Temperature
K
UGRD
u-component of wind
m/s
VGRD
v-component of wind
m/s
SPFH
Specific Humidity
kg/kg
EVP
Evaporation
kg/m^2
APCP
Total Precipitation
kg/m^2
ACPCP
Convective Precipitation from EDAS
kg/m^2
WEASD
Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow Depth
kg/m^2
SNOD
Snow Depth
m
ALBDO
Albedo
%
TSOIL
Soil Temperature
K
SOILM
Soil Moisture Content
kg/m^2
VEG
Vegetation
fraction
SNOM
Snow Melt
kg/m^2
PAR
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) from GOES-UMD Pinker
W/m^2
NSWRS
Net Shortwave Radiation Flux (surface)
W/m^2
NLWRS
Net Longwave Radiation Flux (surface)
W/m^2
BRTMP
Brightness Temperature from GOES-UMD Pinker
K
LHTFL
Latent Heat Flux
W/m^2
SHTFL
Sensible Heat Flux
W/m^2
PEVPR
Potential Latent Heat Flux (potential evaporation)
W/m^2
AVSFT
Average Surface Skin Temperature
K
LSOIL
Liquid Soil Moisture Content (non-frozen)
kg/m^2
CONVAPCP
Convective Precipitation
kg/m^2
GFLUX
Ground Heat Flux
W/m^2
CAPE
Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE)
J/kg
ASNOW
Frozen Precipitation (e.g. snowfall)
kg/m^2
ARAIN
Liquid precipitation (rainfall)
kg/m^2
ACOND
Aerodynamic Conductance
m/s
CCOND
Canopy Conductance
m/s
LAI
Leaf area index (0-9)
unitless
SBSNO
Sublimation (evaporation from snow)
W/m^2
EVBS
Direct Evaporation From Bare Soil
W/m^2
EVCW
Canopy water evaporation
W/m^2
PEDAS
Total Precipitation from EDAS
kg/m^2
PRDAR
Total Precipitation from StageII
kg/m^2
RSMIN
Minimal Stomatal Resistance
s/m
DSWRF
Downward Shortwave Radiation Flux
W/m^2
DLWRF
Downward Longwave Radiation Flux
W/m^2
RGOES
Downward Shortwave Radiation Flux from GOES-UMD Pinker
W/m^2
MSTAV
Moisture Availability
%
RSWRF
Downward Shortwave Radiation Flux blended from EDAS and GOES-UMD Pinker
W/m^2
TRANS
Transpiration
W/m^2
CNWAT
Plant Canopy Surface Water
kg/m^2
SNOHF
Snow Phase-Change Heat Flux
W/m^2
BGRUN
Subsurface Runoff (baseflow)
kg/m^2
SSRUN
Surface Runoff (non-infiltrating)
kg/m^2
SNOWC
Snow Cover
fraction
RCS
Solar parameter in canopy conductance
fraction
RCT
Temperature parameter in canopy conductance
fraction
RCQ
Humidity parameter in canopy conductance
fraction
RCSOL
Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance
fraction
RZS
Root zone soil moisture content
kg/m^2
RSMACR
Relative soil moisture availability control factor [0-1]
unitless