001
Pressure Pa PRES
002
Pressure reduced to MSL Pa PRMSL
003
Pressure tendency Pa/s PTEND
004
Potential vorticity K m2 kg-1 s-1 PVORT
005
ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height m ICAHT
006
Geopotential m2/s2 GP
007
Geopotential height gpm HGT
008
Geometric height m DIST
009
Standard deviation of height m HSTDV
010
Total ozone Dobson TOZNE
011
Temperature K TMP
012
Virtual temperature K VTMP
013
Potential temperature K POT
014
Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature or equivalent potential temperature K EPOT
015
Maximum temperature K T MAX
016
Minimum temperature K T MIN
017
Dew point temperature K DPT
018
Dew point depression (or deficit) K DEPR
019
Lapse rate K/m LAPR
020
Visibility m VIS
021
Radar Spectra (1)
-
RDSP1
022
Radar Spectra (2)
-
RDSP2
023
Radar Spectra (3)
-
RDSP3
024
Parcel lifted index (to 500 hPa) K PLI
025
Temperature anomaly K TMP A
026
Pressure anomaly Pa PRESA
027
Geopotential height anomaly gpm GP A
028
Wave Spectra (1) WVSP1
029
Wave Spectra (2) WVSP2
030
Wave Spectra (3) WVSP3
031
Wind direction (from which blowing) deg true WDIR
032
Wind speed m/s WIND
033
u-component of wind m/s U GRD
034
v-component of wind m/s V GRD
035
Stream function m2/s STRM
036
Velocity potential m2/s V POT
037
Montgomery stream function m2/s2 MNTSF
038
Sigma coordinate vertical velocity /s SGCVV
039
Vertical velocity (pressure) Pa/s V VEL
040
Vertical velocity (geometric) m/s DZDT
041
Absolute vorticity /s ABS V
042
Absolute divergence /s ABS D
043
Relative vorticity /s REL V
044
Relative divergence /s REL D
045
Vertical u-component shear /s VUCSH
046
Vertical v-component shear /s VVCSH
047
Direction of current Degree true DIR C
048
Speed of current m/s SP C
049
u-component of current m/s UOGRD
050
v-component of current m/s VOGRD
051
Specific humidity kg/kg SPF H
052
Relative humidity % R H
053
Humidity mixing ratio kg/kg MIXR
054
Precipitable water kg/m2 P WAT
055
Vapor pressure Pa VAPP
056
Saturation deficit Pa SAT D
057
Evaporation kg/m2 EVP
058
Cloud Ice kg/m2 C ICE
059
Precipitation rate kg/m2/s PRATE
060
Thunderstorm probability % TSTM
061
Total precipitation kg/m2 A PCP
062
Large scale precipitation (non-conv.) kg/m2 NCPCP
063
Convective precipitation kg/m2 ACPCP
064
Snowfall rate water equivalent kg/m2/s SRWEQ
065
Water equiv. of accum. snow depth kg/m2 WEASD
066
Snow depth m SNO D
067
Mixed layer depth m MIXHT
068
Transient thermocline depth m TTHDP
069
Main thermocline depth m MTHD
070
Main thermocline anomaly m MTH A
071
Total cloud cover % T CDC
072
Convective cloud cover % CDCON
073
Low cloud cover % L CDC
074
Medium cloud cover % M CDC
075
High cloud cover % H CDC
076
Cloud water kg/m2 C WAT
077
Best lifted index (to 500 hPa) K BLI
078
Convective snow kg/m2 SNO C
079
Large scale snow kg/m2 SNO L
080
Water Temperature K WTMP
081
Land cover (land=1, sea=0) proportion LAND
082
Deviation of sea level from mean m DSL M
083
Surface roughness m SFC R
084
Albedo % ALBDO
085
Soil temperature K TSOIL
086
Soil moisture content kg/m2 SOIL M
087
Vegetation % VEG
088
Salinity kg/kg SALTY
089
Density kg/m3 DEN
090
Water runoff kg/m2 WATR
091
Ice cover (ice=1, no ice=0) proportion ICE C
092
Ice thickness m ICETK
093
Direction of ice drift deg true DICED
094
Speed of ice drift m/s SICED
095
u-component of ice drift m/s U ICE
096
v-component of ice drift m/s V ICE
097
Ice growth rate m/s ICE G
098
Ice divergence m/s ICE D
099
Snow melt kg/m2 SNO M
100
Significant height of combined wind waves and swell m HTSGW
101
Direction of wind waves (from which) Degree true WVDIR
102
Significant height of wind waves m WVHGT
103
Mean period of wind waves s WVPER
104
Direction of swell waves Degree true SWDIR
105
Significant height of swell waves m SWELL
106
Mean period of swell waves s SWPER
107
Primary wave direction Degree true DIRPW
108
Primary wave mean period s PERPW
109
Secondary wave direction Degree true DIRSW
110
Secondary wave mean period s PERSW
111
Net short-wave radiation flux (surface) W/m2 NSWRS
112
Net long wave radiation flux (surface) W/m2 NLWRS
113
Net short-wave radiation flux (top of atmosphere) W/m2 NSWRT
114
Net long wave radiation flux (top of atmosphere) W/m2 NLWRT
115
Long wave radiation flux W/m2 LWAVR
116
Short wave radiation flux W/m2 SWAVR
117
Global radiation flux W/m2 G RAD
118
Brightness temperature K BRTMP
119
Radiance (with respect to wave number) W/m/sr LWRAD
120
Radiance (with respect to wave length) W/m3/sr SWRAD
121
Latent heat net flux W/m2 LHTFL
122
Sensible heat net flux W/m2 SHTFL
123
Boundary layer dissipation W/m2 BLYDP
124
Momentum flux, u component N/m2 U FLX
125
Momentum flux, v component N/m2 V FLX
126
Wind mixing energy J WMIXE
127
Image data IMG D
128
Mean Sea Level Pressure (Standard Atmosphere Reduction) Pa MSLSA
129
Mean Sea Level Pressure (MAPS System Reduction) Pa MSLMA
130
Mean Sea Level Pressure (NAM Model Reduction) Pa MSLET
131
Surface lifted index K LFT X
132
Best (4 layer) lifted index K 4LFTX
133
K index K K X
134
Sweat index K S X
135
Horizontal moisture divergence kg/kg/s MCONV
136
Vertical speed shear 1/s VW SH
137
3-hr pressure tendency Std. Atmos. Reduction Pa/s TSLSA
138
Brunt-Vaisala frequency (squared) 1/s2 BVF 2
139
Potential vorticity (density weighted) 1/s/m PV MW
140
Categorical rain (yes=1; no=0) non-dim CRAIN
141
Categorical freezing rain (yes=1; no=0) non-dim CFRZR
142
Categorical ice pellets (yes=1; no=0) non-dim CICEP
143
Categorical snow (yes=1; no=0) non-dim CSNOW
144
Volumetric soil moisture content fraction SOILW
145
Potential evaporation rate W/m2 PEVPR
146
Cloud work function J/kg CWORK
147
Zonal flux of gravity wave stress N/m2 U-GWD
148
Meridional flux of gravity wave stress N/m2 V-GWD
149
Potential vorticity m2/s/kg PVORT
150
Covariance between meridional and zonal components of the wind. m2/s2 COVMZ
151
Covariance between temperature and zonal components of the wind. K*m/s COVTZ
152
Covariance between temperature and meridional components of the wind. K*m/s COVTM
153
Cloud water kg/kg CLWMR
154
Ozone mixing ratio kg/kg O3MR
155
Ground Heat Flux W/m2 GFLUX
156
Convective inhibition J/kg CIN
157
Convective Available Potential Energy J/kg CAPE
158
Turbulent Kinetic Energy J/kg TKE
159
Condensation pressure of parcel lifted from indicated surface Pa CONDP
160
Clear Sky Upward Solar Flux W/m2 CSUSF
161
Clear Sky Downward Solar Flux W/m2 CSDSF
162
Clear Sky upward long wave flux W/m2 CSULF
163
Clear Sky downward long wave flux W/m2 CSDLF
164
Cloud forcing net solar flux W/m2 CFNSF
165
Cloud forcing net long wave flux W/m2 CFNLF
166
Visible beam downward solar flux W/m2 VBDSF
167
Visible diffuse downward solar flux W/m2 VDDSF
168
Near IR beam downward solar flux W/m2 NBDSF
169
Near IR diffuse downward solar flux W/m2 NDDSF
170
Rain water mixing ratio kg/kg RWMR
171
Snow mixing ratio kg/kg SNMR
172
Momentum flux N/m2 M FLX
173
Mass point model surface non-dim LMH
174
Velocity point model surface non-dim LMV
175
Model layer number (from bottom up) non-dim MLYNO
176
latitude (-90 to +90) deg NLAT
177
east longitude (0-360) deg ELON
178
Ice mixing ratio kg/kg ICMR
179
Graupel mixing ratio kg/kg GRMR
180
Surface wind gust m/s GUST
181
x-gradient of log pressure 1/m LPS X
182
y-gradient of log pressure 1/m LPS Y
183
x-gradient of height m/m HGT X
184
y-gradient of height m/m HGT Y
185
Turbulence Potential Forecast Index non-dim TPFI
186
Total Icing Potential Diagnostic non-dim TIPD
187
Lightning non-dim LTNG
188
Rate of water dropping from canopy to ground RDRIP
189
Virtual potential temperature K VPTMP
190
Storm relative helicity m2/s2 HLCY
191
Probability from ensemble numeric PROB
192
Probability from ensemble normalized with respect to climate expectancy numeric PROBN
193
Probability of precipitation % POP
194
Percent of frozen precipitation % CPOFP
195
Probability of freezing precipitation % CPOZP
196
u-component of storm motion m/s USTM
197
v-component of storm motion m/s VSTM
198
Number concentration for ice particles NCIP
199
Direct evaporation from bare soil W/m2 EVBS
200
Canopy water evaporation W/m2 EVCW
201
Ice-free water surface % ICWAT
202
Convective weather detection index non-dim CWDI
203
VAFTAD log10(kg/m3) VAFTD
204
downward short wave rad. flux W/m2 DSWRF
205
downward long wave rad. flux W/m2 DLWRF
206
Ultra violet index (1 hour integration centered at solar noon) W/m2 UVI
207
Moisture availability % MSTAV
208
Exchange coefficient (kg/m3)(m/s) SFEXC
209
No. of mixed layers next to surface integer MIXLY
210
Transpiration W/m2 TRANS
211
upward short wave rad. flux W/m2 USWRF
212
upward long wave rad. flux W/m2 ULWRF
213
Amount of non-convective cloud % CDLYR
214
Convective Precipitation rate kg/m2/s CPRAT
215
Temperature tendency by all physics K/s TTDIA
216
Temperature tendency by all radiation K/s TTRAD
217
Temperature tendency by non-radiation physics K/s TTPHY
218
Precipitation index(0.0-1.00) fraction PREIX
219
Std. dev. of IR T over 1x1 deg area K TSD1D
220
Natural log of surface pressure ln(kPa) NLGSP
221
Planetary boundary layer height m HPBL
222
5-wave geopotential height gpm 5WAVH
223
Plant canopy surface water kg/m2 CNWAT
224
Soil type (as in Zobler) Integer (0-9) SOTYP
225
Vegitation type (as in SiB) Integer (0-13) VGTYP
226
Blackadar's mixing length scale m BMIXL
227
Asymptotic mixing length scale m AMIXL
228
Potential evaporation kg/m2 PEVAP
229
Snow phase-change heat flux W/m2 SNOHF
230
5-wave geopotential height anomaly gpm 5WAVA
231
Convective cloud mass flux Pa/s MFLUX
232
Downward total radiation flux W/m2 DTRF
233
Upward total radiation flux W/m2 UTRF
234
Baseflow-groundwater runoff kg/m2 BGRUN
235
Storm surface runoff kg/m2 SSRUN
236
Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) Icing Potential Diagnostic Numeric SIPD
237
Total ozone kg/m2 03TOT
238
Snow cover percent SNOWC
239
Snow temperature K SNO T
240
Covariance between temperature and vertical component of the wind. K*m/s COVTW
241
Large scale condensate heat rate K/s LRGHR
242
Deep convective heating rate K/s CNVHR
243
Deep convective moistening rate kg/kg/s CNVMR
244
Shallow convective heating rate K/s SHAHR
245
Shallow convective moistening rate kg/kg/s SHAMR
246
Vertical diffusion heating rate K/s VDFHR
247
Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration m/s2 VDFUA
248
Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration m/s2 VDFVA
249
Vertical diffusion moistening rate kg/kg/s VDFMR
250
Solar radiative heating rate K/s SWHR
251
Long wave radiative heating rate K/s LWHR
252
Drag coefficient non-dim CD
253
Friction velocity m/s FRICV
254
Richardson number non-dim RI