Priority;Component;CMIP name;NorESM name or implementation status;CMOR implementation status;Other MIPs;Frequencies;Long name;Description;Units
1;aerosol;meanage; ;no;AerChemMIP,VolMIP;mon;Mean Age of Stratospheric Air;The mean age of air is defined as the mean time that a stratospheric air mass has been out of contact with the well-mixed troposphere.;yr
1;aerosol;ta; ; ;AerChemMIP,DCPP,VolMIP;mon;Air Temperature;Air Temperature;K
1;aerosol;ua; ; ;AerChemMIP,DAMIP,HighResMIP,VolMIP;mon;Eastward Wind;"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.);m s-1
1;atmos;epfy; ;no;DAMIP,DCPP,HighResMIP,VolMIP;day,mon;Northward Component of the Eliassen-Palm Flux;Transformed Eulerian Mean Diagnostics Meridional component Fy of Eliassen-Palm (EP) flux (Fy, Fz) derived from 6hr or higher frequency fields (use daily fields or 12 hr fields if the 6 hr are not available). Please use the definitions given by equation 3.5.3a of Andrews, Holton and Leovy text book, but scaled by density to have units m3 s-2.;m3 s-2
1;atmos;epfz; ;no;DAMIP,DCPP,HighResMIP,VolMIP;day,mon;Upward Component of the Eliassen-Palm Flux;Transformed Eulerian Mean Diagnostics Meridional component Fz of the Eliassen-Palm (EP) flux (Fy, Fz) derived from 6hr or higher frequency fields (use daily fields or 12 hr fields if the 6 hr are not available). Please use the definitions given by equation 3.5.3b of Andrews, Holton and Leovy text book, but scaled by density to have units m3 s-2.;m3 s-2
1;atmos;hus;Q;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Specific Humidity;"specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.;1
1;atmos;pr;PRECT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,CORDEX,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,ISMIP6,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Precipitation;includes both liquid and solid phases;kg m-2 s-1
1;atmos;ps; ; ;VolMIP;mon;Surface Air Pressure;surface pressure (not mean sea-level pressure), 2-D field to calculate the 3-D pressure field from hybrid coordinates;Pa
1;atmos;psitem; ;no;;day;Transformed Eulerian Mean Mass Streamfunction;Residual mass streamfunction, computed from vstar and integrated from the top of the atmosphere (on the native model grid). Reference: Andrews et al (1987): Middle Atmospheric Dynamics. Academic Press.;kg s-1
1;atmos;psl;PSL;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,CORDEX,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Sea Level Pressure;Sea Level Pressure;Pa
1;atmos;ta;T;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Air Temperature;Air Temperature;K
1;atmos;tas;TREFHT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,CORDEX,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,ISMIP6,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Near-Surface Air Temperature;near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature;K
1;atmos;tauupbl; ; ;;day;eastward surface stress from planetary boundary layer scheme;The  downward eastward stress associated with the models parameterization of the planetary boundary layer. (This request is related to a WGNE effort to understand how models parameterize the surface stresses.);Pa
1;atmos;tauv; ; ;DCPP,HighResMIP;day;Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress;Downward northward wind stress at the surface;Pa
1;atmos;tauvpbl; ; ;;day;northward surface stress from planetary boundary layer scheme;The  downward northward stress associated with the models parameterization of the planetary boundary layer. (This request is related to a WGNE effort to understand how models parameterize the surface stresses.);Pa
1;atmos;tntc; ;no;VolMIP;mon;Tendency of Air Temperature due to Convection;Tendencies from cumulus convection scheme.;K s-1
1;atmos;tntmp; ;no;VolMIP;mon;Tendency of Air Temperature due to Model Physics;Tendency of air temperature due to model physics. This includes sources and sinks from parametrized physics (e.g. radiation, convection, boundary layer, stratiform condensation/evaporation, etc.). It excludes sources and sinks from resolved dynamics and numerical diffusion not associated with parametrized physics.  For example, any vertical diffusion which is part of the boundary layer mixing scheme should be included, while numerical diffusion applied in addition to physics or resolved dynamics should be excluded.  This term is required to check the closure of the heat budget.;K s-1
1;atmos;tntrlcs; ;no;VolMIP;mon;Tendency of Air Temperature due to Clear Sky Longwave Radiative Heating;Tendency of Air Temperature due to Clear Sky Longwave Radiative Heating;K s-1
1;atmos;tntrscs; ;no;VolMIP;mon;Tendency of Air Temperature due to Clear Sky Shortwave Radiative Heating;Tendency of Air Temperature due to Clear Sky Shortwave Radiative Heating;K s-1
1;atmos;tntscp; ;no;VolMIP;mon;Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Stratiform Clouds and Precipitation;The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. The specification of a physical process by the phrase "due_to_" process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. A variable with the standard name tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_stratiform_cloud_and_precipitation should contain net latent heating effects of all processes which convert stratiform clouds and precipitation between water vapour, liquid or ice phases. In an atmosphere model, stratiform cloud is that produced by large-scale convergence (not the convection schemes).;K s-1
1;atmos;ua;U10;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Eastward Wind;"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.);m s-1
1;atmos;uas; ;no;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,CORDEX,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,ISMIP6,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Eastward Near-Surface Wind;Eastward component of the near-surface (usually, 10 meters)  wind;m s-1
1;atmos;utendepfd; ;no;DAMIP,DCPP,HighResMIP,VolMIP;day,mon;Tendency of eastward wind due to Eliassen-Palm Flux divergence;Tendency of the zonal mean zonal wind due to the divergence of the Eliassen-Palm flux.;m s-2
1;atmos;utendnogw; ;no;DAMIP,VolMIP;day,mon;u-tendency nonorographic gravity wave drag;Tendency of the eastward wind by parameterized nonorographic gravity waves.;m s-2
1;atmos;utendogw; ;no;DAMIP,VolMIP;day,mon;u-tendency orographic gravity wave drag;Tendency of the eastward wind by parameterized orographic gravity waves.;m s-2
1;atmos;utendvtem; ;no;;day;Tendency of eastward wind due to TEM northward advection and Coriolis term;Tendency of zonally averaged eastward wind, by the residual upward wind advection (on the native model grid). Reference: Andrews et al (1987): Middle Atmospheric Dynamics. Academic Press.;m s-1 d-1
1;atmos;utendwtem; ;no;;day;Tendency of eastward wind due to TEM upward advection;Tendency of zonally averaged eastward wind, by the residual northward wind advection (on the native model grid). Reference: Andrews et al (1987): Middle Atmospheric Dynamics. Academic Press.;m s-1 d-1
1;atmos;va;V;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Northward Wind;"Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.);m s-1
1;atmos;vas; ;no;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,CORDEX,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,ISMIP6,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Northward Near-Surface Wind;Northward component of the near surface wind;m s-1
1;atmos;vtem; ;no;DAMIP,DCPP,HighResMIP,VolMIP;day,mon;Transformed Eulerian Mean northward wind;Transformed Eulerian Mean Diagnostics v*, meridional component of the residual meridional circulation (v*, w*) derived from 6 hr or higher frequency data fields (use instantaneous daily fields or 12 hr fields if the 6 hr data are not available).;m s-1
1;atmos;wap;OMEGA;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;omega (=dp/dt);Omega (vertical velocity in pressure coordinates, positive downwards);Pa s-1
1;atmos;wtem; ;no;DAMIP,DCPP,HighResMIP,VolMIP;day,mon;Transformed Eulerian Mean upward wind;Transformed Eulerian Mean Diagnostics w*, meridional component of the residual meridional circulation (v*, w*) derived from 6 hr or higher frequency data fields (use instantaneous daily fields or 12 hr fields if the 6 hr data are not available). Scale height: 6950 m;m s-1
1;atmos;zg;Z3;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;day,mon;Geopotential Height;Geopotential is the sum of the specific gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the specific centripetal potential energy. Geopotential height is the geopotential divided by the standard acceleration due to gravity. It is numerically similar to the altitude (or geometric height) and not to the quantity with standard name height, which is relative to the surface.;m
2;atmos;tntnogw; ;no;VolMIP;mon;Temperature Tendency Non-orographic Gravity Wave Dissipation;Temperature tendency due to dissipation of parameterized nonorographic gravity waves.;K s-1
2;atmos;tntogw; ;no;VolMIP;mon;Temperature Tendency due to Orographic Gravity Wave Dissipation;Temperature tendency due to dissipation of parameterized orographic gravity waves.;K s-1
2;atmos;vtendnogw; ; ;VolMIP;mon;v-tendency nonorographic gravity wave drag;Tendency of the northward wind by parameterized nonorographic gravity waves.  (Note that CF name tables only have a general northward tendency for all gravity waves, and we need it separated by type.);m s-2
2;atmos;vtendogw; ; ;VolMIP;mon;v-tendency orographic gravity wave drag;Tendency of the northward wind by parameterized orographic gravity waves.  (Note that CF name tables only have a general northward tendency for all gravity waves, and we need it separated by type.);m s-2
3;aerosol;tntrl; ;no;VolMIP;mon;tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_longwave_heating;Tendency of air temperature due to longwave radiative heating;K s-1
3;aerosol;tntrs; ;no;VolMIP;mon;tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating;Tendency of air temperature due to shortwave radiative heating;K s-1
3;atmos;tauu; ; ;DCPP,HighResMIP;day;Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress;Downward eastward wind stress at the surface;Pa