Priority;Component;CMIP name;NorESM name or implementation status;CMOR implementation status;Other MIPs;Frequencies;Long name;"Description";Units
1;atmos;ci;FREQZM;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Fraction of Time Convection Occurs in Cell;"Fraction of time that convection occurs in the grid cell.";1
1;atmos;clivi;TGCLDIWP;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VolMIP;mon;Ice Water Path;"mass of ice water in the column divided by the area of the column (not just the area of the cloudy portion of the column). Includes precipitating frozen hydrometeors ONLY if the precipitating hydrometeor affects the calculation of radiative transfer in model.";kg m-2
1;atmos;clt;CLDTOT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Total Cloud Cover Percentage;"Total cloud area fraction for the whole atmospheric column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. Includes both large-scale and convective cloud.";%
1;atmos;clwvi;TGCLDLWP+TGCLDIWP;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VolMIP;mon;Condensed Water Path;"Mass of condensed (liquid + ice) water in the column divided by the area of the column (not just the area of the cloudy portion of the column). Includes precipitating hydrometeors ONLY if the precipitating hydrometeors affect the calculation of radiative transfer in model.";kg m-2
1;atmos;evspsbl;QFLX;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Evaporation;"Evaporation at surface: flux of water into the atmosphere due to conversion of both liquid and solid phases to vapor (from underlying surface and vegetation)";kg m-2 s-1
1;atmos;hfls;LHFLX;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""Upward"" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface latent heat flux is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air on account of evaporation (including sublimation). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;atmos;hfss;SHFLX;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""Upward"" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface sensible heat flux, also called ""turbulent"" heat flux, is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air by motion of air. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics. Unless indicated in the cell_methods attribute, a quantity is assumed to apply to the whole area of each horizontal grid box. Previously, the qualifier where_type was used to specify that the quantity applies only to the part of the grid box of the named type.  Names containing the where_type qualifier are deprecated and newly created data should use the cell_methods attribute to indicate the horizontal area to which the quantity applies.";W m-2
1;atmos;hurs;RHREFHT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Near-Surface Relative Humidity;"The relative humidity with respect to liquid water for T> 0 C, and with respect to ice for T<0 C.";%
1;atmos;huss;QREFHT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Near-Surface Specific Humidity;"Near-surface (usually, 2 meter) specific humidity.";1
1;atmos;mrroLi; ;no;;mon;Land Ice Runoff Flux;"Runoff flux over land ice is the difference between any available liquid water in the snowpack less any refreezing. Computed as the sum of rainfall and melt of snow or ice less any refreezing or water retained in the snowpack";kg m-2 s-1
1;atmos;pr;PRECT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,DynVar,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Precipitation;"includes both liquid and solid phases";kg m-2 s-1
1;atmos;prc;PRECC;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Convective Precipitation;"Convective precipitation at surface; includes both liquid and solid phases.";kg m-2 s-1
1;atmos;prra; ;no;;mon;Rainfall rate;"In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";kg m-2 s-1
1;atmos;prsn;PRECSC+PRECSL;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Snowfall Flux;"at surface; includes precipitation of all forms of water in the solid phase";kg m-2 s-1
1;atmos;prw;Q;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Water Vapor Path;"vertically integrated through the atmospheric column";kg m-2
1;atmos;rlds;FLDS;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""longwave"" means longwave radiation. Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean ""net downward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;atmos;rldscs;FLDSC;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation;"Surface downwelling clear-sky longwave radiation";W m-2
1;atmos;rlus;FLDS+FLNS;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""longwave"" means longwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean ""net upward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;atmos;rlut;FSNTOA-FSNT+FLNT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation;"at the top of the atmosphere (to be compared with satellite measurements)";W m-2
1;atmos;rlutcs;FLUTC?;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;TOA Outgoing Clear-sky Longwave Radiation;"Upwelling clear-sky longwave radiation at top of atmosphere";W m-2
1;atmos;rsds;RSDS;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation;"surface solar irradiance for UV calculations";W m-2
1;atmos;rsdscs;FSDSC;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation;"surface solar irradiance clear sky for UV calculations";W m-2
1;atmos;rsdt;FSNTOA+FSUTOA;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation;"Shortwave radiation incident at the top of the atmosphere";W m-2
1;atmos;rsus;FSDS-FSNS;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""shortwave"" means shortwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean ""net upward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;atmos;rsuscs;FSDSC-FSNSC;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation;"Surface Upwelling Clear-sky Shortwave Radiation";W m-2
1;atmos;rsut;FSUTOA;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Top-of-Atmosphere Outgoing Shortwave Radiation;"at the top of the atmosphere";W m-2
1;atmos;rsutcs;SOLIN-FSNTOAC;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation;"Calculated in the absence of clouds.";W m-2
1;atmos;rtmt;FSNT-FLNT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VolMIP;mon;Net Downward Radiative Flux at Top of Model;"Net Downward Radiative Flux at Top of Model : I.e., at the top of that portion of the atmosphere where dynamics are explicitly treated by the model. This is reported only if it differs from the net downward radiative flux at the top of the atmosphere.";W m-2
1;atmos;sci;FREQSH;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Fraction of Time Shallow Convection Occurs;"Fraction of time that shallow convection occurs in the grid cell.";1
1;atmos;sfcWind;U10;no;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Near-Surface Wind Speed;"near-surface (usually, 10 meters) wind speed.";m s-1
1;atmos;tas;TREFHT;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,DynVar,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Near-Surface Air Temperature;"near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature";K
1;atmos;tasmax;TREFMXAV;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature;"maximum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute ""time: max"")";K
1;atmos;tasmin;TREFMNAV;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature;"minimum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute ""time: min"")";K
1;atmos;ts;TS;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Surface Temperature;"Temperature of the lower boundary of the atmosphere";K
1;atmos;uas; ;no;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,DynVar,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Eastward Near-Surface Wind;"Eastward component of the near-surface (usually, 10 meters)  wind";m s-1
1;atmos;vas; ;no;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,DynVar,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Northward Near-Surface Wind;"Northward component of the near surface wind";m s-1
1;land;areacellg; ;no;;fx;Grid Cell Area for Icesheet Variables;"Area of the target grid (not the interpolated area of the source grid).";m2
1;land;hflsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux;"Upward latent heat flux from the ice sheet surface";W m-2
1;land;hfssIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux;"Upward sensible heat flux from the ice sheet surface";W m-2
1;land;modelCellAreai; ;no;;yr;The cell area of the icesheet model;"Horizontal area of ice-sheet grid cells";m2
1;land;mrroIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Total Run-off;"The total run-off (including drainage through the base of the soil model) per unit area leaving the land portion of the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
1;land;orog;PHIS;partly;;mon,yr;surface altitude;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level.";m
1;land;orogIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Altitude;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level.";m
1;land;prraIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Rainfall rate;"Rainfall rate over the ice sheet";kg m-2 s-1
1;land;prsnIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Snowfall Flux;"at surface; includes precipitation of all forms of water in the solid phase";kg m-2 s-1
1;land;rldsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""longwave"" means longwave radiation. Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean ""net downward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;land;rlusIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""longwave"" means longwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean ""net upward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;land;rsdsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation;"Surface solar irradiance for UV calculations";W m-2
1;land;rsusIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""shortwave"" means shortwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean ""net upward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;land;sbl; ;no;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VolMIP;mon;Surface Snow and Ice Sublimation Flux;"The snow and ice sublimation flux is the loss of snow and ice mass per unit area from the surface resulting from their direct conversion to water vapor that enters the atmosphere.";kg m-2 s-1
1;land;sblIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow and Ice Sublimation Flux;"The snow and ice sublimation flux is the loss of snow and ice mass per unit area from the surface resulting from their direct conversion to water vapor that enters the atmosphere.";kg m-2 s-1
1;land;sftgif;PCT_GLACIER*0.01;yes;CMIP,DCPP,LS3MIP,PMIP;fx,mon,yr;Land Ice Area Fraction;"Fraction of grid cell covered by land ice (ice sheet, ice shelf, ice cap, glacier)";%
1;land;sftgrf; ;no;;fx,mon,yr;Grounded Ice Sheet  Area Fraction;"Fraction of grid cell covered by grounded ice sheet";%
1;land;snc;FSNO;partly;;mon,yr;Snow Area Fraction;"Fraction of each grid cell that is occupied by snow that rests on land portion of cell.";%
1;land;sncIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Snow Cover Percentage;"Percentage of each grid cell that is occupied by snow that rests on land portion of cell.";%
1;land;snm; ;no;;mon;Surface Snow Melt;"The total surface snow melt rate on the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell; report as zero for snow-free land regions and missing where there is no land.";kg m-2 s-1
1;land;snmIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow Melt;"The total surface snow melt rate on the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell; report as zero for snow-free land regions and missing where there is no land.";kg m-2 s-1
1;land;tasIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Near-Surface Air Temperature;"near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature";K
1;land;tsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Temperature;"Temperature of the lower boundary of the atmosphere";K
1;land;tsn; ;no;;mon;Snow Internal Temperature;"This temperature is averaged over all the snow in the grid cell that rests on land or land ice.  When computing the time-mean here, the time samples, weighted by the mass of snow on the land portion of the grid cell, are accumulated and then divided by the sum of the weights.   Reported as missing in regions free of snow on land.";K
1;land;tsnIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Snow Internal Temperature;"This temperature is averaged over all the snow in the grid cell that rests on land or land ice.  When computing the time-mean here, the time samples, weighted by the mass of snow on the land portion of the grid cell, are accumulated and then divided by the sum of the weights.   Reported as missing in regions free of snow on land.";K
1;landIce;hflsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux;"Upward latent heat flux from the ice sheet surface";W m-2
1;landIce;hfssIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux;"Upward sensible heat flux from the ice sheet surface";W m-2
1;landIce;modelCellAreai; ;no;;yr;The cell area of the icesheet model;"Horizontal area of ice-sheet grid cells";m2
1;landIce;mrroIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Total Run-off;"The total run-off (including drainage through the base of the soil model) per unit area leaving the land portion of the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
1;landIce;orogIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Altitude;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level.";m
1;landIce;prraIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Rainfall rate;"Rainfall rate over the ice sheet";kg m-2 s-1
1;landIce;prsnIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Snowfall Flux;"at surface; includes precipitation of all forms of water in the solid phase";kg m-2 s-1
1;landIce;rldsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""longwave"" means longwave radiation. Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean ""net downward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;landIce;rlusIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""longwave"" means longwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean ""net upward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;landIce;rsdsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation;"Surface solar irradiance for UV calculations";W m-2
1;landIce;rsusIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation;"The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. ""shortwave"" means shortwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean ""net upward"". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called ""irradiance"". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called ""vector irradiance"". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
1;landIce;sbl; ;no;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,FAFMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,LUMIP,PMIP,RFMIP,VolMIP;mon;Surface Snow and Ice Sublimation Flux;"The snow and ice sublimation flux is the loss of snow and ice mass per unit area from the surface resulting from their direct conversion to water vapor that enters the atmosphere.";kg m-2 s-1
1;landIce;sblIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow and Ice Sublimation Flux;"The snow and ice sublimation flux is the loss of snow and ice mass per unit area from the surface resulting from their direct conversion to water vapor that enters the atmosphere.";kg m-2 s-1
1;landIce;sftgrf; ;no;;fx,mon,yr;Grounded Ice Sheet  Area Fraction;"Fraction of grid cell covered by grounded ice sheet";%
1;landIce;snc;FSNO;partly;;mon,yr;Snow Area Fraction;"Fraction of each grid cell that is occupied by snow that rests on land portion of cell.";%
1;landIce;sncIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Snow Cover Percentage;"Percentage of each grid cell that is occupied by snow that rests on land portion of cell.";%
1;landIce;snm; ;no;;mon;Surface Snow Melt;"The total surface snow melt rate on the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell; report as zero for snow-free land regions and missing where there is no land.";kg m-2 s-1
1;landIce;snmIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow Melt;"The total surface snow melt rate on the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell; report as zero for snow-free land regions and missing where there is no land.";kg m-2 s-1
1;landIce;tasIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Near-Surface Air Temperature;"near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature";K
1;landIce;tsIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Temperature;"Temperature of the lower boundary of the atmosphere";K
1;landIce;tsn; ;no;;mon;Snow Internal Temperature;"This temperature is averaged over all the snow in the grid cell that rests on land or land ice.  When computing the time-mean here, the time samples, weighted by the mass of snow on the land portion of the grid cell, are accumulated and then divided by the sum of the weights.   Reported as missing in regions free of snow on land.";K
1;landIce;tsnIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Snow Internal Temperature;"This temperature is averaged over all the snow in the grid cell that rests on land or land ice.  When computing the time-mean here, the time samples, weighted by the mass of snow on the land portion of the grid cell, are accumulated and then divided by the sum of the weights.   Reported as missing in regions free of snow on land.";K
1;ocean;flandice; ; ;;mon;Water flux into Sea Water from Land Ice;"Computed as the water flux into the ocean due to land ice (runoff water from surface and base of land ice or melt from base of ice shelf or vertical ice front) into the ocean divided by the area ocean portion of the grid cell";kg m-2 s-1
1;ocean;so; ; ;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Sea Water Salinity;"Sea water salinity is the salt content of sea water, often on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978. However, the unqualified term 'salinity' is generic and does not necessarily imply any particular method of calculation. The units of salinity are dimensionless and the units attribute should normally be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand. There are standard names for the more precisely defined salinity quantities: sea_water_knudsen_salinity, S_K (used for salinity observations between 1901 and 1966),  sea_water_cox_salinity, S_C (used for salinity observations between 1967 and 1977), sea_water_practical_salinity, S_P (used for salinity observations from 1978 to the present day), sea_water_absolute_salinity, S_A, sea_water_preformed_salinity, S_*, and sea_water_reference_salinity. Practical Salinity is reported on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (PSS-78), and is usually based on the electrical conductivity of sea water in observations since the 1960s. Conversion of data between the observed scales follows: S_P = (S_K - 0.03) * (1.80655 / 1.805) and S_P = S_C, however the accuracy of the latter is dependent on whether chlorinity or conductivity was used to determine the S_C value, with this inconsistency driving the development of PSS-78. The more precise standard names should be used where appropriate for both modelled and observed salinities. In particular, the use of sea_water_salinity to describe salinity observations made from 1978 onwards is now deprecated in favor of the term sea_water_practical_salinity which is the salinity quantity stored by national data centers for post-1978 observations. The only exception to this is where the observed salinities are definitely known not to be recorded on the Practical Salinity Scale. The unit ""parts per thousand"" was used for sea_water_knudsen_salinity and sea_water_cox_salinity.";0.001
1;ocean;soga; ; ;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,DAMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Global Mean Sea Water Salinity;"Sea water salinity is the salt content of sea water, often on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978. However, the unqualified term 'salinity' is generic and does not necessarily imply any particular method of calculation. The units of salinity are dimensionless and the units attribute should normally be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand. There are standard names for the more precisely defined salinity quantities: sea_water_knudsen_salinity, S_K (used for salinity observations between 1901 and 1966),  sea_water_cox_salinity, S_C (used for salinity observations between 1967 and 1977), sea_water_practical_salinity, S_P (used for salinity observations from 1978 to the present day), sea_water_absolute_salinity, S_A, sea_water_preformed_salinity, S_*, and sea_water_reference_salinity. Practical Salinity is reported on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (PSS-78), and is usually based on the electrical conductivity of sea water in observations since the 1960s. Conversion of data between the observed scales follows: S_P = (S_K - 0.03) * (1.80655 / 1.805) and S_P = S_C, however the accuracy of the latter is dependent on whether chlorinity or conductivity was used to determine the S_C value, with this inconsistency driving the development of PSS-78. The more precise standard names should be used where appropriate for both modelled and observed salinities. In particular, the use of sea_water_salinity to describe salinity observations made from 1978 onwards is now deprecated in favor of the term sea_water_practical_salinity which is the salinity quantity stored by national data centers for post-1978 observations. The only exception to this is where the observed salinities are definitely known not to be recorded on the Practical Salinity Scale. The unit ""parts per thousand"" was used for sea_water_knudsen_salinity and sea_water_cox_salinity.";0.001
1;ocean;sos; ; ;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Sea Surface Salinity;"Sea surface salinity is the salt content of sea water close to the sea surface, often on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978. However, the unqualified term 'salinity' is generic and does not necessarily imply any particular method of calculation. The units of salinity are dimensionless and the units attribute should normally be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand. Sea surface salinity is often abbreviated as ""SSS"". For the salinity of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of ""sea_water_salinity"" or one of the more precisely defined salinities should be used with a vertical coordinate axis. There are standard names for the precisely defined salinity quantities: sea_water_knudsen_salinity, S_K (used for salinity observations between 1901 and 1966), sea_water_cox_salinity, S_C (used for salinity observations between 1967 and 1977), sea_water_practical_salinity, S_P (used for salinity observations from 1978 to the present day), sea_water_absolute_salinity, S_A, sea_water_preformed_salinity, S_*, and sea_water_reference_salinity. Practical Salinity is reported on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (PSS-78), and is usually based on the electrical conductivity of sea water in observations since the 1960s. Conversion of data between the observed scales follows: S_P = (S_K - 0.03) * (1.80655 / 1.805) and S_P = S_C, however the accuracy of the latter is dependent on whether chlorinity or conductivity was used to determine the S_C value, with this inconsistency driving the development of PSS-78. The more precise standard names should be used where appropriate for both modelled and observed salinities. In particular, the use of sea_water_salinity to describe salinity observations made from 1978 onwards is now deprecated in favor of the term sea_water_practical_salinity which is the salinity quantity stored by national data centers for post-1978 observations. The only exception to this is where the observed salinities are definitely known not to be recorded on the Practical Salinity Scale. The unit ""parts per thousand"" was used for sea_water_knudsen_salinity and sea_water_cox_salinity.";0.001
1;ocean;thetao;temp;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Sea Water Potential Temperature;"Diagnostic should be contributed even for models using conservative temperature as prognostic field.";degC
1;ocean;thetaoga;temp;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,DAMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Global Average Sea Water Potential Temperature;"Diagnostic should be contributed even for models using conservative temperature as prognostic field";degC
1;ocean;thkcello;dz;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CFMIP,CMIP,DAMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Ocean Model Cell Thickness;"""Thickness"" means the vertical extent of a layer. ""Cell"" refers to a model grid-cell.";m
1;ocean;tos;sst;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,CORDEX,DAMIP,DCPP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Sea Surface Temperature;"Temperature of upper boundary of the liquid ocean, including temperatures below sea-ice and floating ice shelves.";degC
1;ocean;zos;sealv;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Sea Surface Height Above Geoid;"This is the dynamic sea level, so should have zero global area mean. It should not include inverse barometer depressions from sea ice.";m
1;ocean;zostoga;temp;yes;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,DAMIP,DCPP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB;mon;Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change;"There is no CMIP6 request for zosga nor zossga.";m
2;atmos;lim; ;no;;yr;Ice sheet mass;"The ice sheet mass is computed as the volume times density";kg
2;atmos;limnsw; ;no;;yr;Ice sheet mass that does not displace Sea water;"The ice sheet mass is computed as the volume above flotation times density. Changes in land_ice_mass_not_displacing_sea_water will always result in a change in sea level, unlike changes in land_ice_mass which may not result in sea level change (such as melting of the floating ice shelves, or portion of ice that sits on bedrock below sea level)";kg
2;land;acabf; ;no;;mon,yr;Surface Mass Balance flux;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice surface. Computed as the total surface mass balance on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell. A negative value means loss of ice";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;acabfIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance flux;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice surface. Computed as the total surface mass balance on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell. A negative value means loss of ice";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;libmassbffl; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal specific mass balance flux of floating ice shelf;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice base.  A negative value means loss of ice. Computed as the total basal mass balance on the floating land ice (floating ice shelf) portion of the grid cell divided by floating land ice (floating ice shelf) area in the grid cell. Cell_methods: area: mean where floating_ice_shelf";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;libmassbfgr; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal specific mass balance flux of grounded ice sheet;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice base.  A negative value means loss of ice. Computed as the total basal mass balance on the grounded land ice portion of the grid cell divided by grounded land ice area in the grid cell. Cell_methods: area: mean where grounded_ice_sheet";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;litempbotfl; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal temperature of floating ice shelf;"Basal temperature that is used to force the ice sheet models, it is the temperature AT ice shelf-ocean interface.  Cell_methods: area: mean where floating_ice_shelf";K
2;land;litempbotgr; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal temperature of grounded ice sheet;"Basal temperature that is used to force the ice sheet models, it is the temperature AT ice sheet - bedrock interface. Cell_methods: area: mean where grounded_ice_sheet";K
2;land;litemptop; ;no;;mon,yr;Temperature at top of ice sheet model;"Upper boundary temperature that is used to force ice sheet models. It is the temperature at the base of the snowpack models, and does not vary with seasons. Report surface temperature of ice sheet where snow thickness is zero";K
2;land;litemptopIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Temperature at top of ice sheet model;"Upper boundary temperature that is used to force ice sheet models. It is the temperature at the base of the snowpack models, and does not vary with seasons. Report surface temperature of ice sheet where snow thickness is zero";K
2;land;lithk; ;no;;fx,yr;Ice Sheet Thickness;"The thickness of the ice sheet";m
2;land;sftflf; ;no;;fx,mon,yr;Floating Ice Shelf  Area Fraction;"Fraction of grid cell covered by floating ice shelf, the component of the ice sheet that is flowing over sea water";%
2;land;snicefreez; ;no;;mon;Surface snow and ice refreeze flux;"Mass flux of surface meltwater which refreezes within the snowpack. Computed as the total refreezing on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;snicefreezIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow and Ice Refreeze Flux;"Mass flux of surface meltwater which refreezes within the snowpack. Computed as the total refreezing on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;snicem; ;no;;mon;Surface snow and ice melt flux;"Loss of snow and ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;snicemIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow and Ice Melt Flux;"Loss of snow and ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;land;topg; ;no;;fx,yr;Bedrock Altitude;"The bedrock topography beneath the land ice";m
2;land;xvelbase; ;no;;yr;X-component of land ice basal velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""x"" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. ""basal"" means the lower boundary of the land ice.";m s-1
2;land;xvelsurf; ;no;;yr;X-component of land ice surface velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""x"" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.";m s-1
2;land;yvelbase; ;no;;yr;Y-component of land ice basal velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""y"" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. ""basal"" means the lower boundary of the land ice.";m s-1
2;land;yvelsurf; ;no;;yr;Y-component of land ice surface velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""y"" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.'";m s-1
2;landIce;acabf; ;no;;mon,yr;Surface Mass Balance flux;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice surface. Computed as the total surface mass balance on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell. A negative value means loss of ice";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;acabfIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance flux;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice surface. Computed as the total surface mass balance on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell. A negative value means loss of ice";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;libmassbffl; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal specific mass balance flux of floating ice shelf;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice base.  A negative value means loss of ice. Computed as the total basal mass balance on the floating land ice (floating ice shelf) portion of the grid cell divided by floating land ice (floating ice shelf) area in the grid cell. Cell_methods: area: mean where floating_ice_shelf";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;libmassbfgr; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal specific mass balance flux of grounded ice sheet;"Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice base.  A negative value means loss of ice. Computed as the total basal mass balance on the grounded land ice portion of the grid cell divided by grounded land ice area in the grid cell. Cell_methods: area: mean where grounded_ice_sheet";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;litempbotfl; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal temperature of floating ice shelf;"Basal temperature that is used to force the ice sheet models, it is the temperature AT ice shelf-ocean interface.  Cell_methods: area: mean where floating_ice_shelf";K
2;landIce;litempbotgr; ;no;;mon,yr;Basal temperature of grounded ice sheet;"Basal temperature that is used to force the ice sheet models, it is the temperature AT ice sheet - bedrock interface. Cell_methods: area: mean where grounded_ice_sheet";K
2;landIce;litemptop; ;no;;mon,yr;Temperature at top of ice sheet model;"Upper boundary temperature that is used to force ice sheet models. It is the temperature at the base of the snowpack models, and does not vary with seasons. Report surface temperature of ice sheet where snow thickness is zero";K
2;landIce;litemptopIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Temperature at top of ice sheet model;"Upper boundary temperature that is used to force ice sheet models. It is the temperature at the base of the snowpack models, and does not vary with seasons. Report surface temperature of ice sheet where snow thickness is zero";K
2;landIce;lithk; ;no;;fx,yr;Ice Sheet Thickness;"The thickness of the ice sheet";m
2;landIce;sftflf; ;no;;fx,mon,yr;Floating Ice Shelf  Area Fraction;"Fraction of grid cell covered by floating ice shelf, the component of the ice sheet that is flowing over sea water";%
2;landIce;snicefreez; ;no;;mon;Surface snow and ice refreeze flux;"Mass flux of surface meltwater which refreezes within the snowpack. Computed as the total refreezing on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;snicefreezIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow and Ice Refreeze Flux;"Mass flux of surface meltwater which refreezes within the snowpack. Computed as the total refreezing on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;snicem; ;no;;mon;Surface snow and ice melt flux;"Loss of snow and ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;snicemIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Snow and Ice Melt Flux;"Loss of snow and ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;landIce;topg; ;no;;fx,yr;Bedrock Altitude;"The bedrock topography beneath the land ice";m
2;landIce;xvelbase; ;no;;yr;X-component of land ice basal velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""x"" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. ""basal"" means the lower boundary of the land ice.";m s-1
2;landIce;xvelsurf; ;no;;yr;X-component of land ice surface velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""x"" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.";m s-1
2;landIce;yvelbase; ;no;;yr;Y-component of land ice basal velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""y"" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. ""basal"" means the lower boundary of the land ice.";m s-1
2;landIce;yvelsurf; ;no;;yr;Y-component of land ice surface velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""y"" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. ""Land ice"" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.'";m s-1
2;ocean;ficeberg; ; ;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VolMIP;mon;Water Flux into Sea Water From Icebergs;"computed as the iceberg melt water  flux into the ocean divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
2;ocean;hfgeou; ; ;AerChemMIP,C4MIP,CMIP,GMMIP,GeoMIP,HighResMIP,LS3MIP,OMIP,VIACSAB,VolMIP;mon;Upward Geothermal Heat Flux at Sea Floor;"""Upward"" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward).  In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, ""flux"" implies per unit area, called ""flux density"" in physics.";W m-2
3;atmos;iareafl; ;no;;yr;Area covered by floating ice shelves;"Total area of the floating ice shelves (the component of ice sheet that flows over ocean)";m2
3;atmos;iareagr; ;no;;yr;Area covered by grounded ice sheet;"Total area of the grounded ice sheets (the component of ice sheet resting over bedrock)";m2
3;atmos;tendacabf; ;no;;yr;Total surface mass balance flux;"The total surface mass balance flux over land ice is a spatial integration of the surface mass balance flux";kg s-1
3;atmos;tendlibmassbf; ;no;;yr;Total basal mass balance flux;"The total basal mass balance flux over land ice is a spatial integration of the basal mass balance flux";kg s-1
3;atmos;tendlicalvf; ;no;;yr;Total calving flux;"The total calving flux over land ice is a spatial integration of the calving flux";kg s-1
3;land;hfgeoubed; ;no;;fx,yr;Geothermal Heat flux beneath land ice;"Upward geothermal heat flux per unit area beneath land ice";W m-2
3;land;icem; ;no;;mon;Surface ice melt flux;"Loss of ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt water on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
3;land;icemIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Ice Melt Flux;"Loss of ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt water on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
3;land;licalvf; ;no;;mon,yr;Land ice calving flux;"Loss of ice mass resulting from iceberg calving. Computed as the rate of mass loss by the ice shelf (in kg s-1) divided by the horizontal area of the ice sheet (m2) in the grid box.";kg m-2 s-1
3;land;lifmassbf; ;no;;mon,yr;Land ice vertical front mass balance flux;"Total mass balance at the ice front (or vertical margin). It includes both iceberg calving and melt on vertical ice front";kg m-2 s-1
3;land;strbasemag; ;no;;yr;Land Ice Basal Drag;"Magnitude of basal drag at land ice base";Pa
3;land;xvelmean; ;no;;yr;X-component of land ice vertical mean velocity;"The vertical mean land ice velocity is the average from the bedrock to the surface of the ice";m s-1
3;land;yvelmean; ;no;;yr;Y-component of land ice vertical mean velocity;"The vertical mean land ice velocity is the average from the bedrock to the surface of the ice";m s-1
3;land;zvelbase; ;no;;yr;Upward-component of land ice basal velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""Upward"" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). ""basal"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere";m s-1
3;land;zvelsurf; ;no;;yr;Upward component of land ice surface velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""Upward"" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere";m s-1
3;landIce;hfgeoubed; ;no;;fx,yr;Geothermal Heat flux beneath land ice;"Upward geothermal heat flux per unit area beneath land ice";W m-2
3;landIce;icem; ;no;;mon;Surface ice melt flux;"Loss of ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt water on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
3;landIce;icemIs; ; ;;mon;Ice Sheet Surface Ice Melt Flux;"Loss of ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt water on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.";kg m-2 s-1
3;landIce;licalvf; ;no;;mon,yr;Land ice calving flux;"Loss of ice mass resulting from iceberg calving. Computed as the rate of mass loss by the ice shelf (in kg s-1) divided by the horizontal area of the ice sheet (m2) in the grid box.";kg m-2 s-1
3;landIce;lifmassbf; ;no;;mon,yr;Land ice vertical front mass balance flux;"Total mass balance at the ice front (or vertical margin). It includes both iceberg calving and melt on vertical ice front";kg m-2 s-1
3;landIce;strbasemag; ;no;;yr;Land Ice Basal Drag;"Magnitude of basal drag at land ice base";Pa
3;landIce;xvelmean; ;no;;yr;X-component of land ice vertical mean velocity;"The vertical mean land ice velocity is the average from the bedrock to the surface of the ice";m s-1
3;landIce;yvelmean; ;no;;yr;Y-component of land ice vertical mean velocity;"The vertical mean land ice velocity is the average from the bedrock to the surface of the ice";m s-1
3;landIce;zvelbase; ;no;;yr;Upward-component of land ice basal velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""Upward"" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). ""basal"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere";m s-1
3;landIce;zvelsurf; ;no;;yr;Upward component of land ice surface velocity;"A velocity is a vector quantity. ""Upward"" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface called ""surface"" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere";m s-1