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Table A0a (GFDL introduced): Annual-mean 2-d atmosphere or land surface data (longitude, latitude, time:year)
To learn about the directory structure used in storing CM2.0 data on this server, see the FAQ
How are the
CM2.0 model output files arranged in directories on the GFDL Data Portal?
The variables and output variable names listed in this table are consistent with those of
the IPCC/PCMDI archive as outlined in their document titled
IPCC Standard Output from Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCMs.
| CF standard_name | output variable name | GFDL's CM2 variable name(s) | Notes | Location on GFDL Data Portal relative to http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov/dods-data/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | air_pressure_at_sea_level | psl | slp | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/psl_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 2 | precipitation_flux | pr | precip | includes both liquid and solid phases |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/pr_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 3 | air_temperature | tas | t_ref | near-surface |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/tas_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 4 | soil_moisture_content | mrso | water | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/land/ts/annual/mrso_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 5 | surface_downward_eastward_stress | tauu | tau_x | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/tauu_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 6 | surface_downward_northward_stress | tauv | tau_y | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/tauv_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 7 | surface_upward_latent_heat_flux | hfls | latent (from land) + LH (from ice) | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/hfls_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 8 | surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux | hfss | shflx | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/hfss_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 9 | surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air | rlds | lwdn_sfc | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rlds_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 10 | surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air | rlus | lwup_sfc | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rlus_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 11 | surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air | rsds | swdn_sfc | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsds_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 12 | surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air | rsus | swup_sfc | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsus_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 13 | surface_temperature | ts | t_surf | "skin" temperature |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/ts_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 14 | surface_air_pressure | ps | ps | not mean sea-level pressure |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/ps_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 15 | snowfall_flux | prsn | snow_conv + snow_ls | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/prsn_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 16 | convective_precipitation_flux | prc | prec_conv | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/prc_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 17 | atmosphere_water_vapor_content | prw | WVP | vertically integrated |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/prw_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 18 | runoff_flux | mrro | wroff + sroff | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/land/ts/annual/mrro_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 19 | surface_snow_amount_where_land | snw | snow | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/land/ts/annual/snw_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 20 | surface_snow_melt_flux_where_land | snm | smelt | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/land/ts/annual/snm.YYYY01-YYYY12.nc | ||||
| 21 | eastward_wind | uas | u_ref | near-surface |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/uas.YYYY01-YYYY12.nc | ||||
| 22 | northward_wind | vas | v_ref | near-surface |
| ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/vas.YYYY01-YYYY12.nc | ||||
| 23 | toa_incoming_shortwave_flux | rsdt | swdn_toa | at the top of the atmosphere |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsdt_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 24 | toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux | rsut | swup_toa | at the top of the atmosphere |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsut_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 25 | toa_outgoing_longwave_flux | rlut | olr | at the top of the atmosphere |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rlut_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 26 | net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model | rtmt | swdn_toa - swup_toa - olr | at the top of the atmosphere |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rtmt_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 27 | net_downward_shortwave_flux_in_air | rsntp | swdn_200hpa - swup_200hpa | at 200 hPa |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsntp_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 28 | net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air | rlntp | netlw_200hPa | at 200 hPa |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rlntp_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 29 | net_downward_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky | rsntpcs | swdn_200hpa_clr - swup_200hpa_clr | at 200 hPa |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsntpcs_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 30 | net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky | rlntpcs | netlw_200hPa_clr | at 200 hPa |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rlntpcs_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 31 | surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky | rsdscs | swdn_sfc_clr | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsdscs_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 32 | surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky | rsuscs | swup_sfc_clr | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsuscs_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 33 | surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky | rldscs | lwdn_sfc_clr | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rldscs_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 34 | toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky | rlutcs | olr_clr | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rlutcs_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 35 | toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky | rsutcs | swup_toa_clr | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/rsutcs_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 36 | cloud_area_fraction | clt | tot_cld_amt | for the whole atmospheric column |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/clt_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 37 | atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content | clwvi | LWP + IWP | include both liquid and ice phases, vertically integrated |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/clwvi_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 38 | atmosphere_cloud_ice_content | clivi | IWP | vertically integrated |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/clivi_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
Table A0b: Annual-mean 3-d atmosphere data (longitude, latitude, pressure, time:year)
Except for cloud area fraction, this data
must be provided on pressure levels, including at least the following standard
levels:1000, 925, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 70, 50, 30, 20, 10 hPa.
To learn about the directory structure used in storing CM2.0 data on this server, see the FAQ
How are the
CM2.0 model output files arranged in directories on the GFDL Data Portal?.
The variables and output variable names listed in this table are consistent with those of
the IPCC/PCMDI archive as outlined in their document titled
IPCC Standard Output from Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCMs
| CF standard_name | output variable name | GFDL's CM2 variable name(s) | Notes | Location on GFDL Data Portal relative to http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov/dods-data/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer | cl | cld_amt | Unlike all other fields in this table, the cloud fraction is reported for each model layer (not interpolated to standard pressures). It includes both large-scale and convective cloud |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/cl_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 2 | air_temperature | ta | temp | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/ta_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 3 | eastward_wind | ua | ucomp | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/ua_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 4 | northward_wind | va | vcomp | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/va_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 5 | specific_humidity | hus | sphum | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/hus_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 6 | lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure | wap | omega | "omega", vertical component of velocity in pressure coordinates (positive down) |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/wap_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 7 | geopotential_height | zg | hght | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/zg_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 8 | relative_humidity | hur | rh | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/hur_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
| 9 | mole_fraction_of_o3_in_air | tro3 | qo3 | |
| /ModelName/ExpName/pp/atmos/ts/annual/tro3_A0.YYYY-YYYY.nc | ||||
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