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wdc-climate.de:3406599 eng; USA collection CEC5DEC Dr. Michael Lautenschlager Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum http://www.dkrz.de/ pointOfContact Christophe Cassou Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr pointOfContact 2014-07-04T12:36:01 ISO 19115 ISO 19115-2:2009 CNRM-CM5 model output prepared for CMIP5 decadal experiments, served by ESGF 2014-12-03 publication 1 CEC5DEC doi:10.1594/WDCC/CMIP5.CEC5DEC Christophe Cassou Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques http://www.cnrm-game.fr Email: Christophe.Cassou@cerfacs.fr principalInvestigator Elodie Fernandez Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr Email: elodie.fernandez@mercator-ocean.fr author Marie-Pierre Moine Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr Email: marie-pierre.moine@cerfacs.fr author Sophie Tyteca Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: sophie.tyteca@meteo.fr author Jacques Richon Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: jacuqes.richon@meteo.fr author Stephane Sénési Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques http://www.cnrm-game.fr Email: Stephane.Senesi@meteo.fr author Laurent Franchistéguy Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: laurent.franchisteguy@meteo.fr author Emilia Sanchez-Gomez Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr Email: emilia.sanchez@cerfacs.fr author Christophe Cassou Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr Email: Christophe.Cassou@cerfacs.fr author Aurore Voldoire Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: aurore.voldoire@meteo.fr author David Salas y Mélia Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: david.salas@meteo.fr author Bertrand Decharme Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: bertrand.decharme@meteo.fr author Sophie Valcke Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr Email: sophie.valcke@cerfacs.fr author Isabelle Beau Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: Isabelle.Beau@meteo.fr author Antoinette Alias Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: antoinette.alias@meteo.fr author Matthieu Chevallier Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: matthieu.chevallier@meteo.fr author Dr. Michel Déqué Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Météo-France not filled Email: Michel.Deque@meteo.fr author Julie Deshayes Laboratoire de Physique des Oceans not filled Email: julie.deshayes@locean.ipsl.fr author Hervé Douville Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: herve.douville@meteo.fr author Gurvan Madec Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat not filled Email: Gurvan.Madec@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr author Eric Maisonnave Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr Email: eric.maisonnave@cerfacs.fr author Serge Planton Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: serge.planton@meteo.fr author David Saint-Martin Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: david.saint-martin@meteo.fr author Sophie Szopa Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace / Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique https://www.lsce.ipsl.fr/ Email: sophie.szopa@lsce.ipsl.fr author Ramdane Alkama Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: ramdane.alkama@meteo.fr author Sophie Belamari Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: sophie.belamari@meteo.fr author Alain Braun Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: Alain.Braun@meteo.fr author Laure Coquart Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr Email: laure.coquart@cerfacs.fr author Fabrice Chauvin Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques not filled Email: fabrice.chauvin@meteo.fr author WDC Climate at DKRZ publisher decadals are a group of experiments of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 ( https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5 ). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5. 1.5 decadal (1.5 decadal hindcast/forecast utilizing alternative initializations.) - Version 1: Decadal hindcast/prediction. Comparison of initialization strategies - for example, a repeat of experiment 1.1 using an alternate initialization strategy or alternate initial data. Individual decadal experiments are named decadalXXXX with starting year XXXX. Experiment design: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/experiment_design.html List of output variables: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/datadescription.html Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax ( https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf ) as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc . Christophe Cassou Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique http://www.cerfacs.fr pointOfContact NetCDF CMIP5 CNRM-CM5 IPCC IPCC-AR5 IPCC-DDC WGI climate simulation decadals unrestricted: unrestricted eng; USA 0.0 360.0 -90.0 90.0 proleptic_gregorian 1960-01-01 2035-12-31 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Water Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W global_average_steric_sea_level_change Global Average Steric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 temperature_flux_due_to_evaporation_expressed_as_heat_flux_out_of_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Evaporation Expressed as Heat Flux Out of Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_temperature Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux Downward Sea Ice Basal Salt Flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor Sea Water Pressure at Sea floor [CF-Standard Name]; unit: dbar virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_upward_ocean_mass_transport Square of Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg2 s-2 square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat X Transport due to Diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Rainfall Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_heat_y_transport Ocean Heat Y Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W eastward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m temperature_flux_due_to_evaporation_expressed_as_heat_flux_out_of_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Evaporation Expressed as Heat Flux Out of Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Water Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 rainfall_flux rainfall_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Diffussion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Salt Flux into Sea Water from Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 water_evaporation_flux_from_soil Water means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called sublimation.) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, flux implies per unit area, called flux density in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 toa_incoming_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA incoming shortwave flux is the radiative flux from the sun i.e. the "downwelling" TOA shortwave flux. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_into_sea_water alias: water_flux_into_ocean "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux into sea water is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow, sea ice effects and water flux relaxation and correction (if applied). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air Mole fraction is used in the construction mole_fraction_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1e-9 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 toa_incoming_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA incoming shortwave flux is the radiative flux from the sun i.e. the "downwelling" TOA shortwave flux. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 water_evaporation_flux_from_canopy Evaporation from Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 rainfall_flux rainfall_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu toa_outgoing_longwave_flux "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 ocean_heat_x_transport Ocean Heat X Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction Water means water in all phases. The water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow and sea ice effects. The total water flux including any flux relaxation(s) or correction(s) is described by the standard name water_flux_into_sea_water. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 cloud_area_fraction "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Water Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 surface_runoff_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_snow_amount surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 surface_downward_eastward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward eastward" indicates the ZX component of a tensor. A downward eastward stress is a downward flux of eastward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium eastward and the upper medium westward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa atmosphere_water_vapor_content "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 integral_of_sea_ice_temperature_wrt_depth_expressed_as_heat_content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: J m-2 temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Rainfall Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 soil_moisture_content "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "soil content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface down to the bottom of the soil model. For the content between specified levels in the soil, standard names including content_of_soil_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Salt Flux into Sea Water from Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_temperature Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K cloud_area_fraction "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 convective_precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 integral_of_sea_ice_temperature_wrt_depth_expressed_as_heat_content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: J m-2 downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux Downward Sea Ice Basal Salt Flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux_from_soil Water means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called sublimation.) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, flux implies per unit area, called flux density in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content "condensed_water" means liquid and ice. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Rainfall Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 soil_temperature Soil temperature is the bulk temperature of the soil, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W atmosphere_water_vapor_content "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 toa_incoming_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA incoming shortwave flux is the radiative flux from the sun i.e. the "downwelling" TOA shortwave flux. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 transpiration_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content "condensed_water" means liquid and ice. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Salt Flux into Sea Water from Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 cell_thickness Ocean Model Cell Thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_sea_surface_temperature Square of Sea Surface Temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K2 sea_ice_area_fraction sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 soil_temperature Soil temperature is the bulk temperature of the soil, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 cloud_area_fraction "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_y_transport Ocean Heat Y Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 soil_moisture_content "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "soil content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface down to the bottom of the soil model. For the content between specified levels in the soil, standard names including content_of_soil_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Salt Flux into Sea Water from Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m runoff_flux Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky A phrase assuming_condition indicates that the named quantity is the value which would obtain if all aspects of the system were unaltered except for the assumption of the circumstances specified by the condition. "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 surface_downward_y_stress_correction Surface Downward Y Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 rainfall_flux rainfall_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat X Transport due to Diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Rainfall Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 rainfall_flux rainfall_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Rainfall Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 cell_thickness Ocean Model Cell Thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction Water means water in all phases. The water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow and sea ice effects. The total water flux including any flux relaxation(s) or correction(s) is described by the standard name water_flux_into_sea_water. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 precipitation_flux_onto_canopy Precipitation onto Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_floor_depth_below_geoid Sea Floor Depth [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m upward_geothermal_heat_flux_at_sea_floor Upward Geothermal Heat Flux at Sea Floor [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled surface_downward_northward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled soil_temperature Soil temperature is the bulk temperature of the soil, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m eastward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 integral_of_sea_ice_temperature_wrt_depth_expressed_as_heat_content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: J m-2 square_of_sea_surface_temperature Square of Sea Surface Temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K2 sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor Sea Water Pressure at Sea floor [CF-Standard Name]; unit: dbar ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 square_of_sea_surface_temperature Square of Sea Surface Temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K2 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_y_transport sea_ice_y_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 integral_of_sea_ice_temperature_wrt_depth_expressed_as_heat_content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: J m-2 sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu square_of_upward_ocean_mass_transport Square of Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg2 s-2 rainfall_flux rainfall_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat X Transport due to Diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat X Transport due to Diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 sea_ice_area_fraction sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W sea_ice_y_transport sea_ice_y_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Water Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat X Transport due to Diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W transpiration_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_runoff_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 atmosphere_water_vapor_content "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 sea_ice_area_fraction sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 runoff_flux Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 temperature_flux_due_to_evaporation_expressed_as_heat_flux_out_of_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Evaporation Expressed as Heat Flux Out of Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux Downward Sea Ice Basal Salt Flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_air_pressure The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa soil_moisture_content "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "soil content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface down to the bottom of the soil model. For the content between specified levels in the soil, standard names including content_of_soil_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 water_evaporation_flux_from_soil Water means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called sublimation.) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, flux implies per unit area, called flux density in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 transpiration_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr cloud_area_fraction "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 relative_humidity relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 toa_outgoing_longwave_flux "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_ice_y_transport sea_ice_y_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_ice_area_fraction sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 relative_humidity relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model Net Downward Flux at Top of Model [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_snow_and_ice_sublimation_flux Sublimation over Sea Ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The Lagrangian tendency of a quantity is its rate of change following the motion of the fluid, also called the "material derivative" or "convective derivative". The Lagrangian tendency of air pressure, often called "omega", plays the role of the upward component of air velocity when air pressure is being used as the vertical coordinate. If the vertical air velocity is upwards, it is negative when expressed as a tendency of air pressure; downwards is positive.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa s-1 water_evaporation_flux_from_canopy Evaporation from Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 transpiration_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 soil_temperature Soil temperature is the bulk temperature of the soil, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K soil_frozen_water_content Soil Frozen Water Content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 convective_precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_air_pressure The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 transpiration_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_northward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux Downward Sea Ice Basal Salt Flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_heat_y_transport Ocean Heat Y Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W atmosphere_water_vapor_content "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor Sea Water Pressure at Sea floor [CF-Standard Name]; unit: dbar snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 cell_thickness Ocean Model Cell Thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 precipitation_flux_onto_canopy Precipitation onto Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_runoff_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model Net Downward Flux at Top of Model [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downward_northward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 atmosphere_water_vapor_content "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 relative_humidity relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 surface_snow_and_ice_sublimation_flux Sublimation over Sea Ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 eastward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 soil_moisture_content "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "soil content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface down to the bottom of the soil model. For the content between specified levels in the soil, standard names including content_of_soil_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Water Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr water_evaporation_flux_from_canopy Evaporation from Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 integral_of_sea_ice_temperature_wrt_depth_expressed_as_heat_content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: J m-2 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water alias: water_flux_into_ocean "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux into sea water is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow, sea ice effects and water flux relaxation and correction (if applied). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 ocean_heat_x_transport Ocean Heat X Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 runoff_flux Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_snow_and_ice_sublimation_flux Sublimation over Sea Ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux_from_canopy Evaporation from Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr surface_runoff_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_air_pressure The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_snow_amount surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 convective_precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_eastward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward eastward" indicates the ZX component of a tensor. A downward eastward stress is a downward flux of eastward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium eastward and the upper medium westward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 soil_frozen_water_content Soil Frozen Water Content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 temperature_flux_due_to_evaporation_expressed_as_heat_flux_out_of_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Evaporation Expressed as Heat Flux Out of Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_northward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa surface_downward_y_stress_correction Surface Downward Y Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 heat_flux_correction Flux correction is also called "flux adjustment". A positive flux correction is downward i.e. added to the ocean. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_y_stress_correction Surface Downward Y Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K integral_of_sea_ice_temperature_wrt_depth_expressed_as_heat_content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: J m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_heat_y_transport Ocean Heat Y Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_sea_surface_temperature Square of Sea Surface Temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K2 ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Diffussion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor Sea Water Pressure at Sea floor [CF-Standard Name]; unit: dbar sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Water Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_eastward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward eastward" indicates the ZX component of a tensor. A downward eastward stress is a downward flux of eastward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium eastward and the upper medium westward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa cloud_area_fraction "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled ocean_volume Ocean Grid-Cell Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The Lagrangian tendency of a quantity is its rate of change following the motion of the fluid, also called the "material derivative" or "convective derivative". The Lagrangian tendency of air pressure, often called "omega", plays the role of the upward component of air velocity when air pressure is being used as the vertical coordinate. If the vertical air velocity is upwards, it is negative when expressed as a tendency of air pressure; downwards is positive.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled soil_frozen_water_content Soil Frozen Water Content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 rainfall_flux rainfall_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K global_average_steric_sea_level_change Global Average Steric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 global_average_sea_level_change Global Average Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_ice_area_fraction sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction Water means water in all phases. The water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow and sea ice effects. The total water flux including any flux relaxation(s) or correction(s) is described by the standard name water_flux_into_sea_water. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux Downward Sea Ice Basal Salt Flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water alias: water_flux_into_ocean "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux into sea water is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow, sea ice effects and water flux relaxation and correction (if applied). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Salt Flux into Sea Water from Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Diffussion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction Water means water in all phases. The water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow and sea ice effects. The total water flux including any flux relaxation(s) or correction(s) is described by the standard name water_flux_into_sea_water. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction Water means water in all phases. The water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow and sea ice effects. The total water flux including any flux relaxation(s) or correction(s) is described by the standard name water_flux_into_sea_water. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_y_transport sea_ice_y_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_water_potential_temperature sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m water_flux_into_sea_water alias: water_flux_into_ocean "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux into sea water is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow, sea ice effects and water flux relaxation and correction (if applied). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W sea_ice_thickness sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_surface_temperature Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_x_transport Ocean Heat X Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 convective_precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 toa_outgoing_longwave_flux "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Salt Flux into Sea Water from Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky A phrase assuming_condition indicates that the named quantity is the value which would obtain if all aspects of the system were unaltered except for the assumption of the circumstances specified by the condition. "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 ocean_heat_y_transport Ocean Heat Y Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 cell_thickness Ocean Model Cell Thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m temperature_flux_due_to_evaporation_expressed_as_heat_flux_out_of_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Evaporation Expressed as Heat Flux Out of Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The Lagrangian tendency of a quantity is its rate of change following the motion of the fluid, also called the "material derivative" or "convective derivative". The Lagrangian tendency of air pressure, often called "omega", plays the role of the upward component of air velocity when air pressure is being used as the vertical coordinate. If the vertical air velocity is upwards, it is negative when expressed as a tendency of air pressure; downwards is positive.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa s-1 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_snow_amount surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 precipitation_flux_onto_canopy Precipitation onto Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water alias: water_flux_into_ocean "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux into sea water is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow, sea ice effects and water flux relaxation and correction (if applied). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model Net Downward Flux at Top of Model [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 square_of_sea_surface_temperature Square of Sea Surface Temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K2 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 surface_snow_and_ice_sublimation_flux Sublimation over Sea Ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 global_average_steric_sea_level_change Global Average Steric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_snow_amount surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 relative_humidity relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 sea_surface_temperature Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K runoff_flux Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 convective_precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 soil_frozen_water_content Soil Frozen Water Content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 water_evaporation_flux_from_soil Water means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called sublimation.) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, flux implies per unit area, called flux density in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Water Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor Sea Water Pressure at Sea floor [CF-Standard Name]; unit: dbar upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_surface_temperature Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K water_evaporation_flux_from_soil Water means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called sublimation.) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, flux implies per unit area, called flux density in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 square_of_sea_surface_temperature Square of Sea Surface Temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K2 mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air Mole fraction is used in the construction mole_fraction_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1e-9 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 northward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Diffussion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W relative_humidity relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu soil_frozen_water_content Soil Frozen Water Content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 precipitation_flux_onto_canopy Precipitation onto Canopy [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 runoff_flux Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 soil_temperature Soil temperature is the bulk temperature of the soil, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K specific_humidity "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The Lagrangian tendency of a quantity is its rate of change following the motion of the fluid, also called the "material derivative" or "convective derivative". The Lagrangian tendency of air pressure, often called "omega", plays the role of the upward component of air velocity when air pressure is being used as the vertical coordinate. If the vertical air velocity is upwards, it is negative when expressed as a tendency of air pressure; downwards is positive.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa s-1 sea_ice_y_transport sea_ice_y_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 global_average_steric_sea_level_change Global Average Steric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m square_of_upward_ocean_mass_transport Square of Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg2 s-2 virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 sea_water_volume Sea Water Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3 water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction Water means water in all phases. The water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow and sea ice effects. The total water flux including any flux relaxation(s) or correction(s) is described by the standard name water_flux_into_sea_water. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat X Transport due to Diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air Mole fraction is used in the construction mole_fraction_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1e-9 snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_northward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_runoff_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Diffussion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa surface_downward_northward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa 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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_temperature The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 toa_outgoing_longwave_flux "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 eastward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 surface_downward_eastward_stress The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward eastward" indicates the ZX component of a tensor. A downward eastward stress is a downward flux of eastward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium eastward and the upper medium westward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat Y Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W 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.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 soil_frozen_water_content Soil Frozen Water Content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K cell_thickness Ocean Model Cell Thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The Lagrangian tendency of a quantity is its rate of change following the motion of the fluid, also called the "material derivative" or "convective derivative". The Lagrangian tendency of air pressure, often called "omega", plays the role of the upward component of air velocity when air pressure is being used as the vertical coordinate. If the vertical air velocity is upwards, it is negative when expressed as a tendency of air pressure; downwards is positive.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 cloud_area_fraction "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 sea_ice_transport_across_line sea_ice_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_snow_melt_flux The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. For unit "m day-1" the water equivalent of snow melt is given. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu virtual_salt_flux_correction Virtual Salt Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 relative_humidity relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 heat_flux_correction Flux correction is also called "flux adjustment". A positive flux correction is downward i.e. added to the ocean. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 heat_flux_correction Flux correction is also called "flux adjustment". A positive flux correction is downward i.e. added to the ocean. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 heat_flux_correction Flux correction is also called "flux adjustment". A positive flux correction is downward i.e. added to the ocean. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_y_stress_correction Surface Downward Y Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa heat_flux_correction Flux correction is also called "flux adjustment". A positive flux correction is downward i.e. added to the ocean. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 heat_flux_correction Flux correction is also called "flux adjustment". A positive flux correction is downward i.e. added to the ocean. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 water_flux_correction Water Flux Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa wind_speed Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 sea_ice_salinity sea_ice_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Salt Flux into Sea Water from Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 rainfall_flux rainfall_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr square_of_sea_surface_temperature Square of Sea Surface Temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K2 eastward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m water_flux_into_sea_water alias: water_flux_into_ocean "Water" means water in all phases. The water flux into sea water is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow, sea ice effects and water flux relaxation and correction (if applied). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu sea_ice_area_fraction sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_ice_albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1 global_average_steric_sea_level_change Global Average Steric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 sea_ice_area_fraction sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 surface_downward_y_stress_correction Surface Downward Y Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 heat_flux_correction Flux correction is also called "flux adjustment". A positive flux correction is downward i.e. added to the ocean. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_x_stress_correction Surface Downward X Stress Correction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Heat X Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 water_evaporation_flux_from_soil Water means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called sublimation.) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, flux implies per unit area, called flux density in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_surface_temperature Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m integral_of_sea_ice_temperature_wrt_depth_expressed_as_heat_content [CF-Standard Name]; unit: J m-2 sea_water_salinity sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky A phrase assuming_condition indicates that the named quantity is the value which would obtain if all aspects of the system were unaltered except for the assumption of the circumstances specified by the condition. "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 eastward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model Net Downward Flux at Top of Model [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base upward_x_stress_at_sea_ice_base [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled air_pressure_at_sea_level sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled cell_area Model Grid-Cell Area [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air 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. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled air_temperature Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled convective_precipitation_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled moisture_content_of_soil_layer moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled relative_humidity relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled surface_air_pressure The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled area_fraction "Area fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area. To specify which area is quantified by a variable of "area_fraction", provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable of "area_type". Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of "X_area_fraction" for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water due to Rainfall [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 surface_downward_x_stress surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 upward_ocean_mass_transport Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 surface_snow_area_fraction surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_frazil_ice_accumulation_in_leads [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 temperature_flux_due_to_evaporation_expressed_as_heat_flux_out_of_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Evaporation Expressed as Heat Flux Out of Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 ocean_heat_x_transport Ocean Heat X Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W sea_ice_surface_temperature sea_ice_surface_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu age_of_sea_ice age_of_sea_ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: yr sea_water_mass Sea Water Mass [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg sea_ice_x_transport sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface net_downward_shortwave_flux_at_sea_water_surface [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 square_of_upward_ocean_mass_transport Square of Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg2 s-2 heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 surface_downward_y_stress surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2 water_evaporation_flux "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 eastward_sea_water_velocity sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1 temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water Temperature Flux due to Rainfall Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2 tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_growth_of_ice_floes Lateral Sea Ice Growth Rate Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields Comment in standard_output document: the rate of change of sea ice mass due to lateral growth alone of the sea ice divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell. Reported as 0.0 in regions free of sea ice. Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx ) cf:"Amount" means mass per unit area. 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. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. An ice floe is a flat expanse of sea ice, generally taken to be less than 10 km across. "Lateral growth of ice floe" means the accumulation of ice at the extreme edges of the ice area. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_mixing_scheme Monthly Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness De?ned by Mixing Scheme [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2 sea_surface_salinity The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. 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 with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu surface_snow_thickness surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1 sea_surface_height_above_geoid sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m snowfall_flux In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers Virtual Salt Flux into Sea Water From Rivers [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1 NetCDF 9072602 https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=CEC5DEC information collection