Climate model data
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
CanRCM4 Model Output
Models/CanRCM4/ARC-44_CCCma-CanESM2_rcp45/mon/atmos:
Variables
| Short name | Long name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| clt | Total Cloud Fraction | % |
| evspsbl | Evaporation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| hfls | Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux | W m-2 |
| hfss | Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux | W m-2 |
| hus850 | Specific Humidity at 850 hPa | 1 |
| huss | Near-Surface Specific Humidity | 1 |
| mrfso | Soil Frozen Water Content | kg m-2 |
| mrro | Total Runoff | kg m-2 s-1 |
| mrros | Surface Runoff | kg m-2 s-1 |
| mrso | Total Soil Moisture Content | kg m-2 |
| pr | Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| psl | Sea Level Pressure | Pa |
| rlds | Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rlus | Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rlut | TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rsds | Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rsdt | TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rsus | Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rsut | TOA Outgoing Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| sfcWind | Daily-Mean Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
| sfcWindmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
| sic | Sea Ice Area Fraction | % |
| snc | Snow Area Fraction | % |
| snd | Snow Depth | m |
| snm | Surface Snow Melt | kg m-2 s-1 |
| snw | Surface Snow Amount | kg m-2 |
| ta200 | Air Temperature at 200 hPa | K |
| ta500 | Air Temperature at 500 hPa | K |
| ta850 | Air Temperature at 850 hPa | K |
| tas | Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| tasmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| tasmin | Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| ua200 | Eastward Wind at 200 hPa | m s-1 |
| ua500 | Eastward Wind at 500 hPa | m s-1 |
| ua850 | Eastward Wind at 850 hPa | m s-1 |
| uas | Eastward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
| va200 | Northward Wind at 200 hPa | m s-1 |
| va500 | Northward Wind at 500 hPa | m s-1 |
| va850 | Northward Wind at 850 hPa | m s-1 |
| vas | Northward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
| zg200 | Geopotential Height at 200 hPa | m |
| zg500 | Geopotential Height at 500 hPa | m |