Climate model data
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
CanESM2 / CGCM4 model output
Models/CanESM2/G2/day/atmos:
Variables
Short name | Long name | Units |
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albisccp | ISCCP Mean Cloud Albedo | 1 |
ccb | Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Base | Pa |
cct | Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Top | Pa |
clhcalipso | CALIPSO High Level Cloud Fraction | % |
clivi | Ice Water Path | kg m-2 |
cllcalipso | CALIPSO Low Level Cloud Fraction | % |
clmcalipso | CALIPSO Mid Level Cloud Fraction | % |
clt | Total Cloud Fraction | % |
cltcalipso | CALIPSO Total Cloud Fraction | % |
cltisccp | ISCCP Total Cloud Fraction | % |
clwvi | Condensed Water Path | kg m-2 |
hfls | Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux | W m-2 |
hfss | Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux | W m-2 |
huss | Near-Surface Specific Humidity | 1 |
parasolRefl | PARASOL Reflectance | 1 |
pctisccp | ISCCP Mean Cloud Top Pressure | Pa |
pr | Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
prc | Convective Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
prsn | Solid Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
psl | Sea Level Pressure | Pa |
radtoa | Total Incoming Solar Radiation at TOA | W m-2 |
rhs | Near-Surface Relative Humidity | % |
rhsmax | Surface Daily Maximum Relative Humidity | % |
rhsmin | Surface Daily Minimum Relative Humidity | % |
rlds | Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rldscs | Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rlus | Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rlut | TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rlutcs | TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsds | Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsdscs | Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsdsdiff | Surface Diffuse Downwelling Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsdt | TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsus | Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsuscs | Surface Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsut | TOA Outgoing Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
rsutcs | TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky 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 |
ta700 | Air Temperature at 700 hPa | K |
tas | Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
tasmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
tasmin | Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
uas | Eastward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
vas | Northward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
wap500 | omega (=dp/dt) at 500 hPa | Pa s-1 |