Climate model data
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
CanESM2 / CGCM4 model output
Models/CanESM2/G4/mon/atmos:
Variables
Short name | Long name | Units |
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ccb | Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Base | Pa |
cct | Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Top | Pa |
ci | Fraction of Time Convection Occurs | 1 |
cl | Cloud Area Fraction | % |
cli | Mass Fraction of Cloud Ice | 1 |
clis | Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Ice | 1 |
clivi | Ice Water Path | kg m-2 |
cls | Stratiform Cloud Area Fraction | % |
clt | Total Cloud Fraction | % |
clw | Mass Fraction of Cloud Liquid Water | 1 |
clws | Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Liquid Water | 1 |
clwvi | Condensed Water Path | kg m-2 |
co2 | Mole Fraction of CO2 | 1e-6 |
co2mass | Total Atmospheric Mass of CO2 | kg |
dmc | Deep Convective Mass Flux | kg m-2 s-1 |
evspsbl | Evaporation | kg m-2 s-1 |
fco2antt | Carbon Mass Flux into Atmosphere Due to All Anthropogenic Emissions of CO2 | kg m-2 s-1 |
fco2nat | Surface Carbon Mass Flux into the Atmosphere Due to Natural Sources | kg m-2 s-1 |
hfls | Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux | W m-2 |
hfss | Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux | W m-2 |
hur | Relative Humidity | % |
hurs | Near-Surface Relative Humidity | % |
hus | Specific Humidity | 1 |
huss | Near-Surface Specific Humidity | 1 |
mc | Convective Mass Flux | kg m-2 s-1 |
mcd | Downdraft Convective Mass Flux | kg m-2 s-1 |
mcu | Updraft Convective Mass Flux | kg m-2 s-1 |
pr | Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
prc | Convective Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
prsn | Solid Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
prw | Water Vapor Path | kg m-2 |
ps | Surface Air Pressure | Pa |
psl | Sea Level Pressure | Pa |
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 |
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 |
rtmt | Net Downward Flux at Top of Model | W m-2 |
sbl | Surface Snow and Ice Sublimation Flux | kg m-2 s-1 |
sci | Fraction of Time Shallow Convection Occurs | 1 |
sfcWind | Daily-Mean Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
smc | Shallow Convective Mass Flux | kg m-2 s-1 |
ta | Air Temperature | K |
tas | Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
tasmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
tasmin | Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
tauu | Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress | Pa |
tauv | Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress | Pa |
ts | Surface Temperature | K |
ua | Eastward Wind | m s-1 |
uas | Eastward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
va | Northward Wind | m s-1 |
vas | Northward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
wap | omega (=dp/dt) | Pa s-1 |
zg | Geopotential Height | m |