Climate model data
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
CanESM2 / CGCM4 model output
Models/CanESM2/esmHistorical/mon/atmos:
Variables
| Short name | Long name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| clivi | Ice Water Path | kg m-2 |
| clt | Total Cloud Fraction | % |
| clw | Mass Fraction of 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |