Climate model data

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

CMAM30 Data

Models/CMAM/CMAM30-SD/6hr/atmos:

Variables

Short nameLong nameUnits
acceldiv EP Flux Divergence m s-2
accelnogw Tendency Of Eastward Wind Due To Nonorographic Gravity Wave Drag m s-1 s-1
accelnogwn Tendency Of Northward Wind Due To Nonorographic Gravity Wave Drag m s-1 s-1
accelogw Tendency Of Eastward Wind Due To Orographic Gravity Wave Drag m s-1 s-1
accelogwn Tendency Of Northward Wind Due To Orographic Gravity Wave Drag m s-1 s-1
cl Cloud Area Fraction %
cli Mass Fraction of Cloud Ice 1
clivi Ice Water Path kg m-2
clt Total Cloud Fraction %
cltau Cloud Optical Thickness 1
clw Mass Fraction of Cloud Liquid Water 1
clwvi Condensed Water Path kg m-2
evspsbl Evaporation kg m-2 s-1
fy Meridional Component EP Flux kg s-2
fz Vertical Component EP Flux kg s-2
hfls Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux W m-2
hfns Net Surface Energy Flux (at Ice-Atmosphere Interface Above Sea-Ice) W m-2
hfss Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux W m-2
hur Relative Humidity %
hus Specific Humidity 1
huss Near-Surface Specific Humidity 1
nogweflux Upward Eastward Momentum Flux In Air Due To Nonorographic Eastward Gravity Waves Pa
nogwfluxe Upward Eastward Momentum Flux In Air Due To Nonorographic Gravity Waves Pa
nogwfluxn Upward Northward Momentum Flux In Air Due To Nonorographic Gravity Waves Pa
nogwwflux Upward Eastward Momentum Flux In Air Due To Nonorographic Westward Gravity Waves Pa
ogwfluxe Upward Eastward Momentum Flux In Air Due To Orographic Gravity Waves Pa
ogwfluxn Upward Northward Momentum Flux In Air Due To Orographic Gravity Waves Pa
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
rho Density kg m-3
rlds Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation W m-2
rls Net Longwave Radiation At The Ground W m-2
rlus Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation W m-2
rlut TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation W m-2
rnets Radiation Budget At The Ground W m-2
rsds Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation W m-2
rsdt TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation W m-2
rss Solar Heat Absorbed by Ground W m-2
rst Heat Absorbed By Earth-Atmosphere System W m-2
rsus Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation W m-2
rsut TOA Outgoing Shortwave Radiation W m-2
rtmt Net Downward Flux at Top of Model W m-2
slmask Day Night Mask 1
ta Air Temperature K
tas Near-Surface Air Temperature K
tauu Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress Pa
tauv Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress Pa
tnmmuphy Total Physics Zonal Wind Tendency m s-1 s-1
tnmmvphy Total Physics Meridional Wind Tendency m s-1 s-1
tntcnv Temperature Tendency Due To Latent Heating From Deep Convection K s-1
tntdrg Temperature Tendency Due To Drag On The Momentum Fields K s-1
tntls Temperature Tendency Due To Latent Heating From Large-Scale Condensation And Dry Convective Adjustment K s-1
tntlw Temperature Tendency Due To Longwave Heating K s-1
tntphy Total Temperature Tendency K s-1
tntsw Temperature Tendency Due To Shortwave Heating K s-1
tntvdiff Temperature Tendency Due To Vertical Diffusion K s-1
tpot Potential Temperature K
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
vorpot Ertel\'s Potential Vorticity K m2 kg-1 s-1
vorrel Atmospheric Relative Vorticity s-1
vptp Meridional Heat Flux K m s-1
vstar Northward Transformed Eulerian Mean Air Velocity m s-1
wa Eulerian Vertical Velocity m s-1
wap omega (=dp/dt) Pa s-1
wstar Upward Transformed Eulerian Mean Air Velocity m s-1
zg Geopotential Height m
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