Climate model data
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
CanESM2 / CGCM4 model output
Models/CanAM4/amip4K/subhr/atmos:
Variables
| Short name | Long name | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ccb | Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Base | Pa |
| cct | Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Top | Pa |
| 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 |
| edt | Eddy Diffusivity Coefficient for Temperature Variable | m2 s-1 |
| evspsbl | Evaporation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| evu | Eddy Viscosity Coefficient for Momentum Variables | m2 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 |
| rld | Downwelling Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rldcs | Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rlds | Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rldscs | Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rlu | Upwelling Longwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rlucs | Upwelling 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 |
| rsd | Downwelling Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rsdcs | Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave 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 |
| rsu | Upwelling Shortwave Radiation | W m-2 |
| rsucs | Upwelling Clear-Sky 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 |
| sfcWind | Daily-Mean Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
| ta | Air Temperature | K |
| tas | Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| tnhusc | Tendency of Specific Humidity due to Convection | s-1 |
| tnhusmp | Tendency of Specific Humidity due to Model Physics | s-1 |
| tnhusscpbl | Tendency of Specific Humidity due to Stratiform Cloud Condensation and Evaporation | s-1 |
| tntc | Tendency of Air Temperature due to Moist Convection | K s-1 |
| tntmp | Tendency of Air Temperature due to Diabatic Processes | K s-1 |
| tntr | Tendency of Air Temperature due to Radiative Heating | K s-1 |
| tntscpbl | Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Stratiform Cloud and Precipitation and Boundary Layer Mixing | K s-1 |
| 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 |