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Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

"shortwave" means shortwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean "net upward". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called "irradiance". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called "vector irradiance". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K

Tendency of Air Temperature due to Radiative Heating [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K s-1

tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s-1

Tendency of Air Temperature due to Moist Convection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K s-1

Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Updraught Convective Mass Flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

"Layer" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. "X_area_fraction" means the fraction ofhorizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Mass Fraction of Convective Cloud Ice [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

"X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Mass fraction is used in the construction mass_fraction_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of

Y. It means the ratio of the mass of Y to the mass of X (including Y). Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in

an atmosphere model. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Tendency of Specific Humidity due to Model Physics [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s-1

"Layer" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. "X_area_fraction" means the fraction ofhorizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Stratiform Cloud and Precipitation and Boundary Layer Mixing [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K s-1

air_pressure_at_cloud_top [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a

single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivati

ve of X with respect to time. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s-1

Tendency of Air Temperature due to Diabatic Processes [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K s-1

grid scale cloud area fraction. Layer" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant valu

es in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model

layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary

coordinate variable) as well. "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occu

pied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". In an atmosphere model, stratiform clou

d is that produced by large-scale convergence (not the convection schemes). [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Tendency of Specific Humidity due to Stratiform Cloud Condensation and Evaporation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s-1

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K s-1

"X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". The cloud area fraction is for the whole atmosphere column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. The cloud area fraction in a layer of the atmosphere has the standard name cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

"Layer" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. "X_area_fraction" means the fraction ofhorizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Liquid Water [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Downdraught Convective Mass Flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s-1

ISCCP Mean Cloud Albedo [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

"Layer" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate.

There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate

can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. "

X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell.

Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in an atmo

sphere model. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

"specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Tendency of Specific Humidity due to Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s-1

PARASOL Reflectance [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

"Layer" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. "X_area_fraction" means the fraction ofhorizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

"Layer" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. "X_area_fraction" means the fraction ofhorizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Cloud area fraction is also called "cloud amount" and "cloud cover". [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

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