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CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 historicalNat (Version 2015), served by ESGF

The experiment includes the latest CMIP5 data of CSIRO for January 2015. The data is a newer version of the IPCC DDC AR5 data of CSIRO.


'historicalNat' is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5

( https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip 5). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated

climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for

assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5.


7.1 historicalNat (7.1 natural-only historical simulation) - Version 1: Historical simulation but with natural forcing only.


Experiment design: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/experiment_design.html

List of output variables: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/datadescription.html

Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format

Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository


Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax

( https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf )

as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble

member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc.

Simple

Date (Publication)
2016-01-19
Edition

1

Citation identifier
CQMKhnv2015
Citation identifier
doi:10.1594/WDCC/CMIP5.CQMKhnv2015
Principal investigator
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Dr. Leon Rotstayn
http://www.cmar.csiro.au
Principal investigator
  Queensland Government - Stephen Jeffrey
http://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/
Author
  Queensland Government - Stephen Jeffrey
http://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/
Author
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Dr. Leon Rotstayn
http://www.cmar.csiro.au
Author
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Mark Collier
http://www.cmar.csiro.au
Author
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Stacey Dravitzki
http://www.cmar.csiro.au
Author
  Queensland Government - Carlo Hamalainen
http://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/
Author
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Chris Moeseneder
http://www.cmar.csiro.au
Author
  Queensland Government - Kenneth Wong
http://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/
Author
  Queensland Government - Jozef Syktus
http://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/
Publisher
  WDC Climate at DKRZ
Point of contact
  Queensland Government - Stephen Jeffrey
http://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/
Point of contact
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Mark Collier
http://www.dar.csiro.au/
Point of contact
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Dr. Leon Rotstayn
http://www.cmar.csiro.au
Name

NetCDF

Keywords
  • CMIP5

Keywords
  • CSIRO-Mk3-6-0

Keywords
  • IPCC

Keywords
  • IPCC-AR5

Keywords
  • IPCC-DDC

Keywords
  • WGI

Keywords
  • climate simulation

Keywords
  • historicalNat

Use limitation

unrestricted: unrestricted

Language

eng; USA

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Begin date
1850-01-01
End date
2013-01-01
Distribution format
  • NetCDF ()

Transfer size
3182506
OnLine resource
https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=CQMKhnv2015
Hierarchy level
collection
Attribute description
surface_altitude
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
sea_floor_depth_below_geoid
Descriptor

Sea Floor Depth [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface latent heat flux is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air on account of evaporation (including sublimation). 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

Attribute description
surface_snow_amount
Descriptor

surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface sensible heat flux, also called "turbulent" heat flux, is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air by motion of air. 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

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
surface_snow_area_fraction
Descriptor

surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
number_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_particles_in_air_at_liquid_water_cloud_top
Descriptor

number_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_particles_in_air_at_liquid_water_cloud_top [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m-3

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "Aerosol" means the suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets). Aerosol takes up ambient water (a process known as hygroscopic growth) depending on the relative humidity and the composition of the aerosol. "Dry aerosol" means aerosol without water. Black carbon aerosol is composed of elemental carbon. It is strongly light absorbing. "Emission" means emission from a primary source located anywhere within the atmosphere, including at the lower boundary (i.e. earth's surface). "Emission" is a process entirely distinct from "re-emission" which is used in some standard names. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction
Descriptor

Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
northward_ocean_heat_transport
Descriptor

Northward Ocean Heat Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W

Attribute description
atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content
Descriptor

"condensed_water" means liquid and ice. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
surface_snow_thickness
Descriptor

surface_snow_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
ocean_barotropic_mass_streamfunction
Descriptor

Ocean Barotropic Mass Streamfunction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
sea_surface_salinity
Descriptor

The unit of salinity is PSU, which is dimensionless. The units attribute should be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand if salinity is in PSU. Sea surface salinity is often abbreviated as "SSS". For the salinity of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_salinity with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu

Attribute description
atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
Descriptor

Ambient Aerosol Absorption Optical Thickness at 550 nm [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
sea_water_salinity
Descriptor

sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu

Attribute description
surface_downward_y_stress
Descriptor

surface_downward_y_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2

Attribute description
sea_ice_thickness
Descriptor

sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
ocean_volume
Descriptor

Ocean Grid-Cell Volume [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m3

Attribute description
cell_thickness
Descriptor

Ocean Model Cell Thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
mole_fraction_of_sulfur_dioxide_in_air
Descriptor

mole_fraction_of_sulfur_dioxide_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
cloud_area_fraction
Descriptor

"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

Attribute description
surface_temperature
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K

Attribute description
toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
Descriptor

"longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". 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

Attribute description
upward_ocean_mass_transport
Descriptor

Upward Ocean Mass Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
moisture_content_of_soil_layer
Descriptor

moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
runoff_flux
Descriptor

Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
precipitation_flux
Descriptor

In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
sea_water_salinity
Descriptor

sea_water_salinity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: psu

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol
Descriptor

Load of SO4 [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfur_dioxide_due_to_wet_deposition
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
northward_sea_water_velocity
Descriptor

sea_water_y_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Surface Concentration of Black Carbon Aerosol [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
mass_fraction_of_cloud_ice_in_air
Descriptor

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). [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
eastward_wind
Descriptor

"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
cell_area
Descriptor

Model Grid-Cell Area [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2

Attribute description
northward_wind
Descriptor

"Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
eastward_wind
Descriptor

"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
air_pressure_at_sea_level
Descriptor

sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "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

Attribute description
air_pressure_at_sea_level
Descriptor

sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
northward_wind
Descriptor

"Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
surface_snow_area_fraction
Descriptor

surface_snow_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
sea_water_potential_temperature
Descriptor

sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K

Attribute description
water_flux_into_sea_water
Descriptor

alias: water_flux_into_ocean

"Water" means water in all phases. The water flux into sea water is the freshwater entering as a result of precipitation, evaporation, river inflow, sea ice effects and water flux relaxation and correction (if applied). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "Aerosol" means the suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets). Aerosol takes up ambient water (a process known as hygroscopic growth) depending on the relative humidity and the composition of the aerosol. "Dry aerosol" means aerosol without water. "Emission" means emission from a primary source located anywhere within the atmosphere, including at the lower boundary (i.e. earth's surface). "Emission" is a process entirely distinct from "re-emission" which is used in some standard names. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "Aerosol" means the suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets). Aerosol takes up ambient water (a process known as hygroscopic growth) depending on the relative humidity and the composition of the aerosol. "Dry aerosol" means aerosol without water. "Wet deposition" means deposition by precipitation. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Concentration of SO4 [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
surface_downward_eastward_stress
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward eastward" indicates the ZX component of a tensor. A downward eastward stress is a downward flux of eastward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium eastward and the upper medium westward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

Attribute description
sea_water_transport_across_line
Descriptor

sea_water_transport_across_line [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface latent heat flux is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air on account of evaporation (including sublimation). 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

Attribute description
atmosphere_net_upward_convective_mass_flux
Descriptor

atmosphere_net_upward_convective_mass_flux [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t
Descriptor

Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice
Descriptor

Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
toa_incoming_shortwave_flux
Descriptor

"shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA incoming shortwave flux is the radiative flux from the sun i.e. the "downwelling" TOA shortwave flux. 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

Attribute description
surface_temperature
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Concentration of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
surface_snow_amount
Descriptor

surface_snow_amount [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
northward_wind
Descriptor

"Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
specific_humidity
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The Lagrangian tendency of a quantity is its rate of change following the motion of the fluid, also called the "material derivative" or "convective derivative". The Lagrangian tendency of air pressure, often called "omega", plays the role of the upward component of air velocity when air pressure is being used as the vertical coordinate. If the vertical air velocity is upwards, it is negative when expressed as a tendency of air pressure; downwards is positive.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa s-1

Attribute description
mole_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air
Descriptor

mole_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
sea_ice_thickness
Descriptor

sea_ice_thickness [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
convective_precipitation_flux
Descriptor

In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change
Descriptor

Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
surface_runoff_flux
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The Lagrangian tendency of a quantity is its rate of change following the motion of the fluid, also called the "material derivative" or "convective derivative". The Lagrangian tendency of air pressure, often called "omega", plays the role of the upward component of air velocity when air pressure is being used as the vertical coordinate. If the vertical air velocity is upwards, it is negative when expressed as a tendency of air pressure; downwards is positive.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa s-1

Attribute description
toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux
Descriptor

"shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". 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

Attribute description
northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_bolus_advection
Descriptor

Northward Ocean Heat Transport due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W

Attribute description
northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_diffusion
Descriptor

Northward Ocean Heat Transport due to Diffusion [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
Descriptor

"longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". 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

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Descriptor

Dry Deposition Rate of SO4 [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
surface_diffuse_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
specific_humidity
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "longwave" means longwave 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

Attribute description
atmosphere_water_vapor_content
Descriptor

"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
northward_wind
Descriptor

"Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
land_ice_area_fraction
Descriptor

"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. "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
northward_wind
Descriptor

"Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
moisture_content_of_soil_layer
Descriptor

moisture_content_of_soil_layer [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
surface_air_pressure
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

Attribute description
geopotential_height
Descriptor

Geopotential is the sum of the specific gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the specific centripetal potential energy. Geopotential height is the geopotential divided by the standard acceleration due to gravity. It is numerically similar to the altitude (or geometric height) and not to the quantity with standard name height, which is relative to the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfur_dioxide_due_to_emission
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "Emission" means emission from a primary source located anywhere within the atmosphere, including at the lower boundary (i.e. earth's surface). 'Emission' is a process entirely distinct from "re-emission" which is used in some standard names. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
ocean_mass_x_transport
Descriptor

Ocean Mass X Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
sea_surface_temperature
Descriptor

Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K

Attribute description
mass_fraction_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
Descriptor

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). [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
eastward_sea_water_velocity
Descriptor

sea_water_x_velocity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
convective_precipitation_flux
Descriptor

In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers
Descriptor

"Water" means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
surface_downward_northward_stress
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the windstress on the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_net_chemical_production_and_emission
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
atmosphere_number_content_of_cloud_droplets
Descriptor

Column Integrated Cloud Droplet Number [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m-2

Attribute description
sea_ice_y_transport
Descriptor

sea_ice_y_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_pm1_ambient_aerosol
Descriptor

Ambient Fine Aerosol Opitical Thickness at 550 nm [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
surface_air_pressure
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

Attribute description
cloud_area_fraction
Descriptor

"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

Attribute description
runoff_flux
Descriptor

Runoff is the liquid water which drains from land. If not specified, "runoff" refers to the sum of surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
eastward_wind
Descriptor

"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol
Descriptor

Load of Dust [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Surface Concentration of Black Carbon Aerosol [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_expressed_as_sulfur_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfur_dioxide_due_to_dry_deposition
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "Dry deposition" means gravitational settling, impact scavenging and turbulent deposition. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol
Descriptor

Load of Seasalt [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol
Descriptor

Load of Black Carbon Aerosol [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
snowfall_flux
Descriptor

In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
cloud_area_fraction
Descriptor

"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

Attribute description
cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer
Descriptor

"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

Attribute description
sea_ice_x_transport
Descriptor

sea_ice_x_transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
water_evaporation_flux
Descriptor

"Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
sea_water_potential_temperature
Descriptor

sea_water_potential_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: K

Attribute description
surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
soil_moisture_content
Descriptor

"moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "soil content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface down to the bottom of the soil model. For the content between specified levels in the soil, standard names including content_of_soil_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "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

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
air_pressure_at_sea_level
Descriptor

sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: Pa

Attribute description
region
Descriptor

Region Selection Index [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
sea_area_fraction
Descriptor

Sea Area Fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
land_area_fraction
Descriptor

"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.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
cell_area
Descriptor

Model Grid-Cell Area [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m2

Attribute description
snowfall_flux
Descriptor

In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "longwave" means longwave 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

Attribute description
specific_humidity
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
precipitation_flux
Descriptor

In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Concentration of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
Descriptor

Ambient Aerosol Opitical Thickness at 550 nm [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
ocean_mass_y_transport
Descriptor

Ocean Mass Y Transport [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
sea_surface_height_above_geoid
Descriptor

sea_surface_height_above_geoid [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
Descriptor

Ambient Aerosol Opitical Thickness at 550 nm [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 1

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dimethyl_sulfide_due_to_emission
Descriptor

tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dimethyl_sulfide_due_to_emission [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
sea_ice_area_fraction
Descriptor

sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model
Descriptor

Net Downward Flux at Top of Model [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Attribute description
eastward_wind
Descriptor

"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
Descriptor

A phrase assuming_condition indicates that the named quantity is the value which would obtain if all aspects of the system were unaltered except for the assumption of the circumstances specified by the condition. "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". 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

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
sea_ice_area_fraction
Descriptor

sea_ice_area_fraction [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "Aerosol" means the suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets). Aerosol takes up ambient water (a process known as hygroscopic growth) depending on the relative humidity and the composition of the aerosol. "Dry aerosol" means aerosol without water. "Dry deposition" means gravitational settling, impact scavenging and turbulent deposition. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_dust_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Concentration of Dust [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_dust_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Concentration of Dust [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
mass_concentration_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_in_air
Descriptor

Concentration of SO4 [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Attribute description
specific_humidity
Descriptor

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

Attribute description
effective_radius_of_cloud_liquid_water_particles_at_liquid_water_cloud_top
Descriptor

effective_radius_of_cloud_liquid_water_particle_at_liquid_water_cloud_top [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
surface_downward_x_stress
Descriptor

surface_downward_x_stress [CF-Standard Name]; unit: N m-2

Attribute description
ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection
Descriptor

Ocean Meridional Overturning Mass Streamfunction due to Bolus Advection [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg s-1

Attribute description
sea_water_potential_density
Descriptor

Sea Water Potential Density [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-3

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol
Descriptor

Load of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2

Attribute description
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Descriptor

"tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "Aerosol" means the suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets). Aerosol takes up ambient water (a process known as hygroscopic growth) depending on the relative humidity and the composition of the aerosol. "Dry aerosol" means aerosol without water. "Primary particulate organic matter " means all organic matter emitted directly to the atmosphere as particles except black carbon. The sum of primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol and secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol is particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol. "Emission" means emission from a primary source located anywhere within the atmosphere, including at the lower boundary (i.e. earth's surface). "Emission" is a process entirely distinct from "re-emission" which is used in some standard names. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2 s-1

Attribute description
surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface sensible heat flux, also called "turbulent" heat flux, is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air by motion of air. 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

Attribute description
eastward_wind
Descriptor

"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

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eng; USA

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collection
Hierarchy level name

CQMKhnv2015

Date stamp
2015-05-11T14:15:57
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115-2:2009

Point of contact
  Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum - Dr. Michael Lautenschlager
http://www.dkrz.de/
Point of contact
  Queensland Government - Stephen Jeffrey
http://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/
Point of contact
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Mark Collier
http://www.dar.csiro.au/
Point of contact
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Dr. Leon Rotstayn
http://www.cmar.csiro.au
 
 

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