Surface level variables

Short name

Long name

clt

Total cloud fraction

evspsbl

Evaporation

hfls

Surface latent heat flux (upward)

hfss

Surface sensible heat flux (upward)

hurs

Near-surface relative humidity

huss

Near-surface specific humidity

mrro

Total runoff

mrsos

Soil moisture content (Total over upper 10cm)

od550aer

Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550 nm

pr

Precipitation

prsn

snowfall flux

ps

Surface pressure

psl

Sea-level pressure

rhs

Near-surface relative humidity

rlds

Surface downwelling longwave radiation

rlus

Surface upwelling longwave radiation

rlut

Top of atmosphere outgoing longwave radiation

rlutcs

Top of atmosphere outgoing clear-sky longwave radiation

rsds

Surface downwelling shortwave radiation

rsdt

Top of atmosphere incident shortwave radiation

rsus

Surface upwelling shortwave radiation

rsut

Top of atmosphere outgoing shortwave radiation

rsutcs

Top of atmosphere outgoing clear-sky shortwave radiation

sfcWind

Near-surface (10m) wind speed

sic

Sea ice fraction

sim

Sea ice and snow amount

sit

Sea ice thickness

snd

Snow depth over sea ice

snw

Surface snow amount

sos

Sea surface salinity

tas

Near-surface (2m) air temperature

tasmax

Daily maximum near-surface air temperature

tasmin

Daily minimum near-surface air temperature

tauu

Surface eastward wind stress (downward)

tauv

Surface northward wind stress (downward)

tos

Sea surface temperature

ts

Surface skin temperature

tsice

Sea ice surface temperature

uas

Near-surface zonal component of wind

vas

Near-surface meridional component of wind

zos

Sea surface height above geoid


Pressure level variables 

Short name

Long name

hur

Relative humidity

hus

Specific humidity

ta

Air temperature

ua

Zonal component of wind

va

Meridional component of wind

zg

Geopotential height