CDS parameter name | ESGF variable Variable id | Long name | Units |
2m temperature | tas |
| Kelvin |
Maximum 2m temperature in the last 24 hours | tasmax |
| Kelvin |
Minimum 2m temperature in the last 24 hours | tasmin |
| Kelvin |
| Skin temperature | ts |
| Kelvin |
| Mean sea level pressure | psl |
| Pa |
| Surface pressure | ps |
| Pa |
| 10m u component of wind | uas |
| m s-1 |
| 10m v component of wind | vas |
| m s-1 |
| 10m wind speed | sfcWind |
| m s-1 |
| 2m relative humidity | hurs |
| 1 |
| 2m specific humidity | huss |
| 1 |
| Mean precipitation flux | pr |
| kg m-2 s-1 |
| Snowfall | prsn |
| kg m-2 s-1 |
| Evaporation | evspsbl |
| kg m-2 s-1 |
| Eastward turbulent surface stress | tauu |
| Pa |
| Northward turbulent surface stress | tauv |
| Pa |
| Surface latent heat flux | hfls |
| W m-2 |
| Surface sensible heat flux | hfss |
| W m-2 |
| Surface thermal radiation downwards | rlds |
| W m-2 |
Surface upwelling longwave radiation | rlus |
| W m-2 |
Surface solar radiation downwards | rsds |
| W m-2 |
Surface upwelling shortwave radiation | rsus |
| W m-2 |
TOA incident solar radiation | rsdt |
| W m-2 |
| TOA outgoing shortwave radiation | rsut |
| W m-2 |
| TOA outgoing longwave radiation | rlut |
| W m-2 |
| Total cloud cover | clt |
| 1 |
| Air temperature | ta |
| K |
| U-component of wind | ua |
| m s-1 |
| V-component of wind | va |
| m s-1 |
| Relative humidity | hur |
| 1 |
| Specific humidity | hus |
| 1 |
| Geopotential height | zg |
| m |
| Surface snow amount | snw |
| kg m-2 |
| Snow depth? | snd |
| m |
| Runoff | mrro |
| kg m-2 s-1 |
| Soil moisture content | mrsos |
| kg m-2 |
| Sea-ice are percentage? | siconc |
| 1 |
| Sea ice thickness | sithick |
| m |
| Sea ice plus snow amount | simass |
| kg m-2 |
| Sea ice surface temperature | sitemptop |
| K |
| Sea surface temperature | tos |
| K |
| Sea surface salinity? | sos |
| 1e-3 |
| Sea surface height above geoid | zos |
| m |
| Grid-cell area for atmospheric grid variables?? | areacello |
| m2 |
| Sea area percentage? | sftof |
| % |
| Grid-cell area for ocean variables?? | areacella |
| m2 |
| Capacity of soil to store water? | mrsofc |
| kg m-2 |
| Percentage of grid cell occupied by land (including lakes)? | sftlf |
| % |
| Land ice area percentage? | sftgif |
| 1 |
| Orography | orog |
| m |