| CDS parameter name for | CMIP5CMIP6 | ESGF variable id | CDS parameter name for CMIP6CMIP5 | Units |
| Near-Surface Air Temperature | tas | 2m temperature | tasKelvin |
| Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature | Kelvin tasmax | Maximum 2m temperature in the last 24 hours | tasmaxKelvin |
| Daily Maximum Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature | Kelvin tasmin | Minimum 2m temperature in the last 24 hours | tasminKelvin |
| Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature | Kelvints | Skin temperature | ts | Surface Temperature | Kelvin |
| Sea Level Pressure | pslKelvin | Mean sea level pressure | pslPa |
| Sea Level Surface Air Pressure | Paps | Surface pressure | psPa |
| Eastward Near-Surface Air PressureWind | Pauas | 10m u component of wind | m s-1 |
| Northward | uas | Eastward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1vas | 10m v component of wind | vasm s-1 |
| Northward Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1sfcWind | 10m wind speed | sfcWindm s-1 |
| Near-Surface Wind SpeedRelative Humidity | hursm s-1 | 2m relative humidity | hurs1 |
| Near-Surface Relative Specific Humidity | 1huss | 2m specific humidity | huss | Near-Surface Specific Humidity | 1 |
| Precipitation | pr1 | Mean precipitation flux | pr | Precipitation | kg m-2s-1 |
| Snowfall Flux | prsn | Snowfall Flux | kg m-2 s-1 | Evaporation | evspsbl |
| Evaporation Including Sublimation and Transpiration | evspsbl | Evaporation | kg kg m-2 s-1 |
| Eastward turbulent surface stress | tauu | Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress | Patauu | Northward Eastward turbulent surface stress | tauvPa |
| Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress | Pa | Surface latent heat flux | tauv | Northward turbulent surface stress | Pahfls |
| Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux | W m-2hfls | Surface sensible latent heat flux | hfssW m-2 |
| Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux | hfss | Surface sensible heat flux | W m-2 |
| Surface thermal radiation downwardsDownwelling Longwave Radiation | rlds | Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiationthermal radiation downwards | W m-2 |
| Surface upwelling longwave radiationUpwelling Longwave Radiation | rlus | Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiationupwelling longwave radiation | W m-2 |
| Surface solar radiation downwardsDownwelling Shortwave Radiation | rsds | Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiationsolar radiation downwards | W m-2 |
| Surface upwelling shortwave radiationUpwelling Shortwave Radiation | rsus | Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiationupwelling shortwave radiation | W m-2 |
| TOA incident solar radiationIncident Shortwave Radiation | rsdt | TOA Incident Shortwave Radiationincident solar radiation | W m-2 |
| TOA outgoing shortwave radiationOutgoing Shortwave Radiation | rsut | TOA Outgoing Shortwave Radiationoutgoing shortwave radiation | W m-2 |
| TOA outgoing longwave radiationOutgoing Longwave Radiation | rlut | TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiationoutgoing longwave radiation | W m-2 |
| Total cloud coverCloud Cover Percentage | clt | Total Cloud Cover Percentagecloud cover | 1 |
| Air temperatureTemperature | ta | Air Temperaturetemperature | K |
| Eastward Wind | ua | U-component of wind | ua | Eastward Wind | m s-1 |
| Northward Wind | va | V-component of wind | va | Northward Wind | m s-1 |
| Relative humidityHumidity | hur | Relative Humidityhumidity | 1 |
| Specific humidity Humidity | hus | Specific Humidityhumidity | 1 |
| Geopotential heightHeight | zg | Geopotential Heightheight | m |
| Surface snow amountSnow Amount | snw | Surface Snow Amountsnow amount | kg m-2 |
| Snow depthDepth | snd | Snow Depthdepth | m |
| Total Runoff | mrro | Total Runoff | kg m-2 s-1 |
| Soil moisture content | mrsos | Moisture in Upper Portion of Soil Column | mrsos | Soil moisture content | kg m-2 | Sea-ice area percentage | siconc |
| Sea-Ice Area Percentage (Ocean Grid) | 1siconc | Sea-ice thicknessarea percentage | sithick1 |
| Sea Ice Thickness | msithick | Sea ice plus snow amountthickness | simassm |
| Sea-Ice Mass per Area | simass | Sea ice plus snow amount | kg m-2 | Sea ice surface temperature | sitemptop |
| Surface Temperature of Sea Ice | Ksitemptop | Sea ice surface temperature | tosK |
| Sea Surface Temperature | Ktos | Sea surface salinitytemperature | sosK |
| Sea Surface Salinity | PSUsos | Sea surface height above geoidsalinity | PSU |
| zos | Sea Surface Height Above Geoid | zos | Sea surface height above geoid | m |
| Grid-cell area for ocean variablesCell Area for Ocean Variables* | areacello | Grid-Cell Area for Ocean Variables*cell area for ocean variables | m2 |
| Sea floor depth below geoid | deptho | Sea Floor Depth Below Geoid* | mdeptho | Sea area percentagefloor depth below geoid | msftof |
| Sea Area Percentage* | %sftof | Grid-cell area for atmospheric grid variables | Sea area percentage | %areacella |
| Grid-Cell Area for Atmospheric Grid Variables* | areacella | Grid-cell area for atmospheric grid variables | m2 |
| Capacity of soil Soil to store water (field capacity)Store Water (Field Capacity)* | mrsofc | Capacity of Soil soil to Store Water (Field Capacity)*store water (field capacity) | kg m-2 | Percentage of grid cell occupied by land (including lakes) |
| sftlf | Percentage of the Grid Cell Occupied by Land (Including Lakes)* | % | Land ice area percentage | sftlf | Percentage of grid cell occupied by land (including lakes) | %sftgif |
| Land Ice Area Percentage* | 1 | Orography | sftgif | Land ice area percentage | 1orog |
| Surface Altitude* | orog | Orography | m |