| CDS parameter name for CMIP6 | ESGF variable id | CDS parameter name for CMIP5 | Units |
| Near-surface air temperature | tas | 2m temperature | Kelvin |
| Daily maximum near-surface air temperature | tasmax | Maximum 2m temperature in the last 24 hours | Kelvin |
| Daily minimum near-surface air temperature | tasmin | Minimum 2m temperature in the last 24 hours | Kelvin |
| Surface temperature | ts | Skin temperature | Kelvin |
| Sea level pressure | psl | Mean sea level pressure | Pa |
| Surface air pressure | ps | Surface pressure | Pa |
| Eastward near-surface wind | uas | 10m u component of wind | m s-1 |
| Northward near-surface wind | vas | 10m v component of wind | m s-1 |
| Near-surface wind speed | sfcWind | 10m wind speed | m s-1 |
| Near-surface relative humidity | hurs | 2m relative humidity | 1 |
| Near-surface specific humidity | huss | 2m specific humidity | 1 |
| Precipitation | pr | Mean precipitation flux | kg m-2s-1 |
| Snowfall flux | prsn | Snowfall | kg m-2 s-1 |
| Evaporation Including sublimation and transpiration | evspsbl | Evaporation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| Surface downward eastward wind stress | tauu | Eastward turbulent surface stress | Pa |
| Surface downward northward wind stress | tauv | Northward turbulent surface stress | Pa |
| Surface upward latent heat flux | hfls | Surface latent heat flux | W m-2 |
| Surface upward sensible heat flux | hfss | Surface sensible heat flux | W m-2 |
| Surface downwelling longwave radiation | rlds | Surface thermal radiation downwards | W m-2 |
| Surface upwelling longwave radiation | rlus | Surface upwelling longwave radiation | W m-2 |
| Surface downwelling shortwave radiation | rsds | Surface solar radiation downwards | W m-2 |
| Surface upwelling shortwave radiation | rsus | Surface upwelling shortwave radiation | W m-2 |
| TOA incident shortwave radiation | rsdt | TOA incident solar radiation | W m-2 |
| TOA outgoing shortwave radiation | rsut | TOA outgoing shortwave radiation | W m-2 |
| TOA outgoing longwave radiation | rlut | TOA outgoing longwave radiation | W m-2 |
| Total cloud cover percentage | clt | Total cloud cover | 1% |
| Air temperature | ta | Air temperature | K |
| Eastward wind | ua | U-component of wind | m s-1 |
| Northward wind | va | V-component of wind | m s-1 |
| Relative humidity | hur | Relative humidity | 1 |
| Specific humidity | hus | Specific humidity | 1 |
| Geopotential height | zg | Geopotential height | m |
| Surface snow amount | snw | Surface snow amount | kg m-2 |
| Snow depth | snd | Snow depth | m |
| Total runoff | mrro | Runoff | kg m-2 s-1 |
| Moisture in upper portion of soil column | mrsos | Soil moisture content | kg m-2 |
| Sea-Ice area percentage (ocean grid) | siconc | Sea-ice area percentage | 1 |
| Sea Ice thickness | sithick | Sea ice thickness | m |
| Sea-Ice mass per area | simass | Sea ice plus snow amount | kg m-2 |
| Surface temperature of sea Ice | sitemptop | Sea ice surface temperature | K |
| Sea surface temperature | tos | Sea surface temperature | K |
| Sea surface salinity | sos | Sea surface salinity | PSU |
| Sea surface height above geoid | zos | Sea surface height above geoid | m |
| Grid-cell area for ocean variables* | areacello | NOT AVAILABLE | m2 |
| Sea floor depth below geoid* | deptho | NOT AVAILABLE | m |
| Sea area percentage* | sftof | NOT AVAILABLE | % |
| Grid-cell area for atmospheric grid variables* | areacella | NOT AVAILABLE | m2 |
| Capacity of soil to store water (field capacity)* | mrsofc | NOT AVAILABLE | kg m-2 |
| Percentage of the grid cell occupied by land (including lakes)* | sftlf | NOT AVAILABLE | % |
| Land ice area percentage* | sftgif | NOT AVAILABLE | 1 |
| Surface altitude* | orog | NOT AVAILABLE | m |