| Name | Abbreviation | Unit |
| 10 metre u-velocity | 10u | m s-1 |
| 10 metre v-velocity | 10v | m s-1 |
| CAPE | cape | J kg-1 |
| Skin temperature | skt | K |
| Snow depth water equivalent | sd | kg m-2 |
| Snow density | sden | kg m-3 |
| Snow fall water equivalent | sf | kg m-2 |
| Snow albedo | asn | % |
| Soil moisture top 20cm | sm20
| kg m-3 |
| Soil moisture top 100 cm | sm100 | kg m-3 |
| Soil temperature top 20 cm | st20 | K |
| Soil temperature top 100 cm | st100 | K |
| Surface air maximum temperature | mx2t6 | K |
| Surface air minimum temperature | mn2t6 | K |
| Surface air temperature | 2t | K |
| Surface air dewpoint temperature | 2d | 2d |
| Sea surface temperature | sstk | K |
| Sea ice cover | ci | proportion |
| Surface pressure | sp | Pa |
| Time-integrated outgoing long-wave radiation | ttr | W m-2 s |
| Time-integrated surface latent heat flux | sshlf | W m-2 s |
| Time-integrated surface net solar radiation | sssr | W m-2 s |
| Time-integrated surface net thermal radiation | str | W m-2 s |
| Time-integrated surface sensible heat flux | sshf | W m-2 s |
| Time-integrated surface solar radiation downwards | ssrd | W m-2 s |
| Time-integrated surface thermal radiation downwards | strd | W m-2 s |
| Total cloud cover | tcc | % |
| Total column water | tcw | kg m-2 |
| Total precipitation | tp | kg m-2 |
| Convective precipitation | cp | kg m-2 |
| Northward turbulent surface stress | nsss | N m-2 s |
| Eastward turbulent surface stress | ewss | N m-2 s |
| Mean sea-level pressure | msl | Pa |
| Water runoff | ro | kg m-2 |
| Surface water runoff | sro | kg m-2 |
| Land sea mask | lsm | Proportion of land |
| Orography | orog | gpm |
| Soil type | slt | Categorical |