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Name	Abbreviation	Unit
Cloud cover	ccl	%
Pressure	pres	Pa
Specific cloud liquid water content	clwc	kg kg^-1
Specific cloud ice water content	ciwc	kg kg^-1
Specific humidity	q	kg kg^-1
Temperature	t	K
U-velocity	u	m s^-1
V-velocity	v	m s^-1

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● T+1,2,3,4,5,6 started at 06 UTC and 18 UTC

Name	Abbreviation	Unit
Cloud cover	ccl	%
Geopotential height	gh	gpm
Specific cloud liquid water content	clwc	kg kg^-1
Specific cloud ice water content	ciwc	kg kg^-1
Relative humidity	r	%
Temperature	t	K
U-velocity	u	m s^-1
V-velocity	v	m s^-1

Output of forecasts and analyses on pressure levels for defined time steps.

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● T+1,2,3,4,5,6 started at 06 UTC and 18 UTC

Name	Abbreviation	Unit
Cloud cover	ccl	%
Pressure	pres	Pa
Specific cloud liquid water content	clwc	kg kg^-1
Specific cloud ice water content	ciwc	kg kg^-1
Relative humidity	r	%
Temperature	t	K
Wind speed	ws	m s^-1
Wind direction	wdir	degree true

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● Store forecast output at T+1,2,3,4,5,6 started at 06 UTC and 18 UTC for the Unified Model, COSMO, Harmonie

Precipitation and humidity
Name	Abbreviation	Unit
Percolation	perc	kg m^-2
Surface air relative humidity	2r	%
Surface runoff	sro	kg m^-2
Total column water vapour

tcw

Accumulated radiation fluxes
tcwv	kg m^-2
Total precipitation	tp	kg m^-2
Albedo	al	%
Evaporation	eva	kg m^-2
Time-integrated surface latent heat flux	slhf	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface sensible heat flux	sshf	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface clear-sky solar radiation downwards	adswrf_cs	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface clear-sky solar radiation upwards	auswrf_cs	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface direct solar radiation	tidirswrf	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface net solar radiation	ssr	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface solar radiation downwards	ssrd	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface clear-sky thermal radiation downwards	adlwrf_cs	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface net thermal radiation	str	W m^-2 s
Time-integrated surface thermal radiation downwards	strd	W m^-2 s
Temperature and wind speed
10 metre wind speed	10si	m s^-1
10 metre wind direction	10wdir	degree true
10 metre wind gust since previous post-processing	10fg	m s^-1
Surface air maximum temperature since previous post-processing	mx2t	K
Surface air minimum temperature since previous post-processing	mn2t	K
Surface air temperature	2t	K
Skin temperature	skt	K
Pressure/Height
Mean sea level pressure	msl	Pa
Surface pressure	sp	Pa
Cloud properties
High cloud cover	hcc	%
Low cloud cover	lcc	%
Medium cloud cover	mcc	%
Total cloud cover	tcc	%
Snow
Snow density	rsn	kg m^-3
Snow depth	sde	m
Snow depth water equivalent	sd	kg m^-2
Snow fall water equivalent	sf	kg m^-2
Static fields
Land-sea mask	lsm	(0-1)
Orography	orog	gpm
Surface roughness	sr	m

Time steps: the same as surface level parameters

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Harmonie: 3 model levels/layers (sot on levels, vsw on layers) [dimensionless soil levels]
COSMO: 8 model levels/layers (sot on levels the rest on layers) [depths in cm]

Soil	Abbreviation	Unit
Liquid non-frozen volumetric soil water	liqvsm	m³ m^-3
Volumetric soil water	vsw	m³ m^-3
Soil heat flux	sohf	W m^-2
Soil temperature	sot	K
Soil depth	sod	m

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