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NameAbbreviationUnit

Precipitation and humidity

  
Percolation 
perckg m-2
Surface air relative humidity
2r%
Surface runoff  
srokg m-2
Total column water vapourtciwvkg m-2
Total precipitation tpkg m-2

Accumulated radiation fluxes

  
Albedoal%
Evaporationevakg m-2
Time-integrated surface latent heat fluxslhfW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface sensible heat fluxsshfW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface clear-sky solar radiation downwardsadswrf_csW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface clear-sky solar radiation upwards auswrf_cs W m-2 s

Time-integrated surface direct solar radiation

tidirswrfW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface net solar radiation ssrW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface solar radiation downwards ssrdW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface clear-sky thermal radiation downwardsadlwrf_csW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface net thermal radiation
strW m-2 s
Time-integrated surface thermal radiation downwards
strdW m-2 s

Temperature and wind speed

  
10 metre wind speed10sim s-1
10 metre wind direction10wdirdegree true
10 metre wind gust since previous post-processing 
10fgm s-1
Surface air maximum temperature since previous post-processingmx2tK
Surface air minimum temperature since previous post-processingmn2tK
Surface air temperature2tK
Skin temperature sktK

Pressure/Height

  
Mean sea level pressuremslPa
Surface pressurespPa

Cloud properties

  
High cloud coverhcc%
Low cloud coverlcc%
Medium cloud covermcc%
Total cloud covertcc%

Snow

  
Snow densityrsnkg m-3
Snow depthsdem
Snow depth water equivalentsdkg m-2
Snow fall water equivalentsfkg m-2

Soil

  
Soil heat fluxsohf
W m-2

Static fields

  
Land-sea masklsm(0-1)
Orographyoroggpm
Surface roughnesssrm

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  • COSMO: 8 soil levels/layers (sot on levels the rest on layers)
    level borders at 0, 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187 cm
  • HARMONIE: 3 soil levels/layers (sot on levels, vsw on layers)
    level depths are grid dependant
  • MESCAN-SURFEX: TBD

  • MO: 4 soil layers (both sot and vsw on layers)
    level borders at  0, 0.1, 0.35, 1 and 3 m

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