| variableName | fullName |
|---|---|
| airt | Air Temperature |
| air_msu23 | MSU Air Temperature Channel 2/3 |
| air_msu34 | MSU Air Temperature Channel 3/4 |
| cdom | Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Material |
| cfnlf | Cloud Forcing Net Longwave Flux |
| cfnsf | Cloud Forcing Net Solar Flux |
| chi | Velocity Potential |
| cld | Fractional Cloudiness |
| cldc | Cloudiness |
| cog | Course Over Ground |
| convt | Temperature Adjustment Due to Convection |
| cprat | Convective Precipitation Rate |
| csdlf | Clear Sky Downward Longwave Flux |
| csdsf | Clear Sky Downward Solar Flux |
| csulf | Clear Sky Upward Longwave Flux |
| curltau | Curl of the Surface Wind Stress |
| div | Divergence |
| dlwrf | Downward Longwave Radiation Flux |
| dswrf | Downward Solar Radiation Flux |
| fricvel | Surface Friction Velocity Cubed |
| gflux | Ground Heat Flux |
| hflx | Heat flux |
| hgt | Geopotential Height |
| hgt_hgt | Mean Square Geopotential Height |
| hicld | Composite Average of High Level Clouds |
| hrc | Highly Reflective Clouds |
| icec | Ice Concentration |
| land | Land Mask |
| lflx | Latent Heat Parameter |
| lftx | Surface Lifted Index |
| lftx4 | Best (4-layer) Lifted Index |
| lhtfl | Latent Heat Net Flux |
| lowcld | Composite Average of Low Level Clouds |
| lsmask | Land/Sea Mask |
| lwe | Liquid Water Equivalent |
| midcld | Composite Average of Mid Level Clouds |
| mldpd | Mixed Layer Depth via Potential Density |
| mldpt | Mixed Layer Depth via Potential Temperature |
| mslp | Mean Sea Level Pressure |
| nbdsf | Near IR Beam Downward Solar Flux |
| nddsf | Near IR Diffuse Downward Solar Flux |
| nlwrs | Net Longwave Radiation at the Surface |
| nobs | Number of Observations |
| nswrs | Net Shortwave Radiation Flux |
| nswrs | Shortwave Heat Flux at the Surface |
| olr | Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| omega | Omega (dp/dt) |
| omega_air | X-prod Air & Omega (dp/dt) |
| omega_hgt | X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Geo Height |
| omega_omega | Mean Square Omega (dp/dt) |
| omega_shum | X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Specific Humidity |
| omega_vair | X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Virt Temp |
| omega_vort | X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Vorticity |
| otemp | Ocean Temperature |
| par | Photosynthetically Available Radiation |
| pcpevp | Precipitation Minus Evaporation at the Surface |
| pdsi | Palmer Drought Severity Index |
| pevpr | Potential Evaporation Rate |
| pic | Particulate Inorganic Carbon |
| poc | Particulate Organic Carbon |
| pottmp | Potential Temperature |
| prate | Precipitation Rate |
| prec | Precipitation |
| precip | Precipitation |
| pres | Pressure |
| pr_wtr | Precipitable Water Content |
| ps | Surface Pressure Variation |
| pv | Potential Vorticity |
| qao | Net Surface Heat Flux |
| qlh | Latent Heat Flux |
| qnet | Net Diabatic Heating |
| qnetint | Vertically Integrated Net Diabaitic Heating |
| qsat | Saturation Specific Humidity Relative to Surface Temperature |
| qsfc | Specific Humidity at Sigma Level 0.9967 |
| qsh | Sensible Heat Flux |
| qsh | Sensible Heat Flux at the Surface |
| qshqlh | Sensible + Latent Heat Flux |
| qv | Transient Meridional Moisture Flux |
| rad | Temperature Adjustment Due to Radiation |
| relh | Relative Humidity |
| rhosfc | Air Density at Sigma Level 0.9967 |
| rhum | Relative humidity |
| rot | Rate Of Turn |
| runof | Water Runoff |
| runoff | Water Runoff |
| salt | Salinity |
| sfcr | Surface Roughness |
| sflx | Sensible Heat Parameter |
| shtfl | Sensible Heat Net Flux |
| shum | Specific Humidity |
| shum_shum | Mean Square Specific Humidity |
| skt | Skin Temperature |
| slp | Sea Level Pressure |
| smina | Sea-Air Temperature Difference |
| snowcover | Extent of Snow Cover |
| sog | Speed Over Ground |
| soilw | Volumetric Soil Moisture |
| spdsfc | Surface Wind Speed |
| srfp | Surface Pressure |
| srfpt | Surface Potential Temperature |
| sst | Sea Surface Temperature |
| stat | Static Stability |
| swfx | Short Wave Heat flux |
| tausfc | Surface Wind Stress |
| taux | Zonal Component of Wind Stress |
| tauy | Meridional Component of Wind Stress |
| tc | Temperature Correction |
| tcdc | Total Cloud Cover |
| temp | Temperature |
| thtasfc | Potential Temperature at Sigma Level 0.9967 |
| thtasst | Potential Temperature at Skin Surface |
| tmax | Maximum Temperature |
| tmin | Minimum Temperature |
| tmp | Temperature |
| topo | Topology |
| trpp | Tropopause Pressure |
| trpt | Tropopause Temperature |
| tv | Transient Meridional Heat Flux |
| uairt | Eastward Sensible Heat Transport |
| ucur | U Component of Ocean Current |
| uflx | Momentum Flux, u-component |
| ugwd | Zonal Gravity Wave Stress |
| ulflx | Zonal Latent Heat |
| ulwrf | Upward Longwave Radiation Flux |
| upstr | u-wind PseudoStress |
| uspeh | Eastward Latent Heat Transport |
| ustr | u-wind Stress |
| uswrf | Upward Solar Radiation Flux |
| ut | Transient Zonal Heat Flux |
| uu | Transient Zonal Flux of Zonal Momentum |
| uv | Transient Meridional Flux of Zonal Momentum |
| uwnd | u-wind |
| uwndsfc | u-wind |
| uwnd_air | X-prod Air & u-wind |
| uwnd_hgt | X-prod u-wind & Geo Height |
| uwnd_omega | X-prod u-wind & Omega (dp/dt) |
| uwnd_shum | X-prod u-wind & Spec Humidity |
| uwnd_uwnd | Mean Square u-wind |
| uwnd_vair | X-prod u-wind & Virt Temp |
| uwnd_vort | X-prod u-wind & Vorticity |
| uwnd_vwnd | X-prod u-wind & v-wind |
| vair | Virtual Temperature |
| vairt | Northward Sensible Heat Transport |
| vair_vair | Mean Square Virtual Temperature |
| vbdsf | Visible Beam Downward Solar Flux |
| vcur | V Component of Ocean Current |
| vddsf | Visible Diffuse Downward Solar Flux |
| vflx | Momentum Flux, v-component |
| vft | Temperature Adjustment Due to Vertical Diffusion |
| vgwd | Meridional Gravity Wave Stress |
| vlflx | Meridional Latent Heat Parameter |
| vor | Relative Vorticity |
| vort | Vorticity |
| vort_vort | Mean Square Vorticity |
| vpstr | v-wind Stress |
| vspeh | Northward Latent Heat Transport |
| vstr | v-wind Stress |
| vt | Transient Meridional Heat Flux |
| vv | Transient Meridional Flux of Meridional Momentum |
| vwnd | v-wind |
| vwndsfc | v-wind |
| vwnd_air | X-prod Air & v-wind |
| vwnd_hgt | X-prod v-wind & Geo Height |
| vwnd_omega | X-prod v-wind & Omega (dp/dt) |
| vwnd_shum | X-prod v-wind & Specific Humidity |
| vwnd_vair | X-prod v-wind & Virt Temp |
| vwnd_vort | X-prod v-wind & Vorticity |
| vwnd_vwnd | Mean Square v-wind |
| w | Vertical Velocity |
| weasd | Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow Depth |
| wspd | Wind Speed |
| wspd3 | Scalar Wind Speed Cubed |
| wt | Transient Vertical Heat Flux |
| wtmp | Water Temperature |