The following 30 parameters from NCEP Noah LSM Parameter Code Table 1 are included in this dataset:
| Parameter Code | Short Name | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRES | Pressure | |
| 11 | TMP | Temperature | |
| 33 | UGRD | u-component of wind | |
| 34 | VGRD | v-component of wind | |
| 51 | SPFH | Specific humidity | |
| 57 | EVP | Evaporation | |
| 61 | A PCP | Total precipitation | |
| 65 | WEASD | Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth | |
| 66 | SNO D | Snow depth | |
| 85 | TSOIL | Soil temperature | |
| 86 | SOILM | Soil moisture content | |
| 99 | SNO M | Snow melt | |
| 111 | NSWRS | Net short-wave radiation flux (surface) | |
| 112 | NLWRS | Net long-wave radiation flux (surface) | |
| 121 | LHTFL | Latent heat flux | |
| 122 | SHTFL | Sensible heat flux | |
| 131 | LFTX | Surface lifted index | |
| 132 | 4LFTX | Best (4 layer) lifted index | |
| 138 | BVF2 | Brunt-Vaisala frequency (squared) | |
| 145 | PEVPR | Potential evaporation rate | |
| 151 | COVTZ | Covariance between temperature and zonal components of the wind, defined as [uT]-[u][T], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. | |
| 155 | GFLUX | Ground heat flux | |
| 173 | LMH | Mass point model surface | |
| 204 | DSWRF | Downward short wave radiation flux | |
| 205 | DLWRF | Downward long wave radiation flux | |
| 223 | CNWAT | Plant canopy surface water | |
| 229 | SNOHF | Snow phase-change heat flux | |
| 234 | BGRUN | Baseflow-groundwater runoff | |
| 235 | SSRUN | Storm surface runoff | |
| 238 | SNOWC | Snow cover |