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NCAR'S GCIP MODEL OUTPUT ARCHIVE > MODEL OUTPUT LOCATION TIME SERIES (MOLTS) VARIABLESGo to Dataset: A. Identifiers:
| Group A | Description |
|---|---|
| A-1 | Location ID |
| A-2 | Valid Date/Time |
| A-3 | Forecast Length |
| A-4 | Latitude |
| A-5 | Longitude |
| A-6 | Location Elevation (in model) |
B. Surface Variables:
| Group B | Description |
|---|---|
| B-1 | Mean sea level pressure |
| B-2 | Ground surface pressure |
| B-3 | Total precipitation in past hour |
| B-4 | Convective precipitation in past hour |
| B-5 | U wind component at 10 m |
| B-6 | V wind component at 10 m |
| B-7 | 2-meter specific humidity |
| B-8 | 2-meter temperature |
| B-9 | Skin temperature |
| B-10 | Soil temperature (all soil layers) |
| B-11 | Soil moisture (all soil layers) |
| B-12 | Latent heat flux (surface evaporation) |
| B-13 | Sensible heat flux |
| B-14 | Ground heat flux |
| B-15 | Surface momentum flux |
| B-16 | Snow phase-change heat flux |
| B-17 | Snow depth (water equivalent) |
| B-18 | Snow melt |
| B-19 | Surface runoff |
| B-20 | Sub-surface runoff |
| B-21 | Surface downward short-wave radiation flux |
| B-22 | Surface upward short-wave radiation flux (gives albedo) |
| B-23 | Surface downward longwave radiation flux |
| B-24 | Surface upward longwave radiation flux |
| B-25 | Top-of-atmosphere net longwave radiative flux |
| B-26 | Top-of-atmosphere net shortwave radiative flux |
| B-27 | Top-of-atmosphere pressure for above fluxes |
C. Upper Air Level Variables:
| Group C | Description | Number of Levels |
|---|---|---|
| C-1 | pressure | |
| C-2 | geopotential height | |
| C-3 | temperature | |
| C-4 | specific humidity | |
| C-5 | U wind component | |
| C-6 | V wind component | |
| C-7 | Omega (vertical motion -- Dp/Dt) | |
| C-8 | convective precipitation latent heating rate | |
| C-9 | stable precipitation latent heating rate | |
| C-10 | shortwave radiation heating rate | |
| C-11 | longwave radiation heating rate | |
| C-12 | cloud water and/or cloud fraction |
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| Updated 22 July 2005 |
