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NCAR'S GCIP MODEL OUTPUT ARCHIVE > MODEL OUTPUT REDUCED DATA SET (MORDS) VARIABLESGo to Dataset: A. Near-Surface Fields:
| Group A | Description |
|---|---|
| A-1 | 1 - Mean sea level pressure |
| A-2 | 2 - Surface pressure at 2 meters |
| A-3 | 3 - Temperature at 2 meters |
| A-4 | 4 - Specific humidity at 2 meters |
| A-5 | 5 - U component wind speed at 10 meters |
| A-6 | 6 - V component wind speed at 10 meters |
| A-7 | 7 - Surface latent heat flux (time avg) |
| A-8 | 8 - Surface sensible heat flux (time avg) |
| A-9 | 9 - Ground heat flux (time avg) |
| A-10 | 10 - Snow phase change heat flux (time avg) |
| A-11 | 11 - Surface momentum flux (time avg) |
| A-12 | 12 - Vertically integrated moisture convergence (time avg) |
| A-13 | 13 - Vertically integrated energy convergence (time avg) |
| A-14 | 14 - Total precipitation (time accumulated) |
| A-15 | 15 - Convective precipitation (time accumulated) |
| A-16 | 16 - Surface runoff (time accumulated) |
| A-17 | 17 - Subsurface runoff (time accumulated) |
| A-18 | 18 - Snow melt (time accumulated) |
| A-19 | 19 - Snow depth (water equivalent) |
| A-20 | 20 - Total soil moisture (within total active soil column) |
| A-21 | 21 - Canopy water content (if part of surface physics) |
| A-22 | 22 - Surface skin temperature |
| A-23 | 23 - Soil temperature in top soil layer |
| A-24 | 24 - Surface downward shortwave radiation (time avg) |
| A-25 | 25 - Surface upward shortwave radiation (time avg) |
| A-26 | 26 - Surface downward longwave radiation (time avg) |
| A-27 | 27 - Surface upward longwave radiation (time avg) |
| A-28 | 28 - Total cloud fraction (time avg) |
| A-29 | 29 - Total column water vapor |
| A-30 | 30 - Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) |
B. Lowest Level Atmospheric Fields:
| Group B | Description |
|---|---|
| B-1 | 31 - Temperature (lowest model level) |
| B-2 | 32 - Specific humidity (lowest model level) |
| B-3 | 33 - U component wind speed (lowest model level) |
| B-4 | 34 - V component wind speed (lowest model level) |
| B-5 | 35 - Pressure (lowest model level) |
| B-6 | 36 - Geopotential (lowest model level) |
| B-7 | 37 - Temperature (mean in 30 hpa layer above ground) |
| B-8 | 38 - Specific humidity (mean in 30 hpa layer above ground) |
| B-9 | 39 - U component wind speed (mean in 30 hpa layer above ground) |
| B-10 | 40 - V component wind speed (mean in 30 hpa layer above ground) |
C. Upper Atmospheric Fields
| Group C | Description |
|---|---|
| C-1 | 41 - 1000 hpa height |
| C-2 | 42 - 700 hpa vertical motion (omega -- Dp/Dt) |
| C-3 | 43 - 850 hpa height |
| C-4 | 44 - 850 hpa temperature |
| C-5 | 45 - 850 hpa specific humidity |
| C-6 | 46 - 850 hpa U component wind speed |
| C-7 | 47 - 850 hpa V component wind speed |
| C-8 | 48 - 500 hpa height |
| C-9 | 49 - 500 hpa absolute vorticity |
| C-10 | 50 - 250 hpa height |
| C-11 | 51 - 250 hpa U component wind speed |
| C-12 | 52 - 250 hpa V component wind speed |
| C-13 | 53 - Tropopause height (or pressure) |
| C-14 | 54 - Top-of-atmosphere net longwave radiation (time avg) |
| C-15 | 55 - Top-of-atmosphere net shortwave radiation (time avg) |
D. Meta Data Fixed Fields (as one-time companion file to MORDS)
| Group D | Description |
|---|---|
| D-1 | a - model terrain height |
| D-2 | b - model roughness length |
| D-3 | c - model max soil moisture capacity |
| D-4 | d - model soil type |
| D-5 | e - model vegetation type |
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| Updated 22 July 2005 |
