| table_id: Table 3hr_obs |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| |
| frequency: 3hr |
| |
| cmor_version: 2.5.0 ! minimum version of CMOR that can read this table |
| cf_version: 1.4 ! version of CF that output conforms to |
| project_id: obs4MIPs ! CMIP5 ! project id |
| table_date: 06 January 2011 ! date this table was constructed |
| |
| missing_value: 1.e20 ! value used to indicate a missing value |
| ! in arrays output by netCDF as 32-bit IEEE |
| ! floating-point numbers (float or real) |
| |
| baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation |
| product: observations |
| |
| required_global_attributes: creation_date tracking_id model_id contact institute_id ! space separated required global attribute |
| |
| forcings: N/A |
| |
| expt_id_ok: '10- or 30-year run initialized in year XXXX' 'decadalXXXX' |
| expt_id_ok: 'volcano-free hindcast initialized in year XXXX' 'noVolcXXXX' |
| expt_id_ok: 'prediction with 2010 volcano' 'volcIn2010' |
| expt_id_ok: 'pre-industrial control' 'piControl' |
| expt_id_ok: 'historical' 'historical' |
| expt_id_ok: 'historical extension' 'historicalExt' |
| expt_id_ok: 'mid-Holocene' 'midHolocene' |
| expt_id_ok: 'last glacial maximum' 'lgm' |
| expt_id_ok: 'last millennium' 'past1000' |
| expt_id_ok: 'RCP4.5' 'rcp45' |
| expt_id_ok: 'RCP8.5' 'rcp85' |
| expt_id_ok: 'RCP2.6' 'rcp26' |
| expt_id_ok: 'RCP6' 'rcp60' |
| expt_id_ok: 'ESM pre-industrial control' 'esmControl' |
| expt_id_ok: 'ESM historical' 'esmHistorical' |
| expt_id_ok: 'ESM RCP8.5' 'esmrcp85' |
| expt_id_ok: 'ESM fixed climate 1' 'esmFixClim1' |
| expt_id_ok: 'ESM fixed climate 2' 'esmFixClim2' |
| expt_id_ok: 'ESM feedback 1' 'esmFdbk1' |
| expt_id_ok: 'ESM feedback 2' 'esmFdbk2' |
| expt_id_ok: '1 percent per year CO2' '1pctCO2' |
| expt_id_ok: 'abrupt 4XCO2' 'abrupt4xCO2' |
| expt_id_ok: 'natural-only' 'historicalNat' |
| expt_id_ok: 'GHG-only' 'historicalGHG' |
| expt_id_ok: 'AMIP' 'amip' |
| expt_id_ok: '2030 time-slice' 'sst2030' |
| expt_id_ok: 'control SST climatology' 'sstClim' |
| expt_id_ok: 'CO2 forcing' 'sstClim4xCO2' |
| expt_id_ok: 'all aerosol forcing' 'sstClimAerosol' |
| expt_id_ok: 'sulfate aerosol forcing' 'sstClimSulfate' |
| expt_id_ok: '4xCO2 AMIP' 'amip4xCO2' |
| expt_id_ok: 'AMIP plus patterned anomaly' 'amipFuture' |
| expt_id_ok: 'aqua planet control' 'aquaControl' |
| expt_id_ok: '4xCO2 aqua planet' 'aqua4xCO2' |
| expt_id_ok: 'aqua planet plus 4K anomaly' 'aqua4K' |
| expt_id_ok: 'AMIP plus 4K anomaly' 'amip4K' |
| expt_id_ok: 'Observations' 'obs' |
| |
| approx_interval: 0.125000 ! approximate spacing between successive time |
| ! samples (in units of the output time |
| ! coordinate. |
| |
| !============ |
| axis_entry: longitude |
| !============ |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Axis attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: longitude |
| units: degrees_east |
| axis: X ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared) |
| long_name: longitude |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional axis information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| out_name: lon |
| valid_min: 0.0 |
| valid_max: 360.0 |
| stored_direction: increasing |
| type: double |
| must_have_bounds: yes |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| |
| !============ |
| axis_entry: latitude |
| !============ |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Axis attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: latitude |
| units: degrees_north |
| axis: Y ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared) |
| long_name: latitude |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional axis information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| out_name: lat |
| valid_min: -90.0 |
| valid_max: 90.0 |
| stored_direction: increasing |
| type: double |
| must_have_bounds: yes |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| |
| !============ |
| axis_entry: time |
| !============ |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Axis attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: time |
| units: days since ? |
| axis: T ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared) |
| long_name: time |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional axis information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| out_name: time |
| stored_direction: increasing |
| type: double |
| must_have_bounds: yes |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| |
| !============ |
| axis_entry: time1 |
| !============ |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Axis attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: time |
| units: days since ? |
| axis: T ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared) |
| long_name: time |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional axis information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| out_name: time |
| stored_direction: increasing |
| type: double |
| must_have_bounds: no |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| |
| !============ |
| axis_entry: height2m |
| !============ |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Axis attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: height |
| units: m |
| axis: Z ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared) |
| positive: up ! up or down (default: undeclared) |
| long_name: height |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional axis information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| out_name: height |
| valid_min: 1.0 |
| valid_max: 10.0 |
| stored_direction: increasing |
| type: double |
| value: 2. ! of scalar (singleton) dimension |
| must_have_bounds: no |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| |
| !============ |
| axis_entry: height10m |
| !============ |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Axis attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: height |
| units: m |
| axis: Z ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared) |
| positive: up ! up or down (default: undeclared) |
| long_name: height |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional axis information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| out_name: height |
| valid_min: 1.0 |
| valid_max: 30.0 |
| stored_direction: increasing |
| type: double |
| value: 10. ! of scalar (singleton) dimension |
| must_have_bounds: no |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| |
| !============ |
| axis_entry: sdepth1 |
| !============ |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Axis attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: depth |
| units: m |
| axis: Z ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared) |
| positive: down ! up or down (default: undeclared) |
| long_name: depth |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional axis information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| out_name: depth |
| valid_min: 0.0 |
| valid_max: 0.2 |
| stored_direction: increasing |
| type: double |
| value: 0.05 ! of scalar (singleton) dimension |
| bounds_values: 0.0 0.1 ! of scalar (singleton) dimension bounds |
| must_have_bounds: yes |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: pr |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: precipitation_flux |
| units: kg m-2 s-1 |
| cell_methods: time:mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Precipitation |
| comment: at surface; includes both liquid and solid phases. This is the 3-hour mean precipitation flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: pr |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: tas |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: air_temperature |
| units: K |
| cell_methods: time: point |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Air Temperature |
| comment: This is sampled synoptically. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 height2m |
| out_name: tas |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: hfls |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux |
| comment: This is the 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: hfls |
| type: real |
| positive: up |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: hfss |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux |
| comment: This is the 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: hfss |
| type: real |
| positive: up |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rlds |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation |
| comment: This is the 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rlds |
| type: real |
| positive: down |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rlus |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation |
| comment: This is the 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rlus |
| type: real |
| positive: up |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rsds |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation |
| comment: This is the 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rsds |
| type: real |
| positive: down |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rsus |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation |
| comment: This is the 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rsus |
| type: real |
| positive: up |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: uas |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: eastward_wind |
| units: m s-1 |
| cell_methods: time: point |
| long_name: Eastward Near-Surface Wind Speed |
| comment: This is sampled synoptically. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 height10m |
| out_name: uas |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: vas |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: northward_wind |
| units: m s-1 |
| cell_methods: time: point |
| long_name: Northward Near-Surface Wind Speed |
| comment: This is sampled synoptically. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 height10m |
| out_name: vas |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: huss |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: specific_humidity |
| units: 1 |
| cell_methods: time: point |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Near-Surface Specific Humidity |
| comment: This is sampled synoptically. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 height2m |
| out_name: huss |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: mrsos |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: land |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: moisture_content_of_soil_layer |
| units: kg m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: point area: mean where land |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Moisture in Upper Portion of Soil Column |
| comment: the mass of water in all phases in a thin surface soil layer. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 sdepth1 |
| out_name: mrsos |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: tslsi |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: land |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_temperature |
| units: K |
| cell_methods: time: point |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Temperature Where Land or Sea Ice |
| comment: ""skin"" temperature of all surfaces except open ocean, sampled synoptically. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 |
| out_name: tslsi |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: tso |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: ocean |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: sea_surface_temperature |
| units: K |
| cell_methods: time: point area: mean where sea |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Sea Surface Temperature |
| comment: temperature of surface of open ocean, sampled synoptically. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 |
| out_name: tso |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: prc |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: convective_precipitation_flux |
| units: kg m-2 s-1 |
| cell_methods: time:mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Convective Precipitation |
| comment: at surface. This is a 3-hour mean convective precipitation flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: prc |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: prsn |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: snowfall_flux |
| units: kg m-2 s-1 |
| cell_methods: time:mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Snowfall Flux |
| comment: at surface. Includes all forms of precipitating solid phase of water. This is the 3-hour mean snowfall flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: prsn |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: mrro |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: land |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: runoff_flux |
| units: kg m-2 s-1 |
| cell_methods: time: mean area: mean where land |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Total Runoff |
| comment: the total runoff (including ""drainage"" through the base of the soil model) leaving the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell, averaged over the 3-hour interval. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: mrro |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rldscs |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation |
| comment: This is a 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rldscs |
| type: real |
| positive: down |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rsdscs |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation |
| comment: This is a 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rsdscs |
| type: real |
| positive: down |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rsuscs |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation |
| comment: This is a 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rsuscs |
| type: real |
| positive: up |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: ps |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_air_pressure |
| units: Pa |
| cell_methods: time: point |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Pressure |
| comment: sampled synoptically to diagnose atmospheric tides, this is better than mean sea level pressure. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time1 |
| out_name: ps |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: clt |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: cloud_area_fraction |
| units: % |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Total Cloud Fraction |
| comment: for the whole atmospheric column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. Include both large-scale and convective cloud. This is a 3-hour mean. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: clt |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |
| !============ |
| variable_entry: rsdsdiff |
| !============ |
| modeling_realm: atmos |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Variable attributes: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| standard_name: surface_diffuse_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air |
| units: W m-2 |
| cell_methods: time: mean |
| cell_measures: area: areacella |
| long_name: Surface Diffuse Downwelling Shortwave Radiation |
| comment: This is a 3-hour mean flux. |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! Additional variable information: |
| !---------------------------------- |
| dimensions: longitude latitude time |
| out_name: rsdsdiff |
| type: real |
| !---------------------------------- |
| ! |
| |