2D horizontal fields available for plotting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Field ID | Default | Description | Special conditions | Units | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALBEDO | fraction | Surface albedo | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 BARB10M | m/sec | 10 m wind barb | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 CANOPYM | m | Canopy moisture | if ISOIL=2 CORIOLIS | 1/s | Coriolis Parameter | constant field GRNFLX | W/m^2 | Ground heat flux | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 HCLD | % | High cloud fraction | if IMPHYS>=3 ICLW | mm | Integrated cloud water | if IMPHYS>=3 IICE | mm | Integrated cloud ice | if IMPHYS>=5 IGRA | mm | Integrated graupel | if IMPHYS>=6 INCI | mm | Integrated ice number concentration | if IMPHYS>=7 IRNW | mm | Integrated rain water | if IMPHYS>=3 ISNOW | mm | Integrated snow | if IMPHYS>=5 ISLTYP | category | Soil texture type | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 LAI | area/area| Leaf area index | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 LATITDOT | degrees | Latitude | LCLD | % | Low cloud fraction | if IMPHYS>=3 LI | K | Lifted index | LNDUS | category | Land use categories | constant field LHFLUX | W/m^2 | Surface latent heat flux | LONGIDOT | degrees | Longitude | LWDOWN | W/m^2 | Longwave downward radiation | LWOUT | W/m^2 | Top outgoing longwave radiation | if FRAD>=2 MAPFACDT | | Map scale factor (dot points) | constant field MCLD | % | Middel cloud fraction | if IMPHYS>=3 M-O LENG | m | Monin-Obukov length | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 NET RAD | W/m^2 | Surface net radiation | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 PBL HGT | m | PBL height | if IBLTYP=1,2,5 PRECIPT | mm | Total accumulated precipitation | } PRECIPC | mm | Convective accumulated precipitation | } NOTE PRECIPN | mm | Stable accumulated precipitation | } PRECIPTT | mm | Total precipitation during time interval | PRECIPTC | mm | Convective precipitation during time interval | PRECIPTN | mm | Stable precipitation during time interval | PRH2O | cm | Precipitable water | PSLV | mb | Sea level pressure | PSFC | mb | Surface pressure | Q2M/Q2 | kg/kg | 2m mixing ratio | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 PTEND | mb | Pressure change | RA | s/m | Aerodynamic resistance | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 RAINT | mm | Total accumulated precipitation | } RAINC | mm | Convective accumulated precipitation | } NOTE RAINN | mm | Stable accumulated precipitation | } RES TEMP | K | Substrate temperature | constant field RTENDT | mm | Total precipitation during time interval | RTENDC | mm | Convective precipitation during time interval | RTENDN | mm | Stable precipitation during time interval | REGIME | category | PBL regimes (values 1-4) | if IBLTYP=1,2,5 RS | s/m | Surface resistance | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 SEAICE | | Sea ice | if ISOIL=2 (constant field) SFCRNOFF | mm | Surface runoff | if ISOIL=2 SHFLUX | W/m^2 | Surface sensible heat flux | SNODPTH | mm | Water equivalent of snow depth | if ISOIL=2,IFSNOW=2 SNOWCOVR | m | Snow cover | if ISOIL=2 (constant field if ISOIL<2) SOIL T 1-6 | K | Soil temperature in 1/2/4/8/16 cm layer | SOIL T 1-4 | K | Soil temperature in 10/40/100/200 cm layer | if ISOIL=1,2 SOIL M 1-4 | m^3/m^3 | Soil moisture in 10/40/100/200 cm layer | if ISOIL=2 SPSRC | | Source layer updraft | if ICUPA=8 SUMFB | | Mass flux updraft | if ICUPA=8 SWDOWN | W/m^2 | Shortwave downward radiation | SWOUT | W/m^2 | Top outgoing shortwave radiation | if FRAD>=2 T2M/T2 | K | 2m temperature | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 TD2M | K | 2m dew point temperature | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 TDD2M | K | 2m dew point depression | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 TER | m | Terrain elevation | constant field TGD | K | Ground temperature | THK | m | Thickness | TSEASFC | K | Sea surface temperature | constant field U10 | m/sec | 10m model u wind component | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 UGDRNOFF | mm | Underground runoff | if ISOIL=2 V10 | m/sec | 10m model v wind component | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 VECT10M | m/sec | 10 m wind vector | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 VEGFRG | fraction | Vegetation coverage | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 VESL10M | m/sec | 10 m streamline | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 WIND10M | m/sec | 10 m wind speed | if IFBLTYP=2,4,5 ZNT | m | Roughness length | if ISOIL=3 & IBLTYP=7 UST | m/s | Frictional velocity |
Available 3D fields (as 2D horizontal or cross-section)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Field ID | Default | Description | Special conditions | Units | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGL | m | Above ground level | BARB | m/s | Wind barbs | CLB | g/kg | Cloud boundary | CLW | g/kg | Cloud water | if IMPHYS>=3 DIV | 10**5/s | Divergence of horizontal wind | GRA | g/kg | Graupel | if IMPHYS>=6 H | m | Geopotential height | HEIGHT | m | Geopotential height | ICE | g/kg | Cloud ice | if IMPHYS>=5 MDIV | 10**7/s | Moisture divergence | MSE | J/kg | Moist static energy | MSS | J/kg | Saturated moist static energy | NCI | no/m^3 | Number concentration of ice | if IMPHYS>=7 OMG | ub/s | Vertical motion (pressure level data only) | P | mb | Pressure | PP | mb | Pressure perturbation | PV | PVU | Potential vorticity | QDIV | K/m^2s | q-vector divergence (pressure level data only) | QV | g/kg | Mixing ratio | if IMPHYS>=2 QVEC | K/ms | q-vector (pressure level data only) | RDTEND | K/day | Atmospheric radiative tendency | if FRAD>=2 RH | % | Relative humidity | RNW | g/kg | Rain water | if IMPHYS>=3 SLW | g/kg | Super-cooled liquid water | SNOW | g/kg | Snow | if IMPHYS>=5 T | K | Temperature | TD | K | Dew point temperature | TDD | K | Dew point depression | THETA | K | Potential temperature | THETAE | K | Equivalent potential temperature | TKE | J/kg | Turbulent kinetic energy | if IBLTYP=3,4,6 U | m/s | u-component of wind | V | m/s | v-component of wind | VAB | 10**5/s | Absolute vorticity | VECT | m/s | Horizontal wind vectors | VESL | m/s | Horizontal wind streamlines | VOR | 10**5/s | Relative vorticity | W | m/s | w-component of wind (on full sigma levels) | WIND | m/s | Wind speed | All wind fields (BARB, VECT, VESL and WIND) can also be plotted for geostrofic wind (ie, BARBG) or ageostrophics wind (ie, BARBA)
Available cross-section fields only
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field ID | Default | Description | Special conditions | Units | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AM | m/s | Absolute momentum | AXW | m/s | Wind speed tangential to the cross-section | CUV | m/s | Horizontal wind barb in plane | CXW | m/s | Circulation vectors in cross-section plane | XXW | m/s | Wind speed normal to the cross-section |
All the cross-sections can be plotted also for geostrofic wind (ie, AMG) or ageostrophics wind (ie, AMA)