11 p P Pressure Pa
22 msl MSL Mean sea level pressure Pa
33 3 None Pressure tendency Pa s**-1
44 pv PV Potential vorticity K m**2 kg**-1 s**-1
55 5 None ICAO Standard Atmosphere reference height m
66 z Z Geopotential m**2 s**-2
77 gh GH Geopotential height gpm
88 h H Geometrical height m
99 9 None Standard deviation of height m
1010 tco3 TCO3 Total (column) ozone Dobson (kg m**-2)
1111 t T Temperature K
1212 12 None Virtual temperature K
1313 13 None Potential temperature K
1414 14 None Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature K
1515 15 None Maximum temperature K
1616 16 None Minimum temperature K
1717 17 None Dew-point temperature K
1818 18 None Dew-point depression (or deficit) K
1919 19 None Lapse rate K s**-1
2020 20 None Visibility m
2121 21 None Radar spectra (1) -
2222 22 None Radar spectra (2) -
2323 23 None Radar spectra (3) -
2424 24 None Parcel lifted index (to 500 hPa) K
2525 25 None Temperature anomaly K
2626 26 None Pressure anomaly Pa
2727 27 None Geopotential height anomaly gpm
2828 28 None Wave spectra (1) -
2929 29 None Wave spectra (2) -
3030 30 None Wave spectra (3) -
3131 31 None Wind direction Degree true
3232 32 None Wind speed m s**-1
3333 u U U-component of wind m s**-1
3434 v V V-component of wind m s**-1
3535 35 None Stream Function m**2 s**-1
3636 36 None Velocity Potential m**2 s**-1
3737 37 None Montgomery stream Function m**2 s**-1
3838 38 None Sigma coordinate vertical velocity s**-1
3939 w W Vertical velocity Pa s**-1
4040 40 None Vertical velocity m s**-1
4141 41 None Absolute vorticity s**-1
4242 42 None Absolute divergence s**-1
4343 vo VO Relative vorticity s**-1
4444 d D Relative divergence s**-1
4545 45 None Vertical u-component shear s**-1
4646 46 None Vertical v-component shear s**-1
4747 47 None Direction of current Degree true
4848 48 None Speed of current m s**-1
4949 49 None U-component of current m s**-1
5050 50 None V-component of current m s**-1
5151 q Q Specific humidity kg kg**-1
5252 r R Relative humidity %
5353 53 None Humidity mixing ratio kg m**-2
5454 54 None Precipitable water kg m**-2
5555 55 None Vapour pressure Pa
5656 56 None Saturation deficit Pa
5757 e E Evaporation kg m**-2
5858 ciwc CIWC Cloud ice kg m**-2
5959 59 None Precipitation rate kg m**-2 s**-1
6060 60 None Thunderstorm probability %
6161 tp TP Total precipitation kg m**-2
6262 62 LSP Large scale precipitation kg m**-2
6363 63 None Convective precipitation (water) kg m**-2
6464 64 None Snow fall rate water equivalent kg m**-2 s**-1
6565 sf SF Water equivalentof accumulated snow depth kg m**-2
6666 sd SD Snow depth m (of water equivalent)
6767 67 None Mixed layer depth m
6868 68 None Transient thermocline depth m
6969 69 None Main thermocline depth m
7070 70 None Main thermocline anomaly m
7171 tcc TCC Total cloud cover %
7272 ccc CCC Convective cloud cover %
7373 lcc LCC Low cloud cover %
7474 mcc MCC Medium cloud cover %
7575 hcc HCC High cloud cover %
7676 clwc CLWC Cloud liquid water content kg kg**-1
7777 77 None Best lifted index (to 500 hPa) K
7878 csf CSF Convective snow-fall kg m**-2
7979 lsf LSF Large scale snow-fall kg m**-2
8080 80 None Water temperature K
8181 lsm LSM Land cover (1=land, 0=sea) (0 - 1)
8282 82 None Deviation of sea-level from mean m
8383 sr SR Surface roughness m
8484 al AL Albedo -
8585 st ST Surface temperature of soil K
8686 ssw SSW Soil moisture content kg m**-2
8787 veg VEG Percentage of vegetation %
8888 88 None Salinity kg kg**-1
8989 89 None Density kg m**-3
9090 ro RO Water run-off kg m**-2
9191 91 None Ice cover (1=land, 0=sea) (0 - 1)
9292 92 None Ice thickness m
9393 93 None Direction of ice drift Degree true
9494 94 None Speed of ice drift m s*-1
9595 95 None U-component of ice drift m s**-1
9696 96 None V-component of ice drift m s**-1
9797 97 None Ice growth rate m s**-1
9898 98 None Ice divergence s**-1
9999 99 None Snow melt kg m**-2
100100 swh SWH Signific.height,combined wind waves+swell m
101101 mdww MDWW Mean direction of wind waves Degree true
102102 shww SHWW Significant height of wind waves m
103103 mpww MPWW Mean period of wind waves s
104104 104 None Direction of swell waves Degree true
105105 105 None Significant height of swell waves m
106106 106 None Mean period of swell waves s
107107 mdps MDPS Mean direction of primary swell Degree true
108108 mpps MPPS Mean period of primary swell s
109109 109 None Secondary wave direction Degree true
110110 110 None Secondary wave period s
111111 111 None Net short-wave radiation flux (surface) W m**-2
112112 112 None Net long-wave radiation flux (surface) W m**-2
113113 113 None Net short-wave radiation flux(atmosph.top) W m**-2
114114 114 None Net long-wave radiation flux(atmosph.top) W m**-2
115115 115 None Long-wave radiation flux W m**-2
116116 116 None Short-wave radiation flux W m**-2
117117 117 None Global radiation flux W m**-2
118118 118 None Brightness temperature K
119119 119 None Radiance (with respect to wave number) W m**-1 sr**-1
120120 120 None Radiance (with respect to wave length) W m**-1 sr**-1
121121 slhf SLHF (surface) Latent heat flux W m**-2
122122 sshf SSHF (surface) Sensible heat flux W m**-2
123123 bld BLD Boundary layer dissipation W m**-2
124124 124 None Momentum flux, u-component N m**-2
125125 125 None Momentum flux, v-component N m**-2
126126 126 None Wind mixing energy J
127127 127 None Image data -
128160 160 Unknown
129255 - - Indicates a missing value -
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