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NetCDF Variable Name (abbreviation)	Variable Description
air	Air temperature
air	Surface Air Temperature
air_msu23	MSU Air Temperature Channel 2/3
air_msu34	MSU Air Temperature Channel 3/4
cfnlf	Cloud Forcing Net Longwave Flux
cfnsf	Cloud Forcing Net Solar Flux
chi	Velocity Potential
cld	fractional cloudiness
cldc	Cloudiness
convt	Temperature Adjustment due to Convection (includes Latent Heat Release
cprat	Convective Precipitation Rate
csdlf	Clear Sky Downward Longwave Flux
csdsf	Clear Sky Downward Solar Flux
csulf	Clear Sky Upward Longwave Flux
csusf	Clear Sky Upward Shortwave Flux
csusf	Clear Sky Upward Solar Flux
curltau	Curl of the surface wind stress (computed with a constant drag coeficient of 10**-3
div	Divergence
dlwrf	Downward Longwave Radiation Flux
dswrf	Downward Solar Radiation Flux
fricvel	Surface Friction Velocity Cubed = (tau/rhosea)**3/2 (computed with a constant drag coeficient of 10**-3)
gflux	Ground Heat Flux
hflx	Heat flux
hgt	Geopotential height
hgt_hgt	Mean Square Geopotential Height
hicld	Composite average of high level (sigma = 0.355,0.257) clouds. The layer was considered overcast if one of the levels was overcast
hrc	Highly Reflective Clouds
icec	Ice Concentration
land	Land-sea mask
lflx	Latent Heat Parameter
lftx	Surface Lifted Index
lftx4	Best (4-layer) Lifted Index
lhtfl	Latent Heat Flux at the Surface
lhtfl	Latent Heat Net Flux
lhtfl	Surface Latent Heat Flux
lowcld	Composite average of low level (sigma = 0.997, 0.979, 0.935) clouds. The layer was considered overcast if one of the levels was overcast
lsmask	Land Sea Mask
lsmask	Land-sea mask
lsmask	Land/Sea Mask
lsmask	Surface pressure
mask	Land Sea Mask
mask	Validity
mask	Validity Mask
midcld	Composite average of mid level (sigma = 0.568 0.46) clouds. The layer was considered overcast if one of the levels was overcast
mldpd	Mixed Layer Depth via Pot. Dens.
mldpt	Mixed Layer Depth via Pot. Temp.
mslp	Mean Sea Level Pressure
nbdsf	Near IR Beam Downward Solar Flux
nddsf	Near IR Diffuse Downward Solar Flux
nlwrs	Longwave Heat Flux at the Surface
nlwrs	Net Longwave Radiation Flux
nobs	Number of days missing
nswrs	Net Shortwave Radiation Flux
nswrs	Shortwave Heat Flux at the Surface
olr	Outgoing Longwave Radiation
omega	Omega (dp/dt)
omega	vertical velocity
omega_air	X-prod Air & Omega (dp/dt)
omega_hgt	X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Geo Height
omega_omega	Mean Square Omega (dp/dt)
omega_shum	X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Spec Humidity
omega_vair	X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Virt Temp
omega_vort	X-prod Omega (dp/dt) & Vorticity
otemp	Number of Observations
otemp	Ocean Temperature
otemp	Ocean Temperature, analyzed mean
otemp	Ocean Temperature, analyzed mean - analyzed annual mean
otemp	Ocean Temperature, data distribution
otemp	Ocean Temperature, raw - analyzed
otemp	Ocean Temperature, Raw Nobs
otemp	Ocean Temperature, standard deviation
otemp	Ocean Temperature, standard error
otemp	Ocean Temperature, unanalyzed
pcpevp	Precipitation minus Evaporation at the surface
pdsi	Palmer Drought Severity Index
pevpr	Potential Evaporation Rate
pottmp	Potential Temperature
prate	Monthly Mean Precipitation Rate
prate	Precipitation Rate
prec	Precipitation
precip	Precipitation
pres	Pressure
pres	Surface Pressure
pr_wtr	Precipitable Water Content
ps	Surface pressure variation
psi	Streamfunction
pv	Potential Vorticity
qao	Net Surface Heat Flux
qlh	Latent Heat Flux
qlh	Latent Heat Flux at the Surface
qnet	net diabatic heating
qnetint	Vertically integrated net diabaitic heating
qsat	Saturation Specific Humidity relative to the Sea Surface or Land Skin Temperature
qsfc	Specific Humidity at Sigma Level 0.9967
qsh	Sensible Heat Flux
qsh	Sensible Heat Flux at the Surface
qshqlh	Sensible + Latent Heat Flux
qsminq	Sat Sp Hum at Sst Minus Sp Hum
qv	transient meridional moisture flux
rad	Temperature Adjustment due to Radiation
relh	Relative Humidity
rhosfc	Air Density at Sigma Level 0.9967
rhum	Relative humidity
runof	Water Runoff
salt	Number of Observations
salt	Ocean Salinity
salt	Ocean Salinity, analyzed mean
salt	Ocean Salinity, analyzed mean - analyzed annual mean
salt	Ocean Salinity, data distribution
salt	Ocean Salinity, raw - analyzed
salt	Ocean Salinity, Raw Nobs
salt	Ocean Salinity, standard deviation
salt	Ocean Salinity, standard error
salt	Ocean Salinity, unanalyzed
salt	Salinity
sfcr	Surface Roughness
sflx	Sensible Heat Parameter
shtfl	Sensible Heat Flux at the Surface
shtfl	Sensible Heat Net Flux
shtfl	Surface Sensible Heat Flux
shum	Specific humidity
shum_shum	Mean Square Specific Humidity
skt	Skin Temperature
slp	Sea Level Pressure
slp	Surface Pressure
smina	Sea-air Temperature Difference
snowcover	Extent of Snow Cover
soilw	Volumetric Soil Moisture
spdsfc	Surface Wind Speed
srfp	Station pressure
srfp	Surface Pressure
srfpt	Surface potential temperature
sst	Sea Surface Temperature
sst	Surface Skin Temperature
stat	Static Stability
swfx	Short wave heat flux
tausfc	Surface Wind Stress
taux	u-wind Stress
taux	Zonal component of the wind stress (computed with a constant drag coeficient of 10**-3
tauy	Meridional component of the wind stress (computed with a constant drag coeficient of 10**-3
tauy	v-wind Stress
tc	Temperature Correction
tcdc	Total cloud cover
thickness	thickness
thtasfc	Potential Temperature at Sigma Level 0.9967
thtasst	Potential Temperature at the Skin Surface
tmax	Maximum Temperature
tmin	Minimum Temperature
tmp	Temperature
topo	Model Topology
trpp	Tropopause Pressure
trpt	Tropopause temperature
tv	3-10 Day Filtered Transient Meridional Heat Flux
tv	transient meridional heat flux
uairt	Sensible Heat Trans Eastward Param
ucur	U component of ocean current
uflx	Momentum Flux, u-component
ugwd	Zonal Gravity Wave Stress
ulflx	Zonal Latent Heat Parameter
ulwrf	Upward Longwave Radiation Flux
upstr	u-wind pseudoStress
upstr	u-wind Stress
uspeh	Latent Heat Trans Eastward Param
ustr	u-wind Stress
uswrf	Upward Solar Radiation Flux
ut	Transient Zonal Heat Flux
uu	Transient Zonal Flux of Zonal Momentum
uv	3-10 Day Filtered Transient Meridional Flux of Zonal Momentum
uv	transient meridional flux of zonal momentum
uwnd	u-wind
uwndsfc	u-wind
uwnd_air	X-prod Air & u-wind
uwnd_hgt	X-prod u-wind & Geo Height
uwnd_omega	X-prod u-wind & Omega (dp/dt)
uwnd_shum	X-prod u-wind & Spec Humidity
uwnd_uwnd	Mean Square u-wind
uwnd_vair	X-prod u-wind & Virt Temp
uwnd_vort	X-prod u-wind & Vorticity
uwnd_vwnd	X-prod u-wind & v-wind
vair	Virtual Temperature
vairt	Sensible Heat Trans Northward Param
vair_vair	Mean Square Virtual Temperature
vbdsf	Visible Beam Downward Solar Flux
vcur	V component of ocean current
vddsf	Visible Diffuse Downward Solar Flux
vflx	Momentum Flux, v-component
vft	Temperature Adjustment due to Vertical Diffusion
vgwd	Meridional Gravity Wave Stress
vlflx	Meridional Latent Heat Parameter
vor	Relative Vorticity
vort	Vorticity
vort_vort	Mean Square Vorticity
vpstr	v-wind pseudoStress
vpstr	v-wind Stress
vspeh	Latent Heat Trans Northward Param
vstr	v-wind Stress
vt	Transient Meridional Heat Flux
vv	Transient Meridional Flux of Meridional Momentum
vwnd	v-wind
vwndsfc	v-wind
vwnd_air	X-prod Air & v-wind
vwnd_hgt	X-prod v-wind & Geo Height
vwnd_omega	X-prod v-wind & Omega (dp/dt)
vwnd_shum	X-prod v-wind & Spec Humidity
vwnd_vair	X-prod v-wind & Virt Temp
vwnd_vort	X-prod v-wind & Vorticity
vwnd_vwnd	Mean Square v-wind
w	vertical velocity
weasd	Water Equiv. of Accum. Snow Depth
wspd	Scalar Wind
wspd	Wind Speed
wspd3	Scalar Wind Cubed
wt	Transient Vertical Heat Flux

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