Naming constructs
 
 Albedo-alb
 At TOA
t
 
 surface
s
 
 Clear sky (method 2)  
csm2
 
 
 Boundary layer- bl
 Height
h
   
 
 Cloud - cl 
 emittance 
em
 
 ice
i
 
 total
t
 
 liquid water
w
 
 highest top height
topht
 
 vertically integrated  
vi
 
 Energy - en
 Eddy kinetic
ek
   
 
 Evaporation - ev
 Surface
s
 
 Plus sublimation   
psbl
     
 
 Heat flux - hf
 Correction
 corr
 
 Latent
l
 
 Net
n
 
 Surface  
s
 
 Humidity - hu
 Relative
r
   
 Specific
s
   
 Surface (2m)  
s
 
 Zonal mean    
zm
 
 Mean Product - mp
 of eastward and northward wind
uva
 of northward wind and specific humidity 
vhusa
 of northward wind and temperature 
vta
 of vertical motion and specific humidity
whusa
 
 Moisture - mr
 soil 
so
   
 field capacity  
fc
 
 frozen  
f
 
 runoff 
ro
   
 surface    
s
 
Orography - orog
     
 
 Pressure - p
 surface
s
 
 below ground
bg
 
 Mean sea-level
sl
 
 
 Precipitation - pr
 convective
c
 
 minus evaporation
me
 
 snowfall
sn
 
 
 Radiation - r
longwave
l
       
shortwave
s
       
downward  
d
     
upward  
u
     
surface    
s
   
top (of atmosphere)    
t
   
clear-sky      
cs
 
Cloud radiative forcing (method 2)      
crfm2
 
model top        
mt
 
 Surface type - sft
 glacier
gl
 
 land 
l
 
 
 Sea ice - si 
 concentration
c
 
 boundary conditions   
bc
 thickness 
t
 
 
 Salinity - so
 Atlantic ocean
atl
 
 global ocean 
go
 
 Indian ocean
ind
 
 Pacific ocean
pac
 
 surface
s
 
 zonal mean
zm
 
 
 Snow - sn
 cover (percent area)
c
 
 depth 
d
 
 water 
w
 
 
 Stream function - stf
 barotropic
baro
 
 Mean meridional circulation   mmc  
 Atlantic ocean  
atl
 global ocean   
go
 Indian ocean  
ind
 Pacific ocean  
pac
 
 Temperature - t
 atmosphere
a
       
 ocean
o
       
 surface  
s
     
 Atlantic ocean    
atl
   
 global ocean     
go
   
 Indian ocean    
ind
   
 Pacific ocean    
pac
   
 Maximum      
max
 
 Minimum      
min
 
 Brightness MSU ch 2        
msu2
 Brightness MSU ch 4        
msu4
 Brightness MSU ch 6 (2R)        
msu6
 
 Wind stress- tau
 Eastward
u
     
 Northward
v
     
 
 Tendency - tn
 moisture 
m
 
 temperature 
t
 
 due to diabatic processes  
d
 due to dry convective processes  
dc
 due to large scale precipitation  
lsp
 due to longwave radiation  
lw
 due to moist convective processes  
mc
 due to shortwave radiation  
sw
 
 Trace gases - tr
 ozone  o3  
     
     
 
 Eastward wind or current - u
 atmosphere
a
   
 ocean
o
   
 surface  
s
 
 Zonal mean  
z
 
 
 Northward wind or current -
 atmosphere
a
 
 ocean
o
 
 surface  
 Zonal mean  
z
 
 Vorticity - vor
 Potential 
pot
 
 On theta sfc  
ts
 
 Vertical velocity or current - w
 atmosphere
a
 
 ocean
o
 
 In units of p tendency  
p
 
 Geopotential - zg