Dear All, I would like to propose the following list of variable names to be included in the list of CF standard names. They are input/output variables for the COSP (CFMIP Observational simulator Package). Many of them are requested by CFMIP-2, as part of CFMIP5.
Please let me know your comments. Best wishes, Alejandro ------------------------ List of variables -------------------------- These are the input variables. a) Vertical coordinates. Heights and pressures in full levels (middle of the layer) and half levels (bottom of layer). height_of_full_levels_above_reference_ellipsoid [m] height_of_half_levels_above_reference_ellipsoid [m] air_pressure_at_full_levels [Pa] air_pressure_at_half_levels [Pa] b) Cloud condensate mixing ratios [1] mixing_ratio_large_scale_cloud_liquid mixing_ratio_large_scale_cloud_ice mixing_ratio_convective_cloud_liquid mixing_ratio_convective_cloud_ice c) Flux of precipitating graupel [kg m-2 s-1] large_scale_graupel_flux d) Radiative properties of clouds. Optical depths at 0.67 micron and emissivities at 10.5 micron. hydrometeor_effective_radius [m] large_scale_cloud_optical_depth [1] convective_cloud_optical_depth [1] large_scale_cloud_emissivity [1] convective_cloud_emissivity [1] e) Surface variables. Emissivity at 10.5 micron. skin_temperature [K] surface_emissivity [1] f) Sunlit gridpoints sunlit_binary_mask [1] g) Ozone amount. mixing_ratio_of_ozone_in_air [1] The following are output variables. h) Cloud fractions from CALIPSO/CLOUDSAT simulators. Units: 1. calipso_total_cloud_fraction calipso_low_level_cloud_fraction calipso_mid_level_cloud_fraction calipso_high_level_cloud_fraction calipso_cloud_fraction calipsonocloudsat_cloud_fraction calipso_and_cloudsat_total_cloud_fraction i) Backscatter signals for CloudSat and Calipso. i.1 CloudSat Radar Reflectivity Factor (94 GHz) cloudsat_radar_reflectivity_94 [dBZ] i.2 CALIPSO Lidar Attenuated Total Backscatter (532 nm) calipso_atb_532 [1] i.3 CALIPSO lidar molecular backscatter (532 nm) calipso_molecular_backscatter_532 [m-1 sr-1] j) CloudSat and CALIPSO CFADs: Contoured Frequency Altitude Diagram (2D frequency histograms). Units: 1. calipso_scattering_ratio_cfad_532 cloudsat_radar_reflectivity_cfad_94 k) Outputs from ISCCP simulator. Units are [1] otherwise stated. isccp_total_cloud_area_fraction isccp_mean_cloud_albedo isccp_mean_cloud_top_pressure [Pa] isccp_mean_brightness_temperature_assuming_clear_sky [K] isccp_mean_brightness_temperature [K] isccp_mean_optical_depth l) Cloud area fraction in tau - cloud top height bins from MISR simulator. Units: 1. misr_cloud_area_fraction m) PARASOL-like mono-directional reflectance. Units: 1. parasol_reflectance ------------------- End of list of variables -------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo Earth Observation Research Scientist Met Office Hadley Centre FitzRoy Rd Exeter EX1 3PB United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1392 886113 Fax: +44 (0)1392 885681 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.metoffice.gov.uk Met Office climate change predictions can now be viewed on Google Earth http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/google/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
