| NAME |
Quanitity (units) |
| U |
East/West Wind Speed (m/s) |
| V |
North/South Wind Speed (m/s) |
| W |
Vertical Wind Speed (m/s) |
| SPEED |
3-d wind speed (m/s) |
| PRES |
Pressure (hPa) |
| MSLP |
Mean Sea Level Pressure (hPa) |
| QV |
Water Vapor Mixing Ratio (g/kg) |
| RH |
Relative Humidity (%) |
| CONH |
Convective Heating Rate (deg/day?) |
| THETA |
Potential Temperature (K) |
| THETA E |
Equivalent Potential Temperature (K) |
| SKINTC |
Surface Skin (land or sea) temperature (C) |
| T |
Temperature (K) |
| TDK |
Dewpoint Temperature (K) |
| CAPE1 |
Convective Available Potential Energy (J/kg) |
| CINHIBIT |
Convective Inhibition (J/kg) |
| SCONV |
Surface Convergence (x10000 per sec) |
| TKE |
Turbulence Kinetic Energy (m2/s2) |
| GPM |
Height (geopotential meters) |
| LDNALL |
log10(density of all microphysics) (log10(g/m3) + 6) |
| DBZ |
Simulated reflectivity factor (dBz) |
| SIG |
% of grid box taken up by convection in parameterization) |
| QZ |
Vertical comp of Absolute vorticity (*.1 /sec) |
| PZLOG |
log10 (Potential Vorticity) + 2 (1.5 PVU ~ 2.2 PZLOG) |
| PRCPFALL |
Total model time accumulated precip (mm) |
| SNOWFALL |
Total model time accumulated snow (inches) |
| CNVFALL |
Total model time accumulated precip from conv parameterization (mm) |
| TOPO3D |
Model eta grid box below ground (1) or not (0). 0.5 shows ~ land surface |
| PCTLAND |
Percent Land (0-100%) |
