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 - v 
 atmosphere
a
  
 ocean
o
  
 surface  
s 
 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