Table: The monthly-averaged standard output data to be generated by the AMIP simulations for each month of 1979-1988.

Set 1	Global geographical distribution of surface, top-of-the-atmosphere 
	and vertically integrated variables


	Sea-level pressure*			Eastward wind stress+

	Temperature (ground)*			Northward wind stress+

	Surface air temperature*		Sensible heat flux+
	
	Total cloudiness			Net surface short-wave flux+

	Total precipitable water		Net surface long-wave flux+

	Soil moisture				Top-of-atmosphere net
						short-wave flux+
	Snow mass	 			

	Precipitation+				OLR+

	Evaporation+				Cloud radiative forcing
	
	

Set 2	Global distribution of 3-D variables


	Temperature at 200 hPa*			Meridional wind at 200 hPa*

	Temperature at 850hPa*			Meridional wind at 850 hPa*

	Geopotential height at 200 hPa*		Streamfunction at 200 hPa*

	Geopotential height at 500 hPa*		Streamfunction at 850hPa*

	Geopotential height at 850 hPa*		Velocity potential at 200 hPa*

	Specific humidity at 200 hPa*		Velocity potential at 850 hPa*

	Specific humidity at 850 hPa*	

	Zonal wind at 200 hPa*	

	Zonal wind at 850 hPa*	
	
	

Set 3	Meridional-vertical distribution of zonal means

	Temperature
	Specific humidity
	Relative humidity
	Cloudiness
	Zonal wind
	Meridional wind 
	Streamfunction of mean meridional circulation



	* Includes variance of daily averages about monthly mean
	+ Accumulated value

Last update October 5, 1995. For further information, contact Larry Gates ( gates5@llnl.gov)

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