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Output
list:
(Binary
format in lat/lon grid)
Monthly
mean 3D variables (over the entire domain):
(Levels:
1000, 950, 900, 850, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 hPa)
1)
Temperature
|
(K)
|
ta
|
2)
Zonal
wind
|
(m/s)
|
ua
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3)
Meridional
wind
|
(m/s)
|
va
|
4)
Specific
humidity
|
(g/kg)
|
hus
|
5)
Cloud
fraction
|
|
cl
|
6)
Total diabatic heating
|
(K/day)
|
tdh
|
7) Vertical
velocity
|
(Pa/s) |
omega |
Monthly
mean 2D variables (over the entire domain):
1)
Sea level pressure |
(hPa) |
slp |
2)
Precipitation
|
(mm/day)
|
pr
|
3)
Large scale
precipitation
|
(mm/day)
|
lspre
|
4)
Convective
precipitation
|
(mm/day)
|
conpre
|
5)
Surface air temperature
(2m)
|
(K)
|
tas
|
6)
Surface air specific humidity
(2m)
|
(g/kg)
|
huss
|
7)
Zonal surface wind speed
(10m)
|
(m/s)
|
uas
|
8)
Meridional surface wind speed
(10m)
|
(m/s)
|
vas
|
9)
Surface latent heat
flux
|
(W/m2) |
hfls
|
10) Vegetation interception
loss |
(W/m2) |
evap |
11) Transpiration |
(W/m2) |
etv |
12)
Soil evaporation |
(W/m2) |
esoil |
13) Surface
sensible heat flux
|
(W/m2) |
hfss
|
14)
Surface ground heat flux
|
(W/m2) |
hfgs
|
15)
Surface downwelling LW radiation
|
(W/m2) |
hfgs
|
16)
Surface upwelling LW radiation
|
(W/m2) |
rlus
|
17)
Surface downwelling SW radiation
|
(W/m2)
|
rsds
|
18)
Surface upwelling SW radiation
|
(W/m2)
|
rsus
|
19)
SW downwelling radiative flux at TOA |
(W/m2)
|
rsdt
|
20)
SW upwelling radiative flux at TOA |
(W/m2)
|
rsut
|
21)
LW upwelling radiative flux at TOA |
(W/m2)
|
rlut
|
22)
Total precipitable water |
(mm) |
iwp |
23) Total soil water content |
(m)
|
tsw |
24) Soil wetness at the first soil
layer |
|
ssw |
25) Soil wetness at the rooting zone |
|
srw |
26) Runoff |
(mm/day) |
roff |
27)
Total cloud cover fraction
|
|
ttlccv
|
28)
Integrated convective heating
|
(K/day)
|
q1
|
29)
Convective available potential energy (CAPE)
|
(J/kg)
|
cape
|
30)
Convective inhibition (CIN)
|
(J/kg)
|
cin |
31) Aerosol optical
depth |
|
aod |
32) Geopotential height at 500mb |
(gpm)
|
geop500 |
33) Geopotential
height at 850mb |
(gpm)
|
geop850 |
34)
Topography |
(m) |
topo |
35) Sea
surface temperature |
(K) |
sst |
36)
Surface skin temperature
|
(K) |
Tskin |
Variables
with diurnal variation (hourly output) over Sahel (20°W
to 30°E°,
0°
to 25°N)
1) Precipitation |
(mm/day)
|
pdiur |
2) Surface air temperature (2m, or T at
canopy air space) |
(K) |
tdiur |
3) Latent heat flux |
(W/m2) |
lhdiur |
4) Sensible heat flux |
(W/m2) |
shdiur |
5) Boundary layer height |
(m) |
blhdiur |
6) Aerosol optical depth |
|
aerosdiur |
7) Cloud top height |
(m) |
cthdiur |
* NOTE 1 - 4 are hourly
averages
Variables
with 6 hour outputs over Sahel (20°W
to 30°E°,
0°
to 25°N)
1)
Zonal wind at 600 hPa
|
(m/s)
|
u6006hr
|
2)
Meridional wind at 700hPa
|
(m/s)
|
v7006hr
|
3)
Specific humidity at 850mb
|
(g/kg)
|
s8506hr
|
4) Zonal
wind at 950 hPa |
(m/sec) |
u9506hr |
5)
Meridional wind at 950 hPa |
(m/sec) |
v9506hr |
6)
Temperature at 950hPa |
(K) |
t9506hr |
Variables
with daily variation over North Africa (20°W
to 30°E°,
0°
to 35°N)
1) Surface air temperature (2m, or T at
canopy air space) |
(K) |
tday |
2) Latent heat flux |
(W/m2) |
lhday |
3) Sensible heat flux |
(W/m2) |
shday |
4)
SW downwelling radiative flux at TOA |
(W/m2) |
rsdtday
|
5)
SW upwelling radiative flux at
TOA |
(W/m2) |
rsutday
|
6)
SW downwelling radiative flux at the
surface |
(W/m2) |
rsdsday
|
7)
SW upwelling radiative flux at the
surface |
(W/m2) |
rsusday
|
8)
LW downwelling radiative flux at the
surface |
(W/m2) |
rldsday
|
9)
LW upwelling radiative flux at the
surface |
(W/m2) |
rlusday
|
10)
LW upwelling radiative flux at
TOA |
(W/m2) |
rlutday
|
11)
CAPE
|
(J/kg)
|
capeday
|
12)
zonal wind at 200
hPa
|
(m/s)
|
ua200day
|
13)
zonal wind at 850
hPa
|
(m/s)
|
ua850day
|
14)
meridional wind at 850
hPa
|
(m/s)
|
va850day
|
15)
Specific humidity at
850hPa
|
(g/kg)
|
sa850day
|
16)
Geopotential height at
500hPa
|
(gpm)
|
za500day
|
17) Atmospheric temperature at 850mb |
(K) |
ta850day |
18) Atmospheric temperature at 500mb |
(K) |
ta500day |
19) Boundary layer height |
(m) |
blhday |
20) Aerosol optical depth |
|
aerosday |
21) Cloud liquid water |
(g/kg)
|
clwdday |
22) Cloud ice water
|
(g/kg)
|
ciwdday
|
23)
Precipitation |
(mm/day) |
pday |
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