Amon variable conversion table

Amon variable conversion table

Jun 11, 2019 

CMIP6 name

CMIP6 description

CF standard  name

E3SM variable(s)

conversion formula

CMOR handler complete

Conversion Formula Verified by

Scientist  

Notes

Scientist Assigned to Perform Final Quality Control on CMORized files

Date Verified 

Data & Metadata Correct

(yes/no)

Notes if CMORized files are not correct

check on

v20190710

Data correct(yes/no)

by @Jill Chengzhu Zhang

CMIP6 name

CMIP6 description

CF standard  name

E3SM variable(s)

conversion formula

CMOR handler complete

Conversion Formula Verified by

Scientist  

Notes

Scientist Assigned to Perform Final Quality Control on CMORized files

Date Verified 

Data & Metadata Correct

(yes/no)

Notes if CMORized files are not correct

check on

v20190710

Data correct(yes/no)

by @Jill Chengzhu Zhang

1

tas

Near-Surface Air Temperature

air_temperature

TREFHT

tas = TREFHT

yes

J.Zhang











yes

2

ts

Surface Temperature



TS

ts = TS

yes

J.Zhang











yes

3

psl

Sea Level Pressure

air_pressure_at_sea_level

PSL

psl = PSL

yes

J.Zhang











yes

4

ps

Surface Air Pressure



PS

ps = PS

yes

J.Zhang











yes

5

sfcWind

Near-Surface Wind Speed



U10

sfcWind = U10

yes

J.Zhang











yes

6

huss

Near-Surface Specific Humidity

specific_humidity

QREFHT

huss = QREFHT

yes

J.Zhang



J.Zhang

May 31, 2019 

yes

fixed

yes

7

pr

Precipitation

precipitation_flux

PRECC , PRECL

pr = (PRECC  + PRECL) * 1000.0

yes

J.Zhang



J.Zhang

Jun 4, 2019 

yes

fixed

yes

8

prc

Convective Precipitation

convective_precipitation_flux

PRECC

prc = PRECC * 1000.0

yes

J.Zhang











yes

9

prsn

Snowfall Flux

snowfall_flux

PRECSC, PRECSL

prsn = (PRECSC + PRECSL) * 1000.0

yes

J.Zhang











yes

10

evspsbl

Evaporation Including Sublimation and Transpiration



QFLX

evspsbl = QFLX

yes

J.Zhang











yes

11

tauu

Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress

surface_downward_eastward_stress

TAUX

tauu = -TAUX

yes

J.Zhang

Mar 2, 2019 Note, I was analyzing this variable from e3sm output. It turns out that TAUX(Y) is surface stress, which is in opposite direction to tauu(v) (wind stress). This was not caught in CAM's conversion table.









yes

12

tauv

Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress

surface_downward_northward_stress

TAUY

tauv =- TAUY

yes

J.Zhang

Same as above









yes

13

hfls

Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux



LHFLX

hfls = LHFLX

yes

J.Zhang











yes

14

clt

Total Cloud Cover Percentage



CLDTOT

clt = CLDTOT * 100.0

yes

@Chris Golaz











yes

15

rlds

Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation

surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air

FLDS

rlds = FLDS

yes

J.Zhang

@Chris Golaz











yes

16

rlus

Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation

surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air

FLDS, FLNS

rlus = FLDS + FLNS

yes

J.Zhang

@Chris Golaz



J.Zhang



Jun 4, 2019 

yes

fixed

yes

17

rsds

Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation

surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air

FSDS

rsds = FSDS

yes

J.Zhang

@Chris Golaz











yes (corrected direction Jul 11, 2019 )

18

rsus

Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation

surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air

FSDS, FSNS

rsus = FSDS - FSNS

yes

J.Zhang

@Chris Golaz











yes

19

hfss

Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux

surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux

SHFLX

hfss = SHFLX

yes

J.Zhang











yes

20

cl

Percentage Cloud Cover



CLOUD

cl = CLOUD *100.0



@Chris Golaz

on model levels









yes

21

cli

Mass Fraction of Cloud Ice



CLDICE

cli = CLDICE



@Kai Zhang

on model levels



For consistency with clivi, don't include snow in cli.









yes

22

clivi

Ice Water Path

atmosphere_cloud_ice_content

TGCLDIWP

clivi = TGCLDIWP

yes

@Kai Zhang



TGCLDIWP doesn't include snow water path.









yes

23

clw

Mass Fraction of Cloud Liquid Water



CLDLIQ

clw = CLDLIQ