CFmon variable conversion table

CFmon variable conversion table

Jun 11, 2019 

  • A 5 year sample of the CMIP6 ocean data has been setup on NERSC under /global/homes/s/sbaldwin/scratch/cmip_sample/CMIP6/CMIP/E3SM-Project/E3SM-1-0/piControl/r1i1p1f1/

CMIP6 name

CMIP6 description

E3SM variable

conversion formula

unit and dimension

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

CMIP6 name

CMIP6 description

E3SM variable

conversion formula

unit and dimension

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

1

clisccp

ISCCP Cloud Area Percentage

FISCCP1_COSP

clisccp = FISCCP1_COSP

%

(time, plev7c, tau, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

2

cltisccp

ISCCP Total Cloud Cover Percentage

CLDTOT_ISCCP

cltisccp = CLDTOT_ISCCP

%

(time, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

3

albisccp

ISCCP Mean Cloud Albedo; (Time-means are weighted by the ISCCP Total Cloud Fraction {:cltisccp})

MEANCLDALB_ISCCP

albisccp = MEANCLDALB_ISCCP

1

(time, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

4

pctisccp

ISCCP Mean Cloud Top Pressure; (Time-means are weighted by the ISCCP Total Cloud Fraction {:cltisccp})

MEANPTOP_ISCCP

pctisccp = MEANPTOP_ISCCP

Pa

(time, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

5

clcalipso

CALIPSO Percentage Cloud Cover

CLD_CAL

clcalipso = CLD_CAL

%

(time, alt40, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

6

cltcalipso

CALIPSO Total Cloud Cover Percentage

CLDTOT_CAL

cltcalipso = CLDTOT_CAL

%

(time, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

7

cllcalipso

CALIPSO Low Level Cloud Cover Percentage

CLDLOW_CAL

cllcalipso = CLDLOW_CAL

%

(time, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

8

clmcalipso

CALIPSO Mid Level Cloud Cover Percentage

CLDMED_CAL

clmcalipso = CLDMED_CAL

%

(time, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes

 

9

clhcalipso

CALIPSO High Level Cloud Area Percentage

CLDHGH_CAL

clhcalipso = CLDHGH_CAL

%

(time, lat, lon)

@Yuying Zhang

 

@Yuying Zhang

May 28 ~ 30

Yes