Lmon variable conversion table

Jan 21, 2025

The list of land variables requested by CMIP7 data request can be found here:

(Note: to use compound names: e.g. Lmon to filter and get requested variable list)

Jul 2, 2024 CMIP variable definition:https://github.com/PCMDI/cmip5-cmor-tables/blob/master/Tables_csv/Lmon.csv

Feb 21, 2024

Based on meetings with land group, more cmorized variables are desired for supporting ilamb analysis. An CLM2 to CMIP conversion table was available (provided by Daniel Ricciuto): /home/ac.ricciuto/models/ilamb_processing/alm2ilamb_wkflow/clm_to_mip.

August 8 2025:

New link to CMIP6 Lmon table

cmip6-cmor-tables/Tables/CMIP6_Lmon.json at main · PCMDI/cmip6-cmor-tables

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	Units	E3SM variable(s)	conversion formula	CMOR handler complete	Conversion Formula Verified by Scientist (scientist name)	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	available for v3.LR

	CMIP6 name	Units	E3SM variable(s)	conversion formula	CMOR handler complete	Conversion Formula Verified by Scientist (scientist name)	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	available for v3.LR
1	mrsos	kg m-2	SOILWATER_10CM	mrsos = SOILWATER_10CM	yes			Tian Zhou	Jul 22, 2019	yes	mrsos.png Mean monthly comparison shows same spatial patterns and magnitudes in general. Differences between the raw data and CMIP6 data may be caused by the different remapping methods I was using to convert ne30 resolution (raw data) to 1-deg lat long (CMIP6).
2	mrso	kg m-2	SOILICE, SOILLIQ	mrso = verticalSum(SOILICE + SOILLIQ, capped_at=5000)	yes		summed over the z-axis, max value capped at 5000	Tian Zhou	Jul 22, 2019	yes	mrsos.png
3	mrfso	kg m-2	SOILICE	mrfso = verticalSum(SOILICE, capped_at=5000)	yes			Tian Zhou	Jul 22, 2019	yes	mrso.png
4	mrros	kg m-2 s-1	QOVER	mrros = QOVER (note the unit of mrros is kg/m2/s, and QOVER is mm/s, which are considered equivalent for water with density = 1000 kg/m3)	yes			Tian Zhou	Jul 22, 2019	yes	mrfso.png
5	mrro	kg m-2 s-1	QRUNOFF	mrro = QRUNOFF				Tian Zhou	Jul 22, 2019	yes	mrros.png
6	prveg	kg m-2 s-1	QINTR	prveg = QINTR	yes			Tian Zhou	Jul 22, 2019	yes	prveg.png
7	evspsblveg	kg m-2 s-1	QVEGE	evspsblveg = QVEGE	yes			Tian Zhou	Jul 22, 2019	yes	evspsblveg.png
8	evspsblsoi	kg m-2 s-1	QSOIL	evspsblsoi = QSOIL	yes			Qing Zhu	Jul 26, 2019	yes	GroundEvap.eps
9	tran	kg m-2 s-1	QVEGT	tran = QVEGT Before v3: tran=QSOIL+QVEGT	yes		Updated for v3 output	Qing Zhu Xiaoying Shi	Jul 26, 2019	yes	Transp.eps
10	tsl	K	TSOI	tsl = TSOI	yes			Qing Zhu	Jul 26, 2019	yes	Soil T.eps
11	lai	1	LAISHA, LAISUN	lai = LAISHA + LAISUN	yes		Equivalent to TLAI	Qing Zhu	Jul 26, 2019	yes	LAI.eps updated difference plot: Screen Shot 2019-07-31 at 1.38.23 PM.png updated LAI plot LAI_new.eps	Yes
12	cLitter	kg m-2	TOTLITC, CWDC	cLitter = (TOTLITC + CWDC)/1000				Qing Zhu
13	cProduct	kg m-2	TOTPRODC	cProduct = TOTPRODC/1000				Qing Zhu	Dec 10, 2019	yes	cProduct.jpg
14	cSoilFast	kg m-2	SOIL1C	cSoilFast = SOIL1C/1000				Qing Zhu
15	cSoilMedium	kg m-2	SOIL2C, SOIL3C	cSoilMedium = (SOIL2C+SOIL3C)/1000
16	cSoilSlow	kg m-2	SOIL4C	cSoilSlow = SOIL4C/1000
17	fFire	kg m-2 s-1	COL_FIRE_CLOSS	fFire = COL_FIRE_CLOSS/1000				Qing Zhu	Dec 10, 2019	yes	fFire.jpg
18	fHarvest	kg m-2 s-1	WOOD_HARVESTC	fHarvest = WOOD_HARVESTC/1000				Xiaojuan Yang
19	fVegLitter	kg m-2 s-1	LITFALL, gap_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col, fire_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col, harvest_c_to_cwdc_col, dwt_livecrootc_to_cwdc_col, dwt_deadcrootc_to_cwdc_col	fVegLitter = (LITFALL + fVegCWDC)/1000			fVegCWDC = gap_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col + fire_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col + harvest_c_to_cwdc_col + dwt_livecrootc_to_cwdc_col + dwt_deadcrootc_to_cwdc_col	Xiaojuan Yang				No
20	fLitterSoil	kg m-2 s-1	LITTERC_LOSS, LITTERC_HR, CWDC_HR, M_CWDC_TO_FIRE, M_LITR1C_TO_FIRE, M_LITR2C_TO_FIRE, M_LITR3C_TO_FIRE	fLitterSoil = (LITTERC_LOSS - LITTERC_HR - CWDC_HR - M_LITR1C_TO_FIRE - M_LITR2C_TO_FIRE - M_LITR3C_TO_FIRE)/1000			LITTERC_LOSS contain fluxes (1) from litter to soil = fLitterSoil (2) form litter to atmophsere part 1 = heterotrophic respiration (3) from litter to atmophsere part 2 = fire loss; therefore minus respiration and fire loss from LITTERC_LOSS, the rest is fLitterSoil	Xiaojuan Yang				No
21	cVeg	kg m-2	TOTVEGC	cVeg = TOTVEGC/1000				Xiaojuan Yang
22	nbp	kg m-2 s-1	NBP	nbp = NBP/1000				Xiaojuan Yang
23	gpp	kg m-2 s-1	GPP	gpp = GPP/1000				Xiaojuan Yang
24	ra	kg m-2 s-1	AR	ra = AR/1000				Xiaojuan Yang
25	rh	kg m-2 s-1	HR	rh = HR/1000				Xiaojuan Yang
26	cSoil	kg m-2	SOIL1C, SOIL2C, SOIL3C, SOIL4C	cSoil=SOIL1C/1000+SOIL2C/1000+SOIL3C/1000+SOIL4C/1000			Same as TOTSOMC/1000	Qing Zhu Xiaojuan Yang
27	npp	kg m-2 s-1	GPP,AR	npp = GPP/1000-AR/1000				Qing Zhu
28	burntFractionAll burntArea renamed to burntFractionAll in CMIP6

Lmon variable conversion table

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