| 001 | Pressure | Pa | PRES | 
    
      | 002 | Pressure reduced to MSL | Pa | PRMSL | 
    
      | 003 | Pressure tendency | Pa/s | PTEND | 
    
      | 004 | Potential vorticity | K m2 kg-1 s-1 | PVORT | 
    
      | 005 | ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height | m | ICAHT | 
    
      | 006 | Geopotential | m2/s2 | GP | 
    
      | 007 | Geopotential height | gpm | HGT | 
    
      | 008 | Geometric height | m | DIST | 
    
      | 009 | Standard deviation of height | m | HSTDV | 
    
      | 010 | Total ozone | Dobson | TOZNE | 
    
      | 011 | Temperature | K | TMP | 
    
      | 012 | Virtual temperature | K | VTMP | 
    
      | 013 | Potential temperature | K | POT | 
    
      | 014 | Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature or equivalent potential temperature | K | EPOT | 
    
      | 015 | Maximum temperature | K | T MAX | 
    
      | 016 | Minimum temperature | K | T MIN | 
    
      | 017 | Dew point temperature | K | DPT | 
    
      | 018 | Dew point depression (or deficit) | K | DEPR | 
    
      | 019 | Lapse rate | K/m | LAPR | 
    
      | 020 | Visibility | m | VIS | 
    
      | 021 | Radar Spectra (1) | - | RDSP1 | 
    
      | 022 | Radar Spectra (2) | - | RDSP2 | 
    
      | 023 | Radar Spectra (3) | - | RDSP3 | 
    
      | 024 | Parcel lifted index (to 500 hPa) | K | PLI | 
    
      | 025 | Temperature anomaly | K | TMP A | 
    
      | 026 | Pressure anomaly | Pa | PRESA | 
    
      | 027 | Geopotential height anomaly | gpm | GP A | 
    
      | 028 | Wave Spectra (1) |  | WVSP1 | 
    
      | 029 | Wave Spectra (2) |  | WVSP2 | 
    
      | 030 | Wave Spectra (3) |  | WVSP3 | 
    
      | 031 | Wind direction (from which blowing) | deg true | WDIR | 
    
      | 032 | Wind speed | m/s | WIND | 
    
      | 033 | u-component of wind | m/s | U GRD | 
    
      | 034 | v-component of wind | m/s | V GRD | 
    
      | 035 | Stream function | m2/s | STRM | 
    
      | 036 | Velocity potential | m2/s | V POT | 
    
      | 037 | Montgomery stream function | m2/s2 | MNTSF | 
    
      | 038 | Sigma coordinate vertical velocity | /s | SGCVV | 
    
      | 039 | Vertical velocity (pressure) | Pa/s | V VEL | 
    
      | 040 | Vertical velocity (geometric) | m/s | DZDT | 
    
      | 041 | Absolute vorticity | /s | ABS V | 
    
      | 042 | Absolute divergence | /s | ABS D | 
    
      | 043 | Relative vorticity | /s | REL V | 
    
      | 044 | Relative divergence | /s | REL D | 
    
      | 045 | Vertical u-component shear | /s | VUCSH | 
    
      | 046 | Vertical v-component shear | /s | VVCSH | 
    
      | 047 | Direction of current | Degree true | DIR C | 
    
      | 048 | Speed of current | m/s | SP C | 
    
      | 049 | u-component of current | m/s | UOGRD | 
    
      | 050 | v-component of current | m/s | VOGRD | 
    
      | 051 | Specific humidity | kg/kg | SPF H | 
    
      | 052 | Relative humidity | % | R H | 
    
      | 053 | Humidity mixing ratio | kg/kg | MIXR | 
    
      | 054 | Precipitable water | kg/m2 | P WAT | 
    
      | 055 | Vapor pressure | Pa | VAPP | 
    
      | 056 | Saturation deficit | Pa | SAT D | 
    
      | 057 | Evaporation | kg/m2 | EVP | 
    
      | 058 | Cloud Ice | kg/m2 | C ICE | 
    
      | 059 | Precipitation rate | kg/m2/s | PRATE | 
    
      | 060 | Thunderstorm probability | % | TSTM | 
    
      | 061 | Total precipitation | kg/m2 | A PCP | 
    
      | 062 | Large scale precipitation (non-conv.) | kg/m2 | NCPCP | 
    
      | 063 | Convective precipitation | kg/m2 | ACPCP | 
    
      | 064 | Snowfall rate water equivalent | kg/m2/s | SRWEQ | 
    
      | 065 | Water equiv. of accum. snow depth | kg/m2 | WEASD | 
    
      | 066 | Snow depth | m | SNO D | 
    
      | 067 | Mixed layer depth | m | MIXHT | 
    
      | 068 | Transient thermocline depth | m | TTHDP | 
    
      | 069 | Main thermocline depth | m | MTHD | 
    
      | 070 | Main thermocline anomaly | m | MTH A | 
    
      | 071 | Total cloud cover | % | T CDC | 
    
      | 072 | Convective cloud cover | % | CDCON | 
    
      | 073 | Low cloud cover | % | L CDC | 
    
      | 074 | Medium cloud cover | % | M CDC | 
    
      | 075 | High cloud cover | % | H CDC | 
    
      | 076 | Cloud water | kg/m2 | C WAT | 
    
      | 077 | Best lifted index (to 500 hPa) | K | BLI | 
    
      | 078 | Convective snow | kg/m2 | SNO C | 
    
      | 079 | Large scale snow | kg/m2 | SNO L | 
    
      | 080 | Water Temperature | K | WTMP | 
    
      | 081 | Land cover (land=1, sea=0) | proportion | LAND | 
    
      | 082 | Deviation of sea level from mean | m | DSL M | 
    
      | 083 | Surface roughness | m | SFC R | 
    
      | 084 | Albedo | % | ALBDO | 
    
      | 085 | Soil temperature | K | TSOIL | 
    
      | 086 | Soil moisture content | kg/m2 | SOIL M | 
    
      | 087 | Vegetation | % | VEG | 
    
      | 088 | Salinity | kg/kg | SALTY | 
    
      | 089 | Density | kg/m3 | DEN | 
    
      | 090 | Water runoff | kg/m2 | WATR | 
    
      | 091 | Ice cover (ice=1, no ice=0) | proportion | ICE C | 
    
      | 092 | Ice thickness | m | ICETK | 
    
      | 093 | Direction of ice drift | deg true | DICED | 
    
      | 094 | Speed of ice drift | m/s | SICED | 
    
      | 095 | u-component of ice drift | m/s | U ICE | 
    
      | 096 | v-component of ice drift | m/s | V ICE | 
    
      | 097 | Ice growth rate | m/s | ICE G | 
    
      | 098 | Ice divergence | m/s | ICE D | 
    
      | 099 | Snow melt | kg/m2 | SNO M | 
    
      | 100 | Significant height of combined wind waves and swell | m | HTSGW | 
    
      | 101 | Direction of wind waves (from which) | Degree true | WVDIR | 
    
      | 102 | Significant height of wind waves | m | WVHGT | 
    
      | 103 | Mean period of wind waves | s | WVPER | 
    
      | 104 | Direction of swell waves | Degree true | SWDIR | 
    
      | 105 | Significant height of swell waves | m | SWELL | 
    
      | 106 | Mean period of swell waves | s | SWPER | 
    
      | 107 | Primary wave direction | Degree true | DIRPW | 
    
      | 108 | Primary wave mean period | s | PERPW | 
    
      | 109 | Secondary wave direction | Degree true | DIRSW | 
    
      | 110 | Secondary wave mean period | s | PERSW | 
    
      | 111 | Net short-wave radiation flux
(surface) | W/m2 | NSWRS | 
    
      | 112 | Net long wave radiation flux
(surface) | W/m2 | NLWRS | 
    
      | 113 | Net short-wave radiation flux
(top of
atmosphere) | W/m2 | NSWRT | 
    
      | 114 | Net long wave radiation flux
(top of atmosphere) | W/m2 | NLWRT | 
    
      | 115 | Long wave radiation flux | W/m2 | LWAVR | 
    
      | 116 | Short wave radiation flux | W/m2 | SWAVR | 
    
      | 117 | Global radiation flux | W/m2 | G RAD | 
    
      | 118 | Brightness temperature | K | BRTMP | 
    
      | 119 | Radiance (with respect to wave number) | W/m/sr | LWRAD | 
    
      | 120 | Radiance (with respect to wave length) | W/m3/sr | SWRAD | 
    
      | 121 | Latent heat net flux | W/m2 | LHTFL | 
    
      | 122 | Sensible heat net flux | W/m2 | SHTFL | 
    
      | 123 | Boundary layer dissipation | W/m2 | BLYDP | 
    
      | 124 | Momentum flux, u component | N/m2 | U FLX | 
    
      | 125 | Momentum flux, v component | N/m2 | V FLX | 
    
      | 126 | Wind mixing energy | J | WMIXE | 
    
      | 127 | Image data |  | IMG D | 
     
      | 128 | Mean Sea Level Pressure (Standard Atmosphere Reduction) | Pa | MSLSA | 
    
      | 129 | Mean Sea Level Pressure (MAPS System Reduction) | Pa | MSLMA | 
    
      | 130 | Mean Sea Level Pressure (NAM Model Reduction) | Pa | MSLET | 
    
      | 131 | Surface lifted index | K | LFT X | 
    
      | 132 | Best (4 layer) lifted index | K | 4LFTX | 
    
      | 133 | K index | K | K X | 
    
      | 134 | Sweat index | K | S X | 
    
      | 135 | Horizontal moisture divergence | kg/kg/s | MCONV | 
    
      | 136 | Vertical speed shear | 1/s | VW SH | 
    
      | 137 | 3-hr pressure tendency Std. Atmos. Reduction | Pa/s | TSLSA | 
    
      | 138 | Brunt-Vaisala frequency (squared) | 1/s2 | BVF 2 | 
    
      | 139 | Potential vorticity (density weighted) | 1/s/m | PV MW | 
    
      | 140 | Categorical rain (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim | CRAIN | 
    
      | 141 | Categorical freezing rain (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim | CFRZR | 
    
      | 142 | Categorical ice pellets (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim | CICEP | 
    
      | 143 | Categorical snow (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim | CSNOW | 
    
      | 144 | Volumetric soil moisture content | fraction | SOILW | 
    
      | 145 | Potential evaporation rate | W/m2 | PEVPR | 
    
      | 146 | Cloud work function | J/kg | CWORK | 
    
      | 147 | Zonal flux of gravity wave stress | N/m2 | U-GWD | 
    
      | 148 | Meridional flux of gravity wave stress | N/m2 | V-GWD | 
    
      | 149 | Potential vorticity | m2/s/kg | PVORT | 
    
      | 150 | Covariance between meridional and zonal components of the wind. | m2/s2 | COVMZ | 
    
      | 151 | Covariance between temperature and zonal components of the wind. | K*m/s | COVTZ | 
    
      | 152 | Covariance between temperature and meridional components of the wind. | K*m/s | COVTM | 
    
      | 153 | Cloud water | kg/kg | CLWMR | 
    
      | 154 | Ozone mixing ratio | kg/kg | O3MR | 
    
      | 155 | Ground Heat Flux | W/m2 | GFLUX | 
    
      | 156 | Convective inhibition | J/kg | CIN | 
    
      | 157 | Convective Available Potential Energy | J/kg | CAPE | 
    
      | 158 | Turbulent Kinetic Energy | J/kg | TKE | 
    
      | 159 | Condensation pressure of parcel lifted from indicated surface | Pa | CONDP | 
    
      | 160 | Clear Sky Upward Solar Flux | W/m2 | CSUSF | 
    
      | 161 | Clear Sky Downward Solar Flux | W/m2 | CSDSF | 
    
      | 162 | Clear Sky upward long wave flux | W/m2 | CSULF | 
    
      | 163 | Clear Sky downward long wave flux | W/m2 | CSDLF | 
    
      | 164 | Cloud forcing net solar flux | W/m2 | CFNSF | 
    
      | 165 | Cloud forcing net long wave flux | W/m2 | CFNLF | 
    
      | 166 | Visible beam downward solar flux | W/m2 | VBDSF | 
    
      | 167 | Visible diffuse downward solar flux | W/m2 | VDDSF | 
    
      | 168 | Near IR beam downward solar flux | W/m2 | NBDSF | 
    
      | 169 | Near IR diffuse downward solar flux | W/m2 | NDDSF | 
    
      | 170 | Rain water mixing ratio | kg/kg | RWMR | 
    
      | 171 | Snow mixing ratio | kg/kg | SNMR | 
    
      | 172 | Momentum flux | N/m2 | M FLX | 
    
      | 173 | Mass point model surface | non-dim | LMH | 
    
      | 174 | Velocity point model surface | non-dim | LMV | 
    
      | 175 | Model layer number (from bottom up) | non-dim | MLYNO | 
    
      | 176 | latitude (-90 to +90) | deg | NLAT | 
    
      | 177 | east longitude (0-360) | deg | ELON | 
    
      | 178 | Ice mixing ratio | kg/kg | ICMR | 
    
      | 179 | Graupel mixing ratio | kg/kg | GRMR | 
    
      | 180 | Surface wind gust | m/s | GUST | 
    
      | 181 | x-gradient of log pressure | 1/m | LPS X | 
    
      | 182 | y-gradient of log pressure | 1/m | LPS Y | 
    
      | 183 | x-gradient of height | m/m | HGT X | 
    
      | 184 | y-gradient of height | m/m | HGT Y | 
    
      | 185 | Turbulence Potential Forecast Index | non-dim | TPFI | 
    
      | 186 | Total Icing Potential Diagnostic | non-dim | TIPD | 
    
      | 187 | Lightning | non-dim | LTNG | 
    
      | 188 | Rate of water dropping from canopy to ground |  | RDRIP | 
    
      | 189 | Virtual potential temperature | K | VPTMP | 
    
      | 190 | Storm relative helicity | m2/s2 | HLCY | 
    
      | 191 | Probability from ensemble | numeric | PROB | 
    
      | 192 | Probability from ensemble normalized with respect to climate expectancy | numeric | PROBN | 
    
      | 193 | Probability of precipitation | % | POP | 
    
      | 194 | Percent of frozen precipitation | % | CPOFP | 
    
      | 195 | Probability of freezing precipitation | % | CPOZP | 
    
      | 196 | u-component of storm motion | m/s | USTM | 
    
      | 197 | v-component of storm motion | m/s | VSTM | 
    
      | 198 | Number concentration for ice particles |  | NCIP | 
    
      | 199 | Direct evaporation from bare soil | W/m2 | EVBS | 
    
      | 200 | Canopy water evaporation | W/m2 | EVCW | 
    
      | 201 | Ice-free water surface | % | ICWAT | 
    
      | 202 | Convective weather detection index | non-dim | CWDI | 
    
      | 203 | VAFTAD | log10(kg/m3) | VAFTD | 
    
      | 204 | downward short wave rad. flux | W/m2 | DSWRF | 
    
      | 205 | downward long wave rad. flux | W/m2 | DLWRF | 
    
      | 206 | Ultra violet index (1 hour integration centered at solar noon) | W/m2 | UVI | 
    
      | 207 | Moisture availability | % | MSTAV | 
    
      | 208 | Exchange coefficient | (kg/m3)(m/s) | SFEXC | 
    
      | 209 | No. of mixed layers next to surface | integer | MIXLY | 
    
      | 210 | Transpiration | W/m2 | TRANS | 
    
      | 211 | upward short wave rad. flux | W/m2 | USWRF | 
    
      | 212 | upward long wave rad. flux | W/m2 | ULWRF | 
    
      | 213 | Amount of non-convective cloud | % | CDLYR | 
    
      | 214 | Convective Precipitation rate | kg/m2/s | CPRAT | 
    
      | 215 | Temperature tendency by all physics | K/s | TTDIA | 
    
      | 216 | Temperature tendency by all radiation | K/s | TTRAD | 
    
      | 217 | Temperature tendency by non-radiation physics | K/s | TTPHY | 
    
      | 218 | Precipitation index(0.0-1.00) | fraction | PREIX | 
    
      | 219 | Std. dev. of IR T over 1x1 deg area | K | TSD1D | 
    
      | 220 | Natural log of surface pressure | ln(kPa) | NLGSP | 
    
      | 221 | Planetary boundary layer height | m | HPBL | 
    
      | 222 | 5-wave geopotential height | gpm | 5WAVH | 
    
      | 223 | Plant canopy surface water | kg/m2 | CNWAT | 
    
      | 224 | Soil type (as in Zobler) | Integer (0-9) | SOTYP | 
    
      | 225 | Vegitation type (as in SiB) | Integer (0-13) | VGTYP | 
    
      | 226 | Blackadar's mixing length scale | m | BMIXL | 
    
      | 227 | Asymptotic mixing length scale | m | AMIXL | 
    
      | 228 | Potential evaporation | kg/m2 | PEVAP | 
    
      | 229 | Snow phase-change heat flux | W/m2 | SNOHF | 
    
      | 230 | 5-wave geopotential height anomaly | gpm | 5WAVA | 
    
      | 231 | Convective cloud mass flux | Pa/s | MFLUX | 
    
      | 232 | Downward total radiation flux | W/m2 | DTRF | 
    
      | 233 | Upward total radiation flux | W/m2 | UTRF | 
    
      | 234 | Baseflow-groundwater runoff | kg/m2 | BGRUN | 
    
      | 235 | Storm surface runoff | kg/m2 | SSRUN | 
    
      | 236 | Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) Icing Potential Diagnostic | Numeric | SIPD | 
    
      | 237 | Total ozone | kg/m2 | 03TOT | 
    
      | 238 | Snow cover | percent | SNOWC | 
    
      | 239 | Snow temperature | K | SNO T | 
    
      | 240 | Covariance between temperature and vertical component of the wind. | K*m/s | COVTW | 
    
      | 241 | Large scale condensate heat rate | K/s | LRGHR | 
    
      | 242 | Deep convective heating rate | K/s | CNVHR | 
    
      | 243 | Deep convective moistening rate | kg/kg/s | CNVMR | 
    
      | 244 | Shallow convective heating rate | K/s | SHAHR | 
    
      | 245 | Shallow convective moistening rate | kg/kg/s | SHAMR | 
    
      | 246 | Vertical diffusion heating rate | K/s | VDFHR | 
    
      | 247 | Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration | m/s2 | VDFUA | 
    
      | 248 | Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration | m/s2 | VDFVA | 
    
      | 249 | Vertical diffusion moistening rate | kg/kg/s | VDFMR | 
    
      | 250 | Solar radiative heating rate | K/s | SWHR | 
    
      | 251 | Long wave radiative heating rate | K/s | LWHR | 
    
      | 252 | Drag coefficient | non-dim | CD | 
    
      | 253 | Friction velocity | m/s | FRICV | 
    
      | 254 | Richardson number | non-dim | RI |