Back to variable_groups | Category Index
These are non-exclusive grouping of CMIP variables (e.g. monthly time slices of the baseline variables). Variables can belong to more than one group.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| justification | This group of variables consists of those that are required to both quantify daily temperature variability and to understand the processes involved. This group contains the highest priority variables. Lower priority variables are listed int he group "temperature_variability_daily_lowpriority". The following fields are considered high priority: - Basic daily temperature variability that can be used to characterize near surface air temperature variability (tas, tasmin, tasmax) - Daily mid-tropospheric geopotential height for diagnosing the large scale circulation anomalies that accompany heat extremes e.g., blocking high pressures (selected the baseline variable zg but the 500 hPa level would be the highest priority) - Quantities used to evaluate daily mid-tropospheric moist static energy which recent theories have argued is an important quantity for governing the demise of heatwaves (Zhang and Boos 10.1073/pnas.2215278120). I have specified the daily baseline hus, ta, and zg but really only the values at the 500 hPa level are needed for this particular aspect. - Quantities that are useful for examining how water limitations are impacting on heat extremes. huss for quantifying vapor pressure deficit, evspsbl for quantifying evaporation and its the components evspsblsoi and evspsblveg to explore the roles of changing evaporation from soils and vegetation separately in heat extremes. - Quantities for diagnosing the surface energy balance: hfls, hfss, rlds, rlus, rsds, rsus |
| name | temperature_variability_daily_highpriority |
| title | High priority daily average variables that are useful for quantifying daily temperature variability and the processes involved. |