Category Description: The spatial shape record contains the spatial dimensions of the field, and also, for convenience, an integer specifying the number of levels if that number is specified. A boolean level flag is set to “true” if the number of vertical levels is specified.
- GYB-O (Ocean basin meridional section (on model grid))
- GYB-R (Ocean basin meridional section (on model grid and density surfaces))
- S-A (Atmospheric profiles at specified sites)
- S-AH (Atmospheric profiles (half levels) at specified sites)
- S-na (Site (specific locations requested by CFMIP))
- TR-na (Ocean transect)
- TRS-na (Ocean transect for sea-ice fluxes)
- XY-A (Global field on model atmosphere levels)
- XY-AH (Global field on model atmosphere half-levels)
- XY-H16 (Global field (16 altitudes))
- XY-H40 (Global field on 40 altitude levels)
- XY-O (Global ocean field on model levels)
- XY-P19 (Global field (19 pressure levels))
- XY-P27 (Global field (27 pressure levels))
- XY-P3 (Global field (3 pressure levels))
- XY-P3u (Global field (3 pressure levels, UTLS))
- XY-P7 (Global field (7 pressure levels))
- XY-P7T (Global field (7 pressure tropospheric levels))
- XY-S (Global field on soil levels)
- XY-na (Global field (single level))
- XYA-na (Polar stereographic grid (Antarctic))
- XYG-na (Polar stereographic grid (Greenland))
- Y-P39 (Atmospheric zonal mean (on 39 pressure levels))
- Y-na (Zonal mean (on surface))
- YB-O (Ocean basin meridional section)
- YB-R (Ocean basin meridional section (on density surfaces))
- YB-na (Ocean basin zonal mean)
- na-na (Global mean or constant)