Category: variable_groups (v1.2.1)
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Category Description: 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.
- AgAirPollution (Agriculture and Air Pollution modeling)
- AgCarbon (Agricultural Carbon)
- AgImpactsMisc (Agricultural impacts Miscellaneous)
- AgLandUse (Agricultural land use)
- AgModelCoreDaily (Core daily climate drivers for agricultural modeling)
- AgModelExpandedDaily (Expanded daily climate drivers for agricultural modeling)
- AgModelHourly (Hourly climate drivers for agricultural modeling)
- AgTile (Agricultural tile)
- AgWaterCore (Agricultural water core)
- AgWaterExt (Agricultural water extended)
- CFMIP-aero (CFMIP aerosol relevant variables)
- CFMIP-aux (Auxiliary CFMIP variables)
- CFMIP-convective (CFMIP convection variables)
- CFMIP-daily (Essential daily CFMIP variables)
- CFMIP-monthly (Essential monthly CFMIP variables)
- CFMIP_cfSites (Sub-hourly data at specified "cfSites" locations)
- CFMIP_cosp_extra (Additional COSP outputs)
- CFMIP_daily_3D (Daily resolution 3D atmospheric fields)
- CFMIP_monthly_diurnal (Monthly climatologies of hourly-resolved TOA fluxes)
- CHELSA_land_daily (Daily climate variables essential for downscaling to high spatial resolution for terrestrial biodiversity impact models)
- DAMIP_daily (Daily variables of high priority for DAMIP)
- DAMIP_monthly (Monthly variables of high priority for DAMIP)
- DCPP_Essential (Highest-priority variables needed to assess Earth System prediction skill using DCPP hindcasts)
- DCPP_Wider (A wider range of variables needed to understand the sources of prediction skill of DCPP hindcasts, and to better understand impacts of regional climate variability and change)
- FireMIP_daily (FireMIP variables at daily timeslices)
- FireMIP_monthly (FireMIP variables at monthly timeslices)
- HealthFloodingDaily (Daily flooding health impacts)
- HealthHeatCoreDaily (Heat health daily impacts)
- HealthPollutionDaily (Daily air pollution health impacts)
- HealthPollutionhourly (Hourly air pollution health impacts)
- HeatHealthExpandedDaily (Expanded daily climate drivers for heat health impacts)
- Heat_Indices (Adding missing heat indices)
- ISIMIP3hourlyAtmos (3-hourly atmospheric forcings for ISIMIP)
- ISIMIPMinimalAtmos (Minimal Atmospheric Forcings for ISIMIP)
- ISIMIP_deposition_variables (ISIMIPDeposition)
- ISIMIP_oceanforcing_3hr (ISIMIP 3-hourly atmosphere-ocean surface fluxes)
- Impact_energy_river_temperature (River temperature for thermal power plants)
- SO_BGC-cloud_BGC_monthly (Southern Ocean BGC-Cloud BGC Variables at monthly timeslices)
- SO_BGC-cloud_atmos_composition_monthly (Southern Ocean BGC-Cloud Atmospheric Composition Variables at monthly timeslices)
- SO_BGC-cloud_cloudvars_monthly (Southern Ocean BGC-Cloud Cloud Variables at monthly timeslices)
- SO_BGC-cloud_met_monthly (Southern Ocean BGC-Cloud Meteorological Variables at monthly timeslices)
- SO_BGC-cloud_ocean_monthly (Southern Ocean BGC-Cloud Ocean Variables at monthly timeslices)
- WaterResourcesPET_daily (Additional Water Resources variables for calculating potential evapotranspiration)
- WaterResourcesPET_monthly (Additional Water Resources variables for calculating potential evapotranspiration)
- WaterResources_daily (Flood and drought risk assessment at daily timescale)
- WaterResources_monthly (Flood and drought risk assessment at monthly timescale)
- WaterResources_subdaily (Flood and drought risk assessment at subdaily timescale)
- aerchemmip_2dZ_monthly (Zonal mean trace gases and dynamical fields on pressure levels and at monthly timescales for analysis in AerChemMIP)
- aerchemmip_2d_daily (2D trace gas, aerosol and climate variables at daily timescales for use in AerChemMIP2)
- aerchemmip_2d_monthly (2D trace gas, aerosol, radiative fluxes, and atmosphere/land/ocean variables for analysis in AerChemMIP at monthly timescales)
- aerchemmip_2d_subdaily (Surface and atmospheric fields at sub-daily timescales for analysis in AerChemMIP, including air quality and climate responses to SLCFs)
- aerchemmip_3d_daily (3D winds and ozone data at daily timescales for analysis in AerChemMIP2)
- aerchemmip_3d_monthly (3D Trace gas, aerosol, radiative fluxes, and atmosphere/ocean/climate variables for use in AerChemMIP at monthly timescales)
- aerchemmip_CFsites (Aerosol composition variables at CF sites at 3 hourly intervals)
- aerchemmip_fixed (AerChemMIP Time-Invariant Variables)
- aerchemmip_ocean_salt_and_heat_transport_variables_monthly (Ocean salt and heat transport variables at monthly timescales for analysing climate responses relevant to AerChemMIP2/RAMIP)
- atmosphere_carbon_cycle_tier1 (Atmospheric CO2 fields at Monthly frequency)
- atmospheric_transports (Variables needed to characterize energy and moisture transports)
- aviation_impacts_essential (Essential variables to study impacts of climate change on aviation)
- baseline_daily (ESM Baseline Climate Variables)
- baseline_fixed (ESM Baseline Climate Variables)
- baseline_monthly (ESM Baseline Climate Variables)
- baseline_subdaily (ESM Baseline Climate Variables)
- biodiv_freshwater_daily (Daily climate variables essential for freshwater biodiversity modelling)
- biodiv_land_daily (Daily climate variables essential for biodiversity modelling, including dynamic vegetation models)
- biodiv_land_daily_advanced (Advanced set of daily climate variables for biodiversity modelling, including dynamic vegetation models)
- biodiv_land_monthly (Monthly climate variables essential for biodiversity modelling)
- biodiv_marine_daily (Daily climate variables for biodiversity and ecosystem modelling in marine realm)
- biodiv_microclim_hourly (Minimal set of variables for physics-based microclimate models as input for ecophysiological models.)
- carbon_isotopic_variables (Land and Ocean carbon Isotope variables at Monthly Frequency)
- clouds_basic_average (Time mean variables for evaluating clouds, radiation and precipitation)
- clouds_basic_instantaneous (Instantaneous variables for evaluating clouds, radiation and precipitation)
- cosp_output (COSP output for evaluating clouds)
- cowclip_wind_wave_variables (COWCliP Wind wave climate variables)
- dynamical_downscaling_aerosols_chemistry (Dynamical Downscaling Aerosols and chemistry core (CORDEX))
- dynamical_downscaling_core (Dynamical Downscaling (CORDEX) core 6hourly)
- dynamical_downscaling_ocean_air_sea_biogeochemistry_forcing (Dynamical Downscaling Ocean air-sea biogeochemistry forcing (CLIVAR/CORDEX))
- dynamical_downscaling_ocean_air_sea_forcing (Dynamical Downscaling Ocean air/sea forcing (CLIVAR/CORDEX))
- dynamical_downscaling_ocean_biogeochemistry_forcing (Dynamical Downscaling Ocean biogeochemistry forcing (CLIVAR/CORDEX))
- dynamical_downscaling_ocean_core (Dynamical Downscaling Ocean (CORDEX) core)
- dynamical_downscaling_soil (Dynamical Downscaling Soil (CORDEX))
- dynvar_advanced (Extended set of variables for atmospheric dynamics and transport diagnostics)
- dynvar_basic (High priority variables for atmospheric dynamics, transport and variability)
- global_emulators (Training Emulators of the Global Climate Sytem)
- hydro_modelling_daily (Minimum variable set for hydrological models at daily timescale)
- hydro_modelling_subdaily (Minimum variable set for hydrological models at subdaily timescale)
- hydrology (Hydrology and Freshwater Systems)
- impact_energy_building_demand (Data for modelling energy demand in built environment)
- impact_energy_damaging_other (Damaging weather for energy systems (other))
- impact_energy_hydropower (Impacts and Adaptation, Energy – minimal variables for hydropower modelling)
- impacts_climserv_hourly_core (Impacts and Adaptation, Climate Services – core high priority at hourly timescales)
- impacts_climserv_hourly_expanded (Impacts and Adaptation, Climate Services – expanded list at hourly timescales)
- impacts_energy_damaging_wind (Damaging wind for energy systems)
- int_ocean_budgets (Vertically Integrated Ocean Energy and Salt Contents Monthly Mean Over Pressure Layers)
- land_benchmarking_and_landcover_variables_tier1 (Land physical and landcover variables needed for benchmarking and understanding carbon cycle changes at monthly frequency)
- land_benchmarking_and_landcover_variables_tier2 (Land physical and landcover variables needed for benchmarking and understanding carbon, nitrogen, and CH4 cycle changes at monthly frequency)
- land_carbon_cycle_tier1 (Land Carbon Cycle Pools and Fluxes, high priority, at monthly time slices)
- land_carbon_cycle_tier2 (Land Carbon Cycle Pools and Fluxes, at monthly frequency, medium priority)
- land_ch4_fluxes (Land CH4 fluxes and associated variables at monthly frequency)
- land_nitrogen_cycle_tier1 (Land nitrogen cycle pools and fluxes at monthly frequency, high priority)
- land_nitrogen_cycle_tier2 (Land Nitrogen Cycle Variables at Monthly Frequency, tier 2)
- landatm_coupling_3hA (Land-Atmosphere Coupling at 3 h time means or at an instantaneous point 3 hPt)
- landatm_coupling_3hr_medium (Land-Atmosphere Coupling at 3 h time means or at an instantaneous point 3 hPt (medium priority))
- landice_antarctica_allfreq (Variables for diagnosing Greenland ice sheet behaviour and climate interactions)
- landice_glaciers_allfreq (Variable Set for Glacier Changes, Drivers, and Impacts Assessments)
- landice_global_allfreq (Variables for diagnosing ice sheet climate forcing and interactions)
- landice_greenland_allfreq (Variables for diagnosing Greenland ice sheet behaviour and climate interactions)
- landuse (Land use information including land use fractions and subgrid output on land use tiles at monthly and yearly timescales)
- marine_bgc_baseline (Marine Biogeochemistry Baseline)
- marine_bgc_carbon_sink (Biological Carbon Pump Variables)
- marine_bgc_fisheries (Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services (VIACS) of Additional fisheries modeling and impacts output)
- marine_bgc_fishmip (Marine ecosystem data for fisheries impact modelling)
- marine_bgc_pp_uncertainty (variables linked to ocean productivity at monthly time scale)
- marine_bgc_seaice (Seaice Biogeochemical Variables at monthly time scale)
- marine_bgc_sediments (Ocean sediment biogeochemical cycling and benthic-pelagic exchange variables at monthly timeslices)
- mixed_layer_extremes (mixed_layer_extremes)
- ocean_KE_vorticity_extremes (Ocean Kinetic Energy and Vorticity Extremes)
- ocean_acidification_oxygen_extremes (Ocean pH and oxygen extremes)
- ocean_carbon_cycle_tier1 (C4MIP ocean biogeochemical variables at monthly frequency, high priority)
- ocean_carbon_cycle_tier2 (C4MIP variables describing ocean biogeochemical state and fluxes at monthly frequency, medium priority)
- ocean_grid (Ocean model grid information)
- ocean_grid_low_priority (ocean_grid_low_priority)
- ocean_meridional_overturning_streamfunctions (Ocean meridional overturning streamfunctions at monthly resolution)
- ocean_mesoscale (Variables necessary to describe the role of ocean mesoscales in the climate system)
- ocean_temperature_extremes (Ocean surface temperature metrics collected on a daily frequency.)
- omip_budgets (Ocean budget fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table L1))
- omip_momentum_fluxes_high_priority (Momentum flux into ocean employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table K4))
- omip_parameterizations (Ocean parameterizations employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table N1))
- omip_scalars_high_priority (Scalar fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table H1))
- omip_scalars_low_priority (Scalar fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table H1))
- omip_surface_fluxes_high_priority (Surface flux fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table K2))
- omip_surface_fluxes_medium_priority (Surface flux fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table K2))
- omip_transports_high_priority (Transport fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table I1))
- omip_transports_low_priority (Transport fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table I1))
- omip_transports_medium_priority (Transport fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table I1))
- omip_vectors_high_priority (Vector fields employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table I1))
- paleo_atmosphere (quantities of the atmosphere for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_cryosphere_high_priority (High priority quantities of the cryosphere for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_cryosphere_low_priority (Low priority quantities of the cryosphere for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_cryosphere_medium_priority (Medium priority quantities of the cryosphere for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_fx (geometries and various boundary conditions for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_land_atmosphere_surface (quantities of the atmosphere and land surface for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_ocean (quantities of the ocean for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_ocean_3D (quantities of the ocean (3D) for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_ocean_transports (ocean transports for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_permafrost (permafrost and selected land-ice related variables for quantifying the state of the land-based cryosphere)
- paleo_radiation_fluxes (various radiation fluxes for paleoclimate research)
- paleo_stable_isotopes (stable water isotopes for paleoclimate research)
- paleodata_assimilation (Variables needed to drive forward proxy system models and paleodata assimilation approaches)
- plant_phenology_high (Land variables at vegetation type level - high priority)
- plant_phenology_medium (Land variables at vegetation type level)
- radiativeforcing_monthly (Variables for diagnosing and decomposing radiative forcing at monthly timescales)
- ref_atmosphere (Variables that are needed for the atmospheric diagnostics planned in the Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF))
- ref_earth_system (Variables that are needed for the earth system diagnostics planned for the Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF))
- ref_impacts_and_adaptation (Variables that are needed for the impacts and adaptation diagnostics planned for the Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF))
- ref_land_and_landice (Variables that are needed for the land and land ice diagnostics planned for the Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF))
- ref_ocean_and_seaice (Variables that are needed for the ocean and sea ice diagnostics planned for the Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF))
- sea_level_extremes (High-frequency surface variability)
- seaice_budget_area_monthly (Variables needed for assessing the sea ice area budget at monthly timeslices)
- seaice_budget_energy_daily (Variables needed for assessing the sea ice energy budget at daily timescales)
- seaice_budget_energy_monthly (Variables needed for assessing the sea ice energy budget at monthly timeslices)
- seaice_budget_freshwater_monthly (Variables needed for assessing the sea ice freshwater budget at monthly timeslices)
- seaice_budget_mass_monthly (Variables needed for assessing the sea ice mass budget at monthly timeslices)
- seaice_dynamics_advanced (Variables needed for a detailed assessment of sea ice dynamics)
- seaice_dynamics_basic (Variables needed for basic assessment of sea ice dynamics)
- seaice_gcos_ecv (Sea ice Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) for Global Climate Observing System (GCOS))
- seaice_global_daily_basic (Characterizations of sea ice are area, extent and volume, integrated over each hemisphere, and reported daily. Similarly, snow on sea ice can be characterised by its total mass. The diagnostics demanded here represent the best estimates from the modelling groups, expert of their model and the corresponding land masks and grids.)
- seaice_global_monthly_advanced (Net sea ice mass transport through the four straits of the Arctic Ocean (Fram Strait, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Barents Sea Opening, Bering Strait))
- seaice_global_monthly_basic (Integrated total hemispheric diagnostics)
- seaice_state_daily_advanced (Variables needed to assess the influence of processes related to high frequency variability on sea ice evolution and change)
- seaice_state_daily_basic (Variables needed for assessment of sea ice changes at the sub-seasonal time scale)
- seaice_state_monthly_advanced (Variables needed for process-based understanding of monthly basic state)
- seaice_state_monthly_basic (Monthly sea ice variables for basic analyses)
- sfc_waves (Ocean surface wave diagnostics)
- snow_allfreq (Variables for snow-related assessments)
- statistical_downscaling_core_6hourly (Empirical Statistical Downscaling and Emulators (CORDEX) core 6hourly)
- statistical_downscaling_core_daily (Empirical Statistical Downscaling and Emulators (CORDEX) core daily)
- statistical_downscaling_extended (Empirical Statistical Downscaling and Emulators (CORDEX) extended)
- surgemip_variables (SurgeMIP variables)
- synoptic_systems_high_priority (Variables for analysis of synoptic systems and their impacts)
- synoptic_systems_low_priority (Lower priority variables for analysis of synoptic systems and their impacts)
- temperature_variability_daily_highpriority (High priority daily average variables that are useful for quantifying daily temperature variability and the processes involved.)
- temperature_variability_daily_lowpriority (Lower priority (but still desirable) daily average variables that are useful for quantifying daily temperature variability and the processes involved.)
- tipmip_baseline (Tipping Points Modeling Intercomparison Project baseline variable group)
- tipmip_extended (Tipping Points Modeling Intercomparison Project extended variable group)
- transport_impacts_essential (Essential variables to study impacts of climate change on transport infrastructure)
- urban_impacts_additional (Additional variables to study impacts of climate variability and change on cities)
- urban_impacts_essential (Essential variables to study impacts of climate variability and change on cities)
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