Category: coordinates_and_dimensions (v1.2.2.5)

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Category Description: Dimensions used by variables in the data request

• alevel (Atmospheric Model Level)
• alevhalf (Atmospheric Model Half-level)
• alt16 (Altitude (16 Levels for MISR))
• alt40 (Altitude (40 Levels for CloudSat))
• basin (Ocean Basin)
• dbze (CloudSat Simulator Equivalent Radar Reflectivity Factor)
• deltasigt (sigma_t criterion that determines layer thickness)
• depth0m (Ocean Surface Coordinate)
• depth1000m (depth)
• depth100m (depth)
• effectRadIc (Effective Radius for Ice Aerosol)
• effectRadLi (Effective Radius for Liquid Aerosols)
• gridlatitude (Grid Latitude)
• height100m (height)
• height10m (height)
• height2m (height)
• hur100p2pct (Relative Humidity 100.2 percent)
• hur101pct (Relative Humidity 101 percent)
• iceband (Ice Depth Band)
• lambda443nm (Radiation Wavelength 443 nanometers)
• lambda550nm (Radiation Wavelength 550 nanometers)
• lambda865nm (Radiation Wavelength 865 nanometers)
• landuse (Land use type)
• latitude (Latitude)
• longitude (Longitude)
• lowerModelLayer (Lowest Model Layer)
• olayer100m (depth)
• olayer2000m (depth)
• olayer300m (depth)
• olayer700m (depth)
• olevel (Ocean Model Levels)
• oline (Ocean Straits)
• op20bar (Hydrostatic Pressure 20.2 bar)
• oplayer4 (Hydrostatic Pressure Layers)
• osurf (Ocean surface coordinate)
• p10 (pressure)
• p100 (pressure)
• p1000 (pressure)
• p200 (pressure)
• p220 (pressure)
• p500 (pressure)
• p560 (pressure)
• p700 (pressure)
• p840 (pressure)
• p850 (pressure)
• p925 (pressure)
• pl700 (pressure)
• plev19 (Pressure Levels (19))
• plev3 (Pressure Levels (3))
• plev39 (Pressure Levels (39))
• plev5u (Pressure Levels (5, UTLS))
• plev6 (Pressure Levels (6, boundary layer))
• plev7c (Pressure Levels (7 for ISCCP))
• plev7h (Pressure Levels (7, Tropospheric))
• rho (potential density referenced to 2000 dbar)
• scatratio (lidar backscattering ratio)
• scatter180 (Scattering Angle)
• sdepth (depth)
• sdepth100cm (depth)
• sdepth10cm (depth)
• seafloor (Sea Floor)
• siline (ocean passage)
• site (site index)
• soilpools (Soil Pools)
• spectband (Spectral Frequency Band)
• sza5 (solar zenith angle)
• tau (cloud optical thickness)
• time (Time Intervals)
• time1 (Time Points)
• time2 (Monthly Climatology)
• time3 (Diurnal Mean)
• time4 (Monthly Mean Daily Satistics)
• tsl0degC (Soil Temperature Zero)
• typebare (surface type)
• typeburnt (Burnt vegetation area type)
• typec3crop (surface type)
• typec3natg (C3 Natural grass area type)
• typec3pastures (C3 Pastures area type)
• typec3pft (surface type)
• typec4crop (surface type)
• typec4natg (C4 Natural grass area type)
• typec4pastures (C4 Pastures area type)
• typec4pft (surface type)
• typecrop (Crop area type)
• typeli (Land Ice area type)
• typelkins (Lake and inland sea area type)
• typemp (Melt pond area type)
• typenatgr (Natural grass area type)
• typenwd (Non-Woody Vegetation area type)
• typepasture (Pasture area type)
• typepdec (surface type)
• typepever (surface type)
• typeresidual (Residual area)
• typesdec (surface type)
• typesever (surface type)
• typeshrub (Shrub area type)
• typesi (Sea Ice area type)
• typesirdg (Sea Ice Ridge area type)
• typetree (Tree area type)
• typetreebd (Tree area type (Broadleaf Deciduous))
• typetreebe (Tree area type (Broadleaf Evergreen))
• typetreend (Tree area type (Needleleaf Deciduous))
• typetreene (Tree area type (Needleleaf Evergreen))
• typeveg (Vegetation area type)
• typewetla (Wetland)
• vegtype (Vegetation or Land Cover Type)
• xant (X-coordinate of Antarctic grid)
• xgre (X-coordinate of Greenland grid)
• yant (Y-coordinate of Antarctic grid)
• ygre (Y-coordinate of Greenland grid)

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