priority_level record: 527f5c94-8c97-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 (v1.2)

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Priority level for variable groups

Attribute	Value
name	High
notes	The variables support the core objectives of the opportunity. These are required to make the opportunity viable.
value	2
uid	527f5c94-8c97-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654

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variable_groups:

AgModelCoreDaily (Core daily climate drivers for agricultural modeling)
AgModelExpandedDaily (Expanded daily climate drivers for agricultural modeling)
AgWaterCore (Agricultural water core)
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)
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)
ISIMIPMinimalAtmos (Minimal Atmospheric Forcings for ISIMIP)
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)
WaterResources_daily (Flood and drought risk assessment at daily timescale)
WaterResources_monthly (Flood and drought risk assessment at monthly 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_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)
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_monthly (Monthly climate variables essential for biodiversity modelling)
biodiv_microclim_hourly (Minimal set of variables for physics-based microclimate models as input for ecophysiological models.)
clouds_basic_average (Time mean 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)
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)
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)
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_carbon_cycle_tier1 (Land Carbon Cycle Pools and Fluxes, high priority, at monthly time slices)
land_nitrogen_cycle_tier1 (Land nitrogen cycle pools and fluxes at monthly frequency, high priority)
landatm_coupling_3hA (Land-Atmosphere Coupling at 3 h time means or at an instantaneous point 3 hPt)
landice_glaciers_allfreq (Variable Set for Glacier Changes, Drivers, and Impacts Assessments)
landice_global_allfreq (Variables for diagnosing ice sheet climate forcing and interactions)
marine_bgc_baseline (Marine Biogeochemistry Baseline)
mixed_layer_extremes (mixed_layer_extremes)
ocean_carbon_cycle_tier1 (C4MIP ocean biogeochemical variables at monthly frequency, high priority)
ocean_grid (Ocean model grid information)
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_momentum_fluxes_high_priority (Momentum flux into ocean employed for OMIP in CMIP6 (Griffies et al., 2016, Table K4))
omip_scalars_high_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_transports_high_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_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)
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_mass_monthly (Variables needed for assessing the sea ice mass budget at monthly timeslices)
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_monthly_basic (Integrated total hemispheric diagnostics)
seaice_state_daily_basic (Variables needed for assessment of sea ice changes at the sub-seasonal time scale)
seaice_state_monthly_basic (Monthly sea ice variables for basic analyses)
sfc_waves (Ocean surface wave diagnostics)
statistical_downscaling_core_daily (Empirical Statistical Downscaling and Emulators (CORDEX) core daily)
surgemip_variables (SurgeMIP variables)
synoptic_systems_high_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.)
tipmip_baseline (Tipping Points Modeling Intercomparison Project baseline variable group)
transport_impacts_essential (Essential variables to study impacts of climate change on transport infrastructure)
urban_impacts_essential (Essential variables to study impacts of climate variability and change on cities)

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