FV3 Weather Model Variables

Variable	Description
cldfra2d	Instantaneous 2D (max-in-column) fraction
total_albedo	Total sky albedo at top of atmosphere
lwp_ex	Total liquid water path from explicit microphysics
iwp_ex	Total ice water path from explicit microphysics
lwp_fc	Total liquid water path from cloud fraction scheme
iwp_fc	Total ice water path from cloud fraction scheme
ALBDO_ave	Surface albedo
DLWRF	Surface downward longwave flux
DLWRFI	Instantanous surface downward longwave flux
ULWRF	Surface upward longwave flux
DSWRFItoa	Instantaneous top of atmosphere downward shortwave flux
USWRFtoa	Instantaneous top of atmosphere upward shortwave flux
ULWRFtoa	Instantaneous top of atmosphere upward longwave flux
ULWRFI	Instantaneous surface upward longwave flux
DSWRF	Averaged surface downward shortwave flux
DSWRFI	Instantaneous surface downward shortwave flux
USWRF	Averaged surface upward shortwave flux
USWRFI	Instantaneous surface upward shortwave flux
duvb_ave	UV-B downward solar flux
cduvb_ave	Clear sky UV-B downward solar flux
vbdsf_ave	Visible beam downward solar flux
vddsf_ave	Visible diffuse downward solar flux
nbdsf_ave	Near infrared beam downward solar flux
nddsf_ave	Near infrared diffuse downward solar flux
csulf_avetoa	Clear sky upward longwave flux at top of atmosphere
csusf_avetoa	Clear sky upward shortwave flux at top of atmosphere
csdlf_ave	Clear sky downward longwave flux
csusf_ave	Clear sky upward shortwave flux
csdsf_ave	Clear sky downward shortwave flux
csulf_ave	Clear sky upward longwave flux
DSWRFtoa	Top of atmosphere downward shortwave flux
USWRFtoa	Top of atmosphere upward shortwave flux
ULWRFtoa	Top of atmosphere upward longwave flux
TCDC-aveclm	Atmosphere column total cloud cover
TCDC_avebndcl	Boundary layer cloud layer total cloud cover
TCDCcnvcl	Convective cloud layer total cloud cover
PREScnvclt	Pressure at convective cloud top level
PREScnvclb	Pressure at convective cloud bottom level
TCDC_avehcl	High cloud level total cloud cover
PRES_avehct	Pressure high cloud top level
PRES_avehcb	Pressure high cloud bottom level
TEMP_avehct	Temperature at high cloud top level
TCDC_avemcl	Mid-cloud level total cloud cover
PRES_avemct	Pressure at middle cloud top level
PRES_avemcb	Pressure at middle cloud bottom level
TEMP_avemct	Temperature middle cloud top level
TCDC_avelcl	Low cloud level total cloud cover
PRES_avelct	Pressure low cloud top level
PRES_avelcb	Pressure at low cloud bottom level
TEMP_avelct	Temperature at low cloud top level
AOD_550	Total aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
DU_AOD_550	Dust aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
BC_AOD_550	Soot aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
OC_AOD_550	Water soluble aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
SU_AOD_550	Sulfate aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
SS_AOD_550	Salt aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
aod	Total aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
fluxr	Fluxr diagnostic - GFS radiation
sw_upfxc	Total sky upward shortwave flux at top of atmosphere - GFS radiation
sw_dnfxc	Total sky downward shortwave flux at top of atmosphere - GFS radiation
sw_upfx0	Clear sky upward shortwave flux at top of atmosphere - GFS radiation
lw_upfxc	Total sky upward longwave flux at top of atmosphere - GFS radiation
lw_upfx0	Clear sky upward longwave flux at top of atmosphere - GFS radiation
ssrun_acc	Accumulated surface storm water runoff
evbs_ave	Direct evaporation from bare soil
evcw_ave	Canopy water evaporation
snohf	Snow phase change heat flux
pah_ave	Total precipitation advected heat
trans_ave	Transpiration
sbsno_ave	Sublimation (evaporation from snow)
snowc_ave	Snow cover - GFS lsm
snowc	Snow cover
soilm	Total column soil moisture content
tmpmin2m	Min temperature at 2 meters (height)
tmpmax2m	Max temperature at 2 meters (height)
dusfc	Surface zonal momentum flux
dvsfc	Surface meridional momentum flux
shtfl_ave	Surface sensible heat flux
lhtfl_ave	Surface latent heat flux
totprcp_ave	Surface precipitation rate
totprcpb_ave	Bucket surface precipitation rate
gflux_ave	Surface ground heat flux
dlwsfc	Time-accumulated downward longwave flux at surface
ulwsfc	Time-accumulated upward longwave flux at surface
sunsd_acc	Sunshine duration
watr_acc	Total water runoff
ecan_acc	Total evaporation of intercepted water
etran_acc	Total plant transpiration
edir_acc	Total soil surface evaporation
wa_acc	Total water storage in aquifer
pevpr_ave	Averaged potential evaporation rate
cwork_ave	Cloud work function (valid only with sas)
u-gwd_ave	Surface zonal gravity wave stress
v-gwd_ave	Surface meridional gravity wave stress
psmean	Surface pressure
cnvprcp_ave	Averaged surface convective precipitation rate
cnvprcpb_ave	Averaged bucket surface convective precipitation rate
cnvprcp	Surface convective precipitation rate
spfhmin2m	Minimum specific humidity at 2m
spfhmax2m	Maximum specific humidity at 2m
u10mmax	Maximum (magnitude) u-wind at 10m above ground level (AGL)
v10mmax	Maximum (magnitude) v-wind at 10m AGL
wind10mmax	Maximum wind speed at 10m AGL
u10max	Hourly maximum (magnitude) u-wind
v10max	Hourly maximum (magnitude) v-wind
spd10max	Hourly maximum wind speed
t02max	Maximum hourly temperature at 2 meters
t02min	Minimum hourly temperature at 2 meters
rh02max	Maximum hourly relative humidity at 2 meters
rh02min	Minimum hourly relative humidity at 2 meters
pratemax	Maximum hourly precipitation rate
frzr	Accumulated surface freezing rain
frzrb	Accumulated surface freezing rain in bucket
frozr	Accumulated surface graupel
frozrb	Accumulated surface graupel in bucket
tsnowp	Accumulated surface snow
tsnowpb	Accumulated surface snow in bucket
rhonewsn	Precipitation ice density
rain	Total rain at this time step
rainc	Convective rain at this time step
ice	Ice fall at this time step
snow	Snow fall at this time step
graupel	Graupel fall at this time step
totice_ave	Surface ice precipitation rate
toticeb_ave	Bucket surface ice precipitation rate
totsnw_ave	Surface snow precipitation rate
totsnwb_ave	Bucket surface snow precipitation rate
totgrp_ave	Surface graupel precipitation rate
totgrpb_ave	Bucket surface graupel precipitation rate
sfcdlw	Total sky to surface downward longwave flux
htrlw	Total sky longwave heating rate
lwhc	Clear sky longwave heating rate
u10m	10 meter u wind
v10m	10 meter v wind
dpt2m	2 meter dewpoint temperature
hgt_hyblev1	Layer 1 height
psurf	Surface pressure
hpbl	Surface planetary boundary layer height
pwat	Atmosphere column precipitable water
tmp_hyblev1	Layer 1 temperature
spfh_hyblev1	Layer 1 specific humidity
ugrd-hyblev1	Layer 1 zonal wind
vgrd-hyblev1	Layer 1 meridional wind
sfexc	Exchange coefficient
acond	Aerodynamic conductance
dlwsfci	Instantaneous surface downward longwave flux
ulwsfci	Instantaneous surface upward longwave flux
dswsfci	Instantaneous surface downward shortwave flux
uswsfci	Instantaneous surface upward shortwave flux
dusfci	Instantaneous u component of surface stress
dvsfci	Instantaneous v component of surface stress
shtfl	Instantaneous surface sensible heat net flux
lhtfl	Instantaneous surface latent heat net flux
gfluxi	Instantaneous surface ground heat flux
wilt	Wilting point (volumetric)
fldcp	Field capacity (volumetric)
pahi	Instantaneous precipitation advected heat flux
pevpr	Instantaneous surface potential evaporation
wet1	Normalized soil wetness
cpofp	Precent frozen precipitation
crain_ave	Averaged categorical rain
csnow_ave	Averaged categorical snow
cfrzr_ave	Averaged categorical freezing rain
cicep_ave	Averaged categorical sleet
refl_10cm	Radar reflectivity
max_hail_diam_sfc	Maximum hail diameter at lowest model level
dkt	Atmospheric heat diffusivity
dku	Atmospheric momentum diffusivity
cldfra	Instantaneous 3D cloud fraction
cnvw	Subgrid scale convective cloud water
skebu_wts	Perturbation velocity - u component
skebv_wts	Perturbation velocity - v component
zmtnblck	Level of dividing streamline
refdmax	Max hourly 1-kilometer above ground level reflectivity
refdmax263k	Max hourly -10C reflectivity
sppt_wts	Perturbation velocity (from the SPPT stochastic physics scheme)
shum_wts	Perturbation velocity (from the SHUM stochastic physics scheme)
spp_wts_pbl	Stochastically perturbed parameterization weights (magnitude) - planetary boundary layer
spp_wts_sfc	Stochastically perturbed parameterization weights (magnitude) - surface physics
spp_wts_mp	Stochastically perturbed parameterization weights (magnitude) - microphysics
spp_wts_gwd	Stochastically perturbed parameterization - gravity wave drag
spp_wts_rad	Stochastically perturbed parameterization weights (magnitude) - radiation
spp_wts_cu_deep	Stochastically perturbed parameterization weights (magnitude) for deep convection
sfc_wts	Perturbation amplitude
ca1	Cellular automata
ca_deep	Cellular automaton deep convection
ca_turb	Cellular automaton turbulence
ca_shal	Cellular automaton shallow convection
ca_rad	Cellular automaton radiation
ca_micro	Cellular automaton microphysics
lakefrac	Lake fraction
lakedepth	Lake depth
T_snow	Temperature of snow on a lake
T_ice	Temperature of ice on a lake
use_lake_model	Lake model flag
lake_is_salty	Lake point is considered salty by CLM lake model
lake_cannot_freeze	CLM lake model considers the point to be so salty it cannot freeze
lake_t2m	Temperature at 2 meters from lake model
lake_q2m	2m specific humidity from lake model
lake_albedo	Mid-day surface albedo over lake
lake_h2osno2d	Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth over lake
lake_sndpth2d	Actual accumulated snow depth over lake in CLM lake model
lake_snl2d	Snow layers in CLM lake model (treated as integer)
lake_tsfc	Skin temperature from CLM lake model
lake_savedtke12d	Top level eddy conductivity from previous timestep in CLM lake model
lake_ht	Lake height
zmtb	Height of dividing streamline
zogw	Height of orographic gravity wave (OGW) launch
zlwb	Height of low-level wave breaking
tau_ogw	Orographic gravity wave vertical momentum flux at launch level
tau_mtb	Orographic mountain blocking integrated flux from surface
tau_tofd	Turbulent orographic form drag integrated flux from surface
tau_ngw	Non-stationary gravity waves momentum flux at launch level
du3dt_pbl_ugwp	U-tendency due to planetary boundary layer physics
dv3dt_pbl_ugwp	V-tendency due to planetary boundary layer physics
dt3dt_pbl_ugwp	T-tendency due to planetary boundary layer physics
uav_ugwp	U-daily mean for unified gravity wave physics
tav_ugwp	T-daily mean for unified gravity wave physics
du3dt_ogw	Averaged E-W orographic gravity wave tendency
du3dt_ngw	Averaged E-W non-stationary gravity waves tendency
du3dt_mtb	Averaged E-W mountain blocking tendency
du3dt_tms	Averaged E-W turbulent orographic form drag tendency
dudt_tot	Averaged E-W dycore-tendency
dtdt_tot	Averaged temperature dycore-tendency
dudt_ogw	X wind tendency from mesoscale orographic gravity wave form drag
dvdt_ogw	Y wind tendency from mesoscale orographic gravity wave form drag
dudt_obl	X wind tendency from blocking drag
dvdt_obl	Y wind tendency from blocking drag
du_ogwcol	Integrated x momentum flux from mesoscale orographic gravity wave
dv_ogwcol	Integrated y momentum flux from mesoscale orographic gravity wave
du_oblcol	Integrated x momentum flux from blocking drag
dv_oblcol	Integrated y momentum flux from blocking drag
dws3dt_ogw	Averaged wind speed tendency due to mesoscale gravity wave drag
dws3dt_obl	Averaged wind speed tendency due to blocking drag
dudt_oss	X wind tendency from small scale gravity wave drag
dvdt_oss	Y wind tendency from small scale gravity wave drag
dudt_ofd	X wind tendency from form drag
dcdt_ofd	Y wind tendency from form drag
dws3dt_oss	Averaged wind speed tendency due to small-scale gravity wave drag
dws3dt_ofd	Averaged wind speed tendency due to turbulent orographic form drag
ldu3dt_ogw	Averaged x wind tendency due to mesoscale orographic gravity wave drag
ldu3dt_obl	Averaged x wind tendency due to blocking drag
ldu3dt_ofd	Averaged x wind tendency due to form drag
ldu3dt_oss	Averaged x wind tendency due to small-scale gravity wave drag
du_osscol	Integrated x momentum flux from small-scale gravity wave drag
dv_osscol	Integrated y momentum flux from small-scale gravity wave drag
du_ofdcol	Integrated x momentum flux from form drag
dv_ofdcol	Integrated y momentum flux from form drag
du3_ogwcol	Time averaged surface x momentum flux from mesoscale orographic gravity wave drag
dv3_ogwcol	Time averaged surface y momentum flux from mesoscale orographic gravity wave drag
du3_oblcol	Time averaged surface x momentum flux from blocking drag
dv3_oblcol	Time averaged surface y momentum flux from blocking drag
du3_osscol	Time averaged surface x momentum flux from small-scale gravity wave drag
dv3_osscol	Time averaged surface y momentum flux from small-scale gravity wave drag
du3_ofdcol	Time averaged surface x momentum flux from form drag
dv3_ofdcol	Time averaged surface y momentum flux from form drag
ldu3dt_ngw	Time averaged u momentum tendency due to non-stationary gravity wave drag
ldv3dt_ngw	Time averaged v momentum tendency due to non-stationary gravity wave drag
ldt3dt_ngw	Time averaged temperature tendency due to non-stationary gravity wave drag
upd_mf	Updraft convective mass flux
dwn_mf	Downdraft convective mass flux
det_mf	Detrainment convective mass flux
alnsf	Mean near-infrared albedo with strong cos(z) dependency
alnwf	Mean near-infrared albedo with weak cos(z) dependency
alvsf	Mean visible albedo with strong cos(z) dependency
alvwf	Mean visible albedo with weak cos(z) dependency
canopy	Canopy water (cnwat in GFS data)
f10m	10-meter wind speed divided by lowest model wind speed
facsf	Fractional coverage with strong cos(z) dependency
facwf	Fractional coverage with weak cos(z) dependency
ffhh	FH parameter from planetary boundary layer scheme
ffmm	FM parameter from planetary boundary layer scheme
uustar	U-uStar surface frictional wind
slope	Surface slope type
fice	Surface ice concentration (ice=1; no ice=0)
hice	Sea ice thickness (icetk in gfs_data)
snoalb	Maximum snow albedo in fraction
shdmax	Maximum fractional coverage of green vegetation
shdmin	Minimum fractional coverage of green vegetation
snowd	Surface snow depth
sbsno	Instantaneous sublimation (evaporation from snow)
evbs	Instantaneous direct evaporation over land
evcw	Instantaneous canopy evaporation
trans	Instantaneous transpiration
sfalb	Surface albedo over land
rhofr	Density of frozen precipitation
snowfall_acc_land	Total accumulated frozen precipitation over land
acsnow_land	Total accumulated SWE (snow water equivalent) of frozen precipitation over land
snowmt_land	Accumulated snow melt over land
snowfall_acc_ice	Total accumulated frozen precipitation over ice
acsnow_ice	Total accumulated SWE (snow water equivalent) of frozen precipitaton over ice
snowmt_ice	Accumulated snow melt over ice
crain	Instantaneous categorical rain
stype	Soil type in integer 1-9
scolor	Soil color in integer 1-20
lfrac	Land fraction
q2m	2 meter specific humidity
t2m	2 meter temperature
tsfc	Surface temperature
usfco	Surface zonal current
vsfco	Surface meridional current
tiice	Internal ice temperature layer
tg3	Deep soil temperature
tisfc	Surface temperature over ice fraction
tprcp	Total time-step precipitation
vtype	Vegetation type in integer
weasd	Surface snow water equivalent
weasdi	Surface snow water equivalent over ice
snodi	Snow depth over ice
hgtsfc	Surface geopotential height
slmsksfc	Sea-land-ice mask (0-sea, 1-land, 2-ice)
zorlsfc	Surface roughness
vfracsfc	Vegetation fraction
wetness	Soil moisture availability in top soil layer
nirbmdi	Surface near infrared beam shortwave downward flux
nirdfdi	Surface near infrared differential shortwave downward flux
visbmdi	Surface uv+visible beam shortwave downward flux
visdfdi	Surface uv+visible differential shortwave downward flux
xlaixy	Leaf area index
vfrac	Fraction of vegetation category
sfrac	Fraction of soil category
slc	Liquid soil moisture
soill	Liquid soil moisture
soilw	Volumetric soil moisture
soilt	Soil temperature
tref	Near Sea Surface Temperature (NSST) reference or foundation temperature
z_c	NSST sub-layer cooling thickness
c_0	NSST coefficient1 to calculate d(tz)/d(ts)
c_d	NSST coefficient2 to calculate d(tz)/d(ts)
w_0	NSST coefficient3 to calculate d(tz)/d(ts)
w_d	NSST coefficient4 to calculate d(tz)/d(ts)
xt	NSST heat content in diurnal thermocline layer
xs	NSST salinity content in diurnal thermocline layer
xu	NSST u-current content in diurnal thermocline layer
xv	NSST v-current content in diurnal thermocline layer
xz	NSST diurnal thermocline layer thickness
zm	NSST mixed layer thickness
xtts	NSST d(xt)/d(ts)
xzts	NSST d(xz)/d(ts)
d_conv	NSST thickness of free convection layer
ifd	NSST index to start diurnal thermocline layer model (DTLM) run or not
dt_cool	NSST sub-layer cooling amount
qrain	NSST sensible heat flux due to rainfall
nwfa	Number concentration of water-friendly aerosols
nwfa2d	Water-friendly surface aerosol source
nifa	Number concentration of ice-friendly aerosols
nifa2d	Ice-friendly surface aerosol source
thompson_diag3d	Thompson extended diagnostics array
fire_heat	Surface fire heat flux
burned	Ratio of the burnt area to the grid cell area
emdust	Emission of fine dust for smoke
emseas	Emission of sea salt for smoke
emanoc	Anthropogenic organic carbon (anoc) emission for Thompson microphysics
coef_bb_dc	Coefficient bb for smoke
min_fplume	Minimum smoke plume height
max_fplume	Maximum smoke plume height
HWP	Hourly fire weather potential
HWP_ave	Averaged fire weather potential
uspdavg	Boundary layer average wind speed
hpbl_thetav	Boundary layer depth modified parcel method
drydep_smoke	Dry deposition smoke
drydep_dust	Dry deposition dust
drydep_coarsepm	Dry deposition coarse pm
wetdpr_smoke	Resolved wet deposition smoke
wetdpr_dust	Resolved wet deposition dust
wetdpr_coarsepm	Resolved wet deposition coarse particulate matter
wetdpc_smoke	Convective wet deposition smoke
wetdpc_dust	Convective wet deposition dust
wetdpc_coarsepm	Convective wet deposition coarse particulate matter
peak_hr	Hour of peak smoke emissions
fire_type	Fire type
lu_nofire	Land use (lu) nofire pixes
lu_qfire	Land use (lu) qfire pixes
fhist	Coefficient to scale the fire activity depending on the fire duration
fire_end_hr	Hours since fire was last detected
ebb_smoke_in	Input smoke emission
frp_output	Output fire radiative power
ebb_rate	Total EBB carbon emissions
frp_davg	Daily mean fire radiative power
hwp_davg	Daily mean hourly wildfire potential
ebu_smoke	Smoke emission
ext550	3D total extinction at 550nm
radar_tten	Temperature tendency due to digital filter initialization (DFI) radar tendencies
ltg1_max	Max lightning threat 1
ltg2_max	Max lightning threat 2
ltg3_max	Max lightning threat 3
cleffr	Effective radius of cloud liquid water particle in micrometers
cieffr	Effective radius of stratiform cloud ice particle in micrometers
cseffr	Effective radius of stratiform cloud snow particle in micrometers
ztop_plume	Height of highest plume
maxmf	Maximum mass-flux in column
maxwidth	Maximum width of plumes in grid column
zol	Monin-Obukhov surface stability parameter
flhc	Surface exchange coefficient for heat
flqc	Surface exchange coefficient for moisture
CLDFRA_BL	Subgrid cloud fraction
QC_BL	Subgrid cloud mixing ratio
EL_PBL	Turbulent mixing length
QKE	2 X TKE (Turbulent Kinetic Energy) (from MYNN)
edmf_a	Updraft area fraction (from MYNN)
edmf_w	Mean updraft vertical velocity (from MYNN)
edmf_qt	Updraft total water (from MYNN)
edmf_thl	Mean liquid potential temperature (from MYNN)
edmf_ent	Updraft entrainment rate (from MYNN)
edmf_qc	Mean updraft liquid water (from MYNN)
sub_thl	Subsidence temperature tendency (from MYNN)
sub_sqv	Subsidence water vapor tendency (from MYNN)
det_thl	Detrainment temperature tendency (from MYNN)
det_sqv	Detrainment water vapor tendency (from MYNN)
aux2d	Auxiliary 2D array
aux3d	Auxiliary 3D array
lake_snow_z3d	Lake snow level depth
lake_snow_dz3d	Lake snow level thickness
lake_snow_zi3d	Lake snow interface depth
lake_h2osoi_vol3d	Volumetric soil water
lake_h2osoi_liq3d	Soil liquid water content
lake_h2osoi_ice3d	Soil ice water content
lake_t_soisno3d	Snow or soil level temperature
lake_t_lake3d	Lake layer temperature
lake_icefrac3d	Lake fractional ice cover