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****** PHASE AEROCOM II Diagnostics Table version 2010 ********
Aerocom Output Request      
"Long name" netCDF attribute Variable name CF "Unit" Standard Name
3D VARIABLES      
       
air temperature temp K  
specific humidity hus 1  
air mass airmass kg m-2  
pressure pressure Pa  
Aerosol Extinction @550nm ec5503Daer m-1  
Aerosol Absorption @550nm abs5503Daer m-1  
Cloud fraction clt3D %  
Aerosol Attenuated Backscatter @550nm bs5503Daer sr-1 m-1  
Aerosol Extinction @355nm ec3553Daer m-1  
Aerosol Extinction @1064nm ec10643Daer m-1  
asymmetry factor asy3Daer 1  
Aerosol Extinction @550nm ec5503Daer m-1  
Aerosol Absorption @550nm abs5503Daer m-1  
Cloud fraction clt3D %  
cloud optical depth cod3D 1  
mmr of tracer x mmrtrXX 1  
mmr of aerosol water mmraerh2o 1  
number concentration of mode conccnmodeXX m-3  
number formation through nucleation nucpn m-3 s-1  
SOA formation chegpsoa kg m-2 s-1  
POM mmroa 1  
POA mmrpoa 1  
SOA mmrsoa 1  
BB mmrbb 1  
BC mmrbc 1  
wet deposition of POM wet3Doa kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of BC wet3Dbc kg m-2 s-1  
aerosol water mmraerh2o 1  
convective updraft mcu kg m-2 s-1  
       
SO4 mmrso4 1  
SO2 vmrso2 1  
DMS vmrdms 1  
gas phase production so4 chegpso4 kg m-2 s-1  
aqu phase production so4 cheaqpso4 kg m-2 s-1  
aqu phase production so4 S(IV)+H2O2 cheaqpH2O2so4 kg m-2 s-1  
aqu phase production so4 S(IV)+O3 cheaqpO3so4 kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of SO4 wet3Dso4 kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of SO2 wet3Dso2 kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of DMS wet3Ddms kg m-2 s-1  
NO3 aerosol mmrno3 1  
NH4 mmrnh4 1  
NO vmrno 1  
NO2 vmrno2 1  
HNO3 vmrhno3 1  
PAN vmrpan 1  
wet deposition of HNO3 wet3Dhno3 kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of NOy incl aerosol nitrate wet3Dnoy kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of NH4+NH3 wet3Dnh4 kg m-2 s-1  
Sea Salt mmrss 1  
wet deposition of seasalt wet3Dss kg m-2 s-1  
Dust mmrdu 1  
wet deposition of dust wet3Ddu kg m-2 s-1  
       
"Long name" netCDF attribute Variable name CF "Unit" Standard Name
2D VARIABLES      
grid-cell area area m2  
land fraction landf 1  
surface altitude orog m  
surface air pressure ps Pa  
AOD@550nm od550aer 1  
AOD@440nm od440aer 1  
AOD@870nm od870aer 1  
Fine mode AOD@550nm od550lt1aer 1  
Absorption AOD@550nm abs550aer 1  
asymmetry parameter asyaer 1  
Surface concentration POM sconcoa kg m-3  
Surface concentration BC sconcbc kg m-3  
Surface concentration SO4 sconcso4 kg m-3  
Surface concentration DUST sconcdust kg m-3  
Surface concentration SS sconcss kg m-3  
Surface concentration NO3 sconcno3 kg m-3  
Surface dry aerosol extinction PM10 ec550dryaer m-1  
Surface dry aerosol absorption PM10 abs550dryaer m-1  
Surface ambient aerosol extinction ec550aer m-1  
precipitation precip kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of POM emioa kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of BC emibc kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of POM wetoa kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of BC wetbc kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of SO2 emiso2 kg m-2 s-1  
total direct emission of SO4 emiso4 kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of DMS emidms kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of SO4 wetso4 kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of seasalt emiss kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of seasalt wetss kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of dust emidust kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of dust wetdust kg m-2 s-1  
Load of POM loadoa kg m-2  
Load of BC loadbc kg m-2  
Load of SO4 loadso4 kg m-2  
Load of DUST loaddust kg m-2  
Load of SS loadss kg m-2  
Load of NO3 loadno3 kg m-2  
Sulfate AOD@550nm od550so4 1  
Black carbon AOD@550nm od550bc 1  
POM AOD@550nm od550oa 1  
SOA AOD@550nm od550soa 1  
BB AOD@550nm od550bb 1  
Nitrate AOD@550nm od550no3 1  
Sea Salt AOD@550nm od550ss 1  
Dust AOD@550nm od550dust 1  
dry deposition of SO2 dryso2 kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of SO4 dryso4 kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of DMS drydms kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of SO2 wetso2 kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of DMS wetdms kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of seasalt dryss kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of dust drydust kg m-2 s-1  
Aerosol Water AOD@550nm od550aerh2o 1  
gf @ 90 % RH gf90aer 1  
Absorption AOD@550nm due to BC abs550bc 1  
total emission of Biomass Burning Aerosol emibb kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of POA emipoa kg m-2 s-1  
total production of SOA chepsoa kg m-2 s-1  
total production of MSA chepmsa kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of POA drypoa kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of SOA drysoa kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of BC drybc kg m-2 s-1  
Cloud fraction clt %  
SW downwelling solar flux rsdt W m-2  
SW upwelling solar flux rsut W m-2  
SW upwelling solar flux in clear sky regions rsutcs W m-2  
SW upwelling solar flux in cloudy sky regions rsutcl W m-2  
LW upwelling terrestrial flux rlut W m-2  
LW upwelling terrestrial flux in clear sky regions rlutcs W m-2  
SW surface down-welling rsds W m-2  
SW surface up-welling rsus W m-2  
LW surface down-welling rlds W m-2  
LW surface up-welling rlus W m-2  
SW downwelling surface flux clear sky rsdscs W m-2  
VIS downwelling surface flux in clear sky rsdscsvis W m-2  
SW downwelling surface diffuse flux in clear sky rsdscsdif W m-2  
Minimum Daily temperature tamin K  
Maximum Daily temperature tamax K  
All sky SW-RF so4 at TOA anthropogenic swtoaasso4ant W m-2  
All sky SW-RF bcff at TOA anthropogenic swtoaasbcffant W m-2  
All sky SW-RF pomff at TOA anthropogenic swtoaasoaffant W m-2  
All sky SW-RF bb at TOA anthropogenic swtoaasbbant W m-2  
All sky SW-RF soa at TOA anthropogenic swtoaassoaant W m-2  
All sky SW-RF no3 at TOA anthropogenic swtoaasno3ant W m-2  
All sky SW-RF ss at TOA natural swtoaasss W m-2  
All sky SW-RF dust at TOA natural swtoaasdust W m-2  
All sky SW-RF so4 at TOA natural swtoaasso4nat W m-2  
All sky SW-RF bb at TOA natural swtoaasbbnat W m-2  
All sky SW-RF soa at TOA natural swtoaassoanat W m-2  
total emission of NH3 eminh3 kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of NH3 drynh3 kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of NH4 drynh4 kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of NH4+NH3 wetnh4 kg m-2 s-1  
total emission of NOx eminox kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of HNO3 dryhno3 kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of NO2 dryno2 kg m-2 s-1  
dry deposition of NOy drynoy kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of HNO3 wethno3 kg m-2 s-1  
wet deposition of NOy incl aerosol nitrate wetnoy kg m-2 s-1  
Dust AOD@550nm od550dust 1  
Fine mode DUST AOD@550nm od550lt1dust 1  
total emission of dust emidust kg m-2 s-1  
aerosol_optical_depth od550 1  
liquid_cloud-top_droplet_effective_radius cdr m  
liquid_cloud_droplet_number_concentration cdnc m-3  
total_cloud_cover tcc 1  
liquid_cloud_cover lcc 1  
liquid_water_path lwp kg m-2  
albedo albs 1  
cloud_top_temperature ttop K  
lower_tropospheric_stability lts K  
ice_water_path iwp kg m-2  
ice_cloud_cover icc 1  
cloud-top_ice_crystal_effective_radius icr m  
cloud_optical_depth cod 1  
cloud_condensation_nuclei ccn m-3  
       
       
CMIP 5 Aerosol CMOR table AMON (Nov2010)      
"Long name" netCDF attribute Variable name CF "Unit" Standard Name
3D and 2D VARIABLES      
Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550 nm od550aer 1 atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
Ambient Fine Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550 nm od550lt1aer 1 atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_pm1_ambient_aerosol
Ambient Aerosol Absorption Optical Thickness at 550 nm abs550aer 1 atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 870 nm od870aer 1 atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
Rate of Emission and Production of Dry Aerosol Total Organic Matter emioa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_net_chemical_production_and_emission
Emission Rate of Dry Aerosol Primary Organic Matter emipoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Production Rate of Dry Aerosol Secondary Organic Matter chepsoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_net_chemical_production
Emission Rate of Black Carbon Aerosol Mass emibc kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Dry Deposition Rate of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter dryoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Dry Deposition Rate of Dry Aerosol Primary Organic Matter drypoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Dry Deposition Rate of Dry Aerosol Secondary Organic Matter drysoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Dry Deposition Rate of Black Carbon Aerosol Mass drybc kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter wetoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of Dry Aerosol Primary Organic Matter wetpoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of Dry Aerosol Secondary Organic Matter wetsoa kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of Black Carbon Aerosol Mass wetbc kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Total Emission of Primary Aerosol from Biomass Burning emibb kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Total Emission Rate of SO2 emiso2 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfur_dioxide_due_to_emission
Total Direct Emission Rate of SO4 emiso4 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Total Emission Rate of DMS emidms kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dimethyl_sulfide_due_to_emission
Dry Deposition Rate of SO2 dryso2 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfur_dioxide_due_to_dry_deposition
Dry Deposition Rate of SO4 dryso4 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Dry Deposition Rate of DMS drydms kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dimethyl_sulfide_due_to_dry_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of SO4 wetso4 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_expressed_as_sulfur_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of SO2 wetso2 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfur_dioxide_due_to_wet_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of DMS wetdms kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dimethyl_sulfide_due_to_wet_deposition
Total Emission Rate of NH3 eminh3 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonia_due_to_emission
Dry Deposition Rate of NH3 drynh3 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonia_due_to_dry_deposition
Dry Deposition Rate of NH4 drynh4 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of NH4+NH3 wetnh4 kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Total Emission Rate of Seasalt emiss kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Dry Deposition Rate of Seasalt dryss kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of Seasalt wetss kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Total Emission Rate of Dust emidust kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission
Dry Deposition Rate of Dust drydust kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition
Wet Deposition Rate of Dust wetdust kg m-2 s-1 tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition
Load of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter loadoa kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol
Load of Dry Aerosol Primary Organic Matter loadpoa kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol
Load of Dry Aerosol Secondary Organic Matter loadsoa kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol
Load of Black Carbon Aerosol loadbc kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol
Load of SO4 loadso4 kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol
Load of Dust loaddust kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol
Load of Seasalt loadss kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol
Load of NO3 loadno3 kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol
Load of NH4 loadnh4 kg m-2 atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol
Surface Concentration of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter sconcoa kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of Dry Aerosol Primary Organic Matter sconcpoa kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of Dry Aerosol Secondary Organic Matter sconcsoa kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of Black Carbon Aerosol sconcbc kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of SO4 sconcso4 kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of Dust sconcdust kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_dust_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of Seasalt sconcss kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of NO3 sconcno3 kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Concentration of NH4 sconcnh4 kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_in_air
Surface Diffuse Dowwelling Shortwave Radiation rsdsdiff W m-2 surface_diffuse_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Surface Diffuse Downwelling Clear Sky Shortwave Radiation rsdscsdiff W m-2 diffuse_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
Cloud-Top Effective Droplet Radius reffclwtop m effective_radius_of_cloud_liquid_water_particle_at_liquid_water_cloud_top
Cloud Droplet Number Concentration of Cloud Tops cldncl m-3 number_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_particles_in_air_at_liquid_water_cloud_top
Ice Crystal Number Concentration of Cloud Tops cldnci m-3 number_concentration_of_ice_crystals_in_air_at_ice_cloud_top
Column Integrated Cloud Droplet Number cldnvi m-2 atmosphere_number_content_of_cloud_droplets
Ambient Aerosol Extinction at 550 nm ec550aer m-1  
Concentration of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter concoa kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of Dry Aerosol Primary Organic Matter concpoa kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of Dry Aerosol Secondary Organic Matter concsoa kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of Biomass Burning Aerosol concbb kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_biomass_burning_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of Black Carbon Aerosol concbc kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of Aerosol Water concaerh2o kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_water_in_ambient_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of SO4 concso4 kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_in_air
Mole Fraction of SO2 concso2 1 mole_fraction_of_sulfur_dioxide_in_air
Mole Fraction of DMS concdms 1 mole_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air
Concentration of NO3 Aerosol concno3 kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of NH4 concnh4 kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of Seasalt concss kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_in_air
Concentration of Dust concdust kg m-3 mass_concentration_of_dust_dry_aerosol_in_air
Aerosol Number Concentration conccn m-3 number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air
Number Concentration of Nucleation Mode Aerosol concnmcn m-3 number_concentration_of_nucleation_mode_ambient_aerosol_in_air
Number Concentration Coarse Mode Aerosol conccmcn m-3 number_concentration_of_coarse_mode_ambient_aerosol_in_air
Stratiform Cloud Droplet Effective Radius reffclws m effective_radius_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_particle
Convective Cloud Droplet Effective Radius reffclwc m effective_radius_of_convective_cloud_liquid_water_particle
Cloud Droplet Number Concentration cdnc m-3 number_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_particles_in_air
Ice Crystal Number Concentration inc m-3 number_concentration_of_ice_crystals_in_air

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