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CMIP5: sfcWind - Near-Surface Wind Speed

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Author

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2020

Cannon, Alex J

Reductions in daily continental-scale atmospheric circulation biases between generations of global climate models: CMIP5 to CMIP6
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Abs550aer - Ambient Aerosol Absorption Optical Thickness at 550nm	1
Albdiffbnd - Diffuse Surface Albedo for Each Band	15
Areacella - Grid-Cell Area for Atmospheric Grid Variables	3
Areacello - Grid-Cell Area for Ocean Variables	3
C4PftFrac - Percentage Cover by C4 Plant Functional Type	13
Ccb - Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Base	2
Cct - Air Pressure at Convective Cloud Top	2
Chl - Mass Concentration of Total Phytoplankton Expressed as Chlorophyll in Sea Water	1
Clcalipso - CALIPSO Percentage Cloud Cover	1
Clc - Convective Cloud Area Percentage	3
Clic - Mass Fraction of Convective Cloud Ice	2
Cli - Mass Fraction of Cloud Ice	4
Clisccp - ISCCP Cloud Area Percentage	18
Clis - Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Ice	2
CLitter - Carbon Mass in Litter Pool	13
Clivi - Ice Water Path	16
Cl - Percentage Cloud Cover	23
Cls - Percentage Cover of Stratiform Cloud	3
Cltc - Convective Cloud Cover Percentage	4
Clt - Total Cloud Cover Percentage	45
Clwc - Mass Fraction of Convective Cloud Liquid Water	2
Clw - Mass Fraction of Cloud Liquid Water	4
Clws - Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Liquid Water	2
Clwvi - Condensed Water Path	17
CSoil - Carbon Mass in Model Soil Pool	19
CVeg - Carbon Mass in Vegetation	14
Deptho - Sea Floor Depth Below Geoid	3
Dissic - Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Concentration	1
Edt - Eddy Diffusivity Coefficient for Temperature	2
Evspsbl - Evaporation Including Sublimation and Transpiration	1
Evspsblsoi - Water Evaporation from Soil	5
Evspsblveg - Evaporation from Canopy	7
Evs - Water Evaporation Flux Where Ice Free Ocean over Sea	34
Evu - Eddy Viscosity Coefficient for Momentum	2
Fgco2 - Surface Downward Mass Flux of Carbon as CO2 [kgC m-2 s-1]	1
FVegLitter - Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Litter	3
Gpp - Carbon Mass Flux out of Atmosphere Due to Gross Primary Production on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]	7
H2o - Mass Fraction of Water	4
Hfbasin - Northward Ocean Heat Transport	12
Hfbasinpmdiff - Northward Ocean Heat Transport Due to Parameterized Mesoscale Diffusion	3
Hfcorr - Heat Flux Correction	2
Hfds - Downward Heat Flux at Sea Water Surface	11
Hfgeou - Upward Geothermal Heat Flux at Sea Floor	1
Htovgyre - Northward Ocean Heat Transport Due to Gyre	3
Htovovrt - Northward Ocean Heat Transport Due to Overturning	5
Hur - Relative Humidity	50
Hurs - Near-Surface Relative Humidity	1
Huss - Near-Surface Specific Humidity	2
Hus - Specific Humidity	88
Lai - Leaf Area Index	8
Lwsnl - Liquid Water Content of Snow Layer	2
Masso - Sea Water Mass	1
Mc - Convective Mass Flux	4
Mlotst - Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T	11
Mrfso - Soil Frozen Water Content	3
Mrros - Surface Runoff	10
Mrro - Total Runoff	13
Mrsofc - Capacity of Soil to Store Water (Field Capacity)	3
Mrsos - Moisture in Upper Portion of Soil Column	9
Mrso - Total Soil Moisture Content	21
Nbp - Carbon Mass Flux out of Atmosphere Due to Net Biospheric Production on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]	1
Npp - Net Primary Production on Land as Carbon Mass Flux [kgC m-2 s-1]	15
NppWood - Net Primary Production Allocated to Wood as Carbon Mass Flux [kgC m-2 s-1]	1
Od550aer - Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm	1
Omldamax - Mean Daily Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Mixing Scheme	12
Opottempmint - Integral with Respect to Depth of Product of Sea Water Density and Potential Temperature	11
Orog - Surface Altitude	9
Pctisccp - ISCCP Mean Cloud Top Pressure	2
Phalf - Pressure on Model Half-Levels	61
Ph - pH	1
Pppico - Net Primary Mole Productivity of Carbon by Picophytoplankton	1
Prc - Convective Precipitation	14
Prcprof - Convective Rainfall Flux	6
Prlsns - Stratiform Snowfall Flux	3
Prlsprof - Stratiform Rainfall Flux	6
Pr - Precipitation	352
Prsnc - Convective Snowfall Flux	2
Prsn - Snowfall Flux	16
Prw - Water Vapor Path	33
Psl - Sea Level Pressure	120
Ps - Surface Air Pressure	70
Ra - Carbon Mass Flux into Atmosphere Due to Autotrophic (Plant) Respiration on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]	6
Rh - Total Heterotrophic Respiration on Land as Carbon Mass Flux [kgC m-2 s-1]	7
Rldcs - Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	1
Rld - Downwelling Longwave Radiation	15
Rldscs - Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	23
Rlds - Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation	53
Rlucs - Upwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	1
Rlus - Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation	30
Rlutcs - TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	33
Rlut - TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation	62
Rlu - Upwelling Longwave Radiation	5
Rootd - Maximum Root Depth	2
Rsd - Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	17
Rsdscs - Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	28
Rsds - Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	56
Rsdt - TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation	47
Rsuscs - Surface Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	27
Rsus - Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation	41
Rsutcs - TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	35
Rsut - TOA Outgoing Shortwave Radiation	59
Rsu - Upwelling Shortwave Radiation	5
Rtmt - Net Downward Radiative Flux at Top of Model	17
Sbl - Surface Snow and Ice Sublimation Flux	2
SfcWindmax - Daily Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed	75
SfcWind - Near-Surface Wind Speed	1
Sfdsi - Downward Sea Ice Basal Salt Flux	3
Sftgif - Land Ice Area Percentage	9
Sftlf - Percentage of the Grid Cell Occupied by Land (Including Lakes)	35
Sftof - Sea Area Percentage	17
Siarean - Sea-Ice Area North	1
Siconca - Sea-Ice Area Percentage (Atmospheric Grid)	1
Siconc - Sea-Ice Area Percentage (Ocean Grid)	72
Sic - Sea Ice Area Fraction	1
Sidmasstranx - X-Component of Sea-Ice Mass Transport	4
Sitemptop - Surface Temperature of Sea Ice	2
Sithick - Sea Ice Thickness	24
Siu - X-Component of Sea-Ice Velocity	5
Sivol - Sea-Ice Volume per Area	1
Siv - Y-Component of Sea-Ice Velocity	5
Snc - Snow Area Percentage	10
Snd - Snow Depth	6
Snm - Surface Snow Melt	3
Snw - Surface Snow Amount	12
Soga - Global Mean Sea Water Salinity	41
So - Sea Water Salinity	2
Sos - Sea Surface Salinity	23
Spco2 - Surface Aqueous Partial Pressure of CO2	7
Ta - Air Temperature	5
Talk - Total Alkalinity	1
Tasmax - Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature	1
Tasmin - Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature	1
Tas - Near-Surface Air Temperature	14
Tauuo - Sea Water Surface Downward X Stress	12
Tauu - Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress	16
Tauvo - Sea Water Surface Downward Y Stress	10
Tauv - Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress	13
Thetaoga - Global Average Sea Water Potential Temperature	69
Thetao - Sea Water Potential Temperature	3
Tnhusa - Tendency of Specific Humidity Due to Advection	2
Tnhusc - Tendency of Specific Humidity Due to Convection	3
Tnhusd - Tendency of Specific Humidity Due to Numerical Diffusion	2
Tnhusmp - Tendency of Specific Humidity Due to Model Physics	2
Tnhus - Tendency of Specific Humidity	4
Tnta - Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Advection	3
Tntr - Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Radiative Heating	4
Tnt - Tendency of Air Temperature	10
Toz - Total Column Ozone	7
Tran - Transpiration	6
Tslsi - Surface Temperature Where Land or Sea Ice	228
Tsl - Temperature of Soil	11
Ts - Surface Temperature	4
Ua - Eastward Wind	4
Uas - Eastward Near-Surface Wind	1
Va - Northward Wind	3
Volcello - Ocean Grid-Cell Volume	6
Volo - Sea Water Volume	1
Wap - Omega (=dp/dt)	5
Wfcorr - Water Flux Correction	3
Wfo - Water Flux into Sea Water	1
Zg - Geopotential Height	96
Zostoga - Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change	7
Zvelsurf - Upward Component of Land-Ice Surface Velocity	1

CMIP5: sfcWind - Near-Surface Wind Speed

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