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CMIP6: clw - Mass Fraction of Cloud Liquid Water

Year

Author

Title

2025

Hellmuth, Franziska, Carlsen, Tim, et al.

Evaluation of biases in mid-to-high-latitude surface snowfall and cloud phase in ERA5 and CMIP6 using satellite observations
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Publication Count: 270

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Abs550aer - Ambient Aerosol Absorption Optical Thickness at 550nm	3
Airmass - Vertically Integrated Mass Content of Air in Layer	1
Areacella - Grid-Cell Area for Atmospheric Grid Variables	5
Areacello - Grid-Cell Area for Ocean Variables	2
Ch4 - Mole Fraction of CH4	1
CLand - Total Carbon in All Terrestrial Carbon Pools	1
Clisccp - ISCCP Cloud Area Percentage	1
CLitter - Carbon Mass in Litter Pool	2
Clt - Total Cloud Cover Percentage	3
Clw - Mass Fraction of Cloud Liquid Water	1
Co2mass - Total Atmospheric Mass of CO2	1
Co2 - Mole Fraction of CO2	1
CProduct - Carbon Mass in Products of Land-Use Change	1
CSoil - Carbon Mass in Model Soil Pool	2
CSoilFast - Carbon Mass in Fast Soil Pool	1
CSoilMedium - Carbon Mass in Medium Soil Pool	1
CSoilSlow - Carbon Mass in Slow Soil Pool	1
CVeg - Carbon Mass in Vegetation	3
Drybc - Dry Deposition Rate of Black Carbon Aerosol Mass	1
Drydust - Dry Deposition Rate of Dust	1
Drynh3 - Dry Deposition Rate of NH3	1
Drynh4 - Dry Deposition Rate of NH4	1
Drynoy - Dry Deposition Rate of NOy	1
Dryoa - Dry Deposition Rate of Dry Aerosol Total Organic Matter	1
Dryso2 - Dry Deposition Rate of SO2	1
Dryso4 - Dry Deposition Rate of SO4	1
Dryss - Dry Deposition Rate of Sea-Salt Aerosol	1
Emiaco - Total Emission Rate of Anthropogenic CO	1
Emianox - Total Emission Rate of Anthropogenic NOx	1
Emiaoa - Total Emission Rate of Anthropogenic Organic Aerosol	1
Emibc - Total Emission Rate of Black Carbon Aerosol Mass	1
Emibvoc - Total Emission Rate of Biogenic NMVOC	1
Emico - Total Emission Rate of CO	1
Emidms - Total Emission Rate of DMS	1
Emidust - Total Emission Rate of Dust	1
Emiisop - Total Emission Rate of Isoprene	1
Emilnox - Layer-Integrated Lightning Production of NOx	1
Eminh3 - Total Emission Rate of NH3	1
Eminox - Total Emission Rate of NOx	1
Emioa - Primary Emission and Chemical Production of Dry Aerosol Organic Matter	1
Emiso2 - Total Emission Rate of SO2	1
Emiso4 - Total Direct Emission Rate of SO4	1
Emiss - Total Emission Rate of Sea-Salt Aerosol	1
Emivoc - Total Emission Rate of NMVOC	1
Epfy - Northward Component of the Eliassen-Palm Flux	1
Evspsbl - Evaporation Including Sublimation and Transpiration	3
Fgco2 - Surface Downward Mass Flux of Carbon as CO2 [kgC m-2 s-1]	2
FLuc - Net Carbon Mass Flux into Atmosphere Due to Land-Use Change [kgC m-2 s-1]	1
FVegLitter - Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Litter	1
Gpp - Carbon Mass Flux out of Atmosphere Due to Gross Primary Production on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]	3
Hfds - Downward Heat Flux at Sea Water Surface	3
Hfgeou - Upward Geothermal Heat Flux at Sea Floor	1
Hfls - Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux	1
Hfss - Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux	2
Hur - Relative Humidity	1
Hurs - Near-Surface Relative Humidity	4
Huss - Near-Surface Specific Humidity	3
Hus - Specific Humidity	4
Lai - Leaf Area Index	1
Lossch4 - Monthly Loss of Atmospheric Methane	1
Masso - Sea Water Mass	1
Mlotst - Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T	3
Mmrbc - Elemental Carbon Mass Mixing Ratio	1
Mmrnh4 - NH4 Mass Mixing Ratio	1
Mmrno3 - NO3 Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio	1
Mmroa - Total Organic Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio	1
Mmrso4 - Aerosol Sulfate Mass Mixing Ratio	4
Mmrsoa - Secondary Organic Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio	1
Mmrss - Sea-Salt Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio	1
Mrro - Total Runoff	2
Mrsol - Total Water Content of Soil Layer	1
Mrsos - Moisture in Upper Portion of Soil Column	1
Mrso - Total Soil Moisture Content	1
Msftyz - Ocean Y Overturning Mass Streamfunction	1
Nbp - Carbon Mass Flux out of Atmosphere Due to Net Biospheric Production on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]	2
Nep - Net Carbon Mass Flux out of Atmosphere Due to Net Ecosystem Productivity on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]	1
Npp - Net Primary Production on Land as Carbon Mass Flux [kgC m-2 s-1]	3
NppWood - Net Primary Production Allocated to Wood as Carbon Mass Flux [kgC m-2 s-1]	1
O2 - Dissolved Oxygen Concentration	1
O3 - Mole Fraction of O3	3
Od550aer - Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm	4
Od550bc - Black Carbon Optical Thickness at 550nm	1
Od550oa - Total Organic Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm	1
Od550so4 - Sulfate Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm	1
Orog - Surface Altitude	1
Phalf - Pressure on Model Half-Levels	1
Pppico - Net Primary Mole Productivity of Carbon by Picophytoplankton	1
Prc - Convective Precipitation	1
Pr - Precipitation	35
Prsn - Snowfall Flux	2
Prw - Water Vapor Path	4
Psl - Sea Level Pressure	6
Ps - Surface Air Pressure	4
Ra - Carbon Mass Flux into Atmosphere Due to Autotrophic (Plant) Respiration on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]	1
Reffsclwtop - Cloud-Top Effective Droplet Radius in Stratiform Cloud	1
Rh - Total Heterotrophic Respiration on Land as Carbon Mass Flux [kgC m-2 s-1]	2
Rldcs - Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	1
Rldscs - Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	2
Rlds - Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation	4
Rlucs - Upwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	1
Rlus - Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation	2
Rlutaf - TOA Outgoing Aerosol-Free Longwave Radiation	1
Rlutcsaf - TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky, Aerosol-Free Longwave Radiation	1
Rlutcs - TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	2
Rlut - TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation	10
Rlu - Upwelling Longwave Radiation	1
Rsdcsaf - Downwelling Clear-Sky, Aerosol-Free Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsdcs - Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsd - Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsdscs - Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	2
Rsds - Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	4
Rsdt - TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation	6
Rsucsaf - Upwelling Clear-Sky, Aerosol-Free Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsucs - Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsuscs - Surface Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsus - Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation	2
Rsutaf - TOA Outgoing Aerosol-Free Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsutcsaf - TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky, Aerosol-Free Shortwave Radiation	1
Rsutcs - TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	3
Rsut - TOA Outgoing Shortwave Radiation	9
Rsu - Upwelling Shortwave Radiation	1
Rtmt - Net Downward Radiative Flux at Top of Model	1
SfcWind - Near-Surface Wind Speed	3
Sftlf - Percentage of the Grid Cell Occupied by Land (Including Lakes)	4
Sftof - Sea Area Percentage	1
Siarean - Sea-Ice Area North	1
Siconca - Sea-Ice Area Percentage (Atmospheric Grid)	2
Siconc - Sea-Ice Area Percentage (Ocean Grid)	6
Sic - Sea Ice Area Fraction	3
Siextentn - Sea-Ice Extent North	1
Siitdthick - Sea-Ice Thickness in Thickness Categories	1
Sitemptop - Surface Temperature of Sea Ice	1
Sithick - Sea Ice Thickness	2
Sit - Sea Ice Thickness	1
Sivol - Sea-Ice Volume per Area	3
Snc - Snow Area Percentage	3
Snw - Surface Snow Amount	3
Soga - Global Mean Sea Water Salinity	1
So - Sea Water Salinity	1
Sos - Sea Surface Salinity	2
Ta - Air Temperature	8
Tasmax - Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature	8
Tasmin - Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature	6
Tas - Near-Surface Air Temperature	36
Tauuo - Sea Water Surface Downward X Stress	1
Tauu - Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress	4
Tauv - Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress	2
Thetaoga - Global Average Sea Water Potential Temperature	2
Thetao - Sea Water Potential Temperature	4
Tos - Sea Surface Temperature	10
Tslsi - Surface Temperature Where Land or Sea Ice	1
Tsl - Temperature of Soil	1
Ts - Surface Temperature	9
Ua - Eastward Wind	14
Uas - Eastward Near-Surface Wind	5
Va - Northward Wind	9
Vas - Northward Near-Surface Wind	4
Volcello - Ocean Grid-Cell Volume	1
Volo - Sea Water Volume	1
Wap - Omega (=dp/dt)	1
Wfo - Water Flux into Sea Water	1
Zg500 - Geopotential Height at 500hPa	1
Zg - Geopotential Height	1
Zos - Sea Surface Height Above Geoid	3
Zostoga - Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change	1
Zvelsurf - Upward Component of Land-Ice Surface Velocity	1