CDXvariablestable

Required CORDEX variables from WRF output

Core

output variable name	Units	Long Name	Standard Name	WRF file	WRF variable
tasmax	K	Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfxtrm	T2MAX
tasmin	K	Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfxtrm	T2MIN
tas	K	Near-Surface Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfcdx	TAS
ts	K	Surface Temperature	surface_temperature	wrfcdx	CDXTS
pr	kg m-2 s-1	Precipitation	precipitation_flux	wrfcdx	PR
wsgsmax	m s-1	Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed of Gust	wind_speed_of_gust	wrfcdx	WSGSMAX
sfcWindmax	m s-1	Daily maximum near-surface wind speed	wind_speed	wrfxtrm	SPDUV10MAX
uas	m s-1	Eastward Near-Surface Wind	eastward_wind	wrfcdx	UAS
ua100m	m s-1	Eastward wind at 100m	eastward_wind	wrfcdx	USGS
ua1000	m s-1	Eastward Wind	eastward_wind	wrfpress	UER_PL
ua925	m s-1	Eastward Wind	eastward_wind	wrfpress	UER_PL
ua850	m s-1	Eastward Wind	eastward_wind	wrfpress	UER_PL
ua700	m s-1	Eastward Wind	eastward_wind	wrfpress	UER_PL
ua500	m s-1	Eastward Wind	eastward_wind	wrfpress	UER_PL
ua200	m s-1	Eastward Wind	eastward_wind	wrfpress	UER_PL
vas	m s-1	Northward Near-Surface Wind	northward_wind	wrfcdx	VAS
va100m	m s-1	Northward wind at 100m	northward_wind	wrfcdx	VSGS
va1000	m s-1	Northward Wind	northward_wind	wrfpress	VER_PL
va925	m s-1	Northward Wind	northward_wind	wrfpress	VER_PL
va850	m s-1	Northward Wind	northward_wind	wrfpress	VER_PL
va700	m s-1	Northward Wind	northward_wind	wrfpress	VER_PL
va500	m s-1	Northward Wind	northward_wind	wrfpress	VER_PL
va200	m s-1	Northward Wind	northward_wind	wrfpress	VER_PL
wa1000	m s-1	Upward air velocity	upward_air_velocity	wrfpress	W_PL
wa925	m s-1	Upward air velocity	upward_air_velocity	wrfpress	W_PL
wa850	m s-1	Upward air velocity	upward_air_velocity	wrfpress	W_PL
wa700	m s-1	Upward air velocity	upward_air_velocity	wrfpress	W_PL
wa500	m s-1	Upward air velocity	upward_air_velocity	wrfpress	W_PL
wa200	m s-1	Upward air velocity	upward_air_velocity	wrfpress	W_PL
huss	1	Near-Surface Specific Humidity	specific_humidity	wrfcdx	HUSS
hus1000	1	Specific Humidity	specific_humidity	wrfpres	HUS_PL
hus925	1	Specific Humidity	specific_humidity	wrfpres	HUS_PL
hus850	1	Specific Humidity	specific_humidity	wrfpres	HUS_PL
hus700	1	Specific Humidity	specific_humidity	wrfpres	HUS_PL
hus500	1	Specific Humidity	specific_humidity	wrfpres	HUS_PL
hus200	1	Specific Humidity	specific_humidity	wrfpres	HUS_PL
ta1000	K	Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfpres	T_PL
ta925	K	Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfpres	T_PL
ta850	K	Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfpres	T_PL
ta700	K	Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfpres	T_PL
ta500	K	Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfpres	T_PL
ta200	K	Air Temperature	air_temperature	wrfpres	T_PL
zg1000	m	Geopotential Height	geopotential_height	wrfpres	GHT_PL
zg925	m	Geopotential Height	geopotential_height	wrfpres	GHT_PL
zg850	m	Geopotential Height	geopotential_height	wrfpres	GHT_PL
zg700	m	Geopotential Height	geopotential_height	wrfpres	GHT_PL
zg500	m	Geopotential Height	geopotential_height	wrfpres	GHT_PL
zg200	m	Geopotential Height	geopotential_height	wrfpres	GHT_PL
ps	Pa	Surface Air Pressure	surface_air_pressure	wrfcdx	PS
psl	Pa	Sea Level Pressure	air_pressure_at_sea_level	wrfcdx	PSL
rsds	W m-2	Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air	wrfcdx	RSDS
rlds	W m-2	Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation	surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air	wrfcdx	RLDS
hfls	W m-2	Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux	surface_upward_latent_heat_flux	wrfcdx	HFLS
hfss	W m-2	Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux	surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux	wrfcdx	HFSS
rsus	W m-2	Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation	surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air	wrfcdx	RSUS (RSUSGEN)
rlus	W m-2	Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation	surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air	wrfcdx	RLUS (RLUSGEN)
evspsbl	kg m-2 s-1	Evaporation	water_evaporation_flux	wrfcdx	EVSPSBL
evspsblpot	kg m-2 s-1	Potential Evapotranspiration	water_potential_evaporation_flux	wrfcdx	EVSPSBLPOT
clt	%	total cloud fraction	cloud_area_fraction	wrfcdx	CLT
snc	%	snow area fraction	surface_snow_area_fraction	wrfcdx	SNC
snd	m	snow depth	surface_snow_thickness	wrfcdx	SND
mrros	kg m-2 s-1	Surface Runoff	surface_runoff_flux	wrfcdx	MRROS
mrro	kg m-2 s-1	Total Runoff	runoff_flux	wrfcdx	MRRO
mrsol	kg m-2	Total water content of soil layer	moisture_content_of_soil_layer	wrfcdx	MRSOL
mrso	kg m-2	Total Soil Moisture Content	soil_moisture_content	wrfcdx	MRSO
prw	kg m-2	Water Vapor Path	atmosphere_water_vapor_content	wrfcdx	PRW
clwvi	kg m-2	Condensed Water Path	atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content	wrfcdx	CLWVI
clivi	kg m-2	Ice Water Path	atmosphere_cloud_ice_content	wrfcdx	CLIVI
areacella	m2	Atmosphere Grid-Cell Area	cell_area	geo_em.d[nn].nc
orog	m	Surface Altitude	surface_altitude	geo_em.d[nn].nc	HGT_M
sftlf	%	Land Area Fraction	land_area_fraction	geo_em.d[nn].nc	LANDMASK
sftgif	%	Fraction of Grid Cell Covered with Glacier	land_ice_area_fraction	geo_em.d[nn].nc
mrsofc	kg m-2	Capacity of Soil to Store Water	soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity	geo_em.d[nn].nc
rootd	m	Maximum Root Depth	root_depth	geo_em.d[nn].nc

Tier 1

output name	units	Long name	Standard name	WRF file	WRF variable
zmla	m	Height of boundary layer	atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness	wrfcdx	ZMLA (ZMLAGEN)
wsgmax100m	m s-1	Maximum wind speed of gust at 100m	wind_speed_of_gust
ic_lightning	counts	Intra-cloud lightning flashes	ic_lightning
cg_lighning	counts	Cloud-ground lightning flashes	cg_lightning
total_lightning	counts	Total number lightning flashes	total_lightning
clgvi	kg m-2	Vertical integral of mass content of graupel	atmosphere_mass_content_of_graupel	wrfcdx	CLGVI
clhvi	kg m-2	Vertical integral of mass content of hail	atmosphere_mass_content_of_hail	wrfcdx	CLHVI
CAPE	J kg-1	2-D Maximum convective available potential energy	atmosphere_convective_available_potential_energy_wrt_surface	wrfcdx	CAPEMAX
CIN	J kg-1	2-D Maximum convective inhibition	atmosphere_convective_inhibition_wrt_surface	wrfcdx	CINMAX