This is a list of all the diagnostic variables that the ClimateMachine can produce, partitioned into groups.
Unless other noted, these fields are density-weighted using horizontally averaged density.
| short name | description |
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| u | x-velocity |
| v | y-velocity |
| w | z-velocity |
| avg_rho | density |
| rho | (density-averaged) density |
| qt | total specific humidity |
| ql | liquid water specific humidity |
| qv | water vapor specific humidity |
| thd | potential temperature |
| thv | virtual potential temperature |
| thl | liquid-ice potential temperature |
| et | total specific energy |
| ei | specific internal energy |
| ht | specific enthalpy based on total energy |
| hi | specific enthalpy based on internal energy |
| var_u | variance of x-velocity |
| var_v | variance of y-velocity |
| var_w | variance of z-velocity |
| w3 | the third moment of z-velocity |
| tke | turbulence kinetic energy |
| var_qt | variance of total specific humidity |
| var_thl | variance of liquid-ice potential temperature |
| var_ei | variance of specific internal energy |
| cov_w_u | vertical eddy flux of x-velocity |
| cov_w_v | vertical eddy flux of y-velocity |
| cov_w_rho | vertical eddy flux of mass |
| cov_w_qt | vertical eddy flux of total specific humidity |
| cov_w_ql | vertical eddy flux of liuqid water specific humidity |
| cov_w_qv | vertical eddy flux of water vapor specific humidity |
| cov_w_thd | vertical eddy flux of potential temperature |
| cov_w_thv | vertical eddy flux of virtual temperature |
| cov_w_thl | vertical eddy flux of liquid-ice potential temperature |
| cov_w_ei | vertical eddy flux of specific internal energy |
| cov_qt_thl | covariance of total specific humidity and liquid-ice potential temperature |
| cov_qt_ei | covariance of total specific humidity and specific internal energy |
| w_qt_sgs | vertical sgs flux of total specific humidity |
| w_ht_sgs | vertical sgs flux of total specific enthalpy |
| cld_frac | cloud fraction |
| lwp | liquid water path |
| short name | description |
|---|
| cld_cover | cloud cover |
| cld_top | cloud top |
| cld_base | cloud base |
| short name | description |
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| u_core | cloud core x-velocity |
| v_core | cloud core y-velocity |
| w_core | cloud core z-velocity |
| avg_rho_core | cloud core density |
| rho_core | cloud core (density-averaged) density |
| qt_core | cloud core total specific humidity |
| ql_core | cloud core liquid water specific humidity |
| thv_core | cloud core virtual potential temperature |
| thl_core | cloud core liquid-ice potential temperature |
| ei_core | cloud core specific internal energy |
| var_u_core | cloud core variance of x-velocity |
| var_v_core | cloud core variance of y-velocity |
| var_w_core | cloud core variance of z-velocity |
| var_qt_core | cloud core variance of total specific humidity |
| var_thl_core | cloud core variance of liquid-ice potential temperature |
| var_ei_core | cloud core variance of specific internal energy |
| cov_w_rho_core | cloud core vertical eddy flux of mass |
| cov_w_qt_core | cloud core vertical eddy flux of total specific humidity |
| cov_w_thl_core | cloud core vertical eddy flux of liquid-ice potential temperature |
| cov_w_ei_core | cloud core vertical eddy flux of specific internal energy |
| cov_qt_thl_core | cloud core covariance of total specific humidity and liquid-ice potential temperature |
| cov_qt_ei_core | cloud core covariance of total specific humidity and specific internal energy |
| core_frac | cloud core (q_liq > 0 and w > 0) fraction |
- Based on this issue.
- GCM diagnostic variables are not currently density weigted.
| short name | description |
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| u | zonal velocity (along longitude) |
| v | meridional velocity (along latitude) |
| w | vertical velocity (along altitude) |
| rho | density |
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| temp | air temperature |
| pres | air pressure |
| thd | dry potential temperature |
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| et | total specific energy |
| ei | specific internal energy |
| ht | specific enthalpy from total energy |
| hi | specific enthalpy from internal energy |
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| vort | relative vorticity |
These are in addition to Held-Suarez.
| short name | description |
|---|
| qt | total specific humidity |
| ql | liquid water specific humidity |
| qv | water vapour specific humidity |
| qi | ice specific humidity |
| thv | virtual potential temperature |
| thl | liquid-ice potential temperature |
| short name | description |
|---|
| stream_euler | Eulerian meridional streamfunction |
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| short name | description |
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| stream | horizontal streamfunction (Laplacian of vort) |
| pv_qg | potential vorticity (f + vort + f/N d2/dz2 stream) |
| pv_ertel | Ertel potential vorticity |
| div | divergence |
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| var_uu_zonal | variances using zonal mean (also for vv, ww, TT, option for others) |
| cov_uv_zonal | covariances using zonal mean (also for uw, vw, uT, vT, wT, option for others) |
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| var_uu_time | variances using time mean (also for vv, ww, TT, option for others) |
| cov_uv_time | covariances using time mean (also for uw, vw, uT, vT, wT, option for others) |
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| var_uu_bandpass | (co)variances using a Lanczos filter (also for vv, ww, TT, option for others) |
| cov_uv_bandpass | (co)variances using a Lanczos filter (also for uw, vw, uT, vT, wT, option for others) |
| short name | description |
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| power_spec_eke | eddy kinetic energy power spectrum |
This are in addition to Held-Suarez.
| short name | description |
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| toa_sw_do | top of atmosphere (TOA) downwelling shortwave flux |
| toa_sw_up | TOA Upwelling shortwave flux |
| toa_lw_up | TOA Upwelling longwave flux |
| toa_sw_sfc | up- and downwelling shortwave flux at surface |
| toa_lw_sfc | up- and downwelling longwave flux at surface |
| sensible_sfc | sensible heat flux at surface |
| latent_sfc | latent heat flux at surface |
| T_sfc | surface air temperature |
| rain_sfc | rain rate at surface |
| snow_sfc | snow rate at surface |
| short name | description |
|---|
| rh | relative humidity |
| cld_frac | cloud fraction |
| mse | moist static energy |
| short name | description |
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| rain_thres | frequency with which a given rain rate threshold at the surface is exceeded |
| temp_thres | frequency with which a given temperature threshold at the surface is exceeded |
| track_loc | frequency of tracked features (e.g. cyclones, blocking) |
| track_int | intensity of tracked features (e.g. cyclones, blocking) |
| short name | description |
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| xx | (Later: sea ice cover, leaf temperature, soil temperature, ...) |