1.3 CMOR Variable: Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm (od550csaer)

Record Label : od550csaer

Record Title : Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm

Record Identifier : 01d4dfbc-c792-11e6-aa58-5404a60d96b5

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-913

MIP Variable : od550csaer

Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :

Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :

Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :

Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 1

Data value type, e.g. float or double : real

Modeling Realm : aerosol

CMOR Directive Positive :

Section of a table : AERmon-oth

Link to MIP table record : AERmon

The MIP table : AERmon

Provenance : AERmon ((isd.003))

Provenance Note : AERmon-oth

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : -1

Description : AOD from the ambient aerosols in clear skies if od550aer is for all-sky (i.e., includes aerosol water). Does not include AOD from stratospheric aerosols if these are prescribed but includes other possible background aerosol types. Needs a comment attribute "wavelength: 550 nm"

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : AerChemMIP od550csaer