1.3 CMOR Variable: Air Temperature at Cloud Top (ttop)

Record Label : ttop

Record Title : Air Temperature at Cloud Top

Record Identifier : 19be9072-81b1-11e6-92de-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-013

MIP Variable : ttop

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 : cloud_top refers to the top of the highest cloud. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature.

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