Record Label : rlds
Record Title : Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation
Record Identifier : 80088d2a-f906-11e6-a176-5404a60d96b5
Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-d09
MIP Variable : rlds
Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :
Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :
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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 : atmos
CMOR Directive Positive : down
Link to MIP table record : CFsubhr
The MIP table : CFsubhr
Provenance : CFsubhr ((isd.003))
Processing Notes : This table includes the 2-D variables listed in the "Amon" spreadsheet, omitting, however, the daily maximum and minimum temperatures. All variables should be reported as synoptic fields, not daily means.
Provenance Note :
Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : subhrPt
Row index of entry in source sheet : 1034
Description : The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "longwave" means longwave radiation. Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean "net downward". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called "irradiance". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called "vector irradiance". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.
Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : rlds ((isd.006))