1.3 CMOR Variable: Sea Surface Height Above Geoid (zos)

Record Label : zos

Record Title : Sea Surface Height Above Geoid

Record Identifier : baa507f2-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-a098

MIP Variable : zos

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 : ocean

CMOR Directive Positive :

Section of a table : Omon_oth

Link to MIP table record : Omon

The MIP table : Omon

Provenance : Omon ((isd.003))

Processing Notes : See OMDP document for details. Report on native horizontal grid as well as on a spherical latitude/longitude grid.

Provenance Note : Omon_oth

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : 7

Description : This is the dynamic sea level, so should have zero global area mean. It should not include inverse barometer depressions from sea ice.

Sub-group of variables in a table : Omon_oth

Quality Control Ranges : Sea Surface Height Above Geoid

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) :