1.3 CMOR Variable: Percentage Cover of Stratiform Cloud (cls)

Record Label : cls

Record Title : Percentage Cover of Stratiform Cloud

Record Identifier : baaac584-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-018

MIP Variable : cls

Deflate: 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 : 2

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

Modeling Realm : atmos

CMOR Directive Positive :

Section of a table : CF3hr_grid

Link to MIP table record : CF3hr

The MIP table : CF3hr

Provenance : CF3hr ((isd.003))

Provenance Note : CF3hr_grid

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : 3hrPt

Row index of entry in source sheet : 46

Description : Cloud area fraction (reported as a percentage) for the whole atmospheric column due to stratiform clouds, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. Includes both large-scale and convective cloud.

Sub-group of variables in a table : cf3hr_grid

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : cls ((isd.005))