1.3 CMOR Variable: Convective Updraft Mass Flux (mcu)

Record Label : mcu

Record Title : Convective Updraft Mass Flux

Record Identifier : bab125a0-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-245

MIP Variable : mcu

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 : 2

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

Modeling Realm : atmos

CMOR Directive Positive : up

Section of a table : CFmon_3dstd

Link to MIP table record : CFmon

The MIP table : CFmon

Provenance : CFmon ((isd.003))

Processing Notes : Report on model half-levels (i.e., model layer bounds and not standard pressures).

Provenance Note : CFmon_3dstd

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : 46

Description : Calculated as the convective mass flux divided by the area of the whole grid cell (not just the area of the cloud).

Sub-group of variables in a table : cfMon_3dstd

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) :