Record Label : rlds
Record Title : Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation
Record Identifier : bab538d4-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257
Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-013
MIP Variable : rlds
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 : atmos
CMOR Directive Positive : down
Section of a table : day_ss
Link to MIP table record : day
The MIP table : day
Provenance : day ((isd.003))
Provenance Note : day_ss
Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : day
Row index of entry in source sheet : 41
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.
Sub-group of variables in a table : day_ss