1.3 CMOR Variable: Geopotential Height (zg)

Record Label : zg

Record Title : Geopotential Height

Record Identifier : babda032-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-210

MIP Variable : zg

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 :

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 : 56

Description : Geopotential is the sum of the specific gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the specific centripetal potential energy. Geopotential height is the geopotential divided by the standard acceleration due to gravity. It is numerically similar to the altitude (or geometric height) and not to the quantity with standard name height, which is relative to the surface.

Sub-group of variables in a table : day_ss

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) :