1.3 CMOR Variable: Surface Altitude (orog)

Record Label : orog

Record Title : Surface Altitude

Record Identifier : d5b3576e-c78d-11e6-9b25-5404a60d96b5

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-b159

MIP Variable : orog

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 : land

CMOR Directive Positive :

Link to MIP table record : ImonAnt

The MIP table : ImonAnt

Provenance : ISMIP6 [ImonAnt]

Provenance Note :

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : 30

Description : The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level.

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : orog ((isd.006))