1.3 CMOR Variable: Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation (rsds)

Record Label : rsds

Record Title : Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation

Record Identifier : e0ab60be-4b7f-11e7-903f-5404a60d96b5

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-d11

MIP Variable : rsds

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 : CF3hr_grid

Link to MIP table record : CF3hr

The MIP table : CF3hr

Provenance : CFMIP (CMIP5)

Provenance Note : Amon_2d

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : 3hrPt

Row index of entry in source sheet : 236

Description : Surface solar irradiance for UV calculations.

Sub-group of variables in a table : Amon_2d

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : CF3hr: rsds