Data Request Section: 1.7 Specification of dimensions (grids)

Dimensions used by variables in the data request

• alevel: atmospheric model level
• alevhalf: atmospheric model half-level
• alt16: altitude [m]
• alt40: altitude [m]
• basin: ocean basin
• dbze: CloudSat simulator equivalent radar reflectivity factor [dBZ]
• depth0m: depth [m]
• depth100m: depth [m]
• depth2000m: depth [m]
• depth300m: depth [m]
• depth700m: depth [m]
• effectRadIc: Effective Radius [Values to be specified] [micron]
• effectRadLi: Effective Radius [Values to be specified] [micron]
• gridlatitude: Grid Latitude [degrees]
• height100m: height [m]
• height10m: height [m]
• height2m: height [m]
• iceband: Ice Depth Band [m]
• lambda550nm: Radiation Wavelength 550 nanometers [nm]
• landUse: Land use type
• latitude: Latitude [degrees_north]
• longitude: Longitude [degrees_east]
• olayer100m: depth [m]
• olevel: ocean model level
• olevhalf: ocean model half levels
• oline: ocean passage
• p10: pressure [Pa]
• p100: pressure [Pa]
• p1000: pressure [Pa]
• p200: pressure [Pa]
• p220: pressure [Pa]
• p500: pressure [Pa]
• p560: pressure [Pa]
• p700: pressure [Pa]
• p840: pressure [Pa]
• p850: pressure [Pa]
• pl700: pressure [Pa]
• plev19: pressure [Pa]
• plev23: pressure [Pa]
• plev27: pressure [Pa]
• plev3: pressure [Pa]
• plev39: pressure [Pa]
• plev3h: pressure [Pa]
• plev4: pressure [Pa]
• plev7c: pressure [Pa]
• plev7h: pressure [Pa]
• plev8: pressure [Pa]
• rho: potential density referenced to 2000 dbar [kg m-3]
• scatratio: lidar backscattering ratio [1]
• scatter180: Scattering Angle [degree]
• sdepth: depth [m]
• sdepth1: depth [m]
• sdepth10: depth [m]
• siline: ocean passage
• site: site index
• sithreshold: Sea Ice Area Fraction Threshold [%]
• snowband: Snow Depth Band [m]
• soilpools: Soil Pools
• spectband: Spectral Frequency Band [m-1]
• stempzero: Soil Temperature Zero [degC]
• sza5: solar zenith angle [degree]
• tau: cloud optical thickness [1]
• time: time [days since ?]
• time1: time [days since ?]
• time2: time [days since ?]
• time3: time [days since ?]
• typebare: surface type
• typeburnt: Burnt vegetation area type
• typec3crop: surface type
• typec3natg: C3 Natural grass area type
• typec3pastures: C3 Pastures area type
• typec3pft: surface type
• typec4crop: surface type
• typec4natg: C4 Natural grass area type
• typec4pastures: C4 Pastures area type
• typec4pft: surface type
• typecloud: Cloud area type
• typecrop: Crop area type
• typefis: Floating Ice Shelf area type
• typegis: Grounded Ice Sheet area type
• typeland: Land area type
• typeli: Land Ice area type
• typemp: Melt pond area type
• typenatgr: Natural grass area type
• typenwd: Non-Woody Vegetation area type
• typepasture: Pasture area type
• typepdec: surface type
• typepever: surface type
• typeresidual: Residual area
• typesdec: surface type
• typesea: Ocean area type
• typesever: surface type
• typeshrub: Shrub area type
• typesi: Sea Ice area type
• typesirdg: Sea Ice Ridge area type
• typetree: Tree area type
• typetreebd: Tree area type (Broadleaf Deciduous)
• typetreebe: Tree area type (Broadleaf Evergreen)
• typetreend: Tree area type (Needleleaf Deciduous)
• typetreene: Tree area type (Needleleaf Evergreen)
• typeveg: Vegetation area type
• typewetla: Wetland
• vegtype: Vegetation or Land Cover Type
• xant: X-coordinate of Antarctic grid [km]
• xgre: X-coordinate of Greenland grid [km]
• yant: Y-coordinate of Antarctic grid [km]
• ygre: Y-coordinate of Greenland grid [km]