Data Request Section: 2.4 MIP tables (miptable)

The MIP tables are used to organise the variables. Each variable in a MIP table must have a unique output name (defined by the label of the {var} record associated with each {CMORvar} record). The structure of the MIP tables has evolved as the request has expanded from CMIP3 through CMIP5 to CMIP6. The naming convention for the CMIP6 tables is described on the WIP [https://earthsystemcog.org/projects/wip/mip_table_about MIP Tables in the CMIP6 Data Request] page.

  • 3hr: 3-hourly data
  • 6hrLev: 6-hourly data on atmospheric model levels
  • 6hrPlev: 6-hourly atmospheric data on pressure levels (time mean)
  • 6hrPlevPt: 6-hourly atmospheric data on pressure levels (instantaneous)
  • AERday: Daily atmospheric chemistry and aerosol data
  • AERfx: Fixed atmospheric chemistry and aerosol data
  • AERhr: Hourly atmospheric chemistry and aerosol data
  • AERmon: Monthly atmospheric chemistry and aerosol data
  • AERmonZ: Monthly atmospheric chemistry and aerosol data
  • Amon: Monthly atmospheric data
  • CF3hr: 3-hourly associated with cloud forcing
  • CFday: Daily data associated with cloud forcing
  • CFmon: Monthly data associated with cloud forcing
  • CFsubhr: Diagnostics for cloud forcing analysis at specific sites
  • day: Daily Data (extension - contains both atmospheric and oceanographic data)
  • E1hr: Hourly Atmospheric Data (extension)
  • E1hrClimMon: Diurnal Cycle
  • E3hr: 3-hourly (time mean, extension)
  • E3hrPt: 3-hourly (instantaneous, extension)
  • E6hrZ: 6-hourly Zonal Mean (extension)
  • Eday: Daily (time mean, extension)
  • EdayZ: Daily Zonal Mean (extension)
  • Efx: Fixed (extension)
  • Emon: Monthly (time mean, extension)
  • EmonZ: Monthly zonal means (time mean, extension)
  • Esubhr: Sub-hourly (extension)
  • Eyr: Daily (time mean, extension)
  • fx: Fixed variables
  • IfxAnt: Fixed fields on the Antarctic ice sheet
  • IfxGre: Fixed fields on the Greenland ice sheet
  • ImonAnt: Monthly fields on the Antarctic ice sheet
  • ImonGre: Monthly fields on the Greenland ice sheet
  • IyrAnt: Annual fields on the Antarctic ice sheet
  • IyrGre: Annual fields on the Greenland ice sheet
  • LImon: Monthly fields for the terrestrial cryosphere
  • Lmon: Monthly land surface and soil model fields
  • Oclim: Monthly climatologies of ocean data
  • Oday: Daily ocean data
  • Odec: Decadal ocean data
  • Ofx: Fixed ocean data
  • Omon: Monthly ocean data
  • Oyr: Annual ocean variables
  • SIday: Daily sea-ice data
  • SImon: Monthly sea-ice data