WRF variables – daily and monthly RCCDP files Name Dimensions
This table identifies and describes the variables contained in the time t
daily files processed from the raw WRF three-hourly output. The
dimensions
south_north s_n
same variables are in the monthly files processed from the daily
MapMaker
TimeSeries
files, with two additions (bold-italic).
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west_east w_e
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pres_lev p
Variable in bold are not stored in the daily or monthly files but are
computed, as needed, in software. soil_layers s
Variable Description Units Dimensions
TIME YYYYMMDD or YYYYMM day or month (t)
time, location
PRES_LEV Pressure level hPa (p)
DZS Thicknesses of soil layers m (s)
XLAT Latitude, south is negative degree_north (t, s_n, w_e)
XLONG Longitude, west is negative degree_east (t, s_n, w_e)
Variable Description Units Dimensions
PSFC Surface pressure hPa (t, s_n, w_e)
PMSL Pressure at mean sea level hPa (t, s_n, w_e)
T2 Temperature at 2m K (t, s_n, w_e)
T2_MIN Daily minimum temperature at 2m K (t, s_n, w_e)
T2_MAX Daily maximum temperature at 2m K (t, s_n, w_e)
Q2 Water vapor mixing ratio at 2m kg kg-1 (t, s_n, w_e)
U10 X-wind at 10m m s-1 (t, s_n, w_e)
V10 Y-wind at 10m m s-1 (t, s_n, w_e)
PRCP Daily total precipitation mm (t, s_n, w_e)
SNOW Snow water equivalent kg m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
RAINC Daily total convective precipitation mm (t, s_n, w_e)
surface parameters
RAINNC Daily total non-convective precipitation mm (t, s_n, w_e)
RAINSH Daily total shallow convective precipitation mm (t, s_n, w_e)
SNOWNC Daily total snow and ice mm (t, s_n, w_e)
GRAUPELNC Daily total graupel mm (t, s_n, w_e)
HAILNC Daily total hail mm (t, s_n, w_e)
SNOWH Physical snow depth m (t, s_n, w_e)
CANWAT Canopy water kg m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
SFROFF Daily total surface runoff mm (t, s_n, w_e)
UDROFF Daily total underground runoff mm (t, s_n, w_e)
SST Sea surface temperature K (t, s_n, w_e)
TSK Surface skin temperature K (t, s_n, w_e)
RH2 Relative humidity at 2m % (t, s_n, w_e)
WSPD10 Wind speed at 10m m s-1 (t, s_n, w_e)
WDIR10 Wind direction at 10m degree (t, s_n, w_e)
SNOW15 Mid-month snow water equivalent kg m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
Variable Description Units Dimensions
T Temperature K (t, p, s_n, w_e)
Z Geopotential height m (t, p, s_n, w_e)
Q Water vapor mixing ratio kg kg-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
U X-wind component m s-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
V Y-wind component m s-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
atmospheric parameters
W Z-wind component m s-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
QC Cloud water mixing ratio kg kg-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
QR Rain water mixing ratio kg kg-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
QI Ice mixing ratio kg kg-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
QS Snow mixing ratio kg kg-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
CLD Cloud fraction (t, p, s_n, w_e)
RH Relative humidity % (t, p, s_n, w_e)
WSPD Wind speed m s-1 (t, p, s_n, w_e)
WDIR Wind direction degree (t, p, s_n, w_e)
Variable Description Units Dimensions
LU_INDEX Land use category (t, s_n, w_e)
LANDMASK Land mask (1 for land, 0 for water) (t, s_n, w_e)
IVGTYP Dominant vegetation category (t, s_n, w_e)
land-surface parameters
ISLTYP Dominant soil category (t, s_n, w_e)
VEGFRA Vegetation fraction (t, s_n, w_e)
LAI Leaf area index m2 m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
HGT Terrain height m (t, s_n, w_e)
ALBEDO Albedo (t, s_n, w_e)
ALBBCK Background albedo (t, s_n, w_e)
EMISS Surface emissivity (t, s_n, w_e)
XLAND Land mask (1 for land, 2 for water) (t, s_n, w_e)
Variable Description Units Dimensions
SWDOWN Downward shortwave flux at ground surface W m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
GLW Downward longwave flux at ground surface W m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
W m-2
flux parameters
OLR TOA outgoing longwave (t, s_n, w_e)
GRDFLX Ground heat flux W m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
HFX Upward heat flux at the surface W m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
QFX Upward moisture flux at the surface kg m-2 s-1 (t, s_n, w_e)
LH Latent heat flux at the surface W m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
SNOPCX Snow phase change heat flux W m-2 (t, s_n, w_e)
Variable Description Units Dimensions
TSLB Soil temperature K (t, s, s_n, w_e)
soil parameters
SMOIS Soil moisture m3 m-3 (t, s, s_n, w_e)
SH2O Soil liquid water m3 m-3 (t, s, s_n, w_e)
SMCREL Relative soil moisture (t, s, s_n, w_e)
SMOIS15 Mid-month soil moisture m3 m-3 (t, s, s_n, w_e)
