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Monthly mean data for SRES - A2 Scenario
Parameter Description
unit
Variable
core data
2m mean surface air temperature
K
st
2m mean maximum air temperature
K
stmx
2m mean minimum air temperature
K
stmn
total precipitation
mm/d
pcp
total incident solar radiation
W/m2
fss
mean scalar wind speed
m/s
swa
specific humidity
kg/kg
sq
mean sea level pressure
hPa
psml
global mean sea level change (thermal expansion)
mm/y
 
optional data
screen temperature variance
K**2
stpstp
daily precipitation variance
(mm/d)**2
 
surface skin temperature/SST
K
gt
soil moistur contente (content)
capacity fraction
wf+wl
large scale precipitation
mm/d
-
convective precipitation
mm/d
-
snow cover    
snow melt
mm/d
 
snow depth (snow water equivalent)
kg/m**2
sno
850 hPa height
gpm
 
500 hPa height
gpm
gz500
200 hPa height
gpm
 
850 hPa height variance
gpm
 
500 hPa height variance
gpm**2
gzpgzp
200 hPa height variance
gpm
 
850 hPa temperature
K
-
500 hPa temperature
K
-
200 hPa temperature
K
-
850 hPa rel. humidity
kg/kg
-
500 hPa rel. humidity
kg/kg
-
200 hPa rel. humidity
kg/kg
-
850 hPa u-wind
m/s
-
500 hPa u-wind
m/s
-
200 hPa u-wind
m/s
u200
850 hPa v-wind
m/s
-
500 hPa v-wind
m/s
-
200 hPa v-wind
m/s
v200
additional data
sea ice
kg/m**2
sic
200 hPa u-wind variance
(m/s)**2
upup200
200 hPa v-wind variance
(m/s)**2
vpvp200

 


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Last modified: Tue Jun 17 15:00:00 MET DST 2003