Variables sorted according CF-standard_name and long_name respectively
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| CF-Standard_name /not CF: suggested long_name | Variable description | Abbreviation /filename <var> | Unit | in CF: YES or NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aerosol_layer_height | Aerosol layer heights | zal | m | n |
| air_pressure | Pressure | pa | Pa | y |
| air_pressure_at_cloud_base | Cloud base pressure | pcb | Pa | y |
| air_pressure_at_cloud_top | Cloud top pressure | pct | Pa | y |
| air_temperature | Temperature | ta | K | y |
| air_temperature_at_cloud_top | Cloud top temperature | tct | K | y |
| altitude | Altitude above mean sea level | zsl | m | y |
| amount_of_hail | amount of hail | hail | m-2 | n |
| angstrom_exponent_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air | Aerosol Angström exponent | aae | 1 | y |
| atmosphere optical thickness due to ice water | Cloud optical thickness due to ice water | otcli | 1 | y |
| atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness | Atmospheric boundary layer height | zmla | m | y |
| atmosphere_convective_inhibition | CIN | cin | J kg-1 | y |
| atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice | Path of integrated ice water | ciwvi | kg m-2 | y |
| atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water | Path of integrated cloud liquid water | clwvi | kg m-2 | y |
| atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor | Path of integrated water vapor | prw | kg m-2 | y |
| atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol | Aerosol optical thickness | aot | 1 | y |
| atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_cloud | Cloud optical thickness | otc | 1 | y |
| atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ice_water | Cloud optical thickness due to ice water | otcli | 1 | n |
| atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_liquid_water | Cloud optical thickness due to liquid water | otclw | 1 | n |
| backscatter_intensity | Backscatter intensity | intensity | 1 | n |
| brightness_temperature | Brightness temperature | tb | K | y |
| buoyancy | Buoyancy | buoy | N | n |
| cloud_area_fraction | Cloud fraction (total) | clt | 1 | y |
| cloud_base_altitude | Cloud base altitude | zcb | m | y |
| cloud_base_temperature | Cloud base temperature | tcb | K | n |
| cloud_mask | Cloud mask | clm | 1 | n |
| cloud_top_altitude | Cloud top altitude (geometric height above geoid) | zgct | m | y |
| convective_precipitation_amount | Convective precipitation | prcon | kg m-2 | y |
| covariance_of_horizontal_and_vertical_wind_speed | Covariance of horizontal and vertical wind speed | vhw | m2 s-2 | n |
| covariance_of_u_component_and_temperature | Covariance of the West-East component of wind speed and temperature | ut | K m s-1 | n |
| covariance_of_u_component_and_v_component | Covariance of West-East component and South-North component of wind speed | uv | m2 s-2 | n |
| covariance_of_u_component_and_w_component | Covariance of the West-East component and the vertical component of the wind speed | uw | m2 s-2 | n |
| covariance_of_v_component_and_temperature | Covariance of the South-North component of wind speed and temperature | vt | K m s-1 | n |
| covariance_of_v_component_and_w_component | Covariance of the South-North component and the vertical component of wind speed | vw | m2 s-2 | n |
| covariance_of_w_component_and_temperature | Covariance of the vertical component of wind speed and temperature | wt | K m s-1 | n |
| dew_point_temperature | Dew point temperature | dpt | K | y |
| distance_from_sensor_to_center_of_each_range_gates_along_the_line_of_sight | Range | range | m | n |
| doppler_velocity | Doppler velocity | dv | m s-1 | n |
| downward_heat_flux_in_soil | Soil heat flux (downward) | hfsoil | W m-2 | y |
| downwelling_radiance_per_unit_wavelength_in_air , Alias: downwelling_spectral_radiance_in _air | Reflected solar spectral radiance | rssr | W m-2 | y |
| downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_ air | Solar radiation flux (atmosphere) | rsd | W m-2 | y |
| drop_number_concentration | Drop number concentration | dnc | m-3 mm-1 | n |
| effective_radius_of_cloud_ice_particles | Effective radius of cloud ice particles | reffcli | m | n |
| effective_radius_of_cloud_liquid_water_particle | Effective radius of cloud liquid water particles | reffclw | m | y |
| equivalent_reflectivity_factor | Radar reflectivity factor | dbz | dBZ | y |
| friction_velocity | Shear stress rate | ustar | m s-1 | n |
| geopotential_height | Geopotential height | zg | m | y |
| height | Height | Height or zag | m | y |
| height_at_cloud_top | Cloud top height (distance above surface) | zth | m | y |
| humidity_mixing_ratio | Humidity mixing ratio | humr | 1 | y |
| integral_length_scale_of_turbulence | Integral turbulence length scale | lv | m | n |
| latitude | Latitude | lat | degree_north | y |
| longitude | Longitude | lon | degree_east | Y |
| mass_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air | Cloud liquid water content (height resolved) | cllw | kg m-3 | y |
| mass_concentration_of_drizzle_in_air | Drizzle liquid water (height resolved) | drlw | kg m-3 | y |
| mass_concentration_of_frozen_phase_in_air | Frozen phase water content (height resolved) | iwc | kg m-3 | n |
| mass_concentration_of_liquid_water_in_air | Liquid water content (height resolved; cloud + rain) | lwc | kg m-3 | y |
| mass_concentration_of_water_vapor_in_air | Absolute humidity | hua | g m-3 | y |
| mass_density_of_carbon_dioxide_ec | Mass density of carbon dioxide for eddy covariance | co2ec | kg m-3 | n |
| mass_density_of_water_vapor_ec | Water vapor mass density for eddy covariance | huaec | kg m-3 | n |
| mass_fraction_of_cloud_ice_in_air | Cloud ice content (height resolved) | cli | 1 | y |
| mass_fraction_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air | Cloud water content (height resolved) | clw | 1 | y |
| mixing_layer_height_from_aerosol_profile | Atmospheric boundary layer height derived from aerosol profile | zmlaa | m | n |
| mixing_layer_height_from_vertical_wind_profile | Atmospheric boundary layer height derived from wind profile | zmlaw | m | n |
| momentum_flux | Momentum flux | mfs | N m-2 | n |
| normalized_difference_vegetation_index | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | ndvi | 1 | y |
| normalized_range_corrected_signal, Alias: range_corrected_backscatter_signal | Normalized range corrected signal (LiDAR) | betaraw | 1 | n |
| number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air | Aerosol number concentration | conccn | m-3 | y |
| number_concentration_of_ice_crystals_in_air | Ice crystal number concentration | dnccli | m-3 | y |
| nyquist_frequency | Nyquist frequency | nqf | s-1 | n |
| nyquist_velocity | Nyquist velocity | nqv | m s-1 | n |
| particle_backscatter_coefficient | Particle backscatter coefficient | pbc | m-1 sr-1 | n |
| particle_depolarization_ratio | Particle depolarization ratio | pdr | 1 | n |
| particle_extinction_coefficient | Particle extinction coefficient | pec | m-1 | n |
| particle_lidar_ratio | Particle LiDAR ratio | plr | sr | n |
| path_integrated_attenuation | Path integrated attenuation | pia | dBZ | n |
| precipitation_amount | Precipitation | precip | kg m-2 | y |
| radar_co-polar_correlation_function | Radar co-polar correlation function | rhohv | 1 | n |
| radar_differential_reflectivity | Radar differential reflectivity | zdr | dBZ | n |
| radar_integrated_differential_phase | Radar integrated differential phase | phidp | deg | n |
| radar_linear_depolarization_ratio | Radar linear depolarization ratio | ldr | dB | n |
| radar_specific_differential_phase | Radar specific differential phase | kdp | deg km-1 | n |
| radar_spectral_skewness | Radar spectral skewness | rsk | 1 | n |
| radar_spectral_width | Radar spectral width | sw | m s-1 | n |
| radial_velocity_of_scatterers_away_from_instrument | Radial velocity or fall velocity | rv | m s-1 | y |
| radiation_wavelength | Wavelength of radiation | rwl | m | y |
| rainfall_rate | Rain rate | rr | m s-1 | y |
| range_corrected_backscatter_signal, Alias: normalized_range_corrected_signal | Range corrected backscatter signal | betaraw | 1 | n |
| relative_humidity | Relative humidity | hur | 1 | y |
| sea_surface_temperature | Sea surface temperature | sst | K | y |
| sensor_azimuth_angle | Sensor azimuth angle | azi | degree | y |
| sensor_azimuth_angle_velocity | Sensor azimuth angle velocity | aziv | degree s-1 | n |
| sensor_band_central_radiation_frequency | Frequency band of sensor | freq_sb | s-1 | y |
| sensor_elevation_angle | Sensor elevation angle | ele | degree | n |
| sensor_elevation_angle_velocity | Sensor elevation angle velocity | elev | degree s-1 | n |
| soil_temperature | Soil temperature | tsoil | K | y |
| sonic_temperature_usat | Sonic Sound Temperature USAT | tsonic | K | n |
| specific_convective_available_potential_energy | CAPE | cape | J kg-1 | y |
| specific_humidity | Specific humidity | hus | kg kg-1 | y |
| standard_deviation_of_sonic_temperature_usat | Standard deviation of sound temperature USAT | tt | K | n |
| standard_deviation_of_u_velocity | Standard deviation of the west-east component of wind speed | uu | m s-1 | n |
| standard_deviation_of_v_velocity | Standard deviation of the south-north component of wind speed | vv | m s-1 | n |
| standard_deviation_of_w_velocity | Standard deviation of the vertical component of wind speed | ww | m s-1 | n |
| standard_deviation_of_wind_speed | Standard deviation of wind speed | wspeedstd | m s-1 | n |
| station number | Station number | stat | 1 | n |
| surface_albedo | Surface albedo | surfalb | 1 | y |
| surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air | LW broadband downwelling radiation (surface) | rlds | W m-2 | y |
| surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air | SW broadband downwelling radiation (surface) | rsds | W m-2 | y |
| surface_longwave_emissivity | Surface longwave emissivity | sle | 1 | y |
| surface_net_radiation | Surface net radiation | rnets | W m-2 | n |
| surface_temperature | Surface temperature | ts | K | y |
| surface_upward_carbon_dioxide_flux_in_air | Turbulent vertical flow of carbon dioxide | co2fs | kg m-2 s-1 | n |
| surface_upward_latent_heat_flux | Turbulent vertical flow of latent heat, Alias: Latent heat flux | hfls | W m-2 | y |
| surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux | Sensible heat flux | hfss | W m-2 | y |
| surface_upward_water_vapor_flux_in_air | Turbulent vertical moisture flow | wvfs | kg m-2 s-1 | y |
| surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air | LW broadband upwelling radiation (surface) | rlus | W m-2 | y |
| surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air | SW broadband upwelling radiation (surface) | rsus | W m- | y |
| thickness_of_liquid_water_cloud | Cloud thickness (liquid clouds) | cth | m | y |
| time | Time | time | seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 | y |
| total_downwelling_radiation | Total downwelling radiation | rtd | W m-2 | n |
| total_upwelling_radiation | Total upwelling radiation | rtu | W m-2 | n |
| turbulent_eddy-dissipation_rate | vortex dissipation rate | edr | m2 s-3 | n |
| turbulent_kinetic_energy | Turbulent kinetic energy | tke | J kg-1 | n |
| u_component_of_wind | Wind speed, West-East component | u | m s-1 | n |
| upward_air_velocity, w_component_of_wind | Wind speed, vertical component | w | m s-1 | y |
| v_component_of_wind | Wind speed, South-North component | v | m s-1 | n |
| visibility_in_air | Visibility | vis | m | y |
| volume_attenuated_backwards_scattering_function_in_air | Attenuated backscatter coefficient | beta | m-1 sr-1 | y |
| volume_depolarisation_ratio | Volume depolarization ratio | vdr | 1 | n |
| volume_extinction_coefficient | Volume extinction coefficient | vec | 1 | n |
| volume_extinction_coefficient_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol | Aerosol particle extinction coefficient | apec | m -1 | y |
| volumetric_soil_moisture | volumetric soil moisture | msoil | Vol-% | n |
| water_vapor_pressure | Water vapor pressure | wvp | Pa | y |
| wind_from_direction | Wind direction | wdir | degree | y |
| wind_speed | Wind speed | wspeed | m s-1 | y |
| wind_speed_of_gust | Wind speed maximum (gust) | wspeedmax | m s-1 | y |
| window_contamination_licor | LI-7500 Window pollution | agc | 1 | n |
| zenith_angle | Zenith angle of beam direction | zenith | degrees | y |