Table 3 Overview and description of variables.
From: Very High Resolution Projections over Italy under different CMIP5 IPCC scenarios
Long-Name | Short-Name | Units | Description | Correspondent CORDEX variable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2m temperature | T_2M | K | Temperature of air at 2 m above surface | tas |
2m dew point temperature | TD_2M | K | Temperature to which the air, at 2 m above the surface, would have to be cooled for saturation to occur | tds |
Total precipitation | TOT_PREC | kg m−2 | Accumulated liquid and frozen water, comprising rain and snow, that falls to the surface | pr * |
U-component of 10m wind | U_10M | m s−1 | Eastward component of the 10m wind | uas |
V-component of 10m wind | V_10M | m s−1 | Northward component of the 10m wind | vas |
2m maximum temperature | TMAX_2M | K | Maximum temperature of the air at 2 m above surface | tasmax |
2m minimum temperature | TMIN_2M | K | Minimum temperature of the air at 2 m above surface | tasmin |
Mean sea level pressure | PMSL | Pa | The pressure (force per unit area) of the atmosphere at the surface | psl |
Specific humidity | QV_2M | kg kg-1 | The mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air | huss |
Total cloud cover | CLCT | 1 | Proportion of a grid box covered by cloud; cloud fractions vary from 0 to 1 | clt |
Surface Evaporation | AEVAP_S | kg m−2 | Accumulated amount of water that has evaporated from the surface | evspsbl * |
Averaged surface net downward shortwave radiation | ASOB_S | W m−2 | Amount of solar radiation (also known as shortwave radiation) that reaches a horizontal plane at the surface (both direct and diffuse) minus the amount reflected by the surface (which is governed by the albedo) | - |
Averaged surface net downward longwave radiation | ATHB_S | W m−2 | Thermal radiation (also known as longwave or terrestrial radiation) refers to radiation emitted by the atmosphere, clouds and the surface. This parameter is the difference between downward and upward thermal radiation at the surface | - |
Surface snow amount | W_SNOW | m | Liquid water equivalent thickness of surface snow amount | snw * |
Soil (multi-levels) water content | W_SO | m | Liquid water equivalent thickness of moisture content of soil layer | mrso * |
Land-sea fraction | FR_LAND | 1 | Land Area Fraction | sftlf * |
Surface height | HSURF | m | Surface Altitude | orog |
