MPAS Output

Hourly

Variable Description
olrtoa Outgoing longwave radiation at top of atmosphere
rainnc Non-convective precipitation
rainc Convective precipitation
acsnow Accumulated snow
graupelnc Non-convective graupel
lfc Level of free convection
cape Convective available potential energy
cin Convective inhibition
lcl Lifting condensation level
hfx Surface sensible heat flux
qfx Surface moisture flux
snow Snow
swdnb Downward shortwave flux at the surface
swupb Upward shortwave flux at the surface
swdnt Downward shortwave flux at top of the atmosphere
swupt Upward shortwave flux at top of the atmosphere
lwdnb Downward longwave flux at the surface
lwupb Upward longwave flux at the surface
lwupt Upward longwave flux at top of the atmosphere
lh Latent heat flux
precipw Precipitable water
t2m 2-meter temperature
q2 2-meter mixing ratio
u10 10-meter U wind component
v10 10-meter V wind component
skintemp Skin temperature
surface_pressure Surface pressure
cldfrac_high_UPP High cloud fraction
cldfrac_low_UPP Low cloud fraction
cldfrac_mid_UPP Mid cloud fraction
cldfrac_tot_UPP Total cloud fraction
hpbl PBL height
kpbl PBL level index
swcf Shortwave cloud forcing
lwcf Longwave cloud forcing

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3-hourly

Variable Description
qc Cloud water mixing ratio
qg Graupel mixing ratio
qi Ice mixing ratio
qr Rain mixing ratio
qs Snow mixing ratio
qv Water vapor mixing ratio
cldfrac Cloud fraction
w Vertical velocity
pressure Pressure
surface_pressure Surface pressure
mslp Mean sea level pressure
rho Air density
theta Potential temperature
uReconstructZonal Zonal wind component
uReconstructMeridional Meridional wind component
smstot Total soil moisture
snowh Snow height
snowc Snow cover
snow Snow water equivalent
smois Soil moisture
sh2o Soil liquid water
tslb Soil temperature
sfcrunoff Surface runoff
udrunoff Underground runoff

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6-hourly

Variable Description
pressure Pressure
surface_pressure Surface pressure
divergence Divergence
~~pv_cell~~ ~~Potential vorticity~~
ertel_pv Ertel potential vorticity
uzonal_200hPa Zonal wind at 200 hPa
uzonal_500hPa Zonal wind at 500 hPa
uzonal_700hPa Zonal wind at 700 hPa
uzonal_850hPa Zonal wind at 850 hPa
uzonal_925hPa Zonal wind at 925 hPa
umeridional_200hPa Meridional wind at 200 hPa
umeridional_500hPa Meridional wind at 500 hPa
umeridional_700hPa Meridional wind at 700 hPa
umeridional_850hPa Meridional wind at 850 hPa
umeridional_925hPa Meridional wind at 925 hPa
w_200hPa Vertical velocity at 200 hPa
w_500hPa Vertical velocity at 500 hPa
w_700hPa Vertical velocity at 700 hPa
w_850hPa Vertical velocity at 850 hPa
w_925hPa Vertical velocity at 925 hPa
temperature_200hPa Temperature at 200 hPa
temperature_500hPa Temperature at 500 hPa
temperature_700hPa Temperature at 700 hPa
temperature_850hPa Temperature at 850 hPa
temperature_925hPa Temperature at 925 hPa
height_200hPa Geopotential height at 200 hPa
height_500hPa Geopotential height at 500 hPa
height_700hPa Geopotential height at 700 hPa
height_850hPa Geopotential height at 850 hPa
height_925hPa Geopotential height at 925 hPa
relhum_200hPa Relative humidity at 200 hPa
relhum_500hPa Relative humidity at 500 hPa
relhum_700hPa Relative humidity at 700 hPa
relhum_850hPa Relative humidity at 850 hPa
relhum_925hPa Relative humidity at 925 hPa
vorticity_200hPa Vorticity at 200 hPa
vorticity_500hPa Vorticity at 500 hPa
vorticity_700hPa Vorticity at 700 hPa
vorticity_850hPa Vorticity at 850 hPa
vorticity_925hPa Vorticity at 925 hPa
wspd Wind speed at the lowest model level
dusfcg vertically-integrated gravity wave drag over orography u-stress
dvsfcg vertically-integrated gravity wave drag over orography v-stress
dtheta_dt_mp Potential temperature tendency from microphysics
evapprod rain evaporation rate
noahres residual of the Noah surface energy budget
refl10cm 10 cm radar reflectivity
rthblten Potential temperature tendency from PBL
rthcuten Potential temperature tendency from cumulus
rthdynten Potential temperature tendency from dynamics
rthmpten Potential temperature tendency from microphysics
rthratenlw Potential temperature tendency from longwave radiation
rthratensw Potential temperature tendency from shortwave radiation
xmb_total cloud-base mass flux

*strike-through means the output values are found not to have valid output values

model levels and major pressure levels

Atmosphere model levels (55 nVertLevels)

level index pressure level (hPa)
10 ~ 800 hPa
15 ~ 700 hPa
20 ~ 600 hPa
23 ~ 500 hPa
25 ~ 450 hPa
30 ~ 300 hPa
32 ~ 250 hPa
34 ~ 200 hPa

Soil levels (4 nSoilLevels)