Atmosphere output variables

Standard name
CORDEX name
Description
u (m/s) ua (m/s) Zonal wind
v (m/s) va (m/s) Meridional wind

w (m/s)

omega (Pa/s)

Vertical velocity
ps (hPa)  ps (Pa)  Surface pressure
cld (frac) clt (%)  Total cloud cover
clh (frac) clh (%) High cloud cover
clm (frac) clm (%) Mid cloud cover
cll (frac) cll (%) Low cloud cover
pwc (kg/m2) Precipitable water column
cape_ave (J/kg)  Average CAPE
cape_max (J/kg)  Maximum CAPE 
tke (m2/s2)  Turbulent Kinetic Energy
sfrac (none)  Snow fraction 

psl (hPa)

mslp_ave (hPa)

psl (Pa)

psl_ave (Pa) 

Mean sea level pressure

Average mean sea level pressure

zg (m)  Geopotential height
mixr (kg/kg) hus (kg/kg) Water vapour mixing ratio

temp (K) 

theta (K)

ta (K)

Air temperature

Potential air temperature

qfg (kg/kg)  Frozen water mixing ratio
qlg (kg/kg)  Liquid water mixing ratio 
cfrac (none) Cloud fraction
cbas_ave (sigma)  Average cloud base
ctop_ave (sigma)  Average cloud top
eps (m2/s3)  Eddy dissipation rate
press (hPa)  Air pressure 
vaveut (m/s K)  Vertical average of zonal temperature flux
vavevt (m/s K) Vertical average of meridional temperature flux
vaveuq (m/s kg/kg)  Vertical average of zonal humidity flux
vavevq (m/s kg/kg)  Vertical average of meridional humidity flux
dpsdt (hPa/day)  Surface pressure tendency
convh_ave (K/day)  Convective heating
iwp_ave (kg/m2) clivi (kg/m2)  Average ice water path
lwp_ave (kg/m2)  clwvi (kg/m2) Average liquid water path
rh (%)  Relative humidity 
pwc (kg/m2)  prw (kg/m2)  Precipitable water column