Speedy Variable Translation =========================== Condensation ------------ .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``dqlsc`` - g/kg/s - ``dqlsc`` - Specific humidity tendency due to large-scale condensation * - ``dtlsc`` - K/s - ``dtlsc`` - Temperature tendency due to large-scale condensation * - ``precls`` - g/m²/s - ``precls`` - Precipitation due to large-scale condensation Convection ---------- .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``cbmf`` - kg/m²/s - ``cbmf`` - Cloud-base mass flux * - ``iptop`` - model level index - ``itop`` - Top of convection (layer index) * - ``precnv`` - g/m²/s - ``precnv`` - Convective precipitation [g/(m^2 s)] * - ``qdif`` - g/kg - ``qdif`` - Excess humidity in convective gridboxes * - ``se`` - J/kg - ``se`` - dry static energy Date ---- .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``model_step`` - 1 - ``-`` - Model step counter * - ``model_year`` - year - ``model_datetime`` - The model's current year * - ``tyear`` - year - ``tyear`` - Fractional time of year Humidity -------- .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``qsat`` - g/kg - ``qsat`` - saturation specific humidity * - ``rh`` - 1 - ``rh`` - relative humidity Land_model ---------- .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``stl_am`` - K - ``stl_am`` - Land surface temperature used by the atmospheric model * - ``stl_lm`` - K - ``stl_lm`` - Land surface temperature calculated by the land model Longwave_rad ------------ .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``dfabs`` - W/m² - ``dfabs`` - Flux of long-wave radiation absorbed in each atmospheric layer * - ``ftop`` - W/m² - ``ftop`` - Net downward flux at top of atmosphere Mod_radcon ---------- .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``ablco2`` - 1 - ``ablco2`` - CO2 absorptivity * - ``alb_l`` - 1 - ``alb_l`` - Daily-mean albedo over land (bare-land + snow) * - ``alb_s`` - 1 - ``alb_s`` - Daily-mean albedo over sea (open sea + sea ice) * - ``albsfc`` - 1 - ``albsfc`` - Combined surface albedo (land + sea) * - ``flux`` - W/m² - ``flux`` - Radiative flux in different spectral bands * - ``snowc`` - 1 - ``snowc`` - Effective snow cover (fraction) * - ``st4a`` - W/m² - ``st4a`` - Blackbody emission from full and half atmospheric levels * - ``stratc`` - W/m² - ``stratc`` - Stratospheric correction term * - ``tau2`` - 1 - ``tau2`` - Transmissivity of atmospheric layers Shortwave_rad ------------- .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``cloudc`` - 1 - ``cloudc`` - Total cloud cover * - ``cloudstr`` - 1 - ``clstr`` - Stratiform cloud cover * - ``compute_shortwave`` - bool - ``compute_shortwave`` - Flag to compute shortwave radiation * - ``dfabs`` - W/m² - ``dfabs`` - Flux of long-wave radiation absorbed in each atmospheric layer * - ``fsol`` - W/m² - ``fsol`` - Solar radiation at the top * - ``ftop`` - W/m² - ``ftop`` - Net downward flux at top of atmosphere * - ``gse`` - W/m²/K - ``gse`` - Vertical gradient of dry static energy * - ``icltop`` - model level index - ``icltop`` - Cloud top level * - ``ozone`` - ppmv - ``ozone`` - Ozone concentration in lower stratosphere * - ``ozupp`` - Dobson Unit - ``ozupp`` - Ozone depth in upper stratosphere * - ``qcloud`` - 1 - ``qcloud`` - Equivalent specific humidity of clouds * - ``rsds`` - W/m² - ``fsfcd`` - Total downward flux of short-wave radiation at the surface * - ``rsns`` - W/m² - ``fsfc`` - Net downward flux of short-wave radiation at the surface * - ``stratz`` - W/m² - ``stratz`` - Polar night cooling in the stratosphere * - ``zenit`` - radian - ``zenit`` - The zenith angle Surface_flux ------------ .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 15 20 40 * - Jax Variable - Units - Speedy Equivalent - Description * - ``evap`` - g/m²/s - ``evap`` - Evaporation * - ``hfluxn`` - W/m² - ``hfluxn`` - Net downward heat flux * - ``rlds`` - W/m² - ``slrd`` - Downward flux of long-wave radiation at the surface * - ``rlns`` - W/m² - ``-`` - Net upward flux of long-wave radiation at the surface * - ``rlus`` - W/m² - ``slru`` - Upward flux of long-wave radiation at the surface * - ``shf`` - W/m² - ``shf`` - Sensible heat flux * - ``t0`` - K - ``t0`` - Near-surface temperature * - ``tsfc`` - K - ``tsfc`` - Surface temperature * - ``tskin`` - K - ``tskin`` - Skin surface temperature * - ``u0`` - m/s - ``u0`` - Near-surface u-wind * - ``ustr`` - N/m² - ``ustr`` - u-stress * - ``v0`` - m/s - ``v0`` - Near-surface v-wind * - ``vstr`` - N/m² - ``vstr`` - v-stress