4.1. Field names

The following state names are currently supported. Note that each application might only use a subset of these fields.

“Atmospheric State Names (import to mediator)”
stat name	description
Sa_co2diag	diagnostic CO2 at the lowest model level
Sa_co2prog	prognostic CO2 at the lowest model level
Sa_dens	air density at lowest model layer
Sa_pbot	air pressure at lowest model layer
Sa_pslv	air pressure at land and sea surface
Sa_ptem	potential temperature at lowest model layer
Sa_shum	air specific humidity at lowest model layer
Sa_tbot	air temperature at lowest model layer
Sa_topo	surface topographic height
Sa_u	air zonal wind at lowest model layer
Sa_v	air meridional wind at lowest model layer
Sa_z	air height wind at lowest model layer

“Sea Ice State Names (import to mediator)”
name	description
Si_anidf	sea ice near infrared diffuse albedo
Si_anidr	sea ice near infrared direct albedo
Si_avsdf	sea ice visible diffuse albedo
Si_avsdr	sea ice visible direct albedo
Si_ifrac	sea ice fraction
Si_imask	sea ice land mask
Si_ifrac_n	ice fraction by thickness category
Si_qref	reference height specific humidity
Si_t	sea ice surface temperature
Si_tref	reference height temperature
Si_u10	10m wind speed
Si_vice	volume of sea ice per unit area
Si_snowh	surface snow water equivalent
Si_vsno	volume of snow per unit area

“Ocean State Names (import to mediator)”
name	description
So_blddepth	ocean boundary layer depth
So_anidf	ocean near infrared diffuse albedo
So_anidr	ocean near infrared direct albedo
So_avsdf	ocean visible diffuse albedo
So_avsdr	ocean visible direct albedo
So_bldepth	ocean mixed layer depth
So_dhdx	sea surface slope in meridional direction
So_dhdy	sea surface slope in zonal direction
So_duu10n	10m wind speed
So_fswpen	shortwave penetration through sea ice (all bands)
So_ofrac	ocean fraction
So_omask	ocean land mask
So_qref	reference specific humidity at 2 meters
So_re	square of exchange coefficient for tracers (mediator aoflux)
So_s	sea surface salinity
So_ssq	surface saturation specific humidity in ocean (mediator aoflux)
So_t	sea surface temperature
So_tref	reference temperature at 2 meters
So_u	ocean current in zonal direction
So_u10	10m wind speed
So_ustar	friction velocity (mediator aoflux)
So_v	ocean current in meridional direction

“Mediator State Names (export from mediator)”
name	description
Sx_anidf
Sx_anidr
Sx_avsdf
Sx_avsdr
Sx_qref	merged reference specific humidity at 2 meters
Sx_t	merged ice and ocean surface temperature
Sx_tref	merged reference temperature at 2 meters
Sx_u10	merged 10m wind speed

4.1.1. State Variables

The following flux prefixes are used:

flux prefix	description
Faxa_	atm flux computed by atm
Fall_	lnd-atm flux computed by lnd
Fioi_	ice-ocn flux computed by ice
Faii_	ice_atm flux computed by ice
Flrr_	lnd-rof flux computed by rof
Firr_	rof-ice flux computed by rof
Faxx_	mediator merged fluxes sent to the atm
Foxx_	mediator merged fluxes sent to the ocn
Fixx_	mediator merged fluxes sent to the ice

The following flux-names are used:

flux name	description
_evap	air-ice evaporative water flux, positive downwards
_lat	air-ice latent heat, positive downwards
_lwup	air-ice surface longwave flux, positive downwards
_sen	air-ice sensible heat, positive downwards
_swnet	net short wave, positive downwards
_melth	net heat flux to ocean from ice
_meltw	fresh water flux to ocean from ice
_salt	salt to ocean from ice
_swpen	flux of shortwave through ice to ocean
_swpen_vdr	flux of visible direct shortwave through ice to ocean
_swpen_vdf	flux of visible diffuse shortwave through ice to ocean
_swpen_idr	flux of near infrared direct through ice to ocean
_swpen_idf	flux of near infrared diffuse through ice to ocean
_taux	zonal stress, positive downwards
_tauy	air-ice meridional stress, positive downwards
_q	ice-ocn freezing melting potential