Code Lists


Code type
IPCC_DDC_AR5

 
NumberAcronymDescription / [CF-Standard-Name]Unit
1abs550aer
Ambient Aerosol Absorption Optical Thickness at 550 nm; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table aero: Monthly Mean Aerosol-Related Fields; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol ]
1
2ageice
Age of Sea Ice; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table OImon: Monthly Mean Ocean Cryosphere Fields; Comment in standard_output document: "When computing the time-mean here, the time samples, weighted by the mass of sea ice in the grid cell, are accumulated and then divided by the sum of the weights. Reported as ""missing"" in regions free of sea ice. "; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ age_of_sea_ice ]
yr
4agessc
Sea Water Age Since Surface Contact; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table Omon: Monthly Mean Ocean Fields, Including Biogechemical Fields; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ sea_water_age_since_surface_contact ]
yr
5albisccp
ISCCP Mean Cloud Albedo; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table cfMon: CFMIP Monthly-Mean Cloud Diagnostic Fields; Comment in standard_output document: time-means weighted by the ISCCP Total Cloud Fraction - see http://cfmip.metoffice.com/COSP.html; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ cloud_albedo ]
1
6arag
Aragonite Concentration; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table Oyr: Annual Mean Ocean Fields, Including Biogechemical Fields; Comment in standard_output document: sum of particulate aragonite components (e.g. Phytoplankton, Detrital, etc.); Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ mole_concentration_of_aragonite_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water ]
mol m-3
7areacella
Atmosphere Grid-Cell Area; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table fx: Time-Invariant Fields; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ cell_area ]
m2
8areacello
Ocean Grid-Cell Area; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table fx: Time-Invariant Fields; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ cell_area ]
m2
9bacc
Bacterial Carbon Concentration; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table Oyr: Annual Mean Ocean Fields, Including Biogechemical Fields; Comment in standard_output document: sum of bacterial carbon component concentrations; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ mole_concentration_of_bacteria_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water ]
mol m-3
10baresoilFrac
Bare Soil Fraction; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table Lmon: Monthly Mean Land Fields, Including; Comment in standard_output document: fraction of entire grid cell that is covered by bare soil.; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ area_fraction ]
0.01
11basin
Region Selection Index; Used in MIP table(s): CMOR Table fx: Time-Invariant Fields; Code list created on 2012-10-16 out of standard_output document (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.xlsx )
[ region ]
1