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Dataset

 

Model output containing ocean and sea ice variables from GO6 eORCA025 (1948-2009)

Latest Data Update: 2025-10-06
Status: Final
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2025-10-06
DOI Publication Date: 2025-10-06
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 5.21K Files | 6TB

Abstract

This dataset contains monthly means of ocean and sea ice variables from a 61 year (1948-2009) integration of the GO6 model configuration at 1/4° horizontal resolution. The ocean output fields on T, U, V, and W grids and the sea ice fields are provided in separate files. The ocean component is on a 1/4° grid (eORCA025) with 75 vertical levels. The temperature and salinity fields were initialised from EN4 climatology (Good et al., 2013) and forced by the CORE2 surface dataset (Large & Yeager, 2009) for five cycles of the forcing: the present dataset only contains the final cycle. The outputs were generated under the UK Earth System Modelling (UKESM) project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under grant reference NE/N018036/1.

Citable as:  Megann, A.; Palmieri, J.; Yool, A. (2025): Model output containing ocean and sea ice variables from GO6 eORCA025 (1948-2009). NERC British Oceanographic Data Centre, 06 October 2025. doi:10.5285/3f152fe8-c8bb-420a-e063-55d1a68b0d52. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/3f152fe8-c8bb-420a-e063-55d1a68b0d52

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: oceans, sea-ice, temperature, salinity, geoscientificInformation

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Process overview

  • standard_name: northward_ocean_heat_transport
  • units: PW
  • long_name: Advective Heat Transport
  • var_id: hfbasin_indian
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  • var_id: sophtadv_indian
  • standard_name: advective_heat_transport_indian
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  • units: PW
  • var_id: sophtadv_pacific
  • standard_name: advective_heat_transport_pacific
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  • units: PW
  • var_id: sophtadv_ipc
  • standard_name: advective_heat_transport_indopacific
  • long_name: Advective Heat Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • units: kg s-1
  • long_name: Advective Salt Transport
  • var_id: sltbasin_indopacific
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_salt_transport_indopacific
  • var_id: sopstadv_atlantic
  • standard_name: advective_salt_transport_atlantic
  • long_name: Advective Salt Transport: Atlantic
  • units: Giga g/s
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sopstadv_indian
  • standard_name: advective_salt_transport_indian
  • long_name: Advective Salt Transport: Indian
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sopstadv_pacific
  • standard_name: advective_salt_transport_pacific
  • long_name: Advective Salt Transport: Pacific
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sopstadv_ipc
  • standard_name: advective_salt_transport_indopacific
  • long_name: Advective Salt Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovbaro
  • standard_name: barotropic_heat_transport
  • long_name: Barotropic Heat Transport
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovbaro_atlantic
  • standard_name: barotropic_heat_transport_atlantic
  • long_name: Barotropic Heat Transport: Atlantic
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovbaro_indian
  • standard_name: barotropic_heat_transport_indian
  • long_name: Barotropic Heat Transport: Indian
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovbaro_pacific
  • standard_name: barotropic_heat_transport_pacific
  • long_name: Barotropic Heat Transport: Pacific
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovbaro_ipc
  • standard_name: barotropic_heat_transport_indopacific
  • long_name: Barotropic Heat Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sltovbaro
  • standard_name: barotropic_salt_transport
  • long_name: Barotropic Salt Transport
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sltovbaro_atlantic
  • standard_name: barotropic_salt_transport_atlantic
  • long_name: Barotropic Salt Transport: Atlantic
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sltovbaro_indian
  • standard_name: barotropic_salt_transport_indian
  • long_name: Barotropic Salt Transport: Indian
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sltovbaro_pacific
  • standard_name: barotropic_salt_transport_pacific
  • long_name: Barotropic Salt Transport: Pacific
  • units: Giga g/s
  • var_id: sltovbaro_ipc
  • standard_name: barotropic_salt_transport_indopacific
  • long_name: Barotropic Salt Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • units: m
  • standard_name: depth_of_isosurface_of_sea_water_potential_temperature
  • var_id: t20d
  • long_name: Depth of 20C isotherm
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmdiff_global
  • long_name: Diffusive Heat Transport
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_global
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmdiff_atlantic
  • long_name: Diffusive Heat Transport: Atlantic
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_atlantic
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmdiff_indian
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  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmdiff_pacific
  • long_name: Diffusive Heat Transport: Pacific
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_pacific
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmdiff_indopacific
  • long_name: Diffusive Heat Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_indopacific
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpmdiff_global
  • long_name: Diffusive Salt Transport
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_global
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpmdiff_atlantic
  • long_name: Diffusive Salt Transport: Atlantic
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_atlantic
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpmdiff_indian
  • long_name: Diffusive Salt Transport: Indian
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_indian
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpmdiff_pacific
  • long_name: Diffusive Salt Transport: Pacific
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_pacific
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpmdiff_indopacific
  • long_name: Diffusive Salt Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion_indopacific
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: Downward Heat Flux from E-P over open ocean
  • var_id: qemp_oce
  • long_name: Downward salt flux
  • standard_name: salt_flux_into_sea_water
  • var_id: sosafldo
  • units: 0.001/m2/s
  • standard_name: sea_water_potential_temperature
  • long_name: Global Average Sea Water Potential Temperature
  • var_id: thetaoga
  • units: degree_C
  • standard_name: sea_water_salinity
  • var_id: soga
  • units: 0.001
  • long_name: Global Average Sea Water Salinity
  • units: PW
  • long_name: Heat Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Atlantic
  • var_id: hfbasinpmadv_atlantic
  • standard_name: heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection_atlantic
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmadv_indian
  • long_name: Heat Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Indian
  • standard_name: heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection_indian
  • units: PW
  • long_name: Heat Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Pacific
  • var_id: hfbasinpadv_pacific
  • standard_name: heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection_pacific
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmadv_indopacific
  • long_name: Heat Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Pacific+Indian
  • standard_name: heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection_indopacific
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfbasinpmadv_global
  • long_name: Heat Transport from mesoscale eddy oveection
  • standard_name: heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection_global
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
  • long_name: Ice fraction
  • var_id: soicecov
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: Ice shelf heat content flux
  • var_id: vohfcisf
  • standard_name:
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: Ice shelf latent heat flux
  • var_id: vohflisf
  • standard_name:
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: Ice shelf melting
  • var_id: vowflisf
  • standard_name:
  • units: W/m2
  • standard_name: surface_downward_latent_heat_flux
  • long_name: Latent Downward Heat Flux over open ocean
  • var_id: qla_oce
  • standard_name: surface_net_downward_longwave_flux
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: Longwave Downward Heat Flux over open ocean
  • var_id: qlw_oce
  • units: m
  • long_name: Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T
  • var_id: mlotstmax
  • standard_name: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_theta
  • var_id: zomsfatl
  • standard_name: meridional_streamfunction_atlantic
  • long_name: Meridional Stream-Function: Atlantic
  • units: Sv
  • var_id: zomsfglo
  • units: Sv
  • standard_name: meridional_streamfunction_global
  • long_name: Meridional Stream-Function: Global
  • var_id: zomsfind
  • units: Sv
  • standard_name: meridional_streamfunction_indian
  • long_name: Meridional Stream-Function: Indian
  • var_id: zomsfpac
  • units: Sv
  • standard_name: meridional_streamfunction_pacific
  • long_name: Meridional Stream-Function: Pacific
  • units: Sv
  • var_id: zomsfipc
  • standard_name: meridional_streamfunction_indian_pacific
  • long_name: Meridional Stream-Function: Pacific+Indian
  • units: m
  • long_name: Minimum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T
  • var_id: mlotstmin
  • standard_name: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_theta
  • units: m
  • var_id: somxl010
  • long_name: Mixed Layer Depth (dsigma = 0.01 wrt 10m)
  • standard_name: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_theta
  • units: m
  • standard_name: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_theta
  • long_name: Mixed Layer Depth interpolated
  • var_id: somxzint1
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: Net Downward Heat Flux
  • standard_name: surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water
  • var_id: hfds
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: Net Upward Water Flux
  • var_id: sowaflup
  • standard_name: water_flux_out_of_sea_ice_and_sea_water
  • units: kg/m2
  • standard_name: sea_water_mass_per_unit_area
  • var_id: masscello
  • long_name: Ocean Grid-Cell Mass per area
  • units: W
  • var_id: hfy
  • standard_name: ocean_heat_y_transport
  • long_name: Ocean Heat X Transport
  • units: kg/s
  • long_name: Ocean Mass X Transport
  • standard_name: ocean_mass_x_transport
  • var_id: umo
  • units: kg/s
  • long_name: Ocean Mass Y Transport
  • standard_name: ocean_mass_y_transport
  • var_id: vmo
  • units: m
  • long_name: Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T
  • var_id: mlotst
  • standard_name: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_theta
  • units: m
  • standard_name: cell_thickness
  • var_id: thkcello
  • long_name: Ocean Model cell Thickness
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovovrt_global
  • long_name: Overturning Heat Transport
  • standard_name: overturning_heat_transport_global
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovovrt_atlantic
  • standard_name: overturning_heat_transport_atlantic
  • long_name: Overturning Heat Transport: Atlantic
  • units: PW
  • long_name: Overturning Heat Transport: Indian
  • var_id: hfovgyre_indian
  • standard_name: gyre_heat_transport_indian
  • units: PW
  • long_name: Overturning Heat Transport: Pacific
  • var_id: hfovgyre_pacific
  • standard_name: gyre_heat_transport_pacific
  • units: PW
  • var_id: hfovovrt_indopacific
  • standard_name: overturning_heat_transport_indopacific
  • long_name: Overturning Heat Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • units: kg s-1
  • long_name: Overturning Salt Transport
  • var_id: sltovgyre_global
  • standard_name: gyre_salt_transport_global
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltovovrt_atlantic
  • standard_name: overturning_salt_transport_atlantic
  • long_name: Overturning Salt Transport: Atlantic
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltovgyre_indian
  • standard_name: gyre_salt_transport_indian
  • long_name: Overturning Salt Transport: Indian
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltovovrt_pacific
  • standard_name: overturning_salt_transport_pacific
  • long_name: Overturning Salt Transport: Pacific
  • units: kg s-1
  • long_name: Overturning Salt Transport: Pacific+Indian
  • var_id: sltovovrt_indopacific
  • standard_name: overturning_salt_transport_indopacific
  • var_id: pr
  • standard_name: rainfall_flux
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: Rainfall Flux
  • units: kg s-1
  • long_name: Salt Transport from mesoscale eddy advection
  • var_id: sltbasinpadv_global
  • standard_name: salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection_global
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpmadv_atlantic
  • long_name: Salt Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Atlantic
  • standard_name: salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection_atlantic
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpmadv_indian
  • long_name: Salt Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Indian
  • standard_name: salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection_indian
  • units: kg s-1
  • var_id: sltbasinpadv_pacific
  • long_name: Salt Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Pacific
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  • units: kg s-1
  • long_name: Salt Transport from mesoscale eddy advection: Pacific+Indian
  • var_id: sltbasinpmadv_indopacific
  • standard_name: salt_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection_indopacific
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  • var_id: zos
  • standard_name: sea_surface_height_above_geoid
  • long_name: Sea Surface Height Above Geoid
  • standard_name: sea_surface_salinity
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  • var_id: sos
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  • standard_name: sea_surface_temperature
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  • standard_name: sea_water_potential_temperature
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  • standard_name: sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor
  • units: dbar
  • var_id: pbo
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  • standard_name: sea_water_salinity
  • var_id: so
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  • units: m/s
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  • units: W/m2
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  • long_name: Square of Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T
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  • standard_name: square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_theta
  • units: m2
  • long_name: Square of Sea Surface Height Above Geoid
  • standard_name: square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid
  • var_id: zossq
  • long_name: Square of Sea Surface Salinity
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  • units: 1e-06
  • var_id: sossq
  • long_name: Square of Sea Surface Temperature
  • standard_name: square_of_sea_surface_temperature
  • var_id: tossq
  • units: degree_C2
  • standard_name: square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water
  • var_id: obvfsq
  • long_name: Squared buoyancy frequency measuring ocean vertical stratification
  • units: 1/s^2
  • units: N/m2
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  • long_name: Surface Downward X Stress
  • var_id: tauuo
  • units: N/m2
  • standard_name: surface_downward_y_stress
  • long_name: Surface Downward Y Stress
  • var_id: tauvo
  • units: degrees_north
  • long_name: T grid center latitude
  • var_id: TLAT
  • units: degrees_east
  • long_name: T grid center longitude
  • var_id: TLON
  • units: m
  • var_id: zfull
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  • long_name: T-point depth
  • units: W/m2
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  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: hfrainds
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  • long_name: Temperature Flux due to Rain Expressed as Heat Flux In To Sea Water
  • units: W/m2
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  • long_name: Temperature Flux due to Runoff Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water
  • units: W/m2
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  • units: m
  • var_id: somixhgt
  • standard_name: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_vertical_tracer_diffusivity
  • long_name: Turbocline depth (Kz = 5e-4)
  • units: degrees_north
  • long_name: U grid center latitude
  • var_id: ULAT
  • units: degrees_east
  • long_name: U grid center longitude
  • var_id: ULON
  • units: m
  • standard_name: cell_thickness
  • var_id: thkcello
  • long_name: U-cell thickness
  • units: PSU m/s
  • var_id: uso
  • long_name: US
  • standard_name: product_of_xward_sea_water_velocity_and_salinity
  • var_id: uto
  • long_name: UT
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  • units: m/s
  • long_name: UU
  • standard_name: square_of_sea_water_x_velocity
  • var_id: u2o
  • units: kg/s
  • long_name: Upward Ocean Mass Transport
  • standard_name: upward_ocean_mass_transport
  • var_id: wmo
  • units: m
  • standard_name: cell_thickness
  • var_id: thkcello
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  • units: PSU m/s
  • var_id: vso
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  • standard_name: product_of_yward_sea_water_velocity_and_salinity
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  • standard_name: product_of_yward_sea_water_velocity_and_temperature
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: VV
  • standard_name: square_of_sea_water_y_velocity
  • var_id: v2o
  • units: m
  • standard_name: depth
  • long_name: Vertical T levels
  • var_id: deptht300
  • units: m
  • standard_name: depth
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  • var_id: depthu
  • units: m
  • standard_name: depth
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  • units: m
  • standard_name: depth
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  • units: m/s
  • standard_name: upward_sea_water_velocity
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  • units: m
  • var_id: zhalf
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  • long_name: W-point depth
  • var_id: ws
  • units: PSU m/s
  • long_name: WS
  • standard_name: product_of_upward_sea_water_velocity_and_salinity
  • units: degree_C m/s
  • long_name: WT
  • standard_name: product_of_upward_sea_water_velocity_and_temperature
  • var_id: wt
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: WW
  • standard_name: square_of_upward_sea_water_velocity
  • var_id: w2o
  • standard_name: water_evaporation_flux
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: Water Evaporation Flux Where Ice Free Ocean over Sea
  • var_id: evs
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: Water Flux into Sea Water From Rivers
  • standard_name: water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers
  • var_id: friver
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • var_id: fsitherm
  • long_name: Water flux due to freezing/melting
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: zosalatl
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_salinity_atlantic
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Salinity : Atlantic
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: zosalglo
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_salinity_global
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Salinity : Global
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: zosalind
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_salinity_indian
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Salinity : Indian
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: zosalpac
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_salinity_pacific
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Salinity : Pacific
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: zosalipc
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_salinity_indian_pacific
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Salinity : Pacific+Indian
  • units: m2
  • var_id: zosrfglo
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_surface_global
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Surface
  • units: m2
  • var_id: zosrfatl
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_surface_atlantic
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Surface : Atlantic
  • units: m2
  • var_id: zosrfind
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_surface_indian
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Surface : Indian
  • units: m2
  • var_id: zosrfpac
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_surface_pacific
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Surface : Pacific
  • units: m2
  • var_id: zosrfipc
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_surface_indian_pacific
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Surface : Pacific+Indian
  • units: degree_C
  • var_id: zotematl
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_temperature_atlantic
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Temperature : Atlantic
  • units: degree_C
  • var_id: zotemglo
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_temperature_global
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Temperature : Global
  • units: degree_C
  • var_id: zotemind
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_temperature_indian
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Temperature : Indian
  • units: degree_C
  • var_id: zotempac
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_temperature_pacific
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Temperature : Pacific
  • units: degree_C
  • var_id: zotemipc
  • standard_name: zonal_mean_temperature_indian_pacific
  • long_name: Zonal Mean Temperature : Pacific+Indian
  • long_name: age tendency dynamics
  • units: day/day
  • var_id: dagedtd
  • units: day/day
  • long_name: age tendency thermo
  • var_id: dagedtt
  • units: degC
  • long_name: air temperature
  • var_id: Tair
  • units: radians
  • long_name: angle grid makes with latitude line on T grid
  • var_id: ANGLET
  • units: radians
  • long_name: angle grid makes with latitude line on U grid
  • var_id: ANGLE
  • units: m^2
  • var_id: tarea
  • long_name: area of T grid cells
  • units: m^2
  • long_name: area of U grid cells
  • var_id: uarea
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: area tendency dynamics
  • var_id: daidtd
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: area tendency thermo
  • var_id: daidtt
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: atm velocity (x)
  • var_id: uatm
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: atm velocity (y)
  • var_id: vatm
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: atm/ice stress (x)
  • var_id: strairx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: atm/ice stress (y)
  • var_id: strairy
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: basal ice melt
  • var_id: meltb
  • units: days
  • var_id: time_bounds
  • long_name: boundaries for time-averaging interval
  • var_id: bounds_lat
  • var_id: bounds_lon
  • units: ppt
  • long_name: bulk ice salinity
  • var_id: sice
  • units: m
  • long_name: category maximum thickness
  • var_id: NCAT
  • units: 1
  • var_id: snowfracn
  • long_name: category mean snow fraction
  • units: m2
  • standard_name: cell_area
  • var_id: area
  • units: N/m
  • long_name: compressive ice strength
  • var_id: strength
  • units: N/m
  • var_id: sicompstren
  • long_name: compressive sea ice strength
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflcondbot
  • long_name: conductive heat flux at bottom of sea ice
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflcondtop
  • long_name: conductive heat flux at top of sea ice
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: congelation ice growth
  • var_id: congel
  • units: m2/s
  • long_name: convective enhancement to vertical diffusivity
  • standard_name: enhanced_vertical_heat_diffusivity
  • var_id: avt_evd
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: coriolis stress (x)
  • var_id: strcorx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: coriolis stress (y)
  • var_id: strcory
  • var_id: deptht300_bounds
  • var_id: deptht_bounds
  • var_id: depthu_bounds
  • var_id: depthv_bounds
  • var_id: depthw_bounds
  • units: 1/s
  • var_id: sidivvel
  • long_name: divergence of the sea ice velocity field (ice area weig
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflswdbot
  • long_name: down shortwave flux at bottom of ice
  • units: 1
  • long_name: effective melt pond fraction, category
  • var_id: apeffn
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: evaporative water flux
  • var_id: evap_ai
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: evaporative water flux over ice only
  • var_id: evap_ice_ai
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: evaporative water flux over snow only
  • var_id: evap_snow_ai
  • units: 1
  • long_name: fraction of time-avg interval that ice is present
  • var_id: ice_present
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: frazil ice growth
  • var_id: frazil
  • units: day of year
  • long_name: freeze onset date
  • var_id: frz_onset
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: freeze/melt potential
  • var_id: frzmlt
  • var_id: siflfwbot
  • long_name: fresh water flux from sea ice
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: fresh_ai
  • long_name: freshwtr flx ice to ocn
  • units: m
  • var_id: hi
  • long_name: grid cell mean ice thickness
  • units: 1
  • var_id: snowfrac
  • long_name: grid cell mean snow fraction
  • units: m
  • var_id: hs
  • long_name: grid cell mean snow thickness
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: heat flux ice to ocean
  • var_id: fhocn_ai
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: icb latent heat of melting of icebergs
  • standard_name: latent_heat_flux_from_icebergs
  • var_id: berg_latent_heat_flux
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • standard_name: water_flux_into_sea_water_from_icebergs
  • var_id: ficeberg
  • long_name: icb melt rate 2 of icebergs
  • units: 1
  • var_id: aice
  • long_name: ice area (aggregate)
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: ice area ridging rate
  • var_id: dardg1dt
  • units: 1
  • long_name: ice area, categories
  • var_id: aicen
  • long_name: ice grid block mask
  • var_id: blkmask
  • units: degC
  • long_name: ice internal temperatures on CICE grid
  • var_id: Tinz
  • units: m/s
  • var_id: sispeed
  • long_name: ice speed
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ice velocity (x)
  • var_id: uvel
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ice velocity (y)
  • var_id: vvel
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: ice volume ridging rate
  • var_id: dvirdgdt
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: dvidtd
  • long_name: ice volume tendency dynamics
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: dvidtt
  • long_name: ice volume tendency thermo
  • units: m
  • long_name: ice volume, categories
  • var_id: vicen
  • units: m/s
  • var_id: siu
  • long_name: ice x velocity component
  • units: m/s
  • var_id: siv
  • long_name: ice y velocity component
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: internal ice stress (x)
  • var_id: strintx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: internal ice stress (y)
  • var_id: strinty
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: internal stress tensor trace
  • var_id: trsig
  • standard_name: Dissipation of kinetic energy by lateral viscosity
  • var_id: dispkexyfo3d
  • long_name: ke-trend: lateral diffusion
  • units: W/m^3
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: latent heat flux
  • var_id: flat_ai
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: sifllatstop
  • long_name: latent heat flux over sea ice
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: flatn_ai
  • long_name: latent heat flux, category
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: lateral ice melt
  • var_id: meltl
  • units: degrees_north
  • long_name: latitude boundaries of T cells
  • var_id: latt_bounds
  • units: degrees_north
  • long_name: latitude boundaries of U cells
  • var_id: latu_bounds
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat -trend: evd convection
  • var_id: ttrd_evd_li
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: opottemppmdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : isopycnal diffusion
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : non-solar flux + runoff
  • var_id: ttrd_qns_li
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: opottempdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : pure vert. diffusion
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: rsdoabsorb
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : solar flux
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend : total advection
  • var_id: opottempadvect
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend: asselin time filter
  • var_id: ttrd_atf_li
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend: bottom boundary layer
  • var_id: ttrd_bbl_li
  • units: W/m2
  • var_id: opottemptend
  • long_name: layer integrated heat-trend: total model trend :
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • var_id: osaltpmdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend : isopycnal diffusion
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • var_id: osaltdiff
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend : pure vert. diffusion
  • units: Kg/m2/s
  • var_id: osaltadvect
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend : total advection
  • units: Kg/m2/s
  • var_id: strd_atf_li
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: asselin time filter
  • units: Kg/m2/s
  • var_id: strd_bbl_li
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: bottom boundary layer
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • var_id: osalttend
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: total model trend :
  • units: Kg/m2/s
  • long_name: layer integrated salt -trend: evd convection
  • var_id: strd_evd_li
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: lead area opening rate
  • var_id: opening
  • units: degrees_east
  • long_name: longitude boundaries of T cells
  • var_id: lont_bounds
  • units: degrees_east
  • long_name: longitude boundaries of U cells
  • var_id: lonu_bounds
  • var_id: sisaltmass
  • long_name: mass of salt in sea ice (for ocean fluxes)
  • units: kg m^-2
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: sssmax
  • standard_name: Water_salinity_max
  • long_name: max of sea surface salinity
  • units: degree_C
  • var_id: sstmax
  • standard_name: Potential_temp_max
  • long_name: max of sea surface temperature
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean melt pond depth over grid cell
  • var_id: hpond_ai
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean melt pond depth over sea ice
  • var_id: hpond
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean pond ice thickness over grid cell
  • var_id: ipond_ai
  • units: m
  • long_name: mean pond ice thickness over sea ice
  • var_id: ipond
  • units: day of year
  • long_name: melt onset date
  • var_id: mlt_onset
  • units: m
  • long_name: melt pond depth, category
  • var_id: hpondn
  • units: 1
  • long_name: melt pond fraction of grid cell
  • var_id: apond_ai
  • units: 1
  • long_name: melt pond fraction of sea ice
  • var_id: apond
  • units: 1
  • long_name: melt pond fraction, category
  • var_id: apondn
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: sssmin
  • standard_name: Water_salinity_min
  • long_name: min of sea surface salinity
  • units: degree_C
  • var_id: sstmin
  • standard_name: Potential_temp_min
  • long_name: min of sea surface temperature
  • var_id: time
  • units: days
  • long_name: model time
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fmelttn_ai
  • long_name: net sfc heat flux causing melt, cat
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fsurf_ai
  • long_name: net surface heat flux
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fsurfn_ai
  • long_name: net surface heat flux, categories
  • units: 1
  • long_name: norm. principal stress 1
  • var_id: sig1
  • units: 1
  • long_name: norm. principal stress 2
  • var_id: sig2
  • units: W
  • long_name: ocean advective heat transport along i-axis
  • standard_name: advectice_ocean_heat_x_transport
  • var_id: hfx_adv
  • units: W
  • long_name: ocean advective heat transport along j-axis
  • standard_name: advectice_ocean_heat_y_transport
  • var_id: hfy_adv
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ocean current (x)
  • var_id: uocn
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: ocean current (y)
  • var_id: vocn
  • units: W
  • standard_name: ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion
  • long_name: ocean diffusion heat transport along i-axis
  • var_id: hfx_diff
  • units: W
  • standard_name: ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion
  • long_name: ocean diffusion heat transport along j-axis
  • var_id: hfy_diff
  • units: W
  • var_id: hfx
  • standard_name: ocean_heat_x_transport
  • long_name: ocean eulerian heat transport along i-axis
  • standard_name: ocean_salt_y_transport
  • long_name: ocean eulerian salt transport along i-axis
  • units: 0.001*kg/s
  • var_id: somesatr
  • long_name: ocean grid mask
  • var_id: tmask
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: ocean/ice stress (x)
  • var_id: strocnx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: ocean/ice stress (y)
  • var_id: strocny
  • units: 1
  • long_name: radiation-effective pond area fraction of sea ice
  • var_id: apeff
  • units: 1
  • long_name: radiation-effective pond area fraction over grid cell
  • var_id: apeff_ai
  • var_id: sipr
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: rainfall over sea ice
  • long_name: rainfall rate
  • units: cm/day
  • var_id: rain_ai
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: ridge area formation rate
  • var_id: dardg2dt
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • var_id: siflsaltbot
  • long_name: salt flux from sea ice
  • long_name: salt flux ice to ocean
  • var_id: fsalt_ai
  • units: kg/m^2/s
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_salt_diffusivity
  • var_id: difvso
  • long_name: salt vertical eddy diffusivity
  • units: 0.001
  • var_id: sob
  • long_name: sea bottom salinity
  • var_id: tob
  • units: degree_C
  • long_name: sea bottom temperature
  • units: s
  • var_id: siage
  • long_name: sea ice age
  • units: 1/s
  • var_id: sidconcdyn
  • long_name: sea ice area change from dynamics
  • units: 1/s
  • var_id: sidconcth
  • long_name: sea ice area change from thermodynamics
  • units: degK
  • var_id: sitempbot
  • long_name: sea ice bottom temperature
  • units: m
  • var_id: sifb
  • long_name: sea ice freeboard
  • var_id: sihc
  • long_name: sea ice heat content
  • units: J m^-2
  • var_id: sidmassgrowthbot
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from bottom growth
  • var_id: sidmassmeltbot
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from bottom ice melt
  • var_id: sidmassdyn
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from dynamics
  • var_id: sidmassevapsubl
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from evaporation and sublimation
  • var_id: sidmassgrowthwat
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from frazil growth
  • var_id: sidmasslat
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from lateral ice melt
  • var_id: sidmasssi
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from snow ice conversion
  • var_id: sidmassth
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from thermodynamics
  • var_id: sidmassmelttop
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: sea ice mass change from top ice melt
  • units: m
  • var_id: sisnthick
  • long_name: sea ice snow thickness
  • units: degC
  • var_id: sitemptop
  • long_name: sea ice surface temperature
  • units: m
  • long_name: sea ice thickness
  • var_id: sithick
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: sea sfc tilt stress (x)
  • var_id: strtltx
  • units: N/m^2
  • long_name: sea sfc tilt stress (y)
  • var_id: strtlty
  • units: ppt
  • long_name: sea surface salinity
  • var_id: sss
  • var_id: sst
  • units: degC
  • long_name: sea surface temperature
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: sensible heat flux
  • var_id: fsens_ai
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: siflsensupbot
  • long_name: sensible heat flux at bottom of sea ice
  • units: 1
  • var_id: sisnconc
  • long_name: snow area fraction
  • units: m
  • var_id: vsnon
  • long_name: snow depth on ice, categories
  • var_id: sisnhc
  • units: J m^-2
  • long_name: snow heat content
  • units: degC
  • var_id: sitempsnic
  • long_name: snow ice interface temperature
  • units: degC
  • long_name: snow internal temperatures
  • var_id: Tsnz
  • var_id: sndmassmelt
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: snow mass change from melt
  • var_id: sndmasssnf
  • units: kg m^-2 s^-1
  • long_name: snow mass change from snow fall
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snow volume tendency dynamics
  • var_id: dvsdtd
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snow volume tendency thermo
  • var_id: dvsdtt
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snow-ice formation
  • var_id: snoice
  • units: %
  • var_id: albsni
  • long_name: snow/ice broad band albedo
  • units: degC
  • long_name: snow/ice surface temperature
  • var_id: Tsfc
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: snowfall rate
  • var_id: snow_ai
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: strain rate (divergence)
  • var_id: divu
  • units: %/day
  • long_name: strain rate (shear)
  • var_id: shear
  • long_name: temperature * e3t
  • units: degree_C*m
  • var_id: Tsum300m
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_tides
  • long_name: tidal vertical diffusivity
  • var_id: diftrto
  • var_id: time_centered_bounds
  • var_id: time_counter
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: top ice melt
  • var_id: meltt
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fcondtopn_ai
  • long_name: top sfc conductive heat flux, cat
  • units: cm/day
  • long_name: top snow melt
  • var_id: melts
  • units: W/m^2
  • var_id: fcondtop_ai
  • long_name: top surface conductive heat flux
  • units: W/m^2
  • long_name: upward solar flux
  • var_id: fswup
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity
  • var_id: difvho
  • long_name: vertical eddy diffusivity
  • units: m2/s
  • standard_name: ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity
  • var_id: difvmo
  • long_name: vertical eddy viscosity
  • units: 1
  • long_name: vertical ice levels
  • var_id: VGRDi
  • units: kg/s
  • var_id: umo_vint
  • standard_name: vertical_integral_of_ocean_mass_x_transport
  • long_name: vertical integral of ocean eulerian mass transport along i-axis
  • var_id: somint
  • units: 1e-3 kg m-2
  • standard_name: integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_density_and_salinity
  • long_name: vertical integral of salinity times density
  • units: degC kg m-2
  • var_id: opottempmint
  • standard_name: integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_density_and_potential_temperature
  • long_name: vertical integral of temperature times density
  • units: 1
  • long_name: vertical snow levels
  • var_id: VGRDs
  • standard_name: wind_speed
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: wind speed module
  • var_id: sowindsp
  • units: N/m2
  • standard_name: magnitude_of_surface_downward_stress
  • var_id: taum_oce
  • long_name: wind stress module over open ocean
  • var_id: siforcecoriolx
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: x component of Coriolis force
  • var_id: sistrxdtop
  • long_name: x component of atmospheric stress on sea ice
  • units: N m^-2
  • var_id: siforceintstrx
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: x component of internal ice stress force
  • var_id: sistrxubot
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: x component of ocean stress on sea ice
  • var_id: siforcetiltx
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: x component of sea surface tilt force
  • units: kg/s
  • var_id: sidmasstranx
  • long_name: x component of snow and sea ice mass transport
  • var_id: siforcecorioly
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: y component of Coriolis force
  • var_id: sistrydtop
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: y component of atmospheric stress on sea ice
  • var_id: siforceintstry
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: y component of internal ice stress force
  • var_id: sistryubot
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: y component of ocean stress on sea ice
  • var_id: siforcetilty
  • units: N m^-2
  • long_name: y component of sea surface tilt force
  • units: kg/s
  • var_id: sidmasstrany
  • long_name: y component of snow and sea ice mass transport

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: Latitude
  • var_id: nav_lat
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude
  • var_id: nav_lon
  • standard_name: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: Time axis
  • var_id: time_centered
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1948-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2009-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°