J-OFURO3 Variables

A list of variables defined in J-OFURO3

Public status:
　public: O
　not-public: X
　public in future:-

Variable name	Description	Unit	Data source estimation method	Public status
LHF	latent heat flux ^*1	W/m²	COARE 3.0	O
SHF	sensible heat flux ^*1	W/m²	COARE 3.0	O
SWR	net shortwave radiation flux ^*1	W/m²	CERES and ISCCP with CSF	O
LWR	net longwave radiation flux ^*1	W/m²	ULWR + DLWR	O
NHF	net heat flux ^*1	W/m²	SWR + LWR + LHF + SHF	O
ULWR	upward longwave radiation flux	W/m²	Calculated from SST	-
DLWR	downward longwave radiation flux	W/m²	CERES and ISCCP with CSF	-
TAUX	zonal component of momentum flux	N/m²	COARE 3.0	O
TAUY	meridional component of momentum flux	N/m²	COARE 3.0	O
FWF	freshwater flux	mm/day	EVAP - RAIN	O
EVAP	evaporation	mm/day	calculated from SST and LHF	-
RAIN	precipitation	mm/day	GPCP	-
SST	sea surface temperature	deg.C	ensemble median based on multiple global sea surface temperature products	O
WND	surface scalar wind speed（at 10m height）	m/s	multiple microwave radiometers and scatterometers	O
UWND	zonal component of surface wind vectors（at 10m height）	m/s	multiple microwave radiometers and scatterometers	O
VWND	meridional component of surface wind vectors（at 10m height）	m/s	multiple microwave radiometers and scatterometers	O
QA	surface air specific humidity (at 10m height)	g/kg	multiple satellite microwave radiometers	O
QS	saturated surface specific humidity	g/kg	calculated from SST	O
DQ	humidity difference	g/kg	QS - QA	O
TA10	air temperature（at 10m height）	deg.C	air temperature at 2m height, TA2M in NCEP/DOE Reanalysis (NCEP2)	O
DT	temperature difference	deg.C	SST - TA10	O

*1: positive upward

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