Table 2- PIRCS Supplemental ("B List") Archive


ID Field Units
10010 Hourly accumulated precipitation
  • for 1-hour periods ending at 00,01, ... 23 UTC
mm
10020 Mixed-layer depth
  • definition: the midpoint of the model layer closest to the surface for which the potential temperature change with height, d(theta)/dz, exceeds +1 K/km
  • sampled at 00,01, ... 23 UTC
m
10030 Total cloud cover
  • hourly average
  • for 1-hour periods ending at 00,01, ... 23 UTC
percent
10031 Shortwave cloud-radiative forcing (at surface)
  • use Method II of Potter et al. (1992,JGR,p.20,507)
  • hourly average
  • for 1-hour periods ending at 00,01, ... 23 UTC
Watts m-2
10032 Longwave cloud-radiative forcing (at surface)
  • use Method II of Potter et al. (1992,JGR,p.20,507)
  • hourly average
  • for 1-hour periods ending at 00,01, ... 23 UTC
Watts m-2
10033 Shortwave cloud-radiative forcing (at top of atmosphere)
  • use Method II of Potter et al. (1992,JGR,p.20,507)
  • hourly average
  • for 1-hour periods ending at 00,01, ... 23 UTC
Watts m-2
10034 Longwave cloud-radiative forcing (at top of atmosphere)
  • use Method II of Potter et al. (1992,JGR,p.20,507)
  • hourly average
  • for 1-hour periods ending at 00,01, ... 23 UTC
Watts m-2

ID Atmospheric vertical profiles on model grid, at selected gridpoints,
sampled at 00,01, ... 23 UTC.
(see Table 3 for locations of points and definitions of "ST")
Units
20100+ST Temperature K
20200+ST Specific Humidity kg kg-1
20300+ST Zonal (east-west) wind m s-1
20400+ST Meridional (north-south) wind m s-1
20500+ST Vertical wind m s-1
20600+ST Geopotential height m
20700+ST Pressure Pa

NOTE 1: Example - ID for station 72265 specific humidity = 20211

NOTE 2: Horizontal wind directions are with respect to the earth's latitude-longitude grid.

NOTE 3: Output should be reported in pairs of write records: (1) individual time-step header followed by (2) vertical profile.



Table 3- Grid Locations for Selected Vertical Profiles


ST ST. ID LAT. LON.
10 72261 29.37 -100.92
11 72265 31.95 -102.18
12 72353(PRC) 35.40 -97.60
13 72456 39.07 -95.63
14 72469(PLT) 39.75 -104.87
15 76225 28.70 -106.07
16 76256 27.95 -110.80
17 JTNT2 33.01 -100.58
18 RWDN1 40.05 -100.39
19 SLAI4 41.54 -93.41