| NAME |
Quanitity (units) |
| U |
East/West Wind Speed (m/s) |
| V |
North/South Wind Speed (m/s) |
| W |
Vertical Wind Speed (m/s) |
| SPEED |
3-d wind speed (m/s) |
| PRES |
Pressure (hPa) |
| MSLP |
Mean Sea Level Pressure (hPa) |
| T |
Temperature (K) |
| THETA |
Potential Temperature (K) |
| THETA E |
Equivalent Potential Temperature (K) |
| QV |
Water Vapor Mixing Ratio (g/kg) |
| QZ |
Vertical comp of Absolute vorticity (*.1 /sec) |
| PZ |
Potential Vorticity (PVU) |
| PZM |
Moist Potential Vorticity (PVU) |
| PCPT |
Total Precipitation (mm) |
| U-GEO |
U Component of Geostrophic Wind (m/s) |
| V-GEO |
V Component of Geostrophic Wind (m/s) |
| U-AGEO |
U Component of Ageostrophic Wind (m/s) |
| V-AGEO |
V Component of Ageostrophic Wind (m/s) |
| QV CNV |
Q Vector Convergence |
| QV-PHI |
QV Phi |
| QVXP |
X component of Q vector (for -wind2 QVXP QVYP) |
| QVYP |
Y component of Q vector (for -wind2 QVXP QVYP) |
| FRNT2D |
2-d total frontogenesis (deg/m/s) |
| FRNT2DH |
2-d frontogenesis by horizontal wind (deg/m/s) |
| FRNT2DV |
2-d frontogenesis by vertical wind (deg/m/s) |
