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Here is the table for definitions of terms (parameter names) used in Atmosphere_bdl.mm
This table has been generated thanks to Rupert's xml2excel.xsl parser.
- Last update: 02/12/2009
- Author: marie-pierre
How to contribute to the process of building and governing definitions?
* comment * column: post a comment to the current definition, tell us the motivation for a change (f.e. def-1: "Type" is too vague)
* corrections * column: corrections requested (f.e. def-1: use "climate models families") . If comments suggest a rejection decision (cf (3)DR bellow), this column can be left empty and one can fill directly the "new definition" column
* new definition * column: the replacing definition in case of rejection decision (cf (3)DR bellow) or corrections accepted (cf (5)CA bellow)
* status * column: is for governance decision about definition. Status can be one of the following:
- (1) DS="definition submitted"; next step is (2), (3) or (4)
- (2) DA="definition accepted"
- (3) DR="definition rejected"; it is no worth to submit corrections, next step is (7)
- (4) CS="correction submitted" (definition not accepted as it stands); next step is (5) or (6)
- (5) CA= "correction accepted" next step is (7)
- (6) CR="correction rejected"; next step is back to (4) or go directly to (7)
- (7) NDS="new definition submitted"
- (8) NDA="new definition accepted"
- (9) NDR="new definition rejected"; next step is back to (7)
The roadmap for definition governance may apear somewhat "heavy", but the advantage of these multiple steps is that we do not expect the same person to fill-in all of the columns. One can only provide a comment on a submitted definition without changing its status (1); another person will submit a correction (4) and a third one (or the same one but in a second round) can propose a new definition (7) after having accepted (5) or rejected (6) the submitted correction.
Once harversted a set of accepted corrections (CA), a "new definion" is written and submitted (NDS).
The defintions are fixed when the status DA or NDA is reached.
| component | parametergroup | parameter | definition | comment | corrections | new definition | status | |
| 1 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties | General Attributes | ModelFamily | Type of atmospheric model. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 2 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties | General Attributes | BasicApproximations | Basic fluid dynamics approximations made in the atmospheric model. | remove "fluid dynamics" | Basic approximations made in the atmospheric model. | CA(clp) | |
| 3 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties | General Attributes | VolcanoesImplementation | How the volcanoes effect is modelled in the atmophere. | change "volcanoes effect" to "effect of volcanoes" | How the effect of volcanoes is modelled in the atmosphere. | CA(clp) | |
| 4 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties | General Attributes | VolcanoesImplementationMethod | Details of volcanoes implementation method. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 5 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties | General Attributes | VolcanoesForcingFields | Reference for the data used to simulate the volcanic forcing of climate. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 6 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | General Attributes | ImpactOnOzone | Impact of TOA radiation on stratospheric ozone. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 7 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | SolarConstant | Type | Time adaptation of the solar constant. | not sure "time adaptation" are the appropriate words | time dependency | Time dependency of the solar constant | CA(clp) |
| 8 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | SolarConstant | Value | Value of the solar constant. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 9 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | SolarConstant | Characteristics | Description of the solar constant. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 10 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | OrbitalParameters | Type | Time adaptation of the orbital parameters. | not sure "time adaptation" are the appropriate words | Time dependency of the orbital parameters | CA(clp) | |
| 11 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | OrbitalParameters | ReferenceDate | Reference year for orbital parameters. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 12 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | OrbitalParameters | TransientMethod | Description of transient orbital parameters. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 13 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/TopOfAtmosInsolation | OrbitalParameters | ComputationMethod | Method for computing orbital parameters. | "Method used for..." | CR(clp) | ||
| 14 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration | Orography | OrographyType | Time adaptation of the orography. | not sure "time adaptation" are the appropriate words | Epoch associated with orography | CA(clp) | |
| 15 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration | Orography | OrographyChanges | Changes in orography for its time phasing. | "time adaptation" instead of "time phasing" | Change from present-day orography to fit epoch. | CA(clp) | |
| 16 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Grid | GridType | Geometry type of the horizontal grid. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 17 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Grid | PoleSingularityTreatment | Method used to deal with the pole singularities. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 18 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Resolution | MeanZonalResolution | Mean zonal resolution. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 19 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Resolution | MeanMeridionalResolution | Mean meridional resolution. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 20 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Resolution | EquatorMeridionalRefinement | Resolution at equator. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 21 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Resolution | SpecialRefinement | Description of any other special gid refinement (location, resolution). | spelling: "grid" | Description of any other special grid refinement (location, resolution). | CA(clp) | |
| 22 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Extent | LatMin | Southern boundary of the geographical domain. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 23 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Extent | LatMax | Northern boundary of the geographical domain. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 24 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Extent | LonMin | Western boundary of the geographical domain. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 25 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration/AtmosHorizontalDomain | Extent | LonMax | Eastern boundary of the geographical domain. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 26 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration | VerticalDomain | VerticalCoordinateSystem | vertical coordinate system. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 27 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration | VerticalDomain | TopModelLevel | Level at top of the atmosphere. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 28 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration | VerticalDomain | NumberOfLevels | Total number of vertical levels. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 29 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration | VerticalDomain | !NumberOfLevelsBellow850hPa | Number of vertical levels bellow 850 hPa. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 30 | Atmosphere/AtmosKeyProperties/AtmosSpaceConfiguration | VerticalDomain | !NumberOfLevelsAbove200hPa | Number of vertical levels above 200 hPa. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 31 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | General Attributes | ListOfPrognosticVariables | List of the prognostic variables of the model. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 32 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | General Attributes | TopBoundaryCondition | Type of boundary layer at top of the model. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 33 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | General Attributes | HeatTreatmentAtTop | Description of any specific treatment of heat at top of the model. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 34 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | General Attributes | WindTreatmentAtTop | Description of any specific treatment of wind at top of the model. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 35 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | General Attributes | LateralBoundaryCondition | Type of lateral boundary condition (only if the model is a RCM). | DS(mpm) | |||
| 36 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | TimeSteppingFramework | SchemeType | Type of time stepping scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 37 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | TimeSteppingFramework | TimeStep | Time step of the model. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 38 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiscretization | SchemeType | Type of horizontal discretization scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 39 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiscretization | SpectralTruncatureNumber | Spectral truncature number of the horizontal discretization scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 40 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiscretization | NumberOfZonalGridBoxes | Number of zonal grid boxes of the horizontal discretization grid. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 41 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiscretization | NumberOfMeridionalGridBoxes | Number of Meridional grid boxes of the horizontal discretization grid. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 42 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiscretization | SchemeMethod | Numerical method for the horizontal discretization scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 43 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiscretization | SchemeOrder | Order of the (centered) finite differences method used by the horizontal dicretization scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 44 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiffusion | SchemeName | commonly used name of the horizontal diffusion scheme. | Upper-case: "Common" | Commonly used name of the horizontal diffusion scheme. | CA(clp) | |
| 45 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore | HorizontalDiffusion | SchemeMethod | Numerical method used by horizontal diffusion scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 46 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Tracers | SchemeName | Commonly used name for tracers advection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 47 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Tracers | SchemeType | Type of numerical scheme used for advection of tracers. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 48 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Tracers | ConservedQuantities | Quantities conserved trought tracers advection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 49 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Tracers | ConservationMethod | Method used to ensure conservation in tracers advection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 50 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Momentum | SchemeName | Commonly used name for momentum advection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 51 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Momentum | SchemeType | Type of numerical scheme used for advection of momentum. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 52 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Momentum | ConservedQuantities | Quantities conserved trought momentum advection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 53 | Atmosphere/AtmosDynamicalCore/AtmosAdvection | Momentum | ConservationMethod | Method used to ensure conservation in momentum advection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 54 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | General Attributes | TimeStep | Time step of the radiative scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 55 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | General Attributes | AerosolTypes | Aerosols whose radiative effect is taken into account. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 56 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | General Attributes | GHG-Types | GHG whose radiative effect is taken into account. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 57 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | Longwave | SchemeType | Type of scheme used for longwave radiation parametrisation. | spelling: "parametrization" | Type of scheme used for longwave radiation parametrization. | CA(clp) | |
| 58 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | Longwave | SchemeMethod | Method for the radiative transfert calculations used in the longwave scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 59 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | Longwave | NumberOfSpectralIntervals | Number of spectral interval of the longwave radiation scheme. | plural: "intervals" | Number of spectral intervals of the longwave radiation scheme. | CA(clp) | |
| 60 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | Shortwave | SchemeType | Type of scheme used for shortwave radiation parametrization. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 61 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | Shortwave | NumberOfSpectralIntervals | Number of spectral intervals of the short radiation scheme. | spelling: "shortwave" | Number of spectral intervals of the shortwave radiation scheme. | CA(clp) | |
| 62 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | CloudRadiativeProperties | ice | Radiative properties of ice cristals in clouds. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 63 | Atmosphere/AtmosRadiation | CloudRadiativeProperties | liquid | Radiative properties of cloud droplets. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 64 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | BoundaryLayerTurbulence | SchemeName | Commonly used name for boundary layer tubulence scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 65 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | BoundaryLayerTurbulence | ClosureOrder | Closure order of the Mellor-Yamada scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 66 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | BoundaryLayerTurbulence | SchemeType | Type of scheme used for parametrization of turbulence in the boundary layer. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 67 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | BoundaryLayerTurbulence | CounterGradient | Application of a counter-gradient term for calculation of the vertical turbulent heat fluxes in case of slighlty stable layer. | scientific meaning to be checked | DS(mpm) | ||
| 68 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | DeepConvection | SchemeName | Commonly used name for deep convection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 69 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | DeepConvection | SchemeType | Type of scheme used for parametrization of deep convection. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 70 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | DeepConvection | SchemeMethod | Method for mass flux calculation in deep convection. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 71 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | DeepConvection | Processes | Physical processes taken into account in the parametrization of the deep convection. | ".. of deep convection" | Physical processes taken into account in the parametrization of deep convection. | CA(clp) | |
| 72 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | ShallowConvection | Method | Method used for parametrization of shallow convection. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 73 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | ShallowConvection | SchemeName | Commonly used name for shallow convection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 74 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | ShallowConvection | SchemeType | Type of scheme used for parametrization of shallow convection. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 75 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | MidLevelConvection | SchemeName | Commonly used name for mid-level convection scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 76 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | MidLevelConvection | SchemeType | Type of scheme used for parametrization of mid-level convection. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 77 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | LargeScalePrecipitation | SchemeName | Commonly used name of the large scale precipitation parametrization scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 78 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | LargeScalePrecipitation | PrecipitatingHydrometeors | Precipitating hydrometeors in the large scale precipitation scheme. | "... hydrometeors taken into account in.." | Precipitating hydrometeors included in the large scale precipitation scheme. | CA(clp) | |
| 79 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | Microphysics | SchemeName | Commonly used name of the microphysics parametrization scheme. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 80 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud | Microphysics | Processes | Description of the microphysics processes that are taken into account in the microphysics scheme. | spelling: "microphysical processes" | Description of the microphysical processes that are taken into account in the microphysics scheme. | CS(clp) | |
| 81 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/AtmosCloudScheme | CloudSchemeAttributes | SeparatedCloudTreatment | Different cloud schemes for the different types of clouds (convective, stratiform and bondary layer clouds). | DS(mpm) | |||
| 82 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/AtmosCloudScheme | CloudSchemeAttributes | CloudOverlap | Method for taking into account overlapping of cloud layers. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 83 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/AtmosCloudScheme | CloudSchemeAttributes | Processes | Cloud processes included in the cloud scheme (e.g. entrainment, detrainment, bulk cloud, etc.). | DS(mpm) | |||
| 84 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/AtmosCloudScheme | SubGridScaleWaterDistribution | Type | Approach used for cloud water content and fractional cloud cover. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 85 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/AtmosCloudScheme | SubGridScaleWaterDistribution | FunctionName | Commonly used name of the probability density function (PDF) representing distribution of water vapor within a grid box. | scientific meaning to be checked | grammar correction "representing the distribution". Definition looks sound. | Commonly used name of the probability density function (PDF) representing the distribution of water vapor within a grid box. | CA(clp) |
| 86 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/AtmosCloudScheme | SubGridScaleWaterDistribution | FunctionOrder | Order of the function (PDF) used to represent subgrid scale water vapor distribution. | scientific meaning to be checked | Definition looks sound | DA(clp) | |
| 87 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/AtmosCloudScheme | SubGridScaleWaterDistribution | CouplingWithConvection | Cloud formation coupled with convection. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 88 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | COSPAttributes | COSPRunConfiguration | Method used to run the CFMIP Observational Simulator Package. | DS(gerry) | |||
| 89 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | COSPAttributes | NumberOfGridpoints | Number of gridpoints used. | add: "by COSP." | Number of gridpoints used by COSP. | CA(clp) | |
| 90 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | COSPAttributes | NumberOfColumns | Number of subcolumns used. | add: "by COSP." | Number of subcolumns used by COSP. | CA(clp) | |
| 91 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | COSPAttributes | NumberOfLevels | Number of model levels used. | add: "by COSP." | Number of model levels used by COSP. | CA(clp) | |
| 92 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | InputsRadar | RadarFrequency | CloudSat radar frequency (in GHz). | suppress the units | CloudSat radar frequency. | CA(clp) | |
| 93 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | InputsRadar | RadarType | Type of radar - surface or spaceborne? | surface or spaceborne are possible values in the drop-down list. No need to be repeated in definition. | suppress "surface or spaceborne?" | Type of radar | CA(clp) |
| 94 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | InputsRadar | UseGasAbsorption | Include gaseous absorption? | DS(gerry) | |||
| 95 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | InputsRadar | UseEffectiveRadius | Is effective radius used by the radar simulator? | DS(gerry) | |||
| 96 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | InputsLidar | LidarIceType | Ice particle shape in lidar calculations. | DS(gerry) | |||
| 97 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | InputsLidar | Overlap | Overlap type. | DS(gerry) | |||
| 98 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | ISSCPAttributes | TopHeight | Cloud top height management. e.g. adjusted using both a computed infrared brightness temperature and visible optical depth to adjust cloud top pressure. | the e.g. is repetition of potential values in the drop-down list | supress the e.g. | CS(mpm) | |
| 99 | Atmosphere/AtmosConvectTurbulCloud/CloudSimulator | ISSCPAttributes | TopHeightDirection | Direction for finding the radiance determined cloud-top pressure. Atmosphere pressure level with interpolated temperature equal to the radiance determined cloud-top pressure. | Not sure second sentence is part of the definition (mpm) | DS(gerry) | ||
| 100 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | General Attributes | SpongeLayer | Sponge layer in the upper layers in order to avoid gravitywaves reflection at top. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 101 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | General Attributes | Background | Background distribution of waves (???). | to be improved | suppress "(???)" | DS(mpm) | |
| 102 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | General Attributes | SubGridScaleOrography | Subgrid scale orography effects taken into account. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 103 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | OrographicGravityWaves | SourceMechanisms | Physical mechanisms generating orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 104 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | OrographicGravityWaves | CalculationMethod | Calculation method for orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 105 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | OrographicGravityWaves | PropagationScheme | Type of propagation scheme for orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 106 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | OrographicGravityWaves | DissipationScheme | Type of dissipation scheme for orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 107 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | ConvectiveGravityWaves | PropagationScheme | Type of propagation scheme for convective gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 108 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | ConvectiveGravityWaves | DissipationScheme | Type of dissipation scheme for convective gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 109 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | Non-OrographicGravityWaves | SourceMechanisms | Physical mechanisms generating non-orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 110 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | Non-OrographicGravityWaves | CalculationMethod | Calculation method for non-orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 111 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | Non-OrographicGravityWaves | PropagationScheme | Type of propagation scheme for non-orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
| 112 | Atmosphere/AtmosOrographyAndWaves | Non-OrographicGravityWaves | DissipationScheme | Type of dissipation scheme for non-orographic gravity waves. | DS(mpm) | |||
