Variables ...
NICEST-2 controlled vocabulary of variables
runoff
streamflow
liquid water which drains from land
discharge
aerosol optical thickness
fine mode optical thickness
coarse mode optical thickness
precipitation
indicates a present state of absolute humidity relative to a maximum humidity given the same temperature
relative humidity
global radiation
upper-air temperature
zonal wind (positive in a eastward direction)
zonal-eastward wind
northward component of the near surface wind
meridional-northward wind
vertical velocity-wind
actual (floe) thickness of sea ice
sea ice thickness
cloud fraction
ice fraction
atmosphere mass content of cloud liquid water
atmosphere mass content of cloud ice
ocean mixed layer depth
number of processor-hour per simulated year
number of simulated year per wall-clock day
number of computation seconds per model-day
dissolved inorganic carbon