NCAR/DSS Parameter Code Table 180 Pressure air_pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Surface Pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Base Pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Top Pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Altitude > Tropopause EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Hydrostatic Pressure Pressure reduced to MSL Pressure tendency tendency_of_air_pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Pressure Tendency Potential vorticity ertel_potential_vorticity EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vorticity ICAO Standard Atmosphere reference height Geopotential geopotential Geopotential height geopotential_height EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Altitude > Geopotential Height Geometric height altitude Standard deviation of height Total ozone equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_o3_content EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Air 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EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Upper Level Winds Stream function atmosphere_horizontal_streamfunction EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Streamfunctions Velocity potential atmosphere_horizontal_velocity_potential Montgomery stream function atmosphere_horizontal_montgomery_streamfunction EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Streamfunctions Sigma coordinate vertical velocity lagrangian_tendency_of_atmosphere_sigma_coordinate EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vertical Wind Motion Vertical velocity lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vertical Wind Motion Vertical velocity upward_air_velocity EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vertical Wind Motion Absolute vorticity atmosphere_absolute_vorticity EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vorticity Absolute divergence EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Convergence/Divergence Relative vorticity 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> Sea Level Rise Surface roughness surface_roughness_length EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Surface Roughness Albedo surface_albedo EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Surface Radiative Properties > Albedo Soil temperature soil_temperature EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Temperature Soil moisture content soil_moisture_content EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content Vegetation vegetation_area_fraction EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover Salinity sea_water_salinity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity Density Water runoff surface_runoff_amount EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Runoff Ice cover sea_ice_area_fraction EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent Ice thickness sea_ice_thickness EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness Direction of ice drift direction_of_sea_ice_velocity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Motion Speed of ice drift sea_ice_speed EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Motion u-component of ice drift eastward_sea_ice_velocity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Motion v-component of ice drift northward_sea_ice_velocity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Motion Ice growth rate tendency_of_sea_ice_thickness_due_to_thermodynamics EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt Ice divergence divergence_of_sea_ice_velocity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Motion Snow melt surface_snow_melt_amount EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Melt Significant height of combined wind waves and swell significant_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height Direction of wind waves direction_of_wind_wave_velocity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Speed/Direction Significant height of wind waves significant_height_of_wind_waves EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height Mean period of wind waves wind_wave_period EARTH SCIENCE 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