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ECMWF GRIB code - CF Standard Name Mapping

GRIB code	Units		ECMWF description	CF Standard Name
GRIB code	ECMWF	CF	ECMWF description	CF Standard Name
1	Pa	Pa	Pressure	`air_pressure`
2	Pa	Pa	Pressure reduced to MSL	`air_pressure_at_sea_level`
3	Pa/s	Pa s-1	Pressure tendency	`tendency_of_air_pressure`
6	m2/s2	m2 s-2	Geopotential	`geopotential`
7	gpm	m	Geopotential height	`geopotential_height`
8	m	m	Geometric height	`altitude`
9	m		Standard deviation of height
11	deg. K	K	Temperature	`air_temperature`
12	deg. K	K	Virtual temperature	`virtual_temperature`
13	deg. K	K	Potential temperature	`air_potential_temperature`
14	deg. K	K	Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature	`pseudo_equivalent_potential_temperature`
15	deg. K	K	Maximum temperature	`air_temperature` with a `cell_methods` attribute including time`: maximum within days`.
16	deg. K	K	Minimum temperature	`air_temperature` with a `cell_methods` attribute including time`: minimum within days`.
17	deg. K	K	Dew point temperature	`dew_point_temperature`
18	deg. K	K	Dew point depression (or deficit)	`dew_point_depression`
19	deg. K/m	K m-1	Lapse rate	`air_temperature_lapse_rate`
20	m	m	Visibility	`visibility_in_air`
21	-		Radar Spectra (1)
22	-		Radar Spectra (2)
23	-		Radar Spectra (3)
25	deg. K	K	Temperature anomaly	`air_temperature_anomaly`
26	Pa	Pa	Pressure anomaly	`air_pressure_anomaly`
27	gpm	m	Geopotential height anomaly	`geopotential_height_anomaly`
28	-		Wave Spectra (1)
29	-		Wave Spectra (2)
30	-		Wave Spectra (3)
31	deg. true	degree	Wind direction	`wind_from_direction`
32	m/s	m s-1	Wind speed	`wind_speed`
33	m/s	m s-1	u-component of wind	`eastward_wind`
34	m/s	m s-1	v-component of wind	`northward_wind`
35	m2/s	m2 s-1	Stream function	`atmosphere_horizontal_streamfunction`
36	m2/s	m2 s-1	Velocity potential	`atmosphere_horizontal_velocity_potential`
37	m2/s2		Montgomery stream function
38	/s	s-1	Sigma coord. vertical velocity	`vertical_air_velocity_expressed_as_tendency_of_sigma`
39	Pa/s	Pa s-1	Pressure Vertical velocity	`vertical_air_velocity_expressed_as_tendency_of_pressure`
40	m/s	m s-1	Geometric Vertical velocity	`upward_air_velocity`
41	/s	s-1	Absolute vorticity	`atmosphere_absolute_vorticity`
42	/s		Absolute divergence
43	/s	s-1	Relative vorticity	`atmosphere_relative_vorticity`
44	/s	s-1	Relative divergence	`divergence_of_wind`
45	/s	s-1	Vertical u-component shear	`eastward_wind_shear`
46	/s	s-1	Vertical v-component shear	`northward_wind_shear`
47	deg. true	degree	Direction of current	`direction_of_sea_water_velocity`
48	m/s	m s-1	Speed of current	`sea_water_speed`
49	m/s	m s-1	u-component of current	`eastward_sea_water_velocity`
50	m/s	m s-1	v-component of current	`northward_sea_water_velocity`
51	kg/kg	1	Specific humidity	`specific_humidity`
52	%	1	Relative humidity	`relative_humidity`
53	kg/kg	1	Humidity mixing ratio	`humidity_mixing_ratio`
54	kg/m2	kg m-2	Precipitable water	`atmosphere_water_vapour_content`
55	Pa	Pa	Vapor pressure	`water_vapour_pressure`
56	Pa	Pa	Saturation deficit	`water_vapour_saturation_deficit`
57	kg/m2	kg m-2	Evaporation	`water_evaporation_amount`
58	kg/m2	kg m-2	Cloud Ice	`atmosphere_cloud_ice_content`
59	kg/m2/s	kg m-2 s-1	Precipitation rate	`precipitation_flux`
60	%	1	Thunderstorm probability	`thunderstorm_probability`
61	kg/m2	kg m-2	Total precipitation	`precipitation_amount`
62	kg/m2	kg m-2	Large scale precipitation	`large_scale_precipitation_amount`
63	kg/m2	kg m-2	Convective precipitation	`convective_precipitation_amount`
64	kg/m2s	kg m-2 s-1	Snowfall rate water equivalent	`snowfall_flux`
65	kg/m2	kg m-2	Water equiv. of accum. snow depth	`surface_snow_amount`
66	m	m	Snow depth	`surface_snow_thickness`
67	m	m	Mixed layer depth	`ocean_mixed_layer_thickness`
68	m		Transient thermocline depth
69	m		Main thermocline depth
70	m		Main thermocline anomaly
71	%	1	Total cloud cover	`cloud_area_fraction`
72	%	1	Convective cloud cover	`convective_cloud_area_fraction`
73	%	1	Low cloud cover	`low_cloud_area_fraction`
74	%	1	Medium cloud cover	`medium_cloud_area_fraction`
75	%	1	High cloud cover	`high_cloud_area_fraction`
76	kg/m2	kg m-2	Cloud water	`atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content`
78	kg/m2	kg m-2	Convective snow	`convective_snowfall_amount`
79	kg/m2	kg m-2	Large scale snow	`large_scale_snowfall_amount`
80	deg K	K	Water Temperature	`sea_water_temperature`
81	fraction	1	Land-sea mask (1=land;0=sea) (see note)	`land_area_fraction`
82	m	m	Deviation of sea level from mean	`sea_surface_height_above_sea_level`
83	m	m	Surface roughness	`surface_roughness_length`
84	%	1	Albedo	`surface_albedo`
85	deg. K	K	Soil temperature	`soil_temperature`
86	kg/m2	kg m-2	Soil moisture content	`soil_moisture_content`
87	%	1	Vegetation	`vegetation_area_fraction`
88	kg/kg	1e-3	Salinity	`sea_water_salinity`
89	kg/m3	kg m-3	Density	`density`
90	kg/m2	kg m-2	Water runoff	`surface_runoff_amount`
91	fraction	1	Ice concentration (ice=1;no ice=0)(see note)	`sea_ice_area_fraction`
92	m	m	Ice thickness	`sea_ice_thickness`
93	deg. true	degree	Direction of ice drift	`direction_of_sea_ice_velocity`
94	m/s	m s-1	Speed of ice drift	`sea_ice_speed`
95	m/s	m s-1	u-component of ice drift	`sea_ice_eastward_velocity`
96	m/s	m s-1	v-component of ice drift	`sea_ice_northward_velocity`
97	m/s	m s-1	Ice growth rate	`tendency_of_sea_ice_thickness_due_to_thermodynamics`
98	/s	s-1	Ice divergence	`divergence_of_sea_ice_velocity`
99	kg/m2	kg m-2	Snow melt	`surface_snow_melt_amount`
100	m	m	Significant height of combined wind waves and swell	`significant_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves`
101	deg. true	degree	Direction of wind waves	`direction_of_wind_wave_velocity`
102	m	m	Significant height of wind waves	`significant_height_of_wind_waves`
103	s	s	Mean period of wind waves	`wind_wave_period`
104	deg. true	degree	Direction of swell waves	`direction_of_swell_wave_velocity`
105	m	m	Significant height of swell waves	`significant_height_of_swell_waves`
106	s	s	Mean period of swell waves	`swell_wave_period`
107	deg. true		Primary wave direction
108	s		Primary wave mean period
109	deg. true		Secondary wave direction
110	s		Secondary wave mean period
111	W/m2	W m-2	Net short-wave radiation (surface)	`surface_net_upward_shortwave_flux`
112	W/m2	W m-2	Net long wave radiation (surface)	`surface_net_upward_longwave_flux`
113	W/m2	W m-2	Net short-wave radiation (top of atmos.)	`toa_net_upward_shortwave_flux`
114	W/m2	W m-2	Net long wave radiation (top of atmos.)	`toa_net_upward_longwave_flux`
115	W/m2	W m-2	Long wave radiation	`net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air`
116	W/m2	W m-2	Short wave radiation	`net_upward_shortwave_flux_in_air`
117	W/m2	W m-2	Global radiation	`surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air`
121	W/m2	W m-2	Latent heat net flux	`surface_upward_latent_heat_flux`
122	W/m2	W m-2	Sensible heat net flux	`surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux`
123	W/m2		Boundary layer dissipation
124	N/m2	Pa	Momentum flux, u component	`downward_eastward_momentum_flux_in_air`
125	N/m2	Pa	Momentum flux, v component	`downward_northward_momentum_flux_in_air`
126	J	W m-2	Wind mixing energy	`wind_mixing_energy_flux_into_ocean`
127			Image data
127	-		Atmospheric Tide
128	-		Budget Values
129	m2 s-2	m2 s-2	Geopotential	`geopotential`
130	K	K	Temperature	`air_temperature`
131	ms-1	m s-1	U-component of Wind	`eastward_wind`
132	ms-1	m s-1	V-component of Wind	`northward_wind`
133	kg/kg	1	Specific Humidity	`specific_humidity`
134	Pa	Pa	Surface Pressure	`surface_air_pressure`
135	Pa s-1	Pa s-1	Vertical Velocity	`vertical_air_velocity_expressed_as_tendency_of_pressure`
137	m (of water)	m	Precipitable Water Content	`lwe_thickness_of_atmosphere_water_vapour_content`
138	s-1	s-1	Vorticity	`atmosphere_relative_vorticity`
139	K	K	Surface Temperature	`surface_temperature`
140	m (of water)	m	Soil Moisture	`lwe_thickness_of_soil_moisture_content`
141	m	m	Snow Depth	`lwe_thickness_of_surface_snow_amount`
142	m	m	Large Scale Precipitation	`lwe_thickness_of_large_scale_precipitation_amount`
143	m	m	Convective Precipitation	`lwe_thickness_of_convective_precipitation_amount`
144	m	m	Snow Fall	`lwe_thickness_of_snowfall_amount`
145	wm-2	W m-2	Boundary Layer Dissipation	`dissipation_in_atmosphere_boundary_layer`
146	wm-2	W m-2	Surface Flux of Sensible Heat	`surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux`
147	wm-2	W m-2	Surface Flux of Latent Heat	`surface_upward_latent_heat_flux`
151	Pa	Pa	Mean Sea Level (MSL) Pressure	`air_pressure_at_sea_level`
152	-		Log Surface Pressure
155	s-1	s-1	Divergence	`divergence_of_wind`
156	m'	m	Height (Geopotential)	`geopotential_height`
157	%	1	Relative Humidity	`relative_humidity`
158	Pa s-1	Pa s-1	Tendency of Surface Pressure	`tendency_of_surface_air_pressure`
164	(0 - 1)	1	Total Cloud Cover	`cloud_area_fraction`
165	m s-1	m s-1	U-wind at 10 m	`eastward_wind` with a vertical coordinate in `height` of 10 m.
166	m s-1	m s-1	V-wind at 10 m	`northward_wind` with a vertical coordinate in `height` of 10 m.
167	K	K	Temperature at 2 m	`air_temperature` with a vertical coordinate in `height` of 2 m.
168	K	K	Dewpoint at 2 m	`dew_point_temperature` with a vertical coordinate in `height` of 2 m.
169	W/m2	W m-2	Global radiation	`surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air`
170	K		Deep Soil Temperature
171	m (of water)		Deep Soil Wetness
172	(0, 1)	1	Land-Sea Mask	`land_binary_mask`
173	m	m	Surface Roughness	`surface_roughness_length`
174	-	1	Albedo	`surface_albedo`
176	Wm-2	W m-2	Net Longwave Radiation (surface)	`surface_net_upward_longwave_flux`
177	Wm-2	W m-2	Net Shortwave Radiation (surface)	`surface_net_upward_shortwave_flux`
178	Wm-2	W m-2	Net Shortwave Radiation (top of atmosphere)	`toa_net_upward_shortwave_flux`
179	Wm-2	W m-2	Net Longwave Radiation (top of atmosphere)	`toa_net_upward_longwave_flux`
180	Nm-2	Pa	U-component of Surface Wind Stress	`surface_downward_eastward_stress`
181	Nm-2	Pa	V-component of Surface Wind Stress	`surface_downward_northward_stress`
182	m (of water)	m	Evaporation	`lwe_thickness_of_water_evaporation_amount`
183	K		Climate Deep-Soil Temperature
184	m (of water)		Climate Deep-Soil Wetness
185	(0 - 1)	1	Convective Cloud Cover	`convective_cloud_area_fraction`
210	W m-2	W m-2	Surface net solar radiation, clear sky	`surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky`
211	W m-2	W m-2	Surface net thermal radiation, clear sky	`surface_net_downward_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky`
238	K	K	Temperature of snow layer	`snow_temperature`

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