Table 6

QP

Location*
9L
Location*
15L
Name
Description
Units
1
1
PREC (IM) Total precipitation
mm/day
2
2
CUPREC IM) Cumulus precipitation
mm/day
3
3
LSPREC (IM) Large Scale Precipitation
mm/day
4
4
CLD (IM) Cloud cover
-
5
5
TSHF (IM)

Net flux at the surface

W/m2
6
6
FSS (IM) Sensible heat flux at the surface
W/m2
7
7
FWS (IM) Water flux at the surface
g/cm2/day
8
8
FHS (IM) Surface heat flux

W/m2

9
9
DRAGU (IM) "U" surface drag
dynes/cm2
10
10
DRAGV (IM) "V" surface drag
dynes/cm2
11
11
RS (IM) Net long wave flux at the surface
(RS =ULWBOT - DLWBOT)
W/m2
12
12
SS (IM) Net short wave flux at the surface (SS=DSWBOT)
W/m2
13
13
ENTRAN (IM PBL entrainment rate
mb/hr
14
14
MB (IM) PBL cumulus mass flux
mb/hr
15
15
PSD (IM) Stratus thickness
mb
16
16
PSB (IM) PBL thickness
mb
17
17
RH (IM) Relative humidity at the sfc
-
18
18
SWINC (IM) Short wave incidence at the top
W/m2
19
19
DSWTOP (IM) Downward short wave flux at the top
W/m2
20
20
DSWBOT (IM) Downward long wave flux at the sfc
W/m2
21
21
ULWTOP (IM) Upward long wave flux at the top
W/m2
22
22
ULWBOT (IM) Upward long wave flux at the surface
W/m2
23
23
DLWBOT (IM) Downward long wave flux at the sfc
W/m2
24
24
HETSW (IM) Short wave heating of the clm.
C/day
25
25
HETLW (IM) Long wave heating of the clm.
C/day
26
26
DRBTST (IM) Radiational flux fap at PBL top
W/m2
27
27
STATIN (IM) Stratus incidence
-
28
28
DTLSP (IM, LM) Heating due to Large scale cond.
C/day
37
43
DTCUP (IM, LM) Heating due to Cumulus condensation
C/day
46
58
DQCUP (IM, LM) Cumulus condensation
kg/kg/day
55
73
ASL (IM, LM) Short wave radiational heating
C/day
64
88
ATL (IM, LM) Long wave radiational heating
C/day

* QP(1,n), where n=location, and the dimensions of QP are:
9L (9level model)=QP(IM,72); 15L (15 level model)=QP(IM, 102)