For the complete list where we have to get names from, or have them added to is: http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/
This table is under construction, please fill in any missing UD units or CF standard names, using on the CF guidelines for construction of names . For the lay-out of SWAN netCDF files where these standard names will appear, refer to the Spectral grids page of this wiki.
OVKEYW | OVSNAM | OVLNAM | OVUNIT | OVLLIM | OVULIM | OVEXCV | new: OVCFUD (UD units) | new: OVCFSN (standard name) | ||
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XP | Xp | X user coordinate | UL | -10000000000 | 10000000000 | -10000000000 | m | projection_x_coordinate,longitude | ||
YP | Yp | Y user coordinate | UL | -10000000000 | 10000000000 | -10000000000 | m | projection_y_coordinate,latitude | ||
DIST | Dist | distance along output curve | UL | 0 | 10000000000 | -99 |
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DEP | Depth | Depth | UH | -100 | 100 | -99 |
| sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level | ||
VEL | Vel | Current velocity | UV | -2 | 2 | 0 |
| sea_water_x_velocity + sea_water_y_velocity alias: x_sea_water_velocity + y_sea_water_velocity | ||
UBOT | Ubot | Orbital velocity at the bottom | UV | 0 | 1 | -10 |
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DISS | Dissip | Energy dissipation | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) | 0 | 0.1 | -9 |
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QB | Qb | Fraction breaking waves |
| 0 | 1 | -1 |
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LEA | Leak | Energy leak over spectral boundaries | m2/s | 0 | 100 | -9 |
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HS | Hsig | Significant wave height | UH | 0 | 10 | -9 | m | sea_surface_wave_significant_height alias: significant_height_of_wind_and_swell_waves, sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height, alias: significant_height_of_wind_waves | ||
TM01 | Tm01 | Average absolute wave period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
| sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment, sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment | ||
RTP | RTpeak | Relative peak period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
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DIR | Dir | Average wave direction | UDI | 0 | 360 | -999 | degrees_true if nautical | sea_surface_wave_from_direction | ||
PDI | PkDir | direction of the peak of the spectrum | UDI | 0 | 360 | -999 |
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TDI | TDir | direction of the energy transport | UDI | 0 | 360 | -999 |
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DSPR | Dspr | directional spreading | UDI | 0 | 60 | -9 |
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WLEN | Wlen | Average wave length | UL | 0 | 200 | -9 |
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STEE | Steepn | Wave steepness |
| 0 | 0.1 | -9 |
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TRA | Transp | Wave energy transport | m3/s | -10 | 10 | 0 |
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FOR | WForce | Wave driven force per unit surface | UF | -10 | 10 | 0 |
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AAAA | AcDens | spectral action density | m2s | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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EEEE | EnDens | spectral energy density | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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AAAA | Aux | auxiliary variable |
| -10000000000 | 10000000000 | -10000000000 |
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XC | Xc | X computational grid coordinate |
| 0 | 100 | -9 | m | projection_x_coordinate,longitude | ||
YC | Yc | Y computational grid coordinate |
| 0 | 100 | -9 | m | projection_y_coordinate,latitude | ||
WIND | Windv | Wind velocity at 10 m above sea level | UV | -50 | 50 | 0 | m | wind_speed | ||
FRC | FrCoef | Bottom friction coefficient |
| 0 | 1 | -9 |
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RTM01 | RTm01 | Average relative wave period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
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EEEE | EnDens | energy density integrated over direction | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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DHS | dHs | difference in Hs between iterations | UH | 0 | 1 | -9 |
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DRTM01 | dTm | difference in Tm between iterations | UT | 0 | 2 | -9 |
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TM02 | Tm02 | Zero-crossing period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 | s | sea_surface_wave_zero_upcrossing_period, sea_surface_wind_wave_zero_upcrossing_period, sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment, sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment | ||
FSPR | FSpr | Frequency spectral width (Kappa) |
| 0 | 1 | -9 |
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URMS | Urms | RMS of orbital velocity at the bottom | UV | 0 | 1 | -9 |
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UFRI | Ufric | Friction velocity | UV | 0 | 1 | -9 |
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ZLEN | Zlen | Zero velocity thickness of boundary layer | UL | 0 | 1 | -9 |
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TAUW | TauW |
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CDRAG | Cdrag | Drag coefficient |
| 0 | 1 | -9 |
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SETUP | Setup | Setup due to waves | m | -1 | 1 | -9 |
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TIME | Time | Date-time |
| 0 | 1 | -99999 |
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TSEC | Tsec | Time in seconds from reference time | s | -100000 | 1000000 | -99999 |
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PER | Period | Average absolute wave period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
| sea_surface_wind_wave_period, alias: wind_wave_period | ||
RPER | RPeriod | Average relative wave period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
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HSWE | Hswell | Wave height of swell part | UH | 0 | 10 | -9 |
| sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height alias: significant_height_of_swell_waves | sea_surface_swell_wave_period, alias: swell_wave_period | |
URSELL | Ursell | Ursell number |
| 0 | 1 | -9 |
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ASTD | ASTD | Air-Sea temperature difference | K | -10 | 10 | -99 |
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TMM10 | Tm_10 | Average absolute wave period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
| sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment, sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment | ||
RTMM10 | RTm_10 | Average relative wave period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
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DIFPAR | DifPar | Diffraction parameter |
| -10 | 10 | -99 |
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TMBOT | TmBot | Bottom wave period | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
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WATL | Watlev | Water level | UH | -100 | 100 | -99 |
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BOTL | Botlev | Bottom level | UH | -100 | 100 | -99 |
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TPS | TPsmoo | Relative peak period (smooth) | UT | 0 | 100 | -9 |
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DISB | Disbot | Bottom friction dissipation | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) | 0 | 0.1 | -9 |
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DISSU | Dissrf | Wave breaking dissipation | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) | 0 | 0.1 | -9 |
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DISW | Diswcp | Whitecapping dissipation | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) | 0 | 0.1 | -9 |
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DISM | Dismud | Fluid mud dissipation | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) | 0 | 0.1 | -9 |
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WLENMR | Wlenmr | Average wave length with mud real part | UL | 0 | 200 | -9 |
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KI | ki | Average wave number with mud imag part | rad/m | 0 | 1 | -9 |
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MUDL | Mudlayer | Mudlayer thickness | UH | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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VaDens | VaDens | spectral variance density | m2/Hz | 0 | 100 | -99 | m2 s | sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density | integrated in sp1 | |
VaDens | VaDens | spectral variance density | m2/Hz/degr | 0 | 100 | -99 | m2 s degr-1 | sea_surface_wave_directional_variance_spectral_density | per directional bin in sp2 | |
Swind | Swind | wind source term | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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Swcap | Swcap | whitecapping dissipation | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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Sfric | Sfric | bottom friction dissipation | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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Smud | Smud | fluid mud dissipation | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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Ssurf | Ssurf | surf breaking dissipation | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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Snl3 | Snl3 | triad interactions | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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Snl4 | Snl4 | quadruplet interactions | m2 | 0 | 100 | -99 |
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KIMAG | KIMAG | Wave number with mud imag part | rad/m | NaN | NaN | NaN |
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KREAL | KREAL | Wave number with mud real part | rad/m | NaN | NaN | NaN |
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QP |
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PROPA | PROPAgat | sum of PROPXY, PROPTHETA and PROPSIGMA | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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PROPX | PROPXy | energy propagation in geographic space; sum of x- and y-direction, terms | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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PROPT | PROPTheta | energy propagation in theta space | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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PROPS | PROPSigma | energy propagation in sigma space | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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GENE | GENErat | total energy generation | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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GENW | GENWind | energy generation due to wind | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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REDI | REDIst | total energy redistribution | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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REDQ | REDQuad | energy redistribution due to quadruplets | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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REDT | REDTriad | energy redistribution due to triads | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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RADS | RADStr | energy transfer between waves and currents due to radiation stress | (in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
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This table was generated with the (OpenEarthTools) Matlab code:
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[D,D0] = swan_quantity % part of Openearth.eu[addrowcol(char(D0.OVKEYW),0,[-1 1],'|') char(D0.OVSNAM) addrowcol(char(D0.OVLNAM),0,[-1 1],'|') char(D0.OVUNIT) addrowcol(num2str(cell2mat(D0.OVLEXP')),0,[-1 1],'|') addrowcol(num2str(cell2mat(D0.OVHEXP')),0,[1],'|') addrowcol(num2str(cell2mat(D0.OVEXCV')),0,[1],'| | |')] |