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 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
DISS |
Dissip |
Energy dissipation |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) |
0 |
0.1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
QB |
Qb |
Fraction breaking waves |
|
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
|
||
LEA |
Leak |
Energy leak over spectral boundaries |
m2/s |
0 |
100 |
-9 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
TDI |
TDir |
direction of the energy transport |
UDI |
0 |
360 |
-999 |
|
|
||
DSPR |
Dspr |
directional spreading |
UDI |
0 |
60 |
-9 |
|
|
||
WLEN |
Wlen |
Average wave length |
UL |
0 |
200 |
-9 |
|
|
||
STEE |
Steepn |
Wave steepness |
|
0 |
0.1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
TRA |
Transp |
Wave energy transport |
m3/s |
-10 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
||
FOR |
WForce |
Wave driven force per unit surface |
UF |
-10 |
10 |
0 |
|
|
||
AAAA |
AcDens |
spectral action density |
m2s |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
EEEE |
EnDens |
spectral energy density |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
AAAA |
Aux |
auxiliary variable |
|
-10000000000 |
10000000000 |
-10000000000 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
RTM01 |
RTm01 |
Average relative wave period |
UT |
0 |
100 |
-9 |
|
|
||
EEEE |
EnDens |
energy density integrated over direction |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
DHS |
dHs |
difference in Hs between iterations |
UH |
0 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
DRTM01 |
dTm |
difference in Tm between iterations |
UT |
0 |
2 |
-9 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
URMS |
Urms |
RMS of orbital velocity at the bottom |
UV |
0 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
UFRI |
Ufric |
Friction velocity |
UV |
0 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
ZLEN |
Zlen |
Zero velocity thickness of boundary layer |
UL |
0 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
TAUW |
TauW |
|
|
0 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
CDRAG |
Cdrag |
Drag coefficient |
|
0 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
SETUP |
Setup |
Setup due to waves |
m |
-1 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
TIME |
Time |
Date-time |
|
0 |
1 |
-99999 |
|
|
||
TSEC |
Tsec |
Time in seconds from reference time |
s |
-100000 |
1000000 |
-99999 |
|
time |
||
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 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
ASTD |
ASTD |
Air-Sea temperature difference |
K |
-10 |
10 |
-99 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
DIFPAR |
DifPar |
Diffraction parameter |
|
-10 |
10 |
-99 |
|
|
||
TMBOT |
TmBot |
Bottom wave period |
UT |
0 |
100 |
-9 |
|
|
||
WATL |
Watlev |
Water level |
UH |
-100 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
BOTL |
Botlev |
Bottom level |
UH |
-100 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
TPS |
TPsmoo |
Relative peak period (smooth) |
UT |
0 |
100 |
-9 |
|
|
||
DISB |
Disbot |
Bottom friction dissipation |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) |
0 |
0.1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
DISSU |
Dissrf |
Wave breaking dissipation |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) |
0 |
0.1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
DISW |
Diswcp |
Whitecapping dissipation |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) |
0 |
0.1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
DISM |
Dismud |
Fluid mud dissipation |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET) |
0 |
0.1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
WLENMR |
Wlenmr |
Average wave length with mud real part |
UL |
0 |
200 |
-9 |
|
|
||
KI |
ki |
Average wave number with mud imag part |
rad/m |
0 |
1 |
-9 |
|
|
||
MUDL |
Mudlayer |
Mudlayer thickness |
UH |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
|
||
Swcap |
Swcap |
whitecapping dissipation |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
Sfric |
Sfric |
bottom friction dissipation |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
Smud |
Smud |
fluid mud dissipation |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
Ssurf |
Ssurf |
surf breaking dissipation |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
Snl3 |
Snl3 |
triad interactions |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
Snl4 |
Snl4 |
quadruplet interactions |
m2 |
0 |
100 |
-99 |
|
|
||
KIMAG |
KIMAG |
Wave number with mud imag part |
rad/m |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
|
|
||
KREAL |
KREAL |
Wave number with mud real part |
rad/m |
NaN |
NaN |
NaN |
|
|
||
NDIR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
s-1 |
|
||
CDIR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
s-1 |
|
||
AFREQ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
s-1 |
wave_frequency, sea_surface_wave_frequency |
||
RFREQ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
s-1 |
wave_frequency, sea_surface_wave_frequency |
||
QP |
|
peakedness of the wave spectrum (dimensionless). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
BFI |
|
Benjamin-Feir index (dimensionless). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
PROPA |
PROPAgat |
sum of PROPXY, PROPTHETA and PROPSIGMA |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPT |
PROPTheta |
energy propagation in theta space |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPS |
PROPSigma |
energy propagation in sigma space |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GENE |
GENErat |
total energy generation |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GENW |
GENWind |
energy generation due to wind |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REDI |
REDIst |
total energy redistribution |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REDQ |
REDQuad |
energy redistribution due to quadruplets |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REDT |
REDTriad |
energy redistribution due to triads |
(in W/m2 or m2/s, depending on command INPUT.SET). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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:
[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],'| | |')]