Symbol Description Uses
A22 13
abEps Adams-Bashforth-2 stabilizing weight 20
ABIOTIC_PARMS 2
ABLCL1 7
ABLCL2 7
ABLCO2 7
ABLWIN 9
ABLWV1 6
ABLWV2 6
ABSAER 7
ABSCL1 6
ABSCL2 6
ABSDRY 8
ABSWV1 9
ABSWV2 6
addFrictionHeating account for frictional heating 18
addMassFile File containing source/sink of fluid in the interior 7
addSwallFile File containing 2-D additional Southern cell-edge wall 8
addWwallFile File containing 2-D additional Western cell-edge wall 8
adjDumpFreq 15
adjMonitorFreq 6
adTapeDir read-write checkpointing tape files from/to this 21
aim_albFile file name for Albedo input file (F.M. surfBC) 6
aim_clrSkyDiag compute clear-sky radiation for diagnostics 11
Aim_CO2_Flag flag for CO2 mode, (1:prescribed, 2:interactive) 7
aim_diagFreq Frequency^-1 for diagnostic output (s) 6
aim_dragStrato stratospheric-drag damping time scale (s) 11
aim_energPrecip account for energy of precipitation (snow & rain temp) 10
aim_LandFile file name for Land fraction 7
aim_lstFile file name for Land.Surf.Temp (F.M. surfBC) 7
aim_MMsufx sufix for all Monthly Mean surface forcing files 8
aim_MMsufxLength Length of sufix (Monthly Mean surf. forcing files) 8
aim_oiceFile file name for Sea Ice fraction (F.M. surfBC) 7
AIM_PAR_CNV 2
AIM_PAR_CO2 2
AIM_PAR_FOR 2
AIM_PAR_LSC 2
AIM_PAR_RAD 2
AIM_PAR_SFL 2
AIM_PAR_VDI 2
AIM_PARAMS 2
aim_pickup_read_mnc 9
aim_pickup_write_mnc 9
aim_qfxFile file name for ocean q-flux 7
aim_selectOceAlbedo Ocean albedo(latitude) scheme (integer) 7
aim_snapshot_mnc 10
aim_snowFile file name for Snow depth (F.M. surfBC) 7
aim_splitSIOsFx compute separately Sea-Ice & Ocean surf. Flux 13
aim_sstFile file name for Sea.Surf.Temp (F.M. surfBC) 7
aim_surfForc_NppCycle Number of time period per Cycle (e.g. 12) 11
aim_surfForc_TimePeriod Length of forcing time period (e.g. 1 month) 8
aim_surfForc_TransRatio transition ratio from one month to the next 7
aim_surfPotTemp surf.Temp input file is in Pot.Temp (aim_useMMsurfFc) 7
aim_swcFile file name for Soil Water content (F.M. surfBC) 9
aim_taveFreq Frequency^-1 for time-average output (s) 11
aim_tendFreq Frequency^-1 for tendencies output (s) 6
aim_timeave_mnc 10
aim_useFMsurfBC select surface B.C. from Franco Molteni 9
aim_useMMsurfFc select Monthly Mean surface forcing (e.g., NCEP) 14
aim_vegFile file name for vegetation fraction (F.M. surfBC) 6
AirHumidityFile 5
airPotTempFile 7
AirQFile 8
AirTempFile 15
ALBCL 6
albColdSnow albedo of cold (=dry) new snow (Tsfc < tempSnowAlbL) 16
ALBICE 8
albIceMax max albedo of bare ice (thick ice) 7
albIceMin minimum ice albedo (very thin ice) 6
albOldSnow albedo of old snow (snowAge > 35.d) 14
ALBSEA 9
ALBSN 8
albWarmSnow albedo of warm (=wet) new snow (Tsfc = 0) 12
allowFreezing Allows surface water to freeze and form ice 9
allowInteriorFreezing Allow water at depth to freeze and rise to the surface 4
alpfe solubility of aeolian fe 6
alph_AB Adams-Bashforth-3 primary factor 25
alphaUniform 6
applyIcefrontTendS 5
applyIcefrontTendT 5
apressure_errfile 6
apressure_exfremo_intercept 5
apressure_exfremo_slope 5
apressure_interpMethod 7
apressure_lat0 7
apressure_lat_inc 7
apressure_lon0 7
apressure_lon_inc 7
apressure_nlat 7
apressure_nlon 7
apressureconst 5
apressurefile 10
apressureperiod 8
apressurestartdate1 5
apressurestartdate2 5
aqh_errfile 6
aqh_exfremo_intercept 5
aqh_exfremo_slope 5
aqh_interpMethod 7
aqh_lat0 7
aqh_lat_inc 7
aqh_lon0 7
aqh_lon_inc 7
aqh_nlat 7
aqh_nlon 7
aqhconst 5
aqhfile 10
aqhperiod 8
aqhstartdate1 5
aqhstartdate2 5
AreaFile File containing initial sea-ice concentration 7
areamask_exfremo_intercept 5
areamask_exfremo_slope 5
areamask_interpMethod 7
areamask_lat0 7
areamask_lat_inc 7
areamask_lon0 7
areamask_lon_inc 7
areamask_nlat 7
areamask_nlon 7
areamaskconst 5
areamaskfile 10
areamaskperiod 8
areamaskstartdate1 5
areamaskstartdate2 5
areamaskTauRelax 4
areaMax 4
areaMin 4
Arelaxobcsbound 8
Arelaxobcsinner 8
argosfile 9
argosstartdate1 5
argosstartdate2 4
argotfile 9
argotstartdate1 5
argotstartdate2 6
atemp_errfile 6
atemp_exfremo_intercept 5
atemp_exfremo_slope 5
atemp_interpMethod 7
atemp_lat0 7
atemp_lat_inc 7
atemp_lon0 7
atemp_lon_inc 7
atemp_nlat 7
atemp_nlon 7
atempconst 5
atempfile 10
atempperiod 8
atempstartdate1 5
atempstartdate2 5
atm_Cp specific heat (Cp) of the (dry) air at constant pressure 44
atm_emissivity 5
ATM_PHYS_PARM01 2
atm_Po standard reference pressure 76
atm_Rd gas constant for dry air 14
atm_Rq water vapour specific volume anomaly relative to dry air 18
atmCFC_inpFile file name of Atmospheric CFC time series (ASCII file) 11
atmCFC_recSepTime time spacing between 2 records of atmos CFC [s] 8
atmCFC_timeOffset time offset for atmos CFC (cfcTime = myTime + offSet) 9
atmCFC_yNorthBnd Northern Lat boundary for interpolation [y-unit] 7
atmCFC_ySouthBnd Southern Lat boundary for interpolation [y-unit] 9
atmcp mean atmospheric specific heat [J/kg/K] 13
atmosphere_nml 2
atmosTauuFile 7
atmosTauvFile 7
atmosWindFile 7
atmpCO2init 7
atmPhys_addTendS apply ATM_PHYS tendency to Specific Humid 6
atmPhys_addTendT apply ATM_PHYS tendency to temperature 7
atmPhys_addTendU apply ATM_PHYS tendency to U-component wind 6
atmPhys_addTendV apply ATM_PHYS tendency to V-component wind 6
atmPhys_dampUVfac damping coefficient for each level 14
atmPhys_QflxFile name of Q-flux file 7
atmPhys_SSTFile name of initial SST [in K] file 7
atmPhys_stepSST step forward SST 6
atmPhys_tauDampUV damping time-scale (s) 8
atmrho mean atmospheric density [kg/m^3] 18
autodiff_mnc 8
AUTODIFF_PARM01 2
averagingFreq frequency (in s) for periodic averaging interval 7
averagingPhase phase (in s) for periodic averaging interval 4