Earth System Model eValuation Tool (ESMValTool)

About

ESMValTool extension for NorESM (NorESMValTool) covers

NorESM cmor-ization tools

ESMValTool

observational data

CMIP5 model data

namelists and scripts customised for NorESM

wrapper scripts for easy use

and is available at

local: login.nird.sigma2.no:/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool

web: https://github.com/NorwegianClimateCentre/NorESMValTool.git

Installation

On Norstore/Nird, run <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/install.sh</span>

This will create your personal setup in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool</span>:

data/	- input and derived data (symbolic link to project area)
clim/ - climatologies derived from original input data
cmor/	- cmor output of new experiments
model/	- CMIP5 model output
obs/	- obs. data installed with ESMValTool scripts
rawobs/	- obs. data as downloaded from internet
regrid/	- data regridded by ESMValTool
work/	- work directory of ESMValTool
mods/	- source mods for ESMValTool
namelists/ - customised namelists for Norstore/NorESM
scripts/ - wrapper scripts for cmor and ESMValTool
cmorize	- cmor wrapper script for NorESM output
esmval	- ESMValTool wrapper script
tools/ - noresm2cmor and ESMValTool reside here
noresm2cmor/ - cmorization tools
ESMValTool/	- original ESMValTool installation

CMOR-izing NorESM output

Syntax

<span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/scripts/cmorize <span style="color:blue">case folder</span> <span style="color:green">start year</span> <span style="color:orange">end year</span> </span>

NOTE: Cmor-ization on NIRD requires intel's shared libraries. To make them available, add following line to your ~/.bashrc and log out and in again <br><span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> source /opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries/linux/bin/compilervars.sh -arch intel64 -platform linux </span>

Example

<span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/scripts/cmorize <span style="color:blue">/projects/NS2345K/www/cmor/sampledata/N20TRAERCN_f19_g16_01</span> <span style="color:green">2000</span> <span style="color:orange"> 2000</span> </span>

Output configuration

The output can be customised in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/tools/noresm2cmor/namelists/noresm2cmor_NorESM_GENERIC_template.nml</span> </span>

New variables need to be defined in the corresponding GENERIC_* tables in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/tools/noresm2cmor/tools/noresm2cmor/tables</span>

Output location

The cmor-ized output is written to the folder <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/data/cmor/<span style="color:blue">case name</span>.<span style="color:green">start year</span>-<span style="color:orange">end year</span></span> e.g. <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/data/cmor/<span style="color:blue">N20TRAERCN_f19_g16_01</span>.<span style="color:green">2000</span>-<span style="color:orange">2000</span></span>

NOTE: The cmor-ized output is stored in Norstore/Nird's project area. The path <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/data/cmor</span> is a symbolic link to <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/data/cmor</span>.

Running ESMValTool (manually)

Prepare namelist

ESMValTool takes one namelist as input argument. Each namelist contains instructions for performing a specific diagnostic.

A collection of ported namelists is available in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> $HOME/NorESMValTool/mods/namelist</span>. Path information to observational and simulation data is hardcoded in the namelists and need to be edited in order to apply ESMValTool on new simulation output.

More namelists provided by the official ESMValTool repository are available in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> $HOME/NorESMValTool/tools/ESMValTool/nml</span>.

These namelists cannot be readily used with the ESMValTool on Norstore/Nird but have to be ported first. The specifications of observational and model data in the namelists have to be adapted to the data available in the system. We recommend to first copy the namelist to <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> $HOME/NorESMValTool/mods/namelist</span> and edit it there.

Note that in many cases new input data has to be made available first.

Launching ESMValTool

Change directory to <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> $HOME/NorESMValTool/tools/ESMValTool</span>.

Execute <br><span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> ./main.py <path to input namelist> </span><br> e.g. <br><span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> ./main.py ../../mods/namelists/namelist_SouthernOcean_norstore.xml </span>

NOTE: ESMValTool requires NCL version 6.4. To make this version available, add following lines to your ~/.bash_profile and log out and in again <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> <br>export NCARG_ROOT=/opt/ncl64 <br>export PATH=/opt/ncl64/bin/:${PATH} </span>

Running ESMValTool (through esmval-wrapper)

Syntax

<span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> $HOME/NorESMValTool/scripts/esmval <span style="color:blue">cmor folder</span> <span style="color:green;font-family:monospace">ESMValTool namelist</span> </span>

Example

<span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> $HOME/NorESMValTool/scripts/esmval <span style="color:blue">$HOME/NorESMValTool/data/cmor/N20TRAERCN_f19_g16_01.2000-2000</span> <span style="color:green">$HOME/NorESMValTool/mods/namelist/namelist_MyDiag.xml</span></span>

How it works

The <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">esmval</span> script replaces <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">MODELTAG</span> with the path to the cmorized output in the customised ESMValTool namelist that has been selected (e.g., <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/mods/namelists/namelist_MyDiag.xml</span>).

It then calls ESMValTool main script <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">main.py</span> with updated namelist as argument.

NOTE: If called outside of wrapper script, <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">main.py</span> requires the modules python2/2.7 and ncl on Norstore and must be run from <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/tools/ESMValTool</span>

Output location

Plots are stored in home directory in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/plots/</span>

Regridded input data and derived climatologies are stored in project area in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">/norstore_osl/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/data</span>

Installing additional input data

Before starting

Run <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">"umask u=rxw,g=rxw,o=rx"</span>. This will ensure that newly created folders and files can be modified by members of the NorESM project.

If you do not already have a personal ESGF account, then create one at e.g. https://esgf-data.dkrz.de (Safari does not work properly, while Firefox just works fine) and sign up for the group CMIP5_Research.

CMIP5 model output

Where to store

Additional CMIP5 model output should be stored in $HOME/NorESMValTool/data/model/CMIP5 (which is a symbolic link to the project folder /projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/data/model/CMIP5). Each model has its own sub-folder that matches the models acronym.

Step 1: generate download script

Modify the variable entry in this template and then paste everything into the address field of your browser:

http://esgf-data.dkrz.de/esg-search/wget?
download_structure=realm,experiment,variable,time_frequency,model,ensemble
&project=CMIP5
&experiment=historical
&time_frequency=mon
&variable=ua
&limit=10000
&distrib=true
&replica=true

The browser will generate a wget-script and try to store it on your local computer. This particular example will prepare a download script for monthly ua output of all available models for the CMIP5 historical experiment.

Alternatively, one can use the ESGF portal functionality to generate the download script.

Step 2: copy download script to Norstore/Nird and start download

Use the scp command to copy the wget-script into <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">login.nird.sigma2.no:/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/data/model/CMIP5/download/</span>.

Log on to login.nird.sigma2.no and cd to <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/data/model/CMIP5/download/</span>.

Fix execution permission of wget script with “chmod +x wget*”. Run command <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">"umask u=rxw,g=rxw,o=rx"</span>, which will ensure that the permissions of the downloaded data will be correct.

Execute wget-script with “-n” (i.e. dummy download option) option to update certificates to ~/.esg/ directory. The script will then prompt for your ESGF OpenID and password. Once done, you will be able to run the download script without prompts for username/password.

Run download script in background with “nohup wget-XXX.sh >& wget-XXX.log &” (replace XXX to match the name of your download script).

Step 3: move download output files

Use the mv command to move the output of model YYY to folder <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/data/model/CMIP5/YYY</span> (replace YYY with actual model name).

Step 4: document downloaded output on wiki page

At the bottom of this page are three tables that list the ESMValTool input data that is available on NorStore. Always update these tables after installing new model/observation data.

Observation data

Detailed instructions for the installation of observational data are provided in section 6.2.2 of the ESMValTool user guide.

Observational products that are served through the Earth System Grid (use Firefox if Safari does not work) via the projects obs4mips and ana4mips follow the CMIP format standard and can be readily downloaded to sub-folders in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/data/obs</span>. In principal, the download scripts can be generated in the same manner as for the model output (see previous section), with the one difference that the project specifier “CMIP5” has to be changed to “obs4mips” or “ana4mips”. Alternatively, one can use the ESGF portal functionality to generate the download script.

Observational products that do not follow the CMIP standard should instead be stored in sub-folders in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/data/rawobs</span>. In the next step, the dataset has to be reformatted using the corresponding conversion script (one for each dataset) in <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/tools/ESMValTool/reformat_scripts/obs</span>.

The reformat scripts provided by ESMValTool are sometimes outdated and do not always work out of the box. Hence it is likely that minor modifications are required to make them working.

Next, change directory to <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">$HOME/NorESMValTool/tools/ESMValTool/</span> and execute <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%"> "python main.py reformat_scripts/obs/script.ncl"</span>, where <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">script.ncl</span> should be replaced with the name of the reformatting script.

Make sure to run <span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">"umask u=rxw,g=rxw,o=rx"</span> before downloading and reformatting.

Always update the tables at the bottom of the wiki page after installing new observation data.

NIRD compatible namelists

A number of namelists that reproduce a selection of figures from the GMD paper (Eyring et al. 2016) have been ported to NIRD and are 'ready to run'. These namelists, with corresponding GMD figures, can be found in the table below. Some of the namelists also produce additional figures related to the GMD figures - these are listed under “By-products” in the table below. The NIRD compatible namelists are all labeled *_norstore.xml, and can be found in

<span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:125%">/nird/home/kristiani/NorESMValTool/mods/namelists/</span>

See above under “Running ESMValTool” for launching instructions.

GMD figure	Namelist	By-products	Notes
Figure 2	namelist_perfmetrics_CMIP5_norstore.xml
Figure 3	namelist_perfmetrics_CMIP5_fig3_norstore.xml	tas: annual climatologies, indiviual models - reference
Figure 4	namelist_flato13ipcc_norstore.xml
Figure 5	namelist_SAMonsoon_norstore.xml	Mean intensity, global mean
Figure 6	namelist_SAMonsoon_norstore.xml
Figure 7	namelist_WAMonsoon_norstore.xml
Figure 8	namelist_CVDP_fig8_norstore.xml	PDO timeseries
Figure 9	namelist_CVDP_fig9_norstore.xml
Figure 11	namelist_DiurnalCycle_box_pr_norstore.xml
Figure 12	namelist_flato13ipcc_norstore.xml
Figure 13	namelist_williams09climdyn_CREM_norstore.xml
Figure 14	namelist_SouthernOcean_norstore.xml	Models and observations individually	Figures 14 (d) and (e) need model output (but should work)
Figure 15	namelist_SouthernHemisphere_norstore.xml	Same figure for rlds, rlut, rsut and surface latent/sensible heat fluxes	Install 'basemap' and 'pyproj' python modules
Figure 16	namelist_TropicalVariability_norstore.xml	Same figure for Atlantic and Indian ocean, scatter plots for individual models
Figure 17	namelist_SeaIce_norstore.xml	Sea ice area
Figure 18	namelist_Evapotranspiration_norstore.xml	Individual model mean (all months individually)
Figure 19	namelist_runoff_et_norstore.xml	Bias of ET, bias of ET coefficient, bias of precip, bias of runoff	Install 'cdo-1.3.0' python module (does not work with latest version!)
Figure 22	namelist_GlobalOcean_norstore.xml	mean, mean-diff, stddev-diff
Figure 24	namelist_righi15gmd_tropo3_norstore.xml	Individual models - AURA-MLS-OMI, Trop. Col. Ozone annual cycle (individual models)
Figure 25	namelist_eyring13jgr_norstore.xml
Figure 26a	namelist_wensel14jgr_norstore.xml	Figure 1, 2a, 2b, 3 and 4 from Wenzel et al. 2014
Other figures	Namelist	Notes
Aerosol optical depth (maps and scatter plots)	namelist_aerosol_CMIP5_norstore.xml
Near surface temperature trend	namelist_CVDP_tas_trend_norstore.xml

Resources

login.nird.sigma2.no:/projects/NS2345K/NorESMValTool/README

login.nird.sigma2.no:/projects/NS2345K/noresm2cmor/README

ESMValTool home page: www.esmvaltool.org

ESMValTool user guide: https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/raw/master/doc/ESMValTool_Users_Guide.pdf

GMD paper (Eyring et al. 2016): www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/1747/2016

ESMValTool setup for NorESM (10 May 2017) - Ingo Bethke

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Available data on NorStore

A detailed description of all supported datasets is presented in table S9 in section 6.6.2 (page 28) of the ESMValTool user guide.

Observation product	Variables (on Norstore)
ACCESS
ACCESS-2
AERONET	od550aer
AIRS	hus, ta
Asmi11
AURA-MLS-OMI	tropoz
AURA-TES	tro3
BDBP
CARSNET
CASTNET	sconcso4, sconcno3, sconcnh4, sconcna, sconccl
CERES	rlds, rlut, rlutcs, rsds, rsus, rsuscs, rsut, rsutcs
CFSR
CIRRUS
CLARA-A2
CloudSat
CMAP	pr
CONCERT
CR_AVE
CRU	pr, tas
DC3
Dong08-ARGO	mlotst
EANET
EMEP	sconcnh4, sconccl, sconcno3, sconcpm10, sconcpm2p5, sconcna, sconcso4
Emmons
ERA-40
ERA-Interim	psl, clivi, clwvi, evspsbl, hfds, hfls, hfss, pr, ps, rlns, rsns, sftlf, tas, wfpe, hus, ta, ua, va, zg, tauu, tauv, tos
ERA-Interim-fluxes
ESACCI-AEROSOL	abs550aer, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer
ESACCI-CLOUD	clt, cltStderr
ESACCI-GHG	xco2
ESACCI-LANDCOVER
ESACCI-OZONE	toz, tozStderr
ESACCI-SIC	sic, sicStderr
ESACCI-SOILMOISTURE
ESACCI-SST	ts, tsStderr
ESRL	co2
ETH-SOM-FFN	spco2
GCP	co2flux
GLOBALVIEW	vmrco_alt, vmrco_asc, vmrco_ask, vmrco_azr, vmrco_bkt, vmrco_bme, vmrco_bmw, vmrco_brw, vmrco_bsc, vmrco_cba, vmrco_cgo, vmrco_chr, vmrco_cmo, vmrco_eic, vmrco_gmi, vmrco_goz, vmrco_hba, vmrco_hpb, vmrco_hun, vmrco_ice, vmrco_itn, vmrco_izo, vmrco_key, vmrco_kum, vmrco_kzd, vmrco_kzm, vmrco_lef, vmrco_mbc, vmrco_mhd, vmrco_mid, vmrco_mkn, vmrco_mlo, vmrco_nwr, vmrco_pal, vmrco_psa, vmrco_pta, vmrco_rpb, vmrco_sey, vmrco_shm, vmrco_smo, vmrco_spo, vmrco_stm, vmrco_sum, vmrco_syo, vmrco_tap, vmrco_tdf, vmrco_thd, vmrco_uta, vmrco_uum, vmrco_wis, vmrco_wlg, vmrco_zep
GPCC	pr
GPCP-1DD	pr
GPCP-SG	pr
GTO-ECV
HadCRUT	tas
HadISST	ts, sic
HALOE	vmrh2o
HIPPO
HWSD
IFS-Cy31r2
IMPROVE
INCA
ISCCP
ISCPP-FD-SRF
JMA-TRANSCOM
LACE
LAI3g
LandFlux-EVAL	et, et-sd
MERRA	pr
MISR	od550aer, od550aerNobs, od550aerStdv
MSL
MODIS-CFMIP
MODIS_L3_C6	clivi, clt, clwvi, od550aer
MTE
NCEP	clt, hus, pr, rlut, ta, tas, ua, va, zg
NDP
NIWA	toz
NOA interpolated OLD
NSDIC	sic
PATMOS
Putaud
SALTRACE
SeaWIFS	chl
SOCAT	spco2
SRB
SSMI-MERIS
takahashi14	talk
TC4
TES
Texas
Tilmes
TOMS
TRMM-3B42	pr
TRMM-L3	pr
UCN-Pacific
UWisc
WHOI-OAFlux	hfls, hfss, huss, sfcWind, ts
WOA09	so, to, sos, tos
woa2005	o2
CMIP5 models	Variables (on Norstore)
ACCESS1-0	clt, hus, od550aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
ACCESS1-3	clt, hus, od550aer, od970aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
bcc-csm1-1	clt, hus, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
bcc-csm1-1-m	clt, hus, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
BNU-ESM	hus, od550aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, spco2, ta, tas, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
CanAM4	albisccp, cltisccp, pctisccp, pr, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, snc, sic
CanCM4	pr, rlut, ta, tas, ua, va, zg
CanESM2	clt, fgco2, hfls, hus, mstfmyz, nbp, pr, ps, rlds, rlut, rlutcs, rsds, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts ua, va, zg
CCSM4	clt, hus, mstfmyz, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
CESM1-BGC	clt, fgco2, hus, nbp, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, va, ua, zg
CESM1-CAM5	clt, hus, mstfmyz, od550aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
CESM1-FASTCHEM	hus, mstfmyz, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, ta, tas, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
CESM1-WACCM	clt, hus, msftmyz, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, ta, tas, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
CMCC-CM	clt, hus, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
CMCC-CMS	clt, hus, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
CMCC-CESM	hus, pr, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, ta, tas, ua, va, zg
CNRM-CM5	albisccp, clt, cltisccp, hfls, hus, mstfmyz, pctisccp, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, snc, ta, tas, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
CSIRO-Mk3-6-0	abs550aer, clt, hfls, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
EC-EARTH	hfls, hus, pr, rlut, sftlf, sic, ta, tas, ts, ua, va, zg
FGOALS-g2	clt, hus, msftmyz, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
FIO-ESM	clt, hus, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
GFDL-CM3	abs550aer, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tro3, ua, va, zg
GFDL-ESM2G	abs550aer, clt, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
GFDL-ESM2M	abs550aer, clt, fgco2, hfls, hus, nbp, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, spco2, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
GFDL-HIRAM-C180	pr
GISS-E2-H	abs550aer, clt, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
GISS-E2-H-CC	clt, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, tas, tos, ts
GISS-E2-R	abs550aer, clt, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
GISS-E2-R-CC	clt, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, tos, tas, ts
HadCM3	abs550aer, clt, pr, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
HadGEM2-A	pr
HadGEM2-AO	clt, hus, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
HadGEM2-CC	clt, hus, od550aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
HadGEM2-ES	clt, fgco2, hfls, hus, nbp, od550aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, spco2, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
inmcm4	clt, hus, mstfmyz, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, spco2, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
IPSL-CM5A-LR	abs550aer, clt, fgco2, hfls, hus, nbp, od550aer, od550lt1aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
IPSL-CM5A-MR	abs550aer, clt, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
IPSL-CM5B-LR	abs550aer, clt, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
MIROC4h	hus, od550aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, ta, tas, tro3, ua, va, zg
MIROC5	abs550aer, albisccp, clt, cltisccp, hfls, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pctisccp, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, snc, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
MIROC-ESM	abs550aer, clt, fgco2, hus, nbp, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
MIROC-ESM-CHEM	abs550aer, clt, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tro3, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
MPI-ESM-LR	albisccp, clt, cltisccp, fgco2, hfls, hus, mstfmyz, nbp, pctisccp, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, snc, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
MPI-ESM-MR	clt, hus, msftmyz, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tos, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
MPI-ESM-P	hus, msftmyz, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, ta, tas, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
MRI-CGCM3	abs550aer, albisccp, clt, cltisccp, hus, od550aer, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pctisccp, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, snc, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
MRI-ESM1	abs550aer, clt, hus, od550lt1aer, od870aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sic, ta, tas, tro3, ts, ua, va, zg
NorESM1-M	abs550aer, clt, evspsbl, hfls, hus, mlotst, mrro, msftmyz, nbp, od550aer, pr, ps, rlds, rlut, rlutcs, rsds, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, sos, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg
NorESM1-ME	abs550aer, clt, fgco2, hfls, hus, mstfmyz, nbp, od550aer, pr, ps, rlut, rlutcs, rsut, rsutcs, sftlf, sic, spco2, ta, tas, tos, ts, ua, va, zg

A list of supported variables with explanation is presented in table S8 in section 3.3 (page 17) of the ESMValTool user guide.

Variables	Observation products (on Norstore)	CMIP5 models (on Norstore)
abs550aer	ESACCI-AEROSOL	CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
albisccp	CanAM4
baresoilFrac
chl	SeaWIFS
clivi	ERA-Interim, MODIS_L3_C6
cl
clt	ESACCI-CLOUD, MODIS_L3_C6, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M NorESM1-ME
cltisccp	CanAM4
cltStderr	ESACCI-CLOUD
clwvi	ERA-Interim
co2	ESRL
co2flux	GCP
conccnd10
conccnd5
conccnmode
conccnSTPd120
conccnSTPd14
conccnSTPd3
conccnSTPd5
conccnSTPmode
cropFrac
cSoil
cumnbp
cVeg
diamcnmode
dos
dosStderr
et	LandFlux-EVAL
et-sd	LandFlux-EVAL
evspsbl	ERA-Interim	NorESM1-M
fgco2	CanESM2, CESM1-BGC, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, MIROC-ESM, MPI-ESM-LR, NorESM1-ME
grassFrac
grassNcropFrac
gpp
hfds	ERA-Interim
hfls	ERA-Interim, WHOI-OAFlux	CanESM2, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, MIROC5, MPI-ESM-LR, Nor-ESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
hfss	ERA-Interim, WHOI-OAFlux
hus	AIRS, ERA-Interim, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
huss	WHOI-OAFlux
intpp
ita
iwpStderr
lai
LW_CRE
lwp
lwpStderr
mlotst	Dong08-ARGO	NorESM1-M
mmraer
mmrbcfree
mmrbc
mrro	NorESM1-M
mrso
msftmyz	CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CNRM-CM5, FGOALS-g2, inmcm4, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
MyVar
nbp	CanESM2, CESM1-BGC, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, MIROC-ESM, MPI-ESM-LR, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
NET_CRE
o2	woa2005
o2_onelev
od550aer	AERONET, ESACCI-AEROSOL, MISR, MODIS_L3_C6	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, BNU-ESM, CESM1-CAM5, CSIRO-Mk3-5-0, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
od550aerNobs	MISR
od550aerStderr
od550aerStdv	MISR
od550lt1aer	ESACCI-AEROSOL	CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1
od870aer	ESACCI-AEROSOL	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1
pastureFrac
pctisccp	CanAM4
pr-mmday
pr-mmh
pr	CMAP, CRU, ERA-Interim, GPCC, GPCP-1DD, GPCP-SG, MERRA, NCEP, TRMM-3B42	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GFDL-HIRAM-C180, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
prStderr
prw
prwStderr
ps	ERA-Interim	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
psl	ERA-Interim
rldscs
rlds	CERES	CanESM2, NorESM1-M
rlns	ERA-Interim
rlus
rlutcs	CERES	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanAM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
rlut	CERES, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanAM4, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
rsdscs
rsds	CERES	CanESM2, NorESM1-M
rsns	ERA-Interim
rsuscs	CERES
rsus	CERES
rsutcs	CERES	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanAM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
rsut	CERES	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanAM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
sconcbc
sconccl	CASTNET, EMEP
sconcna	CASTNET, EMEP
sconcnh4	CASTNET, EMEP
sconcno3	CASTNET, EMEP
sconcoa
sconcpm10	EMEP
sconcpm2p5	EMEP
sconcso4	CASTNET, EMEP
sfcWind	WHOI-OAFlux
sftlf	ERA-Interim	CanESM2, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, MIROC5, MPI-ESM-LR, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
shrubFrac
shrubNtreeFrac
sic	ESACCI-SIC, HadISST, NSIDC	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanAM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
sicStderr	ESACCI-SIC
sit
sm
smStderr
snc	CanAM4
snd
snw
so	WOA09
sos	WOA09	NorESM1-M
spco2	ETH-SOM-FFN, SOCAT	BNU-ESM, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, NorESM1-ME
SW_CRE
talk	takahashi14
ta	AIRS, ERA-Interim, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
tas	CRU, ERA-Interim, HadCRUT, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
tauu	ERA-Interim
tauv	ERA-Interim
tauw
theta-850
theta
to	WOA09
tos	ERA-Interim, WOA09	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, GFOALS-g2, GFDL-ESM2G, GISS-E2H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MRI-CGCM3, NorESM1-M
total_column
toz	ESACCI-AEROSOL, NIWA
tozStderr	ESACCI-AEROSOL
treeFrac
tro3	AURA-TES	bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU_ESM, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, FGAOLS-g2, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-ESM1
tro3_NHext
tro3prof
tro3_SHext
tro3_Trop
tropospheric_column
tropoz	AURA-MLS-OMI
ts	ESACCI-SST, HadISST, WHOI-OAFlux	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-H-CC, GISS-E2-R, GISS-E2-R-CC, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
tsStderr	ESACCI-SST
ua-1000
ua-200-850
ua-200
ua-700
ua-850
ua-925
ua	ERA-Interim, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1 NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
uo
va-200-850
va-200
va-700
va-850
va-925
va	ERA-Interim, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1, NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME
vmrc2h4
vmrc2h6
vmrc3h6
vmrc3h8
vmrch3coch3
vmrco_alt
vmrco_azr
vmrco_chr
vmrco_eic
vmrco_gmi
vmrco_hpb
vmrco_lef
vmrco_mlo
vmrco
vmrco_nwr
vmrh2o	HALOE
vmrnox
vo
wfpe	ERA-Interim
xco2	ESACCI-GHG
xco2Stderr
zg	ERA-Interim, NCEP	ACCESS1-0, ACCESS1-3, bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanCM4, CanESM2, CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, CESM1-CAM5, CESM1-FASTCHEM, CESM1-WACCM, CMCC-CESM, CMCC-CM, CMCC-CMS, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, EC-EARTH, FGOALS-g2, FIO-ESM, GFDL-CM3, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, GISS-E2-H, GISS-E2-R, HadCM3, HadGEM2-AO, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC4h, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MPI-ESM-LR, MPI-ESM-MR, MPI-ESM-P, MRI-CGCM3, MRI-ESM1 NorESM1-M, NorESM1-ME