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Appendix 1: Fields available from GEMS reanalysis for 2003-2009

The fields as listed in A1.1 to A1.5 below are available for analyses at 00UTC, 06UTC, 12UTC and 18UTC each day, from 1 January 2003 to 30 April 2009. Forecast fields are available for 3, 6, 9 and 12h ahead from 00UTC and 12UTC start times for model levels, pressure levels and the surface fields, as listed in A1.1, A1.2 and A1.6. A1.6 contains fields additional to those listed in A1.5 as some information is available only for the forecasts. Some forecast fields are also available from 06UTC and 18UTC, but are not specified here.

A1.1 Fields available for model levels

The following variables are available on each of the model’s 60 levels:

Aerosol large mode mixing ratio, Aerosol type 1 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 2 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 3 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 4 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 5 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 6 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 7 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 8 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 9 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 10 mixing ratio, Aerosol type 11 mixing ratio, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Cloud cover, Cloud ice water content, Cloud liquid water content, Divergence, Formaldehyde, GMES Ozone, Geopotential, Methane, Methane loss rate due to radical hydroxyl (OH), Nitrogen Oxides, Ozone, Specific humidity, Sulphur dioxide, Temperature, Vertical velocity and Vorticity (relative).

The logarithm of surface pressure, a primary model variable needed to calculate the pressure of a model level, is also archived.

A1.2 Fields available for levels of constant pressure

The following variables are available on levels of constant pressure:

Divergence, Geopotential, Potential vorticity, Relative humidity, Specific humidity, Temperature, Vertical velocity and Vorticity (relative).

The pressure levels (in hPa) are 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100 to 300 by 50, 400 to 800 by 100, 850, 900, 925, 950 and 1000.

A1.3 Fields available for levels of constant potential temperature

The following variables are available on levels of constant pressure:

Carbon Dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Divergence, Formaldehyde, GMES Ozone, Methane, Montgomery potential, Nitrogen Oxides, Ozone, Potential vorticity, Pressure, Specific humidity, Sulphur dioxide and Vorticity (relative).

The potential temperature levels (in K) are 265, 275, 285, 300, 315, 330, 350, 370, 395, 430, 475, 530, 600, 700 and 850.

A1.4 Fields available for a level of constant potential vorticity

The following analysis variables are available at the level where the modulus of the potential vorticity has the value 2x10-6 m2 Ks-1 kg-1:

Carbon Dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Formaldehyde, GMES Ozone, Geopotential, Methane, Nitrogen Oxides, Ozone, Potential temperature, Pressure, Specific humidity, Sulphur dioxide, U velocity and V velocity.

A1.5 Surface fields available from analyses

The following surface, near-surface and other single-level fields are available for the analyses:

10 metre U wind component, 10 metre V wind component, 2 metre dewpoint temperature, 2 metre temperature, Aerosol type 1 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 2 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 3 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 4 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 5 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 6 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 7 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 8 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 9 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 10 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 11 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 12 sink/loss accumulated, Albedo, Angle of sub-gridscale orography, Anisotropy of sub-gridscale orography, Anthropogenic emissions of Carbon Dioxide, Budget values, Dust emission potential, GMES Total column ozone, Geopotential, High cloud cover, High vegetation cover, Ice surface temperature layer 1, Ice surface temperature layer 2, Ice surface temperature layer 3, Ice surface temperature layer 4, Land-sea mask, Lifting threshold speed, Logarithm of surface roughness length for heat, Low cloud cover, Low vegetation cover, Mean sea level pressure, Medium cloud cover, Methane Surface Fluxes, Natural biosphere flux of Carbon Dioxide, Near IR albedo for diffuse radiation, Near IR albedo for direct radiation, Ocean flux of Carbon Dioxide, Sea surface temperature, Sea-ice cover, Skin reservoir content, Skin temperature, Slope of sub-gridscale orography, Snow albedo, Snow density, Snow depth, Soil clay content, Soil temperature level 1, Soil temperature level 2, Soil temperature level 3, Soil temperature level 4, Soil type, Standard deviation of filtered subgrid orography, Standard deviation of orography, Surface roughness, Temperature of snow layer, Total Column Nitrogen Oxides, Total cloud cover, Total column Carbon Dioxide, Total column Carbon monoxide, Total column Formaldehyde, Total column Methane, Total column Sulphur dioxide, Total column ozone, Total column water, Total column water vapour, Type of high vegetation, Type of low vegetation, UV visible albedo for diffuse radiation, UV visible albedo for direct radiation, Volumetric soil water layer 1, Volumetric soil water layer 2, Volumetric soil water layer 3, Volumetric soil water layer 4, Wildfire flux of Carbon Dioxide and Wildfire flux of Methane.

A1.6 Surface fields available from forecasts

The following surface, near-surface and other single-level fields are available from the 00UTC and 12UTC forecasts:

10 metre U wind component, 10 metre V wind component, 10 metre wind gust, 2 metre dewpoint temperature, 2 metre temperature, Aerosol type 1 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 2 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 3 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 4 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 5 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 6 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 7 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 8 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 9 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 10 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 11 sink/loss accumulated, Aerosol type 12 sink/loss accumulated, Anthropogenic emissions of Carbon Dioxide, Boundary layer dissipation, Boundary layer height, Convective available potential energy, Convective precipitation, Downward UV radiation at the surface, Dust emission potential, East-West surface stress, Evaporation, Forecast albedo, Forecast logarithm of surface roughness for heat, Forecast surface roughness, GMES Total column ozone, Geopotential, Gravity wave dissipation, High cloud cover, Ice surface temperature layer 1, Ice surface temperature layer 2, Ice surface temperature layer 3, Ice surface temperature layer 4, Land-sea mask, Large-scale precipitation fraction, Latitudinal component of gravity wave stress, Lifting threshold speed, Low cloud cover, Maximum temperature at 2 metres since previous post-processing, Mean sea level pressure, Medium cloud cover, Meridional component of gravity wave stress, Methane Surface Fluxes, Minimum temperature at 2 metres since previous post-processing, Natural biosphere flux of Carbon Dioxide, North-South surface stress, Ocean flux of Carbon Dioxide, Photosynthetically active radiation at the surface, Runoff, Sea surface temperature, Sea-ice cover, Skin reservoir content, Skin temperature, Snow albedo, Snow density, Snow depth, Snow evaporation, Snowfall, Snowmelt, Soil clay content, Soil temperature level 1, Soil temperature level 2, Soil temperature level 3, Soil temperature level 4, Stratiform precipitation (Large-scale precipitation), Sunshine duration, Surface latent heat flux, Surface net solar radiation, clear sky, Surface net thermal radiation, clear sky, Surface sensible heat flux, Surface solar radiation, Surface solar radiation downwards, Surface thermal radiation, Surface thermal radiation downwards, Temperature of snow layer, Top net solar radiation, clear sky, Top net thermal radiation, clear sky, Top solar radiation, Top thermal radiation, Total Column Nitrogen Oxides, Total cloud cover, Total column Carbon Dioxide, Total column Carbon monoxide, Total column Formaldehyde, Total column Methane, Total column Sulphur dioxide, Total column ice water, Total column liquid water, Total column ozone, Total column water, Total column water vapour, Volumetric soil water layer 1, Volumetric soil water layer 2, Volumetric soil water layer 3, Volumetric soil water layer 4, Wildfire flux of Carbon Dioxide, Wildfire flux of Methane