Var#      Var name	Units	Notes   
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 #1      TEMP 		C	Temp at each gridpoint.
 #2      U_VEL 	  	m/s	E/W component of velocity, + to East
 #3      V_VEL 	  	m/s	N/S component of velocity, + to North
 #4      W_VEL 	  	m/s	Vert. component of velocity, + up
 #5      DIV 	  	m/s	Layer divergence
 #6      US_C 	        m**2/s	Total E/W component of transport (including GM)
 #7      VS_C	   	m**2/s	Total N/S component of transport (including GM)
 #8      WS_VEL 	m/s	Vertical velocity (including GM correction)  
 #9      SALT 	  	psu	Salinity at each grid point.
 #10     DENS 	  	kg/m**3	Density at each grid point.
 #11     PDENS 	  	kg/m**3	Potential density 
 #12     PGF_X 	  	m/s**2  Pressure gradient in E/W direction
 #13     PGF_Y 	 	m/s**2  Pressure gradient in N/S direction
 #14     D_MEAN   	kg/m**3	Time mean density
 #15     T_MEAN   	C	Time mean temp.
 #16     U_MEAN   	m/s	Time mean eastward velocity
 #17     V_MEAN   	m/s	Time mean northward velocity 
 #18     W_MEAN   	m/s	Time mean upward velocity 
 #19     S_MEAN   	psu	Time mean salinity
 #20     DENS_MEAN   	kg/m**3	Time mean density
 #21     HFLX 	  	w/m**2	Total heat flux [ocean-ice and ocean-atm]
 #22     SOLAR_qisw 	w/m**2	Incoming short wave radiation, [cloud (not albedo) corrected], negative down 
 #23     LATENT_rlh 	w/m**2	Latent heat flux, positive up, [ocean-atm]
 #24     SENSIBLE_sh 	w/m**2	Sensible heat flux, positive up, [ocean-atm]
 #25     LONGWAVE_qlw	w/m**2	Longwave rad. flux, positive up, [ocean-atm]
 #26     DEFICIT		obsolete
 #27     CLDFR		decimal	Fraction of sky covered by cloud. 
 #28     WNSP_wspd	m/s	Absolute wind speed (scalar). 
 #29     UWND_u		m/s	Eastward (westerly) wind component.
 #30     VWND_v		m/s	Northward (southerly) wind component. 
 #31     SST 		C	Sea surface temp, in celcius.
 #32     SFLX		m/s	Total fresh water flux, sum of evap, precip and ice melt (neg. ==> freezing)
 #33     SSS		psu	Sea surface salinity.
 #34     PBLHUM_qa 	kg/kg	Specific humidity from the PBL model.
 #35     PBLTEM_th 	[K]	Air temp. from the PBL model.
 #36     AIRHUM_q 	kg/kg	Observed humidity [data]
 #37     AIRTEM_t 	[K]	Observed air temperature [data]
 #38     CICE		decimal	Fraction of grid box covered by ice. 
 #39     HICE		m	Thickness of ice cover. 
 #40     THICE		m*K	Heat content of the ice: meters*(tfreeze-tice) 
 #41     QIOS		w/m**2	Heat flux [ocean-ice] (positive up).
 #42     BRNE		m/s	Fresh water flux melt/freeze [ocean-ice]
 #43     QSW 		w/m**2	Shortwave rad. flux at the snow (aka ice) surface: negative down.
 #44     PPI		m/s 	Precipitation data [atm-ocean and atm-ice]
 #45     PP		m/s	Precipitation only over water   [atm-ocean]
 #46     TSNW		K	Snow temp: tfreeze-tsnow, in kelvins.	 
 #47     RH 		decimal PBL relative humidity
 #48     RLHI		w/m**2	Latent heat flux [ice-atm, i.e.,not leads]. pos=up
 #49     SHI		w/m**2	Sensible heat flux [ice-atm]. pos=up
 #50     QLWI		w/m**2	Longwave rad. flux [ice-atm]. pos=up
 #51     QSWI		w/m**2	Shortwave rad. flux [ice-atm]. neg=down
 #52     CONVN		kg/m**2	Strength of convection (change in potential energy)
 #53     ENRG 	      m**3/s**2	Kinetic energy, layer by layer and total
 #54     SEALEV		m	Obsolete
 #55     RI			Richardson number (non-dimensional)
 #56     FOH 		1/sm	f (coriolis) over H (total water column thickness): planetary vorticity.
 #57     TOTAL_DEPTH 	m	Bathymetry, as seen by model
 #58     RELAX 		1/s     Time scale for 2-d surface sponge (x,y)
 #59     SPONGE		1/s	Time scale for 3-d sponges (x,y,z)
 #60     PSI 		m**3/s	Barotropic stream function
 #61     U_BAR		m/s	Barotropic E/W component of velocity
 #62     V_BAR		m/s	Barotropic N/S component of velocity
 #63     DDIV		m/s     Layer divergence correction
 #64     TAUX	   dynes/cm**2	X component of the wind stress at the sea (or ice) surface.
 #64     TAUY	   dynes/cm**2	Y component of the wind stress at the sea (or ice) surface.
 #66     Z_VALUES	m	Midlayer depth,z, of each layer (surface=0)
 #67     H_VALUES 	m   	Layer depths
 #68     V_MOSF		m**3/s	Zonally integrated meridional transport
 #69     MOSF		m**3/s	Meridional overturning stream function