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The ?ECOMS UDG provides a homogeneous access (through a single controlled vocabulary) to the different available datasets?. However, only a reduced number of variables required by the different ECOMS activities (impact applications and downscaling studies) is provided by the portal. The following list of variables has been identified (and is periodically updated) according to the user's needs, receiving feedback from EUPORIAS WP22 (climate information indices, CIIs), WP23 (impact models), WP21 (calibration and downscaling) and SPECS WP61 (pilot applications) and WP52 (calibration and downscaling). See the section on the assessment of user's needs for more details.

The following labels are used in the table below (Available: The variable is available and ready to use through the ECOMS UDG; e: The variable exists in the original dataset; P: The variable exists in the original dataset and it is planned to incorporate it to the UDG; blanks indicate lack of data).

Note that the short names shown in boldface correspond to standard variables according to the ?NetCDF Climate and Forecast Metadata Convention and to the naming convention within SPECS.

Availability for the following datasets:
short name Variable description Frequency Aggregation ?System4 seasonal_15 ?System4 seasonal_51 ?System4 annual_15 ?CFSv2 seasonal_16 ?SPECS-ESGF
tasNear-surface air temperatureDailymean Available Available Available e
Monthlymean e e e e
tasmaxMaximum surface (2m) temperatureDailymaximum Available Available Available Available e
tasminMinimum surface (2m) temperatureDailyminimum Available Available Available Available e
tpTotal precipitation amountDailyaccumulated Available Available Available Available e
Monthlyaccumulated e e e e e
Daily12 UTC (1) e e
pslAir pressure at sea levelDailymean Available Available e Available e
psSurface air pressure Dailymean e
Monthlymean e
sstSea surface temperatureDailymean e e e
uasU-component wind speed (at 10m) Dailymean e e e e e
vasV-component wind speed (at 10m) Dailymean e e e e e
wspWind speed (at 10m) Dailymean e e e e
Monthlymean e e e e
wspmaxWind speed (at 10m) Dailymaximum e e e e
wgustWind gust Dailymaximum e e
tdpsDew point temperature Dailymean e e e
mrsoTotal soil moisture content Dailymean e e
hussSurface (2m) specific humidity Dailymean e
rsdsSW radiation incident at the surfaceDailymean e e e e
rldsLW radiation downward surfaceDailymean e e e e
mrrosSurface runoff fluxDailyaccumulated e e e
mrroRunoff flux Monthlymean e e e
ssroSub-surface runoff rateDailymean e e
prsnSnowfall flux Dailymean e e e
wcslWater Content of Soil Layer Dailymean e e
Monthlymean e e
z850Geopotential 850mb Dailymean e e e e
z925Geopotential 925mb Dailymean e e
ua850850mb eastward windDailymean e e e e
va850850mb northward windDailymean e e e e
ua925925mb eastward windDailymean e e e
va925925mb northward windDailymean e e e
zg700Geopotential height at 700hPa Daily12 UTC e e e e
zg1000Geopotential height at 1000hPa Daily12 UTC e e e

(1) Accumulated in the previous 24h