Since I get many questions on what's contained in FOAM output, here's a list of all the variables contained in the standard atmosphere, coupler, and ocean output files.
| Atmosphere Output | | ALB | Albedo |
| ALBCLR | Clear sky albedo |
| CLDHGH | Vertically-integrated, random overlap, total cloud amount |
| CLDLOW | Vertically-integrated, random overlap, low cloud amount |
| CLDMED | Vertically-integrated, random overlap, mid-level cloud amount |
| CLDTOT | Vertically-integraed, random overlap, total cloud amount |
| CLOUD | Cloud fraction |
| CMFDQ | Q tendency - moist convetsion |
| CMFDT | T tendency-moist convection |
| CMFMC | Moist convection mass flux |
| CNVCLD | Random overlap total convective cloud amount |
| DC01 | convective adjustment tendency |
| DTCOND | T tendency - convective adjustment |
| DTH | T horizontal diffusive heating |
| DTV | T vertical diffusion |
| FLNS | Net longwave flux at surface |
| FLNSC | Clearsky net longwave flux at surface |
| FLNT | Net longwave flux at top |
| FLNTC | Clearsky net longwave flux at top |
| FLUT | Top of Atmosphere Outgoing Longwave Flux |
| FLUTC | Clearsky Top of Atmosphere Outgoing Longwave Flux |
| FSDS | Flux Shortwave Downwelling at Surface |
| FSDSC | Clearsky Flux Shortwave Downwelling at Surface |
| FSNS | Net solar flux at surface |
| FSNSC | Clearsky net solor flux at surface |
| FSNT | Net solar flux at top |
| FSNTC | Clearsky net solar flux at top |
| FSNTOA | Net Solar Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere |
| FSNTOAC | Clearsky Net Solar Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere |
| LHFLX | Surface latent heat flux |
| LWCF | Longwave Cloud Forcing |
| OMEGA | Vertical pressure velocity |
| ORO | ocean(0), land(1), sea ice(2) |
| PBLH | Planetary Boundary Layer Height |
| PHIS | surface geopotential |
| PRECC | Convective precipitation rate |
| PRECL | Large-scale (stable) precipitation rate |
| PRECSC | Convective snow rate (water equivalent) |
| PRECSL | Large-scale (stable) snow rate (water equivalent) |
| PS | surface pressure |
| PSL | Sea level pressure |
| Q | specific humidity |
| QFLX | Surface water flux |
| QPERT | Perturbation specific humidity (eddies in PBL) |
| QRL | Longwave heating rate |
| QRS | Solar heating rate |
| RELHUM | Relative humidity |
| SHFLX | Surface sensible heat flux |
| SNOWH | Water equivalent snow depth |
| SOLIN | Solar insolation |
| SRFRAD | Net radiative flux at surface |
| SWCF | Shortwave Cloud Forcing |
| T | temperature |
| TAUGWX | East-west gravity wave drag surface stress |
| TAUGWY | North-south gravity wave drag surface stress |
| TAUX | X-component (eat-weat) at surface stress |
| TAUY | Y-component (north-south) of surface stress |
| TMQ | Water Vapor |
| TPERT | Perturbation temperature (eddies in PBL) |
| TS1 | Surface temperature (level 1) |
| TS2 | Subsurface temperature (level 2) |
| TS3 | Subsurface temperature (level 3) |
| TS4 | Subsurface temperature (level 4) |
| U | zonal wind component |
| USTAR | Surface friction velocity |
| UTGW | U tendency - gravity wave drag |
| V | meridional wind component |
| VD01 | vertical diffusion tenency of water vapor |
| VQ | Meridional water transport |
| VT | Meridional heat transport |
| VTGW | V tendency - gravity wave drag |
| VVPUU | Kenetic Energy |
| VZ | Meridional transport |
| WET | Soil moisture |
| Z3 | Geopotential Height |
| CONVEC | Upper Ocean Convective adjustment frequencey |
| CONVEC2 | Deep Ocean Convective adjustment frequencey |
| Currents | Currents |
| HEATF | Ocean heat forcing |
| P | Normalized perturbation presure |
| S | Salinity |
| SALTF | Sfc salinity tendency due to freshwater forcing |
| Sconv | Surface layer S convective adjustment |
| Sconvm1 | Near surface layer S convective adjustment |
| Szz | Surface layer S vertical mixing |
| Szzm1 | Near surface layer S vertical mixing |
| T | Temperature |
| TAUX | X-component (east-west) of surface stress |
| TAUY | Y-component (north-south) of surface stress |
| Tconv | Surface layer T convective adjustment |
| Tconvm1 | Near surface layer T convective adjustment |
| Tzz | Surface layer T vertical mixing |
| Tzzm1 | Near surface layer T vertical mixing |
| U | Zonal current component |
| V | Meridional current component |
| W | Vertical velocity |
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 13:39 | 
tmoore 
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