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This is a working document showing the conversion status for publishing E3SM data to CMIP6. The variables listed are unordered, and pulled from the priority 1 request list as well as scientist input. If you think that an important variable is missing please add it.

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	CMIP6 name	CMIP6 description	E3SM variable(s)	conversion formula	CMOR handler complete	conversion formula verified by
1	tas	Near-Surface Air Temperature	TREFHT	tas = TREFHT, no change	yes	J.Zhang
2	ts	Surface Temperature	TS	ts = TS, no change	yes	J.Zhang
3	psl	Sea Level Pressure	PSL	psl = PSL, no change	yes	J.Zhang
4	ps	Surface Air Pressure	PS	ps = PS, no change	yes	J.Zhang
5	sfcWind	Near-Surface Wind Speed	U10	sfcWind = U10, no change	yes	J.Zhang
6	huss	Near-Surface Specific Humidity	QREFHT	huss = QREFHT, no change	yes	J.Zhang
7	pr	Precipitation	PRECC , PRECL	pr = (PRECC + PRECL) * 1000	yes	J.Zhang
8	prc	Convective Precipitation	PRECC	prc = PRECC * 1000		J.Zhang
9	prsn	Snowfall Flux	PRECSC, PRECSL	prsn = (PRECSC + PRECSL) * 1000	yes	J.Zhang
10	evspsbl	Evaporation Including Sublimation and Transpiration	QFLX	evspsbl = QFLX, no change	yes	J.Zhang
11	tauu	Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress	TAUX	tauu = TAUX, no change	yes	J.Zhang
12	tauv	Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress	TAUY	tauv = TAUY, no change	yes	J.Zhang
13	hfls	Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux	LHFLX	hfls = LHFLX, no change	yes	J.Zhang
14	clt	Total Cloud Cover Percentage	CLDTOT	clt = CLDTOT * 100., unit conversion	yes	Chris Golaz
15	rlds	Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation	FLDS	rlds = FLDS, no change	yes	J.Zhang Chris Golaz
16	rlus	Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation	FLDS, FLNS	rlus = FLDS + FLNS	yes	J.Zhang Chris Golaz
17	rsds	Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	FSDS	rsds = FSDS	yes	J.Zhang Chris Golaz
18	rsus	Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation	FSDS, FSNS	rsus = FSDS - FSNS	yes	J.Zhang Chris Golaz
19	hfss	Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux	SHFLX	hfss = SHFLX	yes	J.Zhang
20	cl	Percentage Cloud Cover	CLOUD	cl = CLOUD *100., on model levels, unit conversion		Chris Golaz
21	cli	Mass Fraction of Cloud Ice	CLDICE	cli = CLDICE on model levels		Kai Zhang Note: for consistency with clivi, don't include snow in cli.
22	clivi	Ice Water Path	TGCLDIWP	clivi = TGCLDIWP		Kai Zhang Note: TGCLDIWP doesn't include snow water path.
23	clw	Mass Fraction of Cloud Liquid Water	CLDLIQ	clw = CLDLIQ on model levels		Kai Zhang Note: for consistency with clwvi, don't include rain in clw.
24	clwvi	Condensed Water Path	TGCLDCWP	clwvi = TGCLDCWP		Kai Zhang Note: TGCLDCWP doesn't include rain and snow water path.
25	hur	Relative Humidity	RELHUM	hur = RELUM interpolated to 19 pressure levels		Chris Golaz
26	~~hurs~~	~~Near-Surface Relative Humidity~~	~~RHREFHT~~	~~hurs = RHREFHT~~
27	hus	Specific Humidity	Q	hus = Q interpolated to 19 pressure levels		Chris Golaz
28	mc	~~Convective Mass Flux~~
29	o3	Mole Fraction of O3	O3	To verify, interpolated to 19 pressure levels	Need input from Philip Cameron-Smith (Unlicensed)
30	pfull	Pressure at Model Full-Levels	P0, PS, hyam, hybm	pfull = P0hyam + PShybm		Chris Golaz
31	phalf	Pressure on Model Half-Levels	P0, PS, hyai, hybi	phalf = P0hyai + PShybi		Chris Golaz
32	prw	Water Vapor Path	TMQ	prw = TMQ		Chris Golaz
33	rldscs	Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	FLDS, FLNS, FLNSC	rldscs = FLDS + FLNS - FLNSC		Chris Golaz
34	rlut	TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation	FSNTOA, FSNT, FLNT	rlut = FSNTOA - FSNT + FLNT		Note: equation originally from NCAR. Using this ensures that individual TOA terms (SW, LW, up/down) are consistent with TOM net flux (rtmt): rtmt = rsdt - rsut - rlut Chris Golaz
35	rlutcs	TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation	FLUTC	rlutcs = FLUTC		Note: slight approximation here since we are using TOM, but NCAR does the same. Chris Golaz
36	rsdscs	Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	FSDSC	rsdscs = FSDSC		Chris Golaz
37	rsdt	TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation	SOLIN	rsdt = SOLIN		Chris Golaz
38	rsuscs	Surface Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	FSDSC, FSNSC	rsuscs = FSDSC - FSNSC		Chris Golaz
39	rsut	TOA Outgoing Shortwave Radiation	FSUTOA	rsut = FSUTOA		Chris Golaz
40	rsutcs	TOA Outgoing Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation	FSUTOAC	rsutcs = FSUTOAC		Chris Golaz
41	rtmt	Net Downward Radiative Flux at Top of Model	FSNT, FLNT	rtmt = FSNT - FLNT		Chris Golaz
42	ta	Air Temperature	T	ta = T, interpolated to 19 pressure levels		Chris Golaz
43	tasmax	Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature	TREFHTMX	We cannot use monthly h0 output for this. But the necessary data is in daily h1 files. We would have to create time series of monthly averages from these daily files.
44	tasmin	Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature	TREFHTMN	Same as above
45	ua	Eastward Wind	U	ua = U, interpolated to 19 pressure levels		Chris Golaz
46	~~uas~~	~~Eastward Near-Surface Wind~~
47	va	Northward Wind	V	va = V, interpolated to 19 pressure levels		Chris Golaz
48	~~vas~~	~~Northward Near-Surface Wind~~
49	wap	Omega (=dp/dt)	OMEGA	wap = OMEGA, interpolated to 19 pressure levels		Chris Golaz
50	zg	Geopotential Height	Z3	zg = Z3, interpolated to 19 pressure levels		Chris Golaz
	AERmon
51	abs550aer	Ambient Aerosol Absorption Optical Thickness at 550nm	AODABS	abs550aer = AODABS
52	od550aer	Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm	AODVIS	od550aer = AODVIS
53	reffclwtop	Cloud-Top Effective Droplet Radius	AREL	reffclwtop = AREL

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3hr, 6hrLev, 6hrPlev, 6hrPlevPt
CF3hr, CFday, CFmon (suggest consulting with Yuying Zhang on most useful variables and variables not impacted by COSP bug).
AERmon

CFmon

	CMIP6 name	CMIP6 description	E3SM variable	conversion formula	unit and dimension	conversion formula verified by
1	clisccp	ISCCP Cloud Area Percentage	FISCCP1_COSP	clisccp = FISCCP1_COSP	% (time, plev7c, tau, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
2	cltisccp	ISCCP Total Cloud Cover Percentage	CLDTOT_ISCCP	cltisccp = CLDTOT_ISCCP	% (time, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
3	albisccp	ISCCP Mean Cloud Albedo; (Time-means are weighted by the ISCCP Total Cloud Fraction {:cltisccp})	MEANCLDALB_ISCCP	albisccp = MEANCLDALB_ISCCP	1 (time, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
4	pctisccp	ISCCP Mean Cloud Top Pressure; (Time-means are weighted by the ISCCP Total Cloud Fraction {:cltisccp})	MEANPTOP_ISCCP	pctisccp = MEANPTOP_ISCCP	Pa (time, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
5	clcalipso	CALIPSO Percentage Cloud Cover	CLD_CAL	clcalipso = CLD_CAL	% (time, alt40, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
6	cltcalipso	CALIPSO Total Cloud Cover Percentage	CLDTOT_CAL	cltcalipso = CLDTOT_CAL	% (time, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
7	cllcalipso	CALIPSO Low Level Cloud Cover Percentage	CLDLOW_CAL	cllcalipso = CLDLOW_CAL	% (time, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
8	clmcalipso	CALIPSO Mid Level Cloud Cover Percentage	CLDMED_CAL	clmcalipso = CLDMED_CAL	% (time, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang
9	clhcalipso	CALIPSO High Level Cloud Area Percentage	CLDHGH_CAL	clhcalipso = CLDHGH_CAL	% (time, lat, lon)	Yuying Zhang

First set of atmospheric data has been cmorized provided by Sterling:

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	CMIP6 name	E3SM variable(s)	conversion formula	CMOR handler complete
1	mrsos	SOILWATER_10CM	mrsos = SOILWATER_10CM, no change	yes
2	mrso	SOILICE, SOILLIQ	mrso = sum_over_z(SOILICE + SOILLIQ, capped_at=5000)	yes
3	mrfso	SOILICE	mrfso = sum_over_z(SOILICE, capped_at=5000)	yes
4	mrros	QOVER	mrros = QOVER, no change	yes
5	mrro	QRUNOFF
6	prveg	QINTR	prveg = QINTR, no change	yes
7	evspsblveg	QVEGE	evspsblveg = QVEGE, no change	yes
8	evspsblsoi	QSOIL	evspsblsoi = QSOIL, no change	yes
9	tran	QSOIL, QVEGT	tran = QSOIL + QVEGT	yes
10	tsl	TSOI	tsl = TSOI, no change	yes
11	lai	LAISHA, LAISUN	lai = LAISHA + LAISUN	yes
12	cLitter	TOTLITC, CWDC	cLitter = TOTLITC + CWDC
13	cProduct	TOTPRODC	cProduct = TOTPRODC, no change
14	cSoil	TOTSOMC	cSoil = TOTSOMC, no change
15	fFire	COL_FIRE_CLOSS	fFire = COL_FIRE_CLOSS, no change
16	fHarvest	WOOD_HARVESTC	fHarvest = WOOD_HARVESTC, no change
17	fVegLitter	LITFALL, gap_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col, fire_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col, harvest_c_to_cwdc_col, dwt_livecrootc_to_cwdc_col, dwt_deadcrootc_to_cwdc_col	fVegLitter = LITFALL + gap_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col + fire_mortality_c_to_cwdc_col + harvest_c_to_cwdc_col + dwt_livecrootc_to_cwdc_col + dwt_deadcrootc_to_cwdc_col
18	fLitterSoil	LITTERC_LOSS, LITTERC_HR, M_LITR1C_TO_FIRE, M_LITR2C_TO_FIRE, M_LITR3C_TO_FIRE	fLitterSoil = LITTERC_LOSS - LITTERC_HR - M_LITR1C_TO_FIRE - M_LITR2C_TO_FIRE - M_LITR3C_TO_FIRE
19	cVeg	TOTVEGC	cVeg = TOTVEGC, no change
20	nbp	NBP	nbp = NBP, no change
21	gpp	GPP	gpp = GPP, no change
22	ra	AR	ra = AR, no change
23	rh	HR	rh = HR, no change

OCN

	CMIP6 name	E3SM variable(s)	conversion formula	CMOR handler complete	verified
1	masso
2	sf6
3	cfc11
4	pbo
5	cfc12
6	pso
7	dissicnatos
8	fgsf6
9	volo
10	dissicabioos
11	fgcfc11
12	zos
13	dissi14cabioos
14	fgcfc12
15	zossq
16	dissi13cos
17	zostoga
18	masscello

ICE. – Notz et al. 2016 – https://www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/3427/2016/gmd-9-3427-2016.pdf

	CMIP6 name	E3SM variable(s)	conversion formula	CMOR handler complete	verified
1	Fraction of time steps with sea ice (sitimefrac)
2	Sea-ice area fraction (siconc)
3	Sea-ice mass per area (simass)
4	Sea-ice thickness (sithick)
5	Snow area fraction (sisnconc)
6	Snow mass per area (sisnmass)
7	Snow thickness (sisnthick)
8	Surface temperature (sitemptop)
9	Sea-ice volume per area (sivol)

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OCN

ICE. – Notz et al. 2016 – https://www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/3427/2016/gmd-9-3427-2016.pdf