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 |