C-LAMP Common Model Output

While all models participating in the Carbon Land Model intercomparison Project (C-LAMP) will output their own "native" fields, a common set of fields is needed to facilitate head-to-head comparison of the models to each other and to available observational datasets. Model results transmitted to the Earth System Grid for redistribution to the community will use common field names, netCDF long names, CF Standard Names and units. Contained below is a table of the common output fields required for the C-LAMP and consistent with the metadata conventions used for CMIP3, formerly called the IPCC 4^th Assessment Model Output database. Corrections and suggestions are solicited on this information. Software is available for rewriting model output into netCDF files following the Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention.