sungduk@uci_edu
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Hello,I just found a minor error with CAM history field, VZ. (in cam_diagnostics.F90)VZ is defined as: call addfld ('VZ ','m2/s ',pver, 'A','Meridional transport of geopotential energy',phys_decomp)Here, the unit is definded as a meridonal transport of geopotential "height", but the description says "energy". Later in the code, where VZ is populated: ftem(:ncol,:) = z3(:ncol,:)*state%v(:ncol,:)*gravit call outfld('VZ ',ftem, pcols,lchnk) Here, gravity is multiplied before outputting VZ. Accordingly, the current VZ is the energy transport, not the height transport. I suggest to update this error with either (a) changing the unit of VZ (height transport to energy transport) or (b) not multiplying gravity and changing the description ("energy" to "height"). Best,Sungduk Yu ps. I referenced CESM1.2.2.1