[cmor-tables] 06/09: 01.beta.44

Alastair McKinstry mckinstry at moszumanska.debian.org
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commit ab731dd35548ff5bd9bd88c1508a20a462a4472a
Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry at debian.org>
Date:   Sat Dec 17 08:29:18 2016 +0000

    01.beta.44
---
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_3hr.json          |    4 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrLev.json       |    4 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlev.json      |   89 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlevpt.json    |    6 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Amon.json         |   22 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_CV.json           | 8546 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIfxant.json      |   14 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIfxgre.json      |   14 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LImon.json        |   55 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LImonant.json     |   99 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LImongre.json     |   99 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrant.json      |  112 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrgre.json      |  112 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Lmon.json         |    6 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oclim.json        |   92 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oday.json         |   21 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Ofx.json          |   38 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Omon.json         |  337 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oyr.json          |  203 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SIday.json        |   23 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SImon.json        |  107 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerdaily.json     |   83 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerfixed.json     |   21 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerhourly.json    |    6 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aermonthly.json   |  219 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cf3hr.json        |   12 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfDay.json        |   21 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfMon.json        |  715 +--
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfOff.json        |    4 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfSites.json      |    6 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_coordinate.json   |   46 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_day.json          |   21 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hr.json        |    6 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hrclimmon.json |   12 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hr.json        |   62 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hrpt.json      |   48 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDay.json        |  141 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDayZ.json       |    4 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDaypt.json      |   21 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emFx.json         |    4 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMon.json        | 1221 +++--
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonZ.json       |  112 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonpt.json      |    4 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emSubhr.json      |   12 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emYr.json         |  109 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_fx.json           |   21 +-
 cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_grids.json        |    2 +-
 47 files changed, 8339 insertions(+), 4597 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_3hr.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_3hr.json
index a7e8bc0..696a1ad 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_3hr.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_3hr.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table 3hr", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "3hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.125000", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrLev.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrLev.json
index 845707f..ad66cae 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrLev.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrLev.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table 6hrLev", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "6hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.250000", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlev.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlev.json
index 29eae2a..f840a2c 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlev.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlev.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table 6hrPlev", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "6hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.250000", 
@@ -14,6 +14,40 @@
         "Conventions": "CF-1.6 CMIP-6.0"
     }, 
     "variable_entry": {
+        "bldep": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness", 
+            "units": "m", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "boundary_layer_depth", 
+            "comment": "Boundary layer depth", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "bldep", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "hurs": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "relative_humidity", 
+            "units": "%", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Near-Surface Relative Humidity", 
+            "comment": "The relative humidity with respect to liquid water for T> 0 C, and with respect to ice for T<0 C.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "hurs", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "hus4": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "specific_humidity", 
@@ -133,6 +167,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "ua100m": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "eastward_wind", 
+            "units": "m s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Eastward Wind at 100 hPa", 
+            "comment": "Zonal wind on the 100m", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude height100 time", 
+            "out_name": "ua100m", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "ua200": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "eastward_wind", 
@@ -201,6 +252,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "va100m": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "northward_wind", 
+            "units": "m s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Northward Wind at 100m", 
+            "comment": "Meridional wind at 100m above the surface.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude height100 time", 
+            "out_name": "va100m", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "va200": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "northward_wind", 
@@ -286,6 +354,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "wsgmax100m": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "wind_speed_of_gust", 
+            "units": "m s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Maximum Wind Speed of Gust at 100m", 
+            "comment": "Wind speed gust maximum at 100m above surface", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude height100 time", 
+            "out_name": "wsgmax100m", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "zg1000": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "geopotential_height", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlevpt.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlevpt.json
index 11d093c..752a73e 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlevpt.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_6hrPlevpt.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table 6hrPlevpt", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "6hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.250000", 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             "units": "1.0", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "graupel_mixing_ratio", 
+            "long_name": "Graupel Mixing Ratio", 
             "comment": "Graupel mixing ratio", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude plev27 time1", 
             "out_name": "grplmxrat27", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Amon.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Amon.json
index 20517da..9ec64fc 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Amon.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Amon.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table Amon", 
         "realm": "atmos atmosChem", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos atmosChem", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air", 
             "units": "mol mol-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mole Fraction of CH4", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos atmosChem", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air", 
             "units": "1e-09", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Global Mean Mole Fraction of CH4", 
             "comment": "Global Mean Mole Fraction of CH4", 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide_in_air", 
             "units": "mol mol-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mole Fraction of CO2", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "atmosphere_mass_of_carbon_dioxide", 
             "units": "kg", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Total Atmospheric Mass of CO2", 
             "comment": "Total atmospheric mass of Carbon Dioxide", 
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos atmosChem", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_nitrous_oxide_in_air", 
             "units": "mol mol-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mole Fraction of N2O", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos atmosChem", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_nitrous_oxide_in_air", 
             "units": "1e-09", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Global Mean Mole Fraction of N2O", 
             "comment": "Global mean Nitrous Oxide (N2O)", 
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "air_pressure", 
             "units": "Pa", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Pressure on Model Levels", 
             "comment": "Air pressure on model levels", 
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "air_pressure", 
             "units": "Pa", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Pressure on Model Half-Levels", 
             "comment": "Air pressure on model half-levels", 
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "atmos atmosChem", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air", 
             "units": "1e-09", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mole Fraction of O3", 
             "comment": "Mole fraction of ozone (O3)", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_CV.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_CV.json
index 3c35a6b..2c97b68 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_CV.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_CV.json
@@ -1,2395 +1,6161 @@
 {
-"CV": {
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-        "activity_id",
-        "branch_method",
-        "Conventions",
-        "creation_date",
-        "mip_era",
-        "data_specs_version",
-        "experiment_id",
-        "experiment",
-        "forcing_index",
-        "further_info_url",
-        "frequency",
-        "grid",
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-        "grid_resolution",
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-        "source_type",
-        "sub_experiment",
-        "sub_experiment_id",
-        "table_id",
-        "tracking_id",
-        "variable_id"
+    "CV":{
+        "required_global_attributes":[
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+            "activity_id",
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+            "creation_date",
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+            "forcing_index",
+            "frequency",
+            "further_info_url",
+            "grid",
+            "grid_label",
+            "nominal_resolution",
+            "initialization_index",
+            "institution",
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+            "table_id",
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+            "variant_label"
         ],
-
-    "required_parent_attributes": [
-        "parent_experiment_id"
+        "version_metadata":{
+            "note":"source_id cleanup, particularly for IITM-ESM",
+            "previous_commit":"2e3de4a805099e112f4b827ec38ef57aac524f5f",
+            "author":"Paul J. Durack <durack1 at llnl.gov>",
+            "creation_date":"Mon Nov 21 15:18:39 2016 -0800",
+            "institution_id":"PCMDI",
+            "latest_tag_point":"None"
+        },
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+            "C4MIP",
+            "CFMIP",
+            "CMIP",
+            "DAMIP",
+            "DCPP",
+            "FAFMIP",
+            "GMMIP",
+            "GeoMIP",
+            "HighResMIP",
+            "ISMIP6",
+            "LS3MIP",
+            "LUMIP",
+            "OMIP",
+            "PMIP",
+            "RFMIP",
+            "ScenarioMIP",
+            "VolMIP"
+        ],
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+            "MIROC":"JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa 236-0001, Japan), AORI (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8564, Japan), NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan), and AICS (RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan)",
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+            "IPSL":"Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris 75252, France",
+            "EC-Earth-Consortium":"KNMI, The Netherlands; SMHI, Sweden; DMI, Denmark; AEMET, Spain; Met Eireann, Ireland; CNR-ISAC, Italy; Instituto de Meteorologia, Portugal; FMI, Finland; BSC, Spain; Centro de Geofisica, University of Lisbon, Portugal; ENEA, Italy; Geomar, Germany; Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway; ICHEC, Ireland; ICTP, Italy; IMAU, The Netherlands; IRV, Sweden;  Lund University, Sweden; Meteorologiska Institutionen, Stockholms University, Sweden; Ni [...]
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+            "CCCR-IITM":"Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune, Maharashtra 411 008, India",
+            "BNU":"Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China",
+            "NOAA-NCEP":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs, MD 20746, USA",
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+            "MRI":"Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0052, Japan",
+            "NASA-GISS":"Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA",
+            "PCMDI":"Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA",
+            "FIO":"The First Institution of Oceanography (SOA), Qingdao, China",
+            "NOAA-GFDL":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA",
+            "LASG-IAP":"Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China",
+            "INM":"Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Moscow 119991, Russia",
+            "NCC":"NorESM Climate modeling Consortium consisting of CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo 0349),MET-Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo 0313),NERSC (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen 5006),NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller 2027),UiB (University of Bergen, Bergen 5007),UiO (University of Oslo, Oslo 0313) and UNI (Uni Research, Bergen 5008), Norway",
+            "NUIST":"Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China"
+        },
+        "source_id":{
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+                "label_extended":"VRESM 1.0 (Variable-resolution Earth System Model 1.0)",
+                "atmospheric_chemistry":"None",
+                "atmosphere":"VCAM-1.0 (192 x 192 x 6 C192; 35 levels; top level 35km)",
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+                "release_year":"2016",
+                "cohort":[
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+                "sea_ice":"CSIR-ICE (visco-plastic)",
+                "label":"VRESM 1.0",
+                "institution_id":[
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
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+                "experiment":"SSTs, forcings, and other prescribed conditions from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-piControl-self":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Pre-industrial control simulation for \"offline\" ice sheets",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISM's own AOGCM piControl output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"451",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "rad-irf":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Offline radiation calculations",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"offline assessment of radiative transfer parmeterizations in clear skies",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "RAD"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-pinatubo-surf":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As volc-pinatubo-full, but with prescribed perturbation to the shortwave flux to mimic the attenuation of solar radiation by volcanic aerosols",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"Pinatubo experiment with partial radiative forcing, solar radiation scattering only",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"3",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-histall":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Time-varying forcing. SST and sea ice fixed at preindustrial control. Interactive vegetation",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"251",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "G1":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Beginning from a preindustrial control run, simultaneously quadruple the CO2 concentration and reduce the solar constant such that the TOA radiative flux remains within +/m0.1 W/m2",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"abrupt quadrupling of CO2 plus reduction in total solar irradiance",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-long-hlN":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Idealized Northern Hemisphere high-latitude eruption emitting 28.1 Tg of SO2. Experiment initialized from PiControl",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"idealized Northern Hemisphere high-latitude eruption emitting 28.1 Tg of SO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"20",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "esm-hist-ext":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extension beyond 2014 of the CMIP6 historical (CO2 emission-driven)",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "esm-hist"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"post-2014 all-forcing simulation with atmospheric CO2 concentration calculated",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"1",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-VOC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 CO/VOC emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 VOC emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "faf-heat":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "FAFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1xCO2 experiment, parallel to piControl, forced over the ocean by surface net heat flux anomalies obtained from the CMIP5 ensemble mean of 1pctCO2 experiments at the time of 2xCO2, using a passive tracer to prevent negative climate feedback on the heat flux applied",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"control plus perturbative surface flux of heat into ocean",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-amv-plus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"1950 (from 1920 if possible)",
+                "end_year":"2015",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized positive AMV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"66",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "amip-lfmip-pdLC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed land conditions 1980-2014 climate; AMIP SSTs",
+                "start_year":"1980",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"prescribed land (from current climatology) and AMIP SSTs",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-amv-extrop-plus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"control",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized positive extratropical AMV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"25",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "land-crop-grass":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist but with all new crop and pastureland treated as unmanaged grassland",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with cropland as natural grassland",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-anthro":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with present-day anthropogenic forcing (greenhouse gases, aerosols and land-use)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present day anthropogenic agents",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "faf-passiveheat":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "FAFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1xCO2 experiment, parallel to piControl, with a flux of passive tracer added at the ocean surface at the same rate as the surface net heat flux anomaly applied in the FAFMIP heat experiment",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"control plus surface flux of passive heat tracer into ocean",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-histghg":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Time-varying forcing by GHGs. SST and sea ice fixed at preindustrial control. Interactive vegetation",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing by greenhouse gases",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"251",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-1950":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Coupled integrations, at least one with constant 1950\"s forcing (CTL) and one or more with historic and then RCP4.5 (as in Forced_Atmos_Land, EXP)",
+                "start_year":"1951",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "control-1950"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"coupled historical 1950-2014",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"64",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-atl-spg":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"predictability of 1990s warming of Atlantic sub-polar gyre",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "piClim-CH4":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 CH4 concentrations",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 methane concentrations (including chemistry)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-resAMO":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GMMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Pacemaker 20th century historical run that includes all forcing as used in CMIP6 Historical Simulation, and the observational historical SST is restored in the AMO domain (0deg-70degN, 70degW-0deg)",
+                "start_year":"1870",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"initialized from \"historical\" run year 1870 and SSTs in the AMO domain (0deg-70degN, 70degW-0deg) restored to AMIP SSTs with historical forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"144",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-amv-trop-minus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"1992",
+                "end_year":"1999",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized negative tropical AMV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "hist-all-aer2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical ALL forcing run with alternate estimates of aerosol concentrations/emissions",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical ALL-forcing run with alternate estimates of aerosol forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-amv-extrop-minus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"1993",
+                "end_year":"1996",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized negative extratropical AMV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "lfmip-pdLC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed land conditions 1980-2014 climate",
+                "start_year":"1980",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"prescribed land conditions (from current climate climatology) and initialized from \"historical\" run year 1980",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-bsmb-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Offline ice sheet simulation with synthetic oceanic dataset to explore the uncertainty in sea level due to ice sheet initialization",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by initMIP synthetic oceanic experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "G6solar":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Using solar irradiance reduction, return the radiative forcing from a background of the ScenarioMIP high forcing to the ScenarioMIP middle forcing",
+                "start_year":"2020",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"total solar irradiance reduction to reduce net forcing from SSP585 to SSP245",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"81",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "highresSST-4co2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Similar to CFMIP amip-4xCO2, SSTs are held at highresSST-present values and the CO2 seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled. Run over years 2005-2014 of highresSST-present",
+                "start_year":"1951",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "highresSST-present"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"highresSST-present SST with 4xCO2 concentrations",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"64",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "1pctCO2Ndep-bgc":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Biogeochemically-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling, plus an additional scenario of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of 1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment with increasing N-deposition",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "control-1950":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Coupled integrations, at least one with constant 1950\"s forcing (CTL) and one or more with historic and then RCP4.5 (as in Forced_Atmos_Land, EXP)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"coupled control with fixed 1950's forcing (HighResMIP equivalent of pre-industrial control)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-ipv-nextrop-plus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized positive northern extratropical IPV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "piSST-4xCO2-rad":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as piSST but CO2 as seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as piSST with radiation-only seeing 4xCO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-lfmip-rmLC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean; AMIP SSTs",
+                "start_year":"1980",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"prescribed land conditions (from running mean climatology) and AMIP SSTs",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp126":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future scenario with low radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP2.6 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP1. Concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"update of RCP2.6 based on SSP1",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-cluster-21C":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Parallel experiment to volc-cluster-ctrl, using restart files from the end of the historical simulation instead of from piControl, and boundary conditions from the 21st century SSP2-4.5 scenario experiment of ScenarioMIP",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"volcanic cluster experiment under 21st century SSP2-4.5 scenario",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-asmb-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Offline ice sheet simulation with synthetic atmospheric dataset to explore the uncertainty in sea level due to ice sheet initialization",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by initMIP synthetic atmospheric experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "highresSST-future":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extend Forced_Atmos_land to 2050 with agreed forcings (with option to extend further to 2100)",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2050",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "highresSST-present"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"forced atmosphere experiment for 2015-2050 using SST/sea-ice derived from CMIP5 RCP8.5 simulations and a scenario as close to RCP8.5 as possible within CMIP6",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "esm-ssp585-ssp126Lu":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Additional land use policy sensitivity simulation for high radiative forcing scenario, keep all forcings the same as in C4MIP esmssp5-8.5 scenario except use SSP1-2.6 land use; emission driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "esm-hist"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"emissions-driven SSP5-8.5 with SSP1-2.6 land use",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppA-hindcast":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Decadal hindcasts begun each year from 1960 to present, or every other year at minimum",
+                "start_year":"1960",
+                "end_year":"present (to 2019)",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"year 1-5 hindcast initialized based on observations and using historical forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"300",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "G6SST2-sulfur":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Time slice at 2100 (G6sulfur)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G6sulfur",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-aer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 aerosol emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but 2014 aerosol emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-pinatubo-ini":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As volc-pinatubo-full, but as decadal prediction runs. Joint experiment with DCPP, forcing input and implementation of the forcing fully comply with the VolMIP protocol",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2019",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year 2014",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"Pinatubo experiment for decadal climate prediction",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"s2014"
+            },
+            "piClim-ghg":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with present-day greenhouse gases",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present-day greenhouse gases",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "omip1-spunup":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "OMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as the omipv1 experiment except that it is not initialized with observed climatologies; rather it is initialized with results from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical models. Also it includes radiocarbon to evaluate deep-ocean circulation",
+                "start_year":"1",
+                "end_year":"310",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by Large and Yeager (CORE-2, NCEP) atmospheric data set and initialized from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical model",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "OGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"310",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "histSST-1950HC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical WMGHG concentrations and NTCF emissions, 1950 halocarbon concentrations",
+                "start_year":"1950",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical SSTs and historical forcing, but with1950 halocarbon concentrations",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"65",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "control-slab":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"slab control run for volc-pinatubo-slab",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"control with slab ocean",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "SLAB"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370SST-lowAer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced aerosol emissions (from ssp370-lowNTCF), prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2055",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low aerosol emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-ssp585-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future climate ScenarioMIP SSP5-8.5 simulation using \"offline\" ice sheet models. Forcing for ice sheet model is the standard dataset based on ScenarioMIP ssp585",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2300",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "ism-historical-std"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISMIP6-specified AOGCM ssp585 output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"286",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-2xVOC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1850 control with doubled emissions of biogenic VOCs",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of biogenic VOCs",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-lig127k-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Last interglacial simulation of ice sheet evolution driven by PMIP lig127k",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISMIP6-specified AGCM last interglacial output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-amip-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Offline ice sheet evolution for the last few decades forced by amip",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISMIP6-specified AGCM AMIP output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-histnat":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Time-varying forcing from volcanos, solar variability, etc. SST and sea ice fixed at preindustrial control. Interactive vegetation",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing by natural perturbations",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"251",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-long-eq":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Idealized equatorial eruption corresponding to an initial emission of 56.2 Tg of SO2. The eruption magnitude corresponds to recent estimates for the 1815 Tambora eruption (Sigl et al., 2015), the largest historical tropical eruption, which was linked to the so-called \"year without a summer\" in 1816. Experiment initialized from PiControl",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"idealized equatorial volcanic eruption emitting 56.2 Tg SO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"20",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "lfmip-rmLC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean",
+                "start_year":"1980",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"prescribed land conditions (from running mean climatology) and initialized from \"historical\" run year 1980",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "abrupt-solp4p":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Conceptually similar to abrupt 4xCO2 DECK experiment, except that the solar constant rather than CO2 is abruptly increased by 4%",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"abrupt 4% increase in solar constant",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-p4K-lwoff":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As amip-p4K experiment, but with cloud-radiative effects switched off in the LW radiation code",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP experiment with uniform 4K SST increase and with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "abrupt-0p5xCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Identical to the DECK abrupt-4xCO2, but at 0.5xCO2",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"abrupt halving of CO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "abrupt-2xCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Identical to the DECK abrupt-4xCO2, but at 2xCO2",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"abrupt doubling of CO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-hindcast-noElChichon":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Effects of volcanoes on decadal prediction and predictability of forced and internal variability components",
+                "start_year":"1982",
+                "end_year":"1982",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "hist-CO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical CO2-only run",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical CO2-only run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-amv-trop-plus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"1992",
+                "end_year":"1999",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized positive tropical AMV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "hist-piAer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical WMGHG, halocarbon concentrations and O3 precursor emissions, 1850 aerosol precursor emissions",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical forcing, but with pre-industrial aerosol emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-TIP-nosh":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GMMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Surface sensible heat released at the elevation above 500m over the TIP is not allowed to heat the atmosphere. Same model as DECK",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"same as \"amip\" run, but sensible heat not allowed for elevations of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateau and Himalayas above 500m",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"35",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-N2O":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 N2O concentrations",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 N2O concentrations (including chemistry)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-resIPO":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GMMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Pacemaker 20th century historical run that includes all forcing as used in CMIP6 Historical Simulation, and the observational historical SST is restored in the tropical lobe of the IPO domain (20degS-20degN, 175degE-75degW). The HadISST data will be used",
+                "start_year":"1870",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"initialized from \"historical\" run year 1870 and SSTs in tropical lobe of the IPO domain (20degS-20degN, 175degE-75degW) restored to AMIP SSTs with historical forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"144",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-hist-altStartYear":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist except starting from either 1700 (for models that typically start in 1850) or 1850 (for models that typically start in 1700)",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only alternate start year",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-GHG":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical well-mixed GHG-only run. Models with interactive chemistry schemes should either turn off the chemistry or use a preindustrial climatology of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone in their radiation schemes. This will ensure that ozone is fixed in all these simulations, and simulated responses in models with and without coupled chemistry are comparable",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical well-mixed GHG-only run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-pinatubo-slab":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As volc-pinatubo-full, but with a slab ocean",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "control-slab"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"Pinatubo experiment with slab ocean",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "SLAB"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"3",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370SST-lowCH4":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced CH4 concentrations, prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2055",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low methane concentrations",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-ipv-minus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"control",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized negative IPV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"25",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "ssp245-nat":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extension of natural-only run under SSP2-4.5",
+                "start_year":"2021",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "hist-nat"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"natural-only SSP2-4.5 run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"80",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-m4K":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As amip experiment but SSTs are subject to a uniform cooling of 4K",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP with uniform 4K SST decrease",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "1pctCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"DECK: 1pctCO2",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"1 percent per year increase in CO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-spAer-aer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Aerosol and ozone forcings",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing at present day with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, all forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-SO2":{
+                "activity_id":"AerChemMIP",
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 SO2 emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 SO2 emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370SST-lowBC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced black carbon emissions, prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2055",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low black carbon emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-piNTCF":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical WMGHG and halocarbons concentrations, 1850 NTCF emissions",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical forcing, but with pre-industrial NTCF emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "past1000":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "PMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"main forcings : trace gases, volcanoes, solar variability, land use",
+                "start_year":"850",
+                "end_year":"1849",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"last millenium",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"1000",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-crop-noIrrig":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist but with irrigated area held at 1850 levels",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with no irrigation",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp585":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future scenario with high radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP8.5 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP5. Concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"update of RCP8.5 based on SSP5",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-stratO3":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical stratospheric-ozone-only. In models with coupled chemistry, the chemistry scheme should be turned off, and the simulated ensemble mean monthly mean 3D stratospheric ozone concentrations from the histALL simulations should be prescribed. Tropospheric ozone should be fixed at 3D long-term monthly mean piControl values, with a value of 100 ppbv ozone concentration in this piControl climatology used to separate the troposphere from the stratosphere.  [...]
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical stratospheric-ozone-only run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "lig127k":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "PMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"main forcings : orbital parameters, ice-sheet, trace gases",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"last interglacial (127k)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-amv-minus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"1950",
+                "end_year":"1949",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized negative AMV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "land-noShiftCultivate":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist except shifting cultivation turned off. An additional LUC transitions dataset will be provided as a data layer within LUMIP LUH2 dataset with shifting cultivation deactivated",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with shifting cultivation turned off",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-pdControl-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Present-day control simulation for \"offline\" ice sheets",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISMIP6-specified AOGCM pdControl output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"451",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "abrupt-4xCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"DECK: abrupt4xCO2",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"abrupt quadrupling of CO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp585-over-bgc":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "hist-bgc"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of the RCP3.4-overshoot based on SSP5",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "faf-stress":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "FAFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1xCO2 experiment, parallel to piControl, forced over the ocean by surface windstress anomalies obtained from the CMIP5 ensemble mean of 1pctCO2 experiments at the time of 2xCO2",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"control plus perturbative surface flux of momentum into ocean",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "1pctCO2to4x-withism":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Idealized 1%/yr CO2 increase to 4xC02 over 140yrs and kept constant at 4xCO2 for an additional 200 to 400 yrs simulation that includes interactive ice sheets",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl-withism"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"simulation with interactive ice sheet forced by 1 percent per year increase in CO2 to 4xCO2 (subsequently held fixed)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"350",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-HC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 halocarbon concentrations",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 halocarbon concentrations (including chemistry)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370SST-ssp126Lu":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with low land use change (from ssp126), prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2055",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with SSP1-2.6 land use",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-control":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP",
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"30-year atmosphere only integration using preindustrial sea-surface temperature and sea-ice climatology. Interactive vegetation",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing in present-day",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "historical":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"CMIP6 historical",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"all-forcing simulation of the recent past",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "midHolocene":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "PMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"main forcings : trace gases, orbital parameters, dust",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"mid-Holocene",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"200",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-pac":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"1950",
+                "end_year":"1949",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized Pacific control",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "amip-TIP":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GMMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"The topography of the TIP is modified by setting surface elevations to 500m; to understand the combined thermal and mechanical forcing of the TIP. Same model as DECK",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"same as \"amip\" run, but surface elevations of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateau and Himalayas reduced to 500m",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"35",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "sspxy":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future scenario with low radiative forcing by the end of century. Following a forcing pathway below RCP2.6. Specific SSP and 2100 forcing level to be finalized with IAM groups within next few months. Concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"low-end scenario informing 1.5C goal",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "highresSST-LAI":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Forced global atmosphere-land simulations as highresSST-present, but using an common LAI dataset across models",
+                "start_year":"1951",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "highresSST-present"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"common LAI dataset within the highresSST-present experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"64",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "faf-water":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "FAFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1xCO2 experiment, parallel to piControl, forced over the ocean by surface net freshwater flux anomalies obtained from the CMIP5 ensemble mean of 1pctCO2 experiments at the time of 2xCO2",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"control plus perturbative surface flux of water into ocean",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-historical-self":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical simulation using \"offline\" ice sheet models. Forcing for ice sheet model is from its own AOGCM",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "ism-piControl-self"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISM's own AOGCM historical output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-pinatubo-full":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1991 Pinatubo forcing as used in the CMIP6 historical simulations. Requires special diagnostics of radiative and latent heating rates. A large number of ensemble members is required to address internal atmospheric variability",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"Pinatubo experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"3",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-hist-altLu1":{
+                "activity_id":"LUMIP",
+                "description":"Land only simulations",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only alternate land-use history",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppA-assim":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Assimilation runs used to generate initial conditions for hindcasts if used",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"assimilation run (if available) that is used to generate initial conditions for hindcasts and which parallels the historical simulation and uses the same forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "G7cirrus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Against a background of the ScenarioMIP high forcing, reduce cirrus cloud optical depth by a constant amount",
+                "start_year":"2020",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"increase cirrus ice crystal fall speed to reduce net forcing in SSP585 by 1 W m-2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"81",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-hist-altLu2":{
+                "activity_id":"LUMIP",
+                "description":"Land only simulations",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only alternate land use history",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppA-hindcast-niff":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Decadal hindcasts begun each year from 1960 to present, or every other year at minimum, but with no information from the future",
+                "start_year":"1960",
+                "end_year":"present (to 2019)",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"hindcast initialized from observations without future observed forcing after initialization",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"4",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"300",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "piControl":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"DECK: control",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl-spinup"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial control",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"500",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "esm-piControl":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"DECK: control (emission-driven)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "esm-piControl-spinup"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial control simulation with CO2 concentration calculated",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"500",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-NTCF":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 aerosol and ozone precursor emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 NTCF emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-cClim":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist except with climate held constant",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only constant climate",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-aer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical anthropogenic-Aerosols-only run",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical anthropogenic aerosols-only run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370-ssp126Lu":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Additional land use policy sensitivity simulation for high radiative forcing scenario, keep all forcings the same as ScenarioMIP SSP3-7 (deforestation scenario), but replace land use from SSP1-2.6 (afforestation) scenario; concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0 with SSP1-2.6 land use",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-hindcast-noAgung":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Effects of volcanoes on decadal prediction and predictability of forced and internal variability components",
+                "start_year":"1963",
+                "end_year":"1963",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "amip-hld":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GMMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"The topography of the highlands in Africa, N. America and S. America TP is modified by setting surface elevations to a certain height (500m). Same model as DECK",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"same as \"amip\" run, but surface elevations of the East African Highlands in Africa, Sierra Madre in N. America and Andes in S. America reduced to 500m",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"35",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piSST-pxK":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as piSST, but with a spatially and temporally uniform SST anomaly applied on top of the monthly-varying piSST SSTs. The magnitude of the uniform increase is taken from each model's global, climatological annual mean SST change between abrupt4xCO2 minus piControl (using the mean of years 111-140 of abrupt4xCO2, and the parallel 30-year section of piControl)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as piSST with uniform SST increase with magnitude based on abrupt4xCO2 response",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"20",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-4xCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As CMIP5/CFMIP-2 amip4xCO2 experiment. AMIP experiment where SSTs are held at control values and the CO2 seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP SSTs with 4xCO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-noPasture":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist but with grazing and other management on pastureland held at 1850 levels/distribution, i.e. all new pastureland is treated as unmanaged grassland (as in land-crop-grass)",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with constant pastureland",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-p4K":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As CMIP5/CFMIP-2 amip4K experiment. AMIP experiment where SSTs are subject to a uniform warming of 4K",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP with uniform 4K SST increase",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-bgc":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Concentration-driven historical simulation, biogeochemically-coupled",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of the simulation of the recent past with CO2 concentration prescribed",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-future4K":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As CMIP5/CFMIP-2 amipFuture experiment. AMIP experiment where SSTs are subject to a composite SST warming pattern derived from coupled models, scaled to an ice-free ocean mean of 4K",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP with patterned 4K SST increase",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "1pctCO2-bgc":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Biogeochemically-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of 1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "futureSST-4xCO2-solar":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Time slice at 1949 (picontrol) for G1ext to examine radiative forcing of abrupt4xCO2 and G1",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"year 100 SSTs from abrupt4xCO2 with quadrupled CO2 and solar reduction",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "aqua-4xCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extended version of CMIP5/CFMIP-2 aqua4xCO2 experiment. Aquaplanet experiment where SSTs are held at control values and the CO2 seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"aquaplanet with control SST and 4xCO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-hist-princeton":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Land only simulations",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as land-hist with Princeton forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-cluster-mill":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Parallel experiment to volc-cluster-ctrl but with initial conditions taken from last millennium simulation to account for the effects of a more realistic history of past natural forcing. All forcings except volcanic kept constant from year AD 1790 on",
+                "start_year":"1790",
+                "end_year":"1858",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "past1000"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "PMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"19th century volcanic cluster initialized from past1000",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"69",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-NOx":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 NOx emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 NOx emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-2xss":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1850 control with doubled sea salt emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of sea salt",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "histSST-piO3":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical WMGHG, halocarbon concentrations and aerosol precursor emissions, 1850 tropospheric ozone precursors emissions, prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical SSTs and historical forcing, but with pre-industrial ozone precursor emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-sol":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical solar-only transient simulation using settings from CMIP6 historical simulation but fixed GHG&ODS (1850 level)",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical solar-only run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp126-ssp370Lu":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Additional land use policy sensitivity simulation for low radiative forcing scenario, keep all forcings the same as ScenarioMIP SSP1-2.6 (afforestation scenario), but replace land use from SSP3-7 (afforestation) scenario; concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"SSP1-2.6 with SSP3-7.0 land use",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-lfmip-pObs":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Land-hist land conditions; AMIP SSTs",
+                "start_year":"1980",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"prescribed land (from pseudo-observations) and AMIP SSTs",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piControl-spinup":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"DECK: spin-up portion of the control",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial control (spin-up)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp245-aer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extension of aerosol-only run under SSP2-4.5",
+                "start_year":"2021",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "hist-aer"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"aerosol-only SSP2-4.5 run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"80",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-spAer-histall":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Aerosol and ozone forcings",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, all forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "abrupt-solm4p":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Conceptually similar to abrupt 4xCO2 DECK experiment, except that the solar constant rather than CO2 is abruptly reduced by 4%",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"abrupt 4% decrease in solar constant",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "highresSST-smoothed":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Forced global atmosphere-land simulations as highresSST-present, but using smoothed SST to investigate impact of SST variability",
+                "start_year":"1951",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "highresSST-present"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"smoothed SST version of highresSST-present",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"64",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppB-forecast":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Ongoing decadal forecasts",
+                "start_year":"present",
+                "end_year":"ongoing each year",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"year 1-5 forecast initialized from observations",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "hist-spAer-aer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Changes in aerosols only",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical simulation with specified anthropogenic aerosols, no other forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp245":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future scenario with medium radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP4.5 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP2. Concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"update of RCP4.5 based on SSP2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-spAer-anthro":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Anthropogenic forcings",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing at present day with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, anthropogenic forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-atl-pacemaker":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pacemaker atlantic experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "ssp370SST":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future SSP3-7.0, with SSTs prescribed from ssp370",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2055",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, with SSTs prescribed from ssp370",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "a4SSTice-4xCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As a4SSTice, but CO2 is quadrupled, and the increase in CO2 is seen by both the radiation scheme and vegetation",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as piSST but with SSTs and sea ice from abrupt4xCO2, and 4xCO2 seen by radiation and vegetation",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp460":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future scenario with medium radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP6.0 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP4. Concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"update of RCP6.0 based on SSP4",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "histSST":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical transient with SSTs prescribed from historical",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical prescribed SSTs and historical forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-crop-noIrrigFert":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist except with plants in cropland area utilizing at least some form of crop management (e.g., planting and harvesting) rather than simulating cropland vegetation as a natural grassland. Irrigated area and fertilizer area/use should be held constant",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with managed crops but with irrigation and fertilization held constant",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-lu":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with present-day land use",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present-day land use",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-long-hlS":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Idealized Southern Hemisphere high-latitude eruption emitting 28.1 Tg of SO2. Experiment initialized from PiControl",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"Idealized Southern Hemisphere high-latitude eruption emitting 28.1 Tg of SO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"20",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp245-stratO3":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extension of stratospheric-ozone-only run under SSP2-4.5. In models with coupled chemistry, the chemistry scheme should be turned off, and the simulated ensemble mean monthly mean 3D stratospheric ozone concentrations from the SSP2-4.5 simulations should be prescribed. Tropospheric ozone should be fixed at 3D long-term monthly mean piControl values, with a value of 100 ppbv ozone concentration in this piControl climatology used to separate the troposphere f [...]
+                "start_year":"2021",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "hist-stratO3"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"stratospheric-ozone-only SSP2-4.5 run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"80",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP",
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future scenario with high radiative forcing by the end of century. Reaches about 7.0 W/m2 by 2100; fills gap in RCP forcing pathways between 6.0 and 8.5 W/m2. Concentration-driven",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"gap-filling scenario reaching 7.0 based on SSP3",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "histSST-piAer":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical WMGHG, halocarbon concentrations and tropospheric ozone precursors emissions, 1850 aerosol precursor emissions, prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical SSTs and historical forcing, but with pre-industrial aerosol emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-hist":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP",
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Land only simulations",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "lgm":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "PMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"main forcings : ice-sheet; trace gases, orbital parameters dust (forcing, or feedback if dust cycle represented in model)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"last glacial maximum",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-spAer-all":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "RFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. All forcings",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical simulation with specified anthropogenic aerosols",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "esm-ssp585":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Emissions-driven future scenario simulation",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "esm-hist"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"emission-driven RCP8.5 based on SSP5",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "esm-hist":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"CMIP6 historical (CO2 emission-driven)",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "esm-piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"all-forcing simulation of the recent past with atmospheric CO2 concentration calculated",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "midPliocene-eoi400":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "PMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"main forcings : trace gases, orography, ice-sheet",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"mid-Pliocene warm period",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-1pctCO2to4x-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Idealized 1%/yr CO2 increase to 4xC02 over 140yrs and kept constant at 4xCO2 for an additional 200 to 400 yrs simulation with ice sheets forced \"offline\" with DECK 1pctCO2 using a standard forcing",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "ism-pdControl-std"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet model forced by ISMIP6-specified AOGCM 1pctCO2to4x output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"350",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370SST-lowNTCF":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced NTCF emissions, prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2055",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low NTCF emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "historical-withism":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical simulation that includes interactive ice sheets. Set up follows the historical experiment",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl-withism"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical with interactive ice sheet",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "deforest-globe":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Idealized deforestation experiment, 20 million km2 forest removed linearly over a period of 50 years, with an additional 30 years with no specified change in forest cover; all other forcings held constant",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"idealized transient global deforestation",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"81",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-forecast-addPinatubo":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Effects of volcanoes on decadal prediction and predictability of forced and internal variability components",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2015",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"2015 forecast with added Pinatubo forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "1pctCO2Ndep":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Fully-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling, plus an additional scenario of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment with increasing N-deposition",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "histSST-piN2O":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical (non-N2O) WMGHG concentrations and NTCF emissions, 1850 N2O concentrations",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical SSTs and historical forcings, but with pre-industrial N2O concentrations",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piControl-withism":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Pre-industrial control simulation that includes interactive ice sheets",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"preindustrial control with interactive ice sheet",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"451",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "aqua-control-lwoff":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As aqua-control experiment, but with cloud-radiative effects switched off in the LW radiation code",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"aquaplanet control with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "highres-future":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Coupled integrations, at least one with constant 1950\"s forcing (CTL) and one or more with historic and then RCP4.5 (as in Forced_Atmos_Land, EXP)",
+                "start_year":"1951",
+                "end_year":"2050",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "hist-1950"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"coupled future 2015-2050 using a scenario as close to CMIP5 RCP8.5 as possible within CMIP6",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-volc":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical volcanic-only run",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical volcanic-only run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-all-nat2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical ALL forcing run with alternates estimate of solar and volcanic forcing",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical ALL-forcing run with alternate estimates of natural forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-noLu":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as CMIP6 historical but with land cover held at 1850, no human activity; concentration driven",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical with no land-use change",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-2xfire":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1850 control with doubled emissions of fires",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions from fires",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "G7SST2-cirrus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Time slice at 2100 (ScenarioMIP Tier 1 high forcing scenario and cirrus thinning according to G7cirrus)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSTs from year 2100 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G7cirrus",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-ssp585-self":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future climate ScenarioMIP SSP5-8.5 simulation using \"offline\" ice sheet models. Forcing for ice sheet model is from its own AOGCM",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2300",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "ism-historical-self"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISM's own AOGCM ssp585 output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"286",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-ctrl-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Offline ice sheet control run for the initMIP experiment that explores the uncertainty in sea level due to ice sheet initialization",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet model initMIP control",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "aqua-control":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extended version of CMIP5/CFMIP-2 aquaControl experiment. Aquaplanet (no land) experiment with no seasonal cycle forced with specified zonally symmetric SSTs",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"aquaplanet control",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-cluster-ctrl":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Early 19th century cluster of strong tropical volcanic eruptions, including the 1809 event of unknown location, the 1815 Tambora and 1835 Cosigueina eruptions. Experiment initialized from PiControl",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"19th century volcanic cluster initialized from PiControl",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"50",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-lwoff":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As amip experiment, but with cloud-radiative effects switched off in the LW radiation code",
+                "start_year":"1979",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP experiment with longwave cloud-radiative effects off",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-future":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Land only simulations",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"future land-only",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "volc-pinatubo-strat":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "VolMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As volc-pinatubo-full, but with prescribed perturbation to the total (LW+SW) radiative heating rates",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"Pinatubo experiment with partial radiative forcing, includes only stratospheric warming",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"3",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "G6sulfur":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Using equatorial SO2 injection, return the radiative forcing from a background of the ScenarioMIP high forcing to the ScenarioMIP middle forcing",
+                "start_year":"2020",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"stratospheric sulfate aerosol injection to reduce net forcing from SSP585 to SSP245",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"81",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "G6SST2-solar":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "GeoMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Time slice at 2100 (G6solar)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G6solar",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-noLu":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist except no land-use change",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with no land-use change",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-forecast-addElChichon":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Effects of volcanoes on decadal prediction and predictability of forced and internal variability components",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2015",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"2015 forecast with added El Chichon forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "piClim-BC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 BC emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 black carbon emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-pac-pacemaker":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pacemaker pacific experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "ssp585-withism":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future climate from ScenarioMIP SSP5-8.5 simulation that includes interactive ice sheets. Set up follows the standard SSP5-8.5 experiment",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2300",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical-withism"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"ssp585 with interactive ice sheet",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"286",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "highresSST-p4K":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Similar to CFMIP amip-p4K, add a uniform warming of 4K to highresSST-present SSTs and run the experiment parallel to years 2005-2014 of highresSST-present",
+                "start_year":"1951",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "highresSST-present"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"uniform 4K warming of highresSST-present SST",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"64",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-hindcast-noPinatubo":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Effects of volcanoes on decadal prediction and predictability of forced and internal variability components",
+                "start_year":"1991",
+                "end_year":"1991",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"hindcast but with only background volcanic forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "dcppC-ipv-nextrop-minus":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized negative northern extratropical IPV anomaly pattern",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "lfmip-initLC":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Initialized pseudo-observations land",
+                "start_year":"1980",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"initialized from \"historical\" run year 1980, but with land conditions initialized from pseudo-observations",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"35",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "a4SST":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As piSST, but with monthly-varying SSTs taken from years 111-140 of each model's own abrupt4xCO2 experiment instead of from piControl. Sea-ice is unchanged from piSST",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as piSST but with SSTs from abrupt4xCO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ism-historical-std":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical simulation using \"offline\" ice sheet models. Forcing for ice sheet model is the standard dataset based on CMIP6 AOGCM historical",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "ism-pdControl-std"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ISMIP6"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISMIP6-specified AOGCM historical output",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "ISM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-atl-control":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
+                "start_year":"1950 (from 1920 if possible)",
+                "end_year":"2015",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"idealized Atlantic control",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"66",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "highresSST-present":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "HighResMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Forced global atmosphere-land simulations using daily 1/4 degree SST and sea-ice forcings, and aerosol concentrations (not emissions) to constrain model spread",
+                "start_year":"1951",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"forced atmosphere experiment for 1950-2014",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"64",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "historical-ext":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Extension beyond 2014 of the CMIP6 historical",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "historical"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"post-2014 all-forcing simulation",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"1",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piSST":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"An AGCM experiment with monthly-varying SSTs, sea-ice, atmospheric constituents and any other necessary boundary conditions (e.g. vegetation if required) taken from each model's own piControl run (using the 30 years of piControl that are parallel to years 111-140 of its abrupt4xCO2 run). Dynamic vegetation should be turned off in all the piSST set of experiments",
+                "start_year":"Year 111-140 of piControl",
+                "end_year":"Year 111-140 of piControl",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"experiment forced with pre-industrial SSTs, sea ice and atmospheric constituents",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "omip1":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "OMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Global ocean - sea-ice coupled experiment forced with the Coordinated Ocean - ice Reference Experiments inter-annually varying atmospheric and river data sets for years 1948-2009. Initial ocean tracer fields are based on observations. All Priority=1 OMIP diagnostics are requested for all five cycles of the 62-year forcing to quantify drift. All OMIP diagnostics (Priority=1,2,3) are requested for the 5th cycle",
+                "start_year":"1",
+                "end_year":"310",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by Large and Yeager (CORE-2, NCEP) atmospheric data set and initialized with observed physical and biogeochemical ocean data",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "OGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"310",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "omip2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "OMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Global ocean - sea-ice coupled experiment forced with the JRA-55 inter-annually varying atmospheric and river data sets for years 1958-2016. Initial ocean tracer fields are based on observations. All Priority=1 OMIP diagnostics are requested for all five cycles of the 59-year forcing to quantify drift. All OMIP diagnostics (Priority=1,2,3) are requested for the 5th cycle",
+                "start_year":"1",
+                "end_year":"310",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by JRA-55 atmospheric data set and initialized with observed physical and biogeochemical ocean data",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "OGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"310",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp585-bgc":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Concentration-driven future scenario simulation, biogeochemically-coupled",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "hist-bgc"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of the RCP8.5 based on SSP5",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-a4SST-4xCO2":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as amip, but a patterned SST anomaly is applied on top of the monthly-varying amip SSTs. This anomaly is a monthly climatology, taken from each model's own abrupt4xCO2 run minus piControl (using the mean of years 111-140 of abrupt4xCO2, and the parallel 30-year section of piControl). CO2 is quadrupled, and the increase in CO2 is seen by both the radiation scheme and vegetation",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as AMIP but with warming pattern from abrupt4xCO2 added to SSTs and 4xCO2 seen by radiation and vegetation",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "hist-nat":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DAMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Historical natural-only run",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2020",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"historical natural-only run",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "1pctCO2-rad":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "C4MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Radiatively-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "piControl"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"radiatively-coupled version of 1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-noWoodHarv":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist but with wood harvest maintained at 1850 amounts/areas",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with no wood harvest",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "ssp370SST-lowO3":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced ozone precursor emissions (from ssp370-lowNTCF), prescribed SSTs",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2055",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low ozone precursor emissions",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "a4SSTice":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"As piSST, but with monthly-varying SSTs and sea-ice taken from years 111-140 of each model's own abrupt4xCO2 experiment instead of from piControl",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as piSST but with SSTs and sea ice from abrupt4xCO2",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-hist-cruNcep":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LS3MIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Land only simulations",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as land-hist with CRU-NCEP forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "amip-piForcing":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CFMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Identical to standard AMIP experiment but from 1870-present with constant pre-industrial forcing levels (anthropogenic and natural)",
+                "start_year":"1870",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP SSTs with pre-industrial anthropogenic and natural forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"145",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "esm-piControl-spinup":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"DECK: spin-up portion of the control (emission-driven)",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial control simulation with CO2 concentration calculated (spin-up)",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-2xdust":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1850 control with doubled dust emissions",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of dust",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "dcppC-forecast-addAgung":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Effects of volcanoes on decadal prediction and predictability of forced and internal variability components",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2015",
+                "sub_experiment":"initialized near end of year YYYY",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "dcppA-assim",
+                    ""
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "DCPP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"2015 forecast with added Agung forcing",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
+            },
+            "ssp534-over":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"21st century overshoot scenario relative to SSP5_34. Branches from SS5_85 at 2040 with emissions reduced to zero by 2070 and negative thereafter",
+                "start_year":"2015",
+                "end_year":"2100",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":[
+                    "ssp585"
+                ],
+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "ScenarioMIP"
+                ],
+                "experiment":"overshoot of 3.4 W/m**2 branching from ssp585 in 2040",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AOGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "land-noFire":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "LUMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as land-hist but with anthropogenic ignition and suppression held to 1850 levels",
+                "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with no human fire management",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "omip2-spunup":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "OMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"Same as the omipv2 experiment except that it is not initialized with observed climatologies; rather it is initialized with results from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical models. Also it includes radiocarbon to evaluate deep-ocean circulation",
+                "start_year":"1",
+                "end_year":"310",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by JRA-55 atmospheric data set and initialized from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical model",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "OGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"310",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-2xNOx":{
+                "activity_id":[
+                    "AerChemMIP"
+                ],
+                "description":"1850 control with doubled emissions of lightning NOx",
+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled production of NOx due to lightning",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM",
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"3",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            },
+            "piClim-spAer-histaer":{
+                "activity_id":[
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+                "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Aerosol and ozone forcings",
+                "start_year":"1850",
+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, aerosol forcing",
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+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
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+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"25",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
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+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
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+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical land-only with no fertilizer",
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+                "required_model_components":[
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+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
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+                "end_year":"2014",
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+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"historical SSTs and historical forcing, but with pre-industrial methane concentrations",
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+                    "CHEM"
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+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
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+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"aquaplanet with uniform 4K SST increase and with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
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+                    "CHEM"
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+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
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+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM",
+                    "BGC"
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+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"170",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"of form: \"sYYYY\""
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+                "description":"Land only simulations",
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+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"as land-hist with WFDEI forcings",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "LAND"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
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+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5 and cirrus thinning",
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+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"2",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
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+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing by aerosols",
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+                    "CHEM"
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+                    "AGCM"
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+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by 4xCO2",
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+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
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+                    "historical"
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+                "parent_activity_id":[
+                    "CMIP"
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+                "experiment":"historical forcing, but with1950s halocarbon concentrations; initialized in 1950",
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+                ],
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+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"65",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
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+                "start_year":"",
+                "end_year":"",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present-day aerosols and ozone",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
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+                    "CMIP"
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+                "description":"DECK: AMIP",
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+                "end_year":"2014",
+                "sub_experiment":"none",
+                "parent_experiment_id":"",
+                "parent_activity_id":"",
+                "experiment":"AMIP",
+                "additional_allowed_model_components":[
+                    "AER",
+                    "CHEM"
+                ],
+                "required_model_components":[
+                    "AGCM"
+                ],
+                "tier":"1",
+                "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
+                "sub_experiment_id":"none"
+            }
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-            "FIO":"The First Institution of Oceanography,SOA,Qingdao,China",
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-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
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-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
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-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
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-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
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-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
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-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
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-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
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-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
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-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
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-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
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-                          },
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-        "piClim-BC": {
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-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
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-                          },
-
-        "piClim-O3": {
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-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
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-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-CH4": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-N2O": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-HC": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-NOX": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-VOC": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-2xdust": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-2xss": {
-                               "experiment":                "pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of sea salt",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-2xDMS": {
-                               "experiment":                "pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of DMS",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-2xfire": {
-                               "experiment":                "pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions from fires",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-2xNOX": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
-
-                          },
-
-        "piClim-2xVOC": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "AerChemMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM AER CHEM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    ""
-
-                          },
-
-        "1pctCO2-bgc": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "C4MIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM BGM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "1pctCO2Ndep": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "C4MIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM BGM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "1pctCO2Ndep-bgc": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "C4MIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM BGM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "1pctCO2-rad": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "C4MIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM BGM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-bgc": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "C4MIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM BGM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "esm-ssp585": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "C4MIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ESM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "ssp585-bgc": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "C4MIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ESM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "abrupt-0p5xCO2": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
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-                          },
-
-        "abrupt-2xCO2": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "abrupt-solm4p": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "abrupt-solp4p": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-p4K": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-4xCO2": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-pat4K": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-m4K": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-piForcing": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
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-                          },
-
-        "amipFuture-4xCO2-all": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "aqua-p4K": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "aqua-4xCO2": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "aqua-control": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-lwoff": {
-                               "experiment":                "AMIP SSTs with longwave cloud-radiative effects off",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-p4K-lwoff": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "aqua-p4K-lwoff": {
-                               "experiment":                "aquaplanet plus 4K SSTs with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "aqua-control-lwoff": {
-                               "experiment":                "aquaplanet with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piSST-control": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piSST-pxK": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piSST-4xCO2-rad": {
-                               "experiment":                "control SSTs with radiation-only seeing 4xCO2",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piSST-4xCO2-all": {
-                               "experiment":                "control SSTs with 4xCO2",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "futureSST": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "futureSST-4xCO2-all": {
-                               "experiment":                "control plus warming pattern SSTs with 4xCO2",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "1pctCO2": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "abrupt-4xCO2": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piControl": {
-                               "experiment":                "pre-Industrial control",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "esm-piControl": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ESM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "historical": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "esm-hist": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ESM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "historical-ext": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "esm-hist-ext": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "CMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ESM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-aer": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-CO2": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-all-aer2": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-all-nat2": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-GHG": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-nat": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-sol": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-stratO3": {
-                               "experiment":                "historical stratospheric-ozone-only run",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-volc": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
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-                          },
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-        "ssp245-aer": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
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-                          },
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-        "ssp245-GHG": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
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-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
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-                          },
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-        "ssp245-nat": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
-
-                          },
-
-        "ssp245-stratO3": {
-                               "experiment":                "stratospheric-ozone-only SSP2-4.5 run",
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-                               "activity_id":               "DAMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER BGM"
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-                          },
-
-        "hindcast": {
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-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
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-        "hindcast-control": {
-                               "experiment":                "simulation initialized from control with forcing prescribed from a portion of the historical period",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hindcast-honest": {
-                               "experiment":                "hindcast initialized from observations without observed forcing after initialization",
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-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hindcast-hist": {
-                               "experiment":                "initialized from historical simulation without observed forcing after initialization",
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-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "forecast": {
-                               "experiment":                "forecast initialized from observations",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amv-control": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized Atlantic control",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amv-plus": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized positive AMV anomaly pattern",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amv-minus": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized negative AMV anomaly pattern",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "pdv-control": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized Pacific control",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "pdv-plus": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized positive PDV anomaly pattern",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "pdv-minus": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized negative PDV anomaly pattern",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "pdv-plus-extraTrop": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized positive extratropical AMV anomaly pattern",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "pdv-minus-extraTrop": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealizedÊ impact of a negative extratropical AMV anomaly pattern",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amv-plus-trop": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized positive tropical AMV anomaly pattern",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amv-minus-trop": {
-                               "experiment":                "idealized impact of a positive tropical AMV anomaly pattern",
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-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "predictability-atlGyre": {
-                               "experiment":                "predictability of 1990s warming of Atlantic gyre",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hindcast-novolc": {
-                               "experiment":                "hindcast but with only background volcanic forcing",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "forecast-Pinatubo": {
-                               "experiment":                "2015 forecast with added Pinatubo forcing",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "forecast-ElChichon": {
-                               "experiment":                "2015 forecast with added El Chichon forcing",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "forecast-Agung": {
-                               "experiment":                "2015 forecast with added Agung forcing",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "initiate with year YYYY",
-                               "activity_id":               "DCPP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "faf-all": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "FAFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "faf-heat": {
-                               "experiment":                "control plus perturbative surface flux of heat into ocean",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "FAFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "faf-passiveheat": {
-                               "experiment":                "control plus surface flux of passive heat tracer into ocean",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "FAFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "faf-stress": {
-                               "experiment":                "control plus perturbative surface flux of momentum into ocean",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "FAFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "faf-water": {
-                               "experiment":                "control plus perturbative surface flux of water into ocean",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "FAFMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G1": {
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-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piSST-4xCO2-solar": {
-                               "experiment":                "preindustrial conrol SSTs with quadrupled CO2 + solar reduction. ",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "futureSST-4xCO2-solar": {
-                               "experiment":                "year 100 SSTs from abrupt4xCO2 with quadrupled CO2 + solar reduction",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G6SST1": {
-                               "experiment":                "SSTs, forcings, and other prescribed conditions from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G6solar": {
-                               "experiment":                "total solar irradiance reduction to reduce net forcing from SSP585 to SSP245",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G6SST2-solar": {
-                               "experiment":                "SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G6solar",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G6sulfur": {
-                               "experiment":                "stratospheric sulfate aerosol injection to reduce net forcing from SSP585 to SSP245",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G6SST2-sulfur": {
-                               "experiment":                "SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G6sulfur",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G7cirrus": {
-                               "experiment":                "G7cirrus _ increase cirrus ice crystal fall speed to reduce net forcing in SSP585 by 1 W m-2",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G7SST1-cirrus": {
-                               "experiment":                "SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5 + cirrus thinning",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "G7SST2-cirrus": {
-                               "experiment":                "SSTs from year 2100 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G7cirrus",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GeoMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-hist": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GMMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-hld": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GMMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-TIP": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GMMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "amip-TIP-nosh": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GMMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-resAMO": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GMMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-resIPO": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "GMMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "control-1950": {
-                               "experiment":                "coupled control with fixed 1950's forcing (HighResMIP equivalent of pre-industrial control)",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "highres-future": {
-                               "experiment":                "coupled future 2015-2050 using a scenario as close to CMIP5 RCP8.5 as possible within CMIP6",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "hist-1950": {
-                               "experiment":                "coupled historical 1950-2014",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "highresSST-present": {
-                               "experiment":                "forced atmosphere experiment for 1950-2014",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "highresSST-future": {
-                               "experiment":                "forced atmosphere experiment for 2015-2050 using SST/sea-ice derived from CMIP5 RCP8.5 simulations and a scenario as close to RCP8.5 as possible within CMIP6",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "highresSST-LAI": {
-                               "experiment":                "common LAI dataset within the highresSST-present experiment",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "highresSST-smoothed": {
-                               "experiment":                "smoothed SST version of highresSST-present",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "highresSST-p4K": {
-                               "experiment":                "uniform 4K warming of highresSST-present SST",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "highresSST-4co2": {
-                               "experiment":                "highresSST-present SST with 4xCO2 concentrations",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "HighResMIP",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AGCM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "ism-1pctCO2": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "ISMIP6",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ISM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "1pctCO2-withism": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "ISMIP6",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM ISM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "ism-piControl": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "ISMIP6",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ISM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "piControl-withism": {
-                               "experiment":                "to be filled",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "ISMIP6",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "AOGCM ISM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
-
-        "ism-ssp585": {
-                               "experiment":                "",
-                               "sub_experiment_id":         "none",
-                               "activity_id":               "ISMIP6",
-                               "mip_era":                   "CMIP6",
-                               "source_type":               "ISM",
-                               "additional_source_type":    "CHEM AER"
-
-                          },
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index fd10860..40cb5bd 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIfxant.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIfxant.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
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index 1f2ee7b..c75bfbb 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIfxgre.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIfxgre.json
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index 7e456eb..9bee011 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LImon.json
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index 7701c79..e94722f 100644
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diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrant.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrant.json
index 98d9a47..0a1f924 100644
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             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "X-component of land ice basal velocity", 
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             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
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             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "X-component of land ice surface velocity", 
-            "comment": "u-velocity at land ice surface", 
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             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Y-component of land ice basal velocity", 
-            "comment": "v-velocity at land ice base", 
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             "comment": "The vertical mean land ice velocity is the average from the bedrock to the surface of the ice", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
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             "positive": "", 
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             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Y-component of land ice surface velocity", 
-            "comment": "v-velocity at land ice surface", 
+            "comment": "A velocity is a vector quantity. 'y' indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. 'Land ice' means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The surface called 'surface' means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.'", 
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-            "out_name": "vvelsurf", 
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             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Upward-component of land ice basal velocity", 
-            "comment": "w-velocity at land ice base", 
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             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "wvelbase", 
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             "valid_min": "", 
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             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Upward component of land ice surface velocity", 
-            "comment": "w-velocity at land ice surface", 
+            "comment": "A velocity is a vector quantity. 'Upward' indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface called 'surface' means the lower boundary of the atmosphere", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "wvelsurf", 
+            "out_name": "zvelsurf", 
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diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrgre.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrgre.json
index 2a08d2f..cd89f29 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrgre.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_LIyrgre.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
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+        "realm": "landIce", 
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+            "modeling_realm": "landIce", 
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
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@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
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+            "modeling_realm": "landIce", 
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             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "X-component of land ice basal velocity", 
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             "long_name": "X-component of land ice surface velocity", 
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             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Y-component of land ice basal velocity", 
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             "standard_name": "land_ice_surface_y_velocity", 
             "units": "m s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Y-component of land ice surface velocity", 
-            "comment": "v-velocity at land ice surface", 
+            "comment": "A velocity is a vector quantity. 'y' indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. 'Land ice' means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The surface called 'surface' means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.'", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "vvelsurf", 
+            "out_name": "yvelsurf", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -541,16 +541,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "wvelbase": {
-            "modeling_realm": "", 
+        "zvelbase": {
+            "modeling_realm": "landIce", 
             "standard_name": "land_ice_basal_upward_velocity", 
             "units": "m s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Upward-component of land ice basal velocity", 
-            "comment": "w-velocity at land ice base", 
+            "comment": "A velocity is a vector quantity. 'Upward' indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). 'basal' means the lower boundary of the atmosphere", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "wvelbase", 
+            "out_name": "zvelbase", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -558,16 +558,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "wvelsurf": {
-            "modeling_realm": "", 
+        "zvelsurf": {
+            "modeling_realm": "landIce", 
             "standard_name": "land_ice_surface_upward_velocity", 
             "units": "m s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where ice_shelf", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacellg", 
             "long_name": "Upward component of land ice surface velocity", 
-            "comment": "w-velocity at land ice surface", 
+            "comment": "A velocity is a vector quantity. 'Upward' indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface called 'surface' means the lower boundary of the atmosphere", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "wvelsurf", 
+            "out_name": "zvelsurf", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Lmon.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Lmon.json
index 0bc3845..c0bc4ac 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Lmon.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Lmon.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table Lmon", 
         "realm": "land", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Total C4 PFT Cover Fraction", 
-            "comment": "Fraction of entire grid cell  that is covered by C4 PFTs (including grass and crops).", 
+            "comment": "Percentage of entire grid cell  that is covered by C4 PFTs (including grass and crops).", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time typec4pft", 
             "out_name": "c4PftFrac", 
             "type": "real", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oclim.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oclim.json
index 6337d3c..a310b36 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oclim.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oclim.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table Oclim", 
         "realm": "ocean", 
         "frequency": "monClim", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_momentum_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Momentum XY Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Lateral biharmonic viscosity applied to the momentum equitions.", 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_momentum_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Momentum XY Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Lateral biharmonic viscosity applied to the momentum equitions.", 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_momentum_xy_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Momentum XY Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Lateral Laplacian viscosity applied to the momentum equitions.", 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_momentum_xy_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Momentum XY Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Lateral Laplacian viscosity applied to the momentum equitions.", 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_bolus_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Bolus Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_bolus_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Bolus Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@
         }, 
         "diftrblo": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_bolus_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Bolus Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Ocean tracer diffusivity associated with parameterized eddy-induced advective transport. Sometimes this diffusivity is called the 'thickness' diffusivity. For CMIP5, this diagnostic was called 'ocean tracer bolus laplacian diffusivity'.  The CMIP6 name is physically more relevant.", 
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@
         }, 
         "diftrblo2d": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_bolus_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Bolus Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Ocean tracer diffusivity associated with parameterized eddy-induced advective transport. Sometimes this diffusivity is called the 'thickness' diffusivity. For CMIP5, this diagnostic was called 'ocean tracer bolus laplacian diffusivity'.  The CMIP6 name is physically more relevant.", 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_epineutral_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Epineutral Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_epineutral_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Epineutral Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_epineutral_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Epineutral Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Ocean tracer diffusivity associated with parameterized eddy-induced diffusive transport oriented along neutral or isopycnal directions. Sometimes this diffusivity is called the neutral diffusivity or isopycnal diffusivity or Redi diffusivity.", 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_epineutral_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer Epineutral Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Ocean tracer diffusivity associated with parameterized eddy-induced diffusive transport oriented along neutral or isopycnal directions. Sometimes this diffusivity is called the neutral diffusivity or isopycnal diffusivity or Redi diffusivity.", 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer XY Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m4 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer XY Biharmonic Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_xy_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer XY Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_xy_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Tracer XY Laplacian Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Heat Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Vertical/dianeutral diffusivity applied to prognostic temperature field.", 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_background", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Momentum Diffusivity due to Background", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_form_drag", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Momentum Diffusivity due to Form Drag", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Momentum Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_tides", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Momentum Diffusivity due to Tides", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@
         }, 
         "difvso": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "ocean_verticalt_salt_diffusivity", 
+            "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_salt_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Salt Diffusivity", 
             "comment": "Vertical/dianeutral diffusivity applied to prognostic salinity field.", 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_background", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Tracer Diffusivity due to Background", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_tides", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Vertical Tracer Diffusivity due to Tides", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_kinetic_energy_dissipation_per_unit_area_due_to_vertical_friction", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Kinetic Energy Dissipation Per Unit Area due to Vertical Friction", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_kinetic_energy_dissipation_per_unit_area_due_to_xy_friction", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Kinetic Energy Dissipation Per Unit Area due to XY Friction", 
             "comment": "Depth integrated impacts on kinetic energy arising from lateral frictional dissipation associated with Laplacian and/or biharmonic viscosity. For CMIP5, this diagnostic was 3d, whereas the CMIP6 depth integrated diagnostic is sufficient for many purposes and reduces archive requirements.", 
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "ocean_kinetic_energy_dissipation_per_unit_area_due_to_xy_friction", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Kinetic Energy Dissipation Per Unit Area due to XY Friction", 
             "comment": "Depth integrated impacts on kinetic energy arising from lateral frictional dissipation associated with Laplacian and/or biharmonic viscosity. For CMIP5, this diagnostic was 3d, whereas the CMIP6 depth integrated diagnostic is sufficient for many purposes and reduces archive requirements.", 
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@
         }, 
         "tnkebto": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_bolus_transport", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Tendency of Ocean Eddy Kinetic Energy Content due to Bolus Transport", 
             "comment": "Depth integrated impacts on kinetic energy arising from parameterized eddy-induced advection. For CMIP5, this diagnostic was 3d, whereas the CMIP6 depth integrated diagnostic is sufficient for many purposes and reduces archive requirements.", 
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@
         }, 
         "tnkebto2d": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_bolus_transport", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Tendency of Ocean Eddy Kinetic Energy Content due to Bolus Transport", 
             "comment": "Depth integrated impacts on kinetic energy arising from parameterized eddy-induced advection. For CMIP5, this diagnostic was 3d, whereas the CMIP6 depth integrated diagnostic is sufficient for many purposes and reduces archive requirements.", 
@@ -509,9 +509,9 @@
         }, 
         "tnpeo": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "endency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Tendency of Ocean Potential Energy Content", 
             "comment": "Rate that work is done against vertical stratification, as measured by the vertical heat and salt diffusivity. Report here as depth integrated two-dimensional field.", 
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content_due_to_tides", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Tendency of Ocean Potential Energy Content due to Tides", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content_due_to_background", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Tendency of Ocean Potential Energy Content due to Background", 
             "comment": "", 
@@ -558,16 +558,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "zfull": {
+        "zfullo": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
             "units": "m", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Depth Below Geoid of Ocean Layer", 
             "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time2", 
-            "out_name": "zfull", 
+            "out_name": "zfullo", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -575,16 +575,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "zhalf": {
+        "zhalfo": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
             "units": "m", 
-            "cell_methods": "within years time: mean over years time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean within years time: mean over years", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Depth Below Geoid of Interfaces Between Ocean Layers", 
             "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time2", 
-            "out_name": "zhalf", 
+            "out_name": "zhalfo", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oday.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oday.json
index 60fc0be..7f1344b 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oday.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oday.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table Oday", 
         "realm": "ocean", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "sossq": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "square_of_sea_surface_salinity", 
+            "units": "1e-06", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "Square of Sea Surface Salinity", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "sossq", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "tos": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "sea_surface_temperature", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Ofx.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Ofx.json
index 4b17bc7..cb1b0e3 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Ofx.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Ofx.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table Ofx", 
         "realm": "ocean", 
         "frequency": "fx", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "", 
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "cpocean": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "specific_heat_capacity_of_seawater", 
+            "units": "J kg-1 K-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
+            "long_name": "Sea water specific heat capacity", 
+            "comment": "A global constant used to convert between temperature flux and heat flux, and to compute heat content of sea water.", 
+            "dimensions": "", 
+            "out_name": "cpocean", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "deptho": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "sea_floor_depth_below_geoid", 
@@ -83,6 +100,23 @@
             "valid_max": "1e+15", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "0.0", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": "1e+15"
+        }, 
+        "rhozero": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "reference_sea_water_density_for_Boussinesq_approximation", 
+            "units": "kg m-3", 
+            "cell_methods": "", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
+            "long_name": "Boussinesq reference density", 
+            "comment": "Relevant only for Boussinesq ocean models", 
+            "dimensions": "", 
+            "out_name": "rhozero", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Omon.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Omon.json
index 411126c..74ba832 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Omon.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Omon.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table Omon", 
         "realm": "ocnBgchem", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
             "units": "mol kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of CFC-11 in Sea Water", 
+            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of CFC-11 in sea water", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "cfc11", 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
             "units": "mol kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of CFC-12 in Sea Water", 
+            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of CFC-12 in sea water", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "cfc12", 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
         }, 
         "co3": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_ion_in_seawater", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water", 
             "units": "mol m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
         }, 
         "co3satarag": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_ion_for_seawater_in_equilibrium_with_pure_aragonite", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_aragonite_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_at_saturation", 
             "units": "mol m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
         }, 
         "co3satcalc": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_ion_for_seawater_in_equilibrium_with_pure_calcite", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_calcite_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_at_saturation", 
             "units": "mol m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
         }, 
         "expsi100": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "3cbe53c2-12cc-11e6-b2bc-ac72891c3257", 
+            "standard_name": "sinking_mole_flux_of_particulate_silicon_in_sea_water", 
             "units": "mol m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
@@ -1039,28 +1039,11 @@
             "standard_name": "water_flux_into_sea_water_from_icebergs", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Water Flux into Sea Water From Icebergs", 
-            "comment": "computed as the iceberg melt water  flux into the ocean divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "ficeberg", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "ficeberg2d": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "water_flux_into_sea_water_from_icebergs", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Water Flux into Sea Water From Icebergs", 
             "comment": "computed as the iceberg melt water  flux into the ocean divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "ficeberg2d", 
+            "out_name": "ficeberg", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1379,28 +1362,11 @@
             "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_iceberg_thermodynamics", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Iceberg Thermodynamics", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "hfibthermds", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "hfibthermds2d": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_iceberg_thermodynamics", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Iceberg Thermodynamics", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "hfibthermds2d", 
+            "out_name": "hfibthermds", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1408,16 +1374,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "hfls": {
+        "hflso": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_upward_latent_heat_flux", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_downward_latent_heat_flux", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where ice_free_sea over sea time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Surface Downward Latent Heat Flux", 
-            "comment": "", 
+            "comment": "'This is defined as ''where ice_free_sea over sea'''", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "hfls", 
+            "out_name": "hflso", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "down", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1447,28 +1413,11 @@
             "standard_name": "temperature_flux_due_to_runoff_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Temperature Flux due to Runoff Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "hfrunoffds", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "hfrunoffds2d": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "temperature_flux_due_to_runoff_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_sea_water", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Temperature Flux due to Runoff Expressed as Heat Flux into Sea Water", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "hfrunoffds2d", 
+            "out_name": "hfrunoffds", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1481,62 +1430,11 @@
             "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_freezing_of_frazil_ice", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Frazil Ice Formation", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "hfsifrazil", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "hfsifrazil2d": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean seaIce", 
-            "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_freezing_of_frazil_ice", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Frazil Ice Formation", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "hfsifrazil2d", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "hfsithermds": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean seaIce", 
-            "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "hfsithermds", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "hfsithermds2d": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean seaIce", 
-            "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Sea Ice Thermodynamics", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "hfsithermds2d", 
+            "out_name": "hfsifrazil", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1549,28 +1447,11 @@
             "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_snow_thermodynamics", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Snow Thermodynamics", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "hfsnthermds", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "hfsnthermds2d": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_snow_thermodynamics", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Heat Flux into Sea Water due to Snow Thermodynamics", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "hfsnthermds2d", 
+            "out_name": "hfsnthermds", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1578,16 +1459,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "hfss": {
+        "hfsso": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where ice_free_sea over sea time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Surface Downward Sensible Heat Flux", 
-            "comment": "", 
+            "comment": "This is defined as 'where ice_free_sea over sea'", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "hfss", 
+            "out_name": "hfsso", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "down", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1600,7 +1481,7 @@
             "standard_name": "ocean_heat_x_transport", 
             "units": "W", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Heat X Transport", 
             "comment": "Contains all contributions to 'x-ward' heat transport from resolved and parameterized processes.  Use Celsius for temperature scale.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
@@ -1617,7 +1498,7 @@
             "standard_name": "ocean_heat_y_transport", 
             "units": "W", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Heat Y Transport", 
             "comment": "Contains all contributions to 'y-ward' heat transport from resolved and parameterized processes. Use Celsius for temperature scale.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
@@ -2292,6 +2173,40 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "mlotstmax": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "", 
+            "units": "m", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: max", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "Maximum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T", 
+            "comment": "Sigma T is potential density referenced to ocean surface.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "mlotstmax", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "mlotstmin": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "", 
+            "units": "m", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: min", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "Minimum Ocean Mixed Layer Thickness Defined by Sigma T", 
+            "comment": "Sigma T is potential density referenced to ocean surface.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "mlotstmin", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "mlotstsq": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t", 
@@ -2581,6 +2496,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "obvfsq": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water", 
+            "units": "s-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
+            "long_name": "Square of Brunt Vaisala Frequency in Sea Water", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
+            "out_name": "obvfsq", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "ocfriver": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_organic_carbon_due_to_runoff_and_sediment_dissolution", 
@@ -2887,16 +2819,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "pr": {
+        "prlq": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "precipitation_flux", 
+            "standard_name": "rainfall_flux", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where ice_free_sea over sea time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Rainfall Flux where Ice Free Ocean over Sea", 
-            "comment": "includes both liquid and solid phases", 
+            "comment": "computed as the total mass of liquid water falling as liquid rain  into the ice-free portion of the ocean divided by the area of the ocean portion of the grid cell.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "pr", 
+            "out_name": "prlq", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -2938,16 +2870,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "rlds": {
+        "rlntds": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_net_downward_longwave_flux", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where ice_free_sea over sea time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Surface Net Downward Longwave Radiation", 
-            "comment": "", 
+            "comment": "This is defined as 'where ice_free_sea over sea'", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "rlds", 
+            "out_name": "rlntds", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "down", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -2995,7 +2927,7 @@
             "units": "mol kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of SF6 in Sea Water", 
+            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of SF6 in sea water", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "sf6", 
@@ -3142,16 +3074,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "somint": {
+        "sos": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_prognostic_salinity", 
-            "units": "1e-3 kg m-2", 
+            "standard_name": "sea_surface_salinity", 
+            "units": "0.001", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and prognostic salinity", 
-            "comment": "Full column sum of density*cell thickness*prognostic salinity. If the model is Boussinesq, then use Boussinesq reference density for the density factor.", 
+            "long_name": "Sea Surface Salinity", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "somint", 
+            "out_name": "sos", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -3159,16 +3091,33 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "sos": {
+        "sosga": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "sea_surface_salinity", 
             "units": "0.001", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
+            "long_name": "Global Average Sea Surface Salinity", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "time", 
+            "out_name": "sosga", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "sossq": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "square_of_sea_surface_salinity", 
+            "units": "1e-06", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "Sea Surface Salinity", 
+            "long_name": "Square of Sea Surface Salinity", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "sos", 
+            "out_name": "sossq", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -3231,8 +3180,8 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "surface_downward_x_stress_correction", 
             "units": "N m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Surface Downward X Stress Correction", 
             "comment": "This is the stress on the liquid ocean from overlying atmosphere, sea ice, ice shelf, etc.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
@@ -3248,8 +3197,8 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "surface_downward_x_stress", 
             "units": "N m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Surface Downward X Stress", 
             "comment": "This is the stress on the liquid ocean from overlying atmosphere, sea ice, ice shelf, etc.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
@@ -3265,8 +3214,8 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "surface_downward_y_stress_correction", 
             "units": "N m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Surface Downward Y Stress Correction", 
             "comment": "This is the stress on the liquid ocean from overlying atmosphere, sea ice, ice shelf, etc.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
@@ -3282,8 +3231,8 @@
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "surface_downward_y_stress", 
             "units": "N m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Surface Downward Y Stress", 
             "comment": "This is the stress on the liquid ocean from overlying atmosphere, sea ice, ice shelf, etc.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
@@ -3349,7 +3298,7 @@
         "tob": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "sea_water_potential_temperature_at_sea_floor", 
-            "units": "C", 
+            "units": "degC", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Sea Water Potential Temperature at Sea Floor", 
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-            "standard_name": "integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_prognostic_temperature", 
-            "units": "1e-3 kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and prognostic temperature", 
-            "comment": "Full column sum of density*cell thickness*prognostic temperature. If the model is Boussinesq, then use Boussinesq reference density for the density factor.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "tomint", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "sea_surface_temperature", 
@@ -3436,7 +3368,7 @@
             "standard_name": "ocean_mass_x_transport", 
             "units": "kg s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Mass X Transport", 
             "comment": "X-ward mass transport from resolved and parameterized advective transport.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
@@ -3453,7 +3385,7 @@
             "standard_name": "sea_water_x_velocity", 
             "units": "m s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea Water X Velocity", 
             "comment": "Prognostic x-ward velocity component resolved by the model.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
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             "standard_name": "ocean_mass_y_transport", 
             "units": "kg s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Ocean Mass Y Transport", 
             "comment": "Y-ward mass transport from resolved and parameterized advective transport.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
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             "standard_name": "sea_water_y_velocity", 
             "units": "m s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "--OPT", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea Water Y Velocity", 
             "comment": "Prognostic x-ward velocity component resolved by the model.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
@@ -3686,14 +3618,31 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "wo": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "upward_sea_water_velocity", 
+            "units": "m s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "", 
+            "long_name": "Sea Water Z Velocity", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
+            "out_name": "wo", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "zfull": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
+            "standard_name": "height_above_reference_ellipsoid", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Depth Below Geoid of Ocean Layer", 
-            "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "zfull", 
             "type": "real", 
@@ -3705,12 +3654,12 @@
         }, 
         "zhalf": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
+            "standard_name": "height_above_reference_ellipsoid", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "Depth Below Geoid of Interfaces Between Ocean Layers", 
-            "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "zhalf", 
             "type": "real", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oyr.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oyr.json
index 3ace9e9..6972c4d 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oyr.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_Oyr.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table Oyr", 
         "realm": "ocnBgchem", 
         "frequency": "yr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "365.00000", 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             "units": "mol kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of CFC-11 in Sea Water", 
+            "long_name": "Mole Concentration of CFC-11 in sea water", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "cfc11", 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
             "units": "mol kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of CFC-12 in Sea Water", 
+            "long_name": "Mole Concentration of CFC-12 in sea water", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "cfc12", 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
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         "co3": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_ion_in_seawater", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water", 
             "units": "mol m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
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         }, 
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             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_ion_for_seawater_in_equilibrium_with_pure_aragonite", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_aragonite_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_at_saturation", 
             "units": "mol m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
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             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_carbonate_ion_for_seawater_in_equilibrium_with_pure_calcite", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_calcite_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_at_saturation", 
             "units": "mol m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
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-            "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "ocean_tracer_bolus_laplacian_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
         }, 
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             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "ocean_verticalt_salt_diffusivity", 
+            "standard_name": "ocean_vertical_salt_diffusivity", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
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-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content due to advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from resolved advection. Reported only for models that use conservative temperature as prognostic field.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "ocontempadvect", 
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@@ -949,16 +932,16 @@
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
+            "standard_name": "integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_conservative_temperature", 
+            "units": "degC kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content due to parameterized eddy advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from parameterized eddy advection (any form of eddy advection). Reported only for models that use conservative temperature as prognostic field.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "ocontemppadvect", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and conservative temperature", 
+            "comment": "Full column sum of density*cell thickness*conservative temperature. If the model is Boussinesq, then use Boussinesq reference density for the density factor.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "ocontempmint", 
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             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
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-        "ocontemppmadvect": {
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content due to parameterized mesoscale advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from parameterized mesoscale eddy advection. Reported only for models that use conservative temperature as prognostic field.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content due to parameterized eddy advection", 
+            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from parameterized eddy advection (any form of eddy advection). Reported only for models that use conservative temperature as prognostic field.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "ocontemppmadvect", 
+            "out_name": "ocontemppadvect", 
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             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_residual_mean_advection", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from all processes. Reported only for models that use conservative temperature as prognostic field.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content due to residual mean (sum of Eulerian + parameterized) advection", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "ocontemptend", 
+            "out_name": "ocontemprmadvect", 
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             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content due to advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from resolved advection. Reported only for models that use potential temperature as prognostic field.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content", 
+            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from all processes. Reported only for models that use conservative temperature as prognostic field.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "opottempadvect", 
+            "out_name": "ocontemptend", 
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             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-        "opottemppadvect": {
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
+            "standard_name": "integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_potential_temperature", 
+            "units": "degC kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content due to parameterized eddy advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from parameterized eddy advection (any form of eddy advection). Reported only for models that use potential temperature as prognostic field.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "opottemppadvect", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and potential temperature", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "opottempmint", 
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             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-        "opottemppmadvect": {
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
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             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content due to parameterized mesoscale advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from parameterized mesoscale eddy advection. Reported only for models that use potential temperature as prognostic field.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content due to parameterized eddy advection", 
+            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from parameterized eddy advection (any form of eddy advection). Reported only for models that use potential temperature as prognostic field.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "opottemppmadvect", 
+            "out_name": "opottemppadvect", 
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             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1136,16 +1119,16 @@
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-        "opottemptend": {
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_residual_mean_advection", 
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             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from all processes. Reported only for models that use potential temperature as prognostic field.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content due to residual mean advection", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "opottemptend", 
+            "out_name": "opottemprmadvect", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
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@@ -1153,16 +1136,16 @@
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_advection", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content", 
+            "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of salt content for a grid cell from resolved advection.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content", 
+            "comment": "Tendency of heat content for a grid cell from all processes. Reported only for models that use potential temperature as prognostic field.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "osaltadvect", 
+            "out_name": "opottemptend", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
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@@ -1204,16 +1187,16 @@
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-        "osaltpmadvect": {
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to parameterized mesoscale advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of salt content for a grid cell from parameterized mesoscale eddy advection.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to parameterized mesoscale diffusion", 
+            "comment": "Tendency of salt content for a grid cell from parameterized mesoscale eddy diffusion.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "osaltpmadvect", 
+            "out_name": "osaltpmdiff", 
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@@ -1221,16 +1204,16 @@
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_diffusion", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_advection", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to parameterized mesoscale diffusion", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of salt content for a grid cell from parameterized mesoscale eddy diffusion.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to parameterized submesoscale advection", 
+            "comment": "Tendency of salt content for a grid cell from parameterized submesoscale eddy advection.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "osaltpmdiff", 
+            "out_name": "osaltpsmadvect", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1238,16 +1221,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "osaltpsmadvect": {
+        "osaltrmadvect": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_residual_mean_advection", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to parameterized submesoscale advection", 
-            "comment": "Tendency of salt content for a grid cell from parameterized submesoscale eddy advection.", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to residual mean advection", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "osaltpsmadvect", 
+            "out_name": "osaltrmadvect", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1714,13 +1697,30 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "rsdoabsorb": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "net_rate_of_absorption_of_shortwave_energy_in_ocean_layer", 
+            "units": "W m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "net rate of absorption of shortwave energy in ocean layer", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "rsdoabsorb", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "sf6": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "moles_of_sf6_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water", 
             "units": "mol kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Moles Per Unit Mass of SF6 in Sea Water", 
+            "long_name": "Mole Concentration of SF6 in sea water", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "sf6", 
@@ -1748,6 +1748,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "somint": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_prognostic_salinity", 
+            "units": "1e-3 kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and salinity", 
+            "comment": "Full column sum of density*cell thickness*prognostic salinity. If the model is Boussinesq, then use Boussinesq reference density for the density factor.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "somint", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "talk": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
             "standard_name": "sea_water_alkalinity_expressed_as_mole_equivalent", 
@@ -1784,7 +1801,7 @@
         }, 
         "tnkebto": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_bolus_transport", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
@@ -1801,10 +1818,10 @@
         }, 
         "tnpeo": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "endency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
             "long_name": "tendency of ocean potential energy content", 
             "comment": "Rate that work is done against vertical stratification, as measured by the vertical heat and salt diffusivity. Report here as depth integrated two-dimensional field.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SIday.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SIday.json
index f7fba76..642e696 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SIday.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SIday.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table SIday", 
         "realm": "seaIce", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_thickness", 
             "units": "m", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Sea-ice thickness", 
             "comment": "Actual (floe) thickness of sea ice (NOT volume divided by grid area as was done in CMIP5)", 
@@ -47,23 +47,6 @@
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "siu": {
-            "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
-            "standard_name": "sea_ice_x_velocity", 
-            "units": "m s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
-            "cell_measures": "--MODEL", 
-            "long_name": "X-component of sea ice velocity", 
-            "comment": "The x-velocity of ice on native model grid", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "siu", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SImon.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SImon.json
index d78c500..dd7c89e 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SImon.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_SImon.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table SImon", 
         "realm": "seaIce", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_area_transport_across_line", 
             "units": "m2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea ice area flux through straits", 
             "comment": "net (sum of transport in all directions) sea ice area transport through the following four passages, positive into the Arctic Ocean 1. Fram Strait = (11.5W,81.3N to (10.5E,79.6N) 2. Canadian Archipelego = (128.2W,70.6N) to (59.3W,82.1N) 3. Barents opening = (16.8E,76.5N) to (19.2E,70.2N) 4. Bering Strait = (171W,66.2N) to (166W,65N)", 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_area", 
             "units": "1e6 km2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea ice area North", 
             "comment": "total area of sea ice in the Northern hemisphere", 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_area", 
             "units": "1e6 km2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea ice area South", 
             "comment": "total area of sea ice in the Southern hemisphere", 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_area_fraction", 
             "units": "1.0", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Sea-ice area fraction", 
             "comment": "Area fraction of grid cell covered by sea ice", 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_area_fraction_due_to_dynamics", 
             "units": "s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice area fraction change from dynamics", 
             "comment": "Total change in sea-ice area fraction through dynamics-related processes (advection, divergence...)", 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_area_fraction_due_to_thermodynamics", 
             "units": "s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice area fraction change from thermodynamics", 
             "comment": "Total change in sea-ice area fraction through thermodynamic processes", 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_dynamics", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change from dynamics", 
             "comment": "Total change in sea-ice mass through dynamics-related processes (advection,...) divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "water_evaporation_flux", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change through evaporation and sublimation", 
             "comment": "The rate of change of sea-ice mass change through evaporation and sublimation divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_congelation_ice_accumulation", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change through basal growth", 
             "comment": "The rate of change of sea ice mass due to vertical growth of existing sea ice at its base divided by grid-cell area. ", 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_freezing_in_open_water", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change through growth in supercooled open water (aka frazil)", 
             "comment": "The rate of change of sea ice mass due to sea ice formation in supercooled water (often through frazil formation) divided by grid-cell area. Together, sidmassgrowthwat and sidmassgrowthbot should give total ice growth ", 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_lateral_melting", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Lateral sea ice melt rate", 
             "comment": "The rate of change of sea ice mass through lateral melting divided by grid-cell area (report 0 if not explicitly calculated thermodynamically)", 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_basal_melting", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change through bottom melting", 
             "comment": "The rate of change of sea ice mass through melting at the ice bottom divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_surface_melting", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change through surface melting", 
             "comment": "The rate of change of sea ice mass through melting at the ice surface divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_snow_conversion", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change through snow-to-ice conversion", 
             "comment": "The rate of change of sea ice mass due to transformation of snow to sea ice divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_ice_amount_due_to_thermodynamics", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "sea-ice mass change from thermodynamics", 
             "comment": "Total change in sea-ice mass from thermodynamic processes divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_x_transport", 
             "units": "kg s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "X-component of sea-ice mass transport", 
             "comment": "Includes transport of both sea ice and snow by advection", 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_y_transport", 
             "units": "kg s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Y-component of sea-ice mass transport", 
             "comment": "Includes transport of both sea ice and snow by advection", 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_extent", 
             "units": "1e6 km2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea ice extent North", 
             "comment": "Total area of all Northern-Hemisphere grid cells that are covered by at least 15 % areal fraction of sea ice", 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_extent", 
             "units": "1e6 km2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea ice extent South", 
             "comment": "Total area of all Southern-Hemisphere grid cells that are covered by at least 15 % areal fraction of sea ice", 
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "freshwater_flux_from_ice_surface", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Freshwater flux from sea-ice surface", 
             "comment": "Total flux of fresh water from sea-ice surface into underlying ocean. This combines both surface melt water that drains directly into the ocean and the drainage of surface melt pond. By definition, this flux is always positive.", 
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
         }, 
         "siitdconc": {
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_snow_thickness", 
+            "standard_name": "sea_ice_area_fraction_over_categories", 
             "units": "1.0", 
             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_amount", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Sea-ice mass per area", 
             "comment": "Total mass of sea ice divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_mass_transport_across_line", 
             "units": "kg s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea mass area flux through straits", 
             "comment": "net (sum of transport in all directions) sea ice area transport through the following four passages, positive into the Arctic Ocean 1. Fram Strait = (11.5W,81.3N to (10.5E,79.6N) 2. Canadian Archipelego = (128.2W,70.6N) to (59.3W,82.1N) 3. Barents opening = (16.8E,76.5N) to (19.2E,70.2N) 4. Bering Strait = (171W,66.2N) to (166W,65N)", 
@@ -902,10 +902,10 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "area_fraction", 
             "units": "1.0", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Meltpond area fraction", 
-            "comment": "Area fraction of grid cell that is covered by melt ponds", 
+            "comment": "Fraction of sea ice, by area, which is covered by melt ponds, giving equal weight to every square metre of sea ice .", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "simpconc", 
             "type": "", 
@@ -970,10 +970,10 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "fraction_of_ridged_sea_ice", 
             "units": "1.0", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Ridged ice area fraction", 
-            "comment": "Area fraction of grid cell covered by ridged sea ice", 
+            "long_name": "Ridged Ice Area Fraction", 
+            "comment": "Fraction of sea ice, by area, which is covered by sea ice ridges, giving equal weight to every square metre of sea ice .", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "sirdgconc", 
             "type": "", 
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_salt_mass", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass of salt in sea ice per area", 
             "comment": "Total mass of all salt in sea ice divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@
             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Snow area fraction", 
-            "comment": "Area fraction of grid cell covered by snow that lies on sea ice; exclude snow that lies on land or land ice.", 
+            "comment": "Fraction of sea ice, by area, which is covered by snow, giving equal weight to every square metre of sea ice . Exclude snow that lies on land or land ice.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "sisnconc", 
             "type": "", 
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@
         }, 
         "sisnmass": {
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_snow_amount", 
+            "standard_name": "liquid_water_content_of_surface_snow", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@
         }, 
         "sitemptop": {
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_temperature", 
+            "standard_name": "sea_ice_surface_temperature", 
             "units": "K", 
             "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_time_fraction", 
             "units": "1.0", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Fraction of time steps with sea ice", 
             "comment": "Fraction of time steps of the averaging period during which sea ice is present (siconc >0 ) in a grid cell ", 
@@ -1289,6 +1289,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "siu": {
+            "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
+            "standard_name": "sea_ice_x_velocity", 
+            "units": "m s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean where sea_ice", 
+            "cell_measures": "--MODEL", 
+            "long_name": "X-component of sea ice velocity", 
+            "comment": "The x-velocity of ice on native model grid", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "siu", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "siv": {
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_y_velocity", 
@@ -1310,7 +1327,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_thickness", 
             "units": "m", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "Sea-ice volume per area", 
             "comment": "Total volume of sea ice divided by grid-cell area (this used to be called ice thickness in CMIP5)", 
@@ -1327,7 +1344,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_volume", 
             "units": "1e3 km3", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea ice volume North", 
             "comment": "total volume of sea ice in the Northern hemisphere", 
@@ -1344,7 +1361,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "sea_ice_volume", 
             "units": "1e3 km3", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Sea ice volume South", 
             "comment": "total volume of sea ice in the Southern hemisphere", 
@@ -1361,7 +1378,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_snow_mass_due_to_sea_ice_dynamics", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "snow mass change through advection by sea-ice dynamics", 
             "comment": "the rate of change of snow mass through advection with sea ice divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -1378,7 +1395,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "surface_snow_melt_flux", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "snow mass change through melt", 
             "comment": "the rate of change of snow mass through melt divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -1395,7 +1412,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_snow_mass_due_to_snow_to_ice_conversion", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "snow mass change through snow-to-ice conversion", 
             "comment": "the rate of change of snow mass due to transformation of snow to sea ice divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -1412,7 +1429,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "snowfall_flux", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
             "long_name": "snow mass change through snow fall", 
             "comment": "mass of solid precipitation falling onto sea ice divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -1429,7 +1446,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "surface_snow_sublimation_flux", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "snow mass change through evaporation or sublimation", 
             "comment": "the rate of change of snow mass through sublimation and evaporation divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -1446,7 +1463,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "tendency_of_snow_mass_due_to_drifting_snow", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "snow mass change through wind drift of snow", 
             "comment": "the rate of change of snow mass through wind drift of snow divided by grid-cell area", 
@@ -1463,7 +1480,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "seaIce", 
             "standard_name": "snow_mass_transport_across_line", 
             "units": "kg s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea_ice time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "", 
             "long_name": "Snow mass flux through straits", 
             "comment": "net (sum of transport in all directions) snow mass transport through the following four passages, positive into the Arctic Ocean 1. Fram Strait = (11.5W,81.3N to (10.5E,79.6N) 2. Canadian Archipelego = (128.2W,70.6N) to (59.3W,82.1N) 3. Barents opening = (16.8E,76.5N) to (19.2E,70.2N) 4. Bering Strait = (171W,66.2N) to (166W,65N)", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerdaily.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerdaily.json
index c648605..7405c71 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerdaily.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerdaily.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table aerdaily", 
         "realm": "aerosol", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
@@ -14,9 +14,26 @@
         "Conventions": "CF-1.6 CMIP-6.0"
     }, 
     "variable_entry": {
+        "cod": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_cloud", 
+            "units": "1.0", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "cloud optical depth", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cod", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "maxpblz": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
+            "standard_name": "atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: maximum", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -33,7 +50,7 @@
         }, 
         "minpblz": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
+            "standard_name": "atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: minimum", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -50,7 +67,7 @@
         }, 
         "od550aer": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles", 
             "units": "1.0", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -65,33 +82,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "tas": {
-            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "air_temperature", 
-            "units": "K", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Surface Air Temperature", 
-            "comment": "near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "tas", 
-            "type": "float", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "tasmax": {
+        "sfo3max": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "air_temperature", 
-            "units": "K", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air", 
+            "units": "mol mol-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature", 
-            "comment": "maximum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute 'time: max')", 
+            "long_name": "daily maximum O3 volume mixing ratio in lowest model layer", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "tasmax", 
+            "out_name": "sfo3max", 
             "type": "float", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -99,33 +99,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "tasmin": {
+        "tas": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "air_temperature", 
             "units": "K", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature", 
-            "comment": "minimum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute 'time: min')", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "tasmin", 
-            "type": "float", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "tau": {
-            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_downward_stress", 
-            "units": "N m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "cloud optical depth", 
-            "comment": "module of the momentum lost by the atmosphere to the surface.", 
+            "long_name": "Surface Air Temperature", 
+            "comment": "near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "tau", 
+            "out_name": "tas", 
             "type": "float", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -152,7 +135,7 @@
         }, 
         "tpp": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
+            "standard_name": "tropopause_air_pressure", 
             "units": "Pa", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerfixed.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerfixed.json
index 0b2add6..7326e78 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerfixed.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerfixed.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table aerfixed", 
         "realm": "aerosol", 
         "frequency": "fx", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.00000", 
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "landf": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "land_area_fraction", 
+            "units": "1.0", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "fraction of the grid  cell occupied by land", 
+            "comment": "Please express 'X_area_fraction' as the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "landf", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "orog": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "surface_altitude", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerhourly.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerhourly.json
index ee9a876..a8edabe 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerhourly.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aerhourly.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table aerhourly", 
         "realm": "aerosol", 
         "frequency": "hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.017361", 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         }, 
         "sfpm25": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aermonthly.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aermonthly.json
index 9837ae4..070ab93 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aermonthly.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_aermonthly.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table aermonthly", 
         "realm": "aerosol", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -82,6 +82,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "aoanh": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "tracer_lifetime", 
+            "units": "yr", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "aoa_nh", 
+            "comment": "Fixed surface layer mixing ratio over 30o-50oN (0 ppbv), uniform fixed source (at all levels) everywhere else (source is unspecified but must be constant in space and time and documented). Note that the source could be 1yr/yr, so the tracer concentration provides mean age in years. For method using linearly increasing tracer include a method attribute: 'linearly increasing tracer'For method using uniform source (1yr/yr) include a method attribute: 'uniform source'", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time", 
+            "out_name": "aoanh", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "c2h2": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_ethyne_in_air", 
@@ -152,7 +169,7 @@
         }, 
         "ccn": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air_at_liquid_water_cloud_top", 
+            "standard_name": "number_concentration_of_cloud_condensation_nuclei_at_stp_in_air", 
             "units": "m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -220,7 +237,7 @@
         }, 
         "cheaqpso4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_aqueous_phase_net_chemical_production", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_aqueous_phase_net_chemical_production", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -237,7 +254,7 @@
         }, 
         "chegpso4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_gas_phase_net_chemical_production", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_gaseous_phase_net_chemical_production", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -254,7 +271,7 @@
         }, 
         "chepasoa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "unset", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_net_chemical_production", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -271,7 +288,7 @@
         }, 
         "chepsoa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_net_chemical_production", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_net_chemical_production", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -407,7 +424,7 @@
         }, 
         "drybc": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_elemental_carbon_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -424,7 +441,7 @@
         }, 
         "drydust": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -458,7 +475,7 @@
         }, 
         "drynh4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -475,7 +492,7 @@
         }, 
         "drynoy": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_all_nitrogen_oxides_due_to_dry_deposition.", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_noy_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_dry_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -509,7 +526,7 @@
         }, 
         "dryoa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -543,7 +560,7 @@
         }, 
         "dryso4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -560,7 +577,7 @@
         }, 
         "dryss": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_due_to_dry_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -577,7 +594,7 @@
         }, 
         "emiaco": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_anthropogenic_carbon_monoxide_due_to_emission", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_carbon_monoxide_due_to_emission", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -594,7 +611,7 @@
         }, 
         "emianox": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_anthropogenic_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_emission", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_emission", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -611,7 +628,7 @@
         }, 
         "emiaoa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "unset", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_net_chemical_production_and_emission", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -628,7 +645,7 @@
         }, 
         "emibc": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_due_to_emission", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_elemental_carbon_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -645,7 +662,7 @@
         }, 
         "emibvoc": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
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-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
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-            "units": "mol m-3 s-1", 
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-            "units": "mol m-3 s-1", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_moles_of_carbon_monoxide", 
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             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
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             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
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+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
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             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
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+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
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+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_pm1_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
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+            "units": "mol mol-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "nh_50", 
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-            "units": "kg m-3 s-1", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mole_concentration_of_ozone_due_to_chemical_destruction", 
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-            "units": "kg m-3 s-1", 
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-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
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+            "standard_name": "toa_instantaneous_shortwave_forcing", 
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+            "standard_name": "toa_instantaneous_shortwave_forcing", 
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-            "standard_name": "toa_instantaneous_shortwave_forcing_due_to_sulfate_ambient_aerosol", 
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-            "standard_name": "toa_instantaneous_shortwave_forcing_due_to_seasalt_ambient_aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "toa_instantaneous_shortwave_forcing", 
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-            "standard_name": "toa_instantaneous_shortwave_forcing_due_to_ambient_aerosol_assuming_clear_sky", 
+            "standard_name": "toa_instantaneous_shortwave_forcing", 
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             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_ozone_content", 
@@ -2141,8 +2158,8 @@
         }, 
         "tropoz": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "DU", 
+            "standard_name": "equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_ozone_content", 
+            "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "tropospheric ozone column", 
@@ -2226,7 +2243,7 @@
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         "wetbc": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_elemental_carbon_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -2243,7 +2260,7 @@
         }, 
         "wetdust": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -2277,7 +2294,7 @@
         }, 
         "wetnh4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -2294,7 +2311,7 @@
         }, 
         "wetnoy": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_all_nitrogen_oxides_due_to_wet_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_noy_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_wet_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -2311,7 +2328,7 @@
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         "wetoa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -2345,7 +2362,7 @@
         }, 
         "wetso4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -2362,7 +2379,7 @@
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         "wetss": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cf3hr.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cf3hr.json
index cf7eb0b..4475578 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cf3hr.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cf3hr.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table cf3hr", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "3hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.125000", 
@@ -713,12 +713,12 @@
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         "zfull": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
+            "standard_name": "height_above_reference_ellipsoid", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Altitude of Model Full-Levels", 
-            "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time1", 
             "out_name": "zfull", 
             "type": "real", 
@@ -730,12 +730,12 @@
         }, 
         "zhalf": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
+            "standard_name": "height_above_reference_ellipsoid", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Altitude of Model Half-Levels", 
-            "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevhalf time1", 
             "out_name": "zhalf", 
             "type": "real", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfDay.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfDay.json
index 8003053..74c1dab 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfDay.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfDay.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table cfDay", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
@@ -320,23 +320,6 @@
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             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "parasolRefl": {
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-            "standard_name": "toa_bidirectional_reflectance", 
-            "units": "1.0", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "PARASOL Reflectance", 
-            "comment": "Simulated reflectance from PARASOL as seen at the top of the atmosphere for 5 solar zenith angles. Valid only over ocean and for one viewing direction (viewing zenith angle of 30 degrees and relative azimuth angle 320 degrees).", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude sza5 time", 
-            "out_name": "parasolRefl", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "pctisccp": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "air_pressure_at_cloud_top", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfMon.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfMon.json
index 2d249d3..b379a83 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfMon.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfMon.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table cfMon", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Cloud Cover", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover at CALIPSO standard heights.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alt40 time", 
             "out_name": "clcalipso", 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO High Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage High Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 220hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time p220", 
             "out_name": "clhcalipso", 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "ISCCP Cloud Area Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "ISCCP Percentage Cloud Area", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in optical depth categories.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude plev7c tau time", 
             "out_name": "clisccp7c", 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Low Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Low Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 840hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time p840", 
             "out_name": "cllcalipso", 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Mid Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Mid Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 560hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time p560", 
             "out_name": "clmcalipso", 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Total Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Total Cloud", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "cltcalipso", 
@@ -371,23 +371,6 @@
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-            "standard_name": "toa_bidirectional_reflectance", 
-            "units": "1.0", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "PARASOL Reflectance", 
-            "comment": "Simulated reflectance from PARASOL as seen at the top of the atmosphere for 5 solar zenith angles. Valid only over ocean and for one viewing direction (viewing zenith angle of 30 degrees and relative azimuth angle 320 degrees).", 
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-            "out_name": "parasolRefl", 
-            "type": "real", 
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-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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@@ -514,7 +497,7 @@
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             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Upwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation", 
-            "comment": "Upwelling clear-sky rongwave radiation  (includes the fluxes at the surface and TOA)", 
+            "comment": "Upwelling clear-sky longwave radiation  (includes the fluxes at the surface and TOA)", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevhalf time", 
             "out_name": "rlucs", 
             "type": "real", 
@@ -881,686 +864,6 @@
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_condensed_water_in_air", 
-            "units": "s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Condensed Water In Air", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time", 
-            "out_name": "tnsccw", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_condensed_water_in_air_due_to_advection", 
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-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Condensed Water due to Advection", 
-            "comment": "condensed water includes both liquid and ice.", 
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-            "valid_min": "", 
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-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
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-            "long_name": "Tendency of Mass Fraction of Stratiform Cloud Condensed Water due to Autoconversion to Rain", 
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index f2916ef..4a58bc9 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfOff.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfOff.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
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diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfSites.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_cfSites.json
index 7397a57..38f4e25 100644
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index e1ff34d..fbe08a9 100644
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+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_coordinate.json
@@ -531,6 +531,28 @@
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+            "units": "m", 
+            "axis": "Z", 
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+            "formula": "", 
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diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_day.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_day.json
index 6a34bfd..cf3913f 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_day.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_day.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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         "table_id": "Table day", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
@@ -133,6 +133,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "mrso": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_moisture_content", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Total Soil Moisture Content", 
+            "comment": "the mass per unit area  (summed over all soil layers) of water in all phases.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "mrso", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "mrsos": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "moisture_content_of_soil_layer", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hr.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hr.json
index 83c86bc..01c8e5d 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hr.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hr.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table em1hr", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "1hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.017361", 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "rlut", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hrclimmon.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hrclimmon.json
index af1eb69..2beea96 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hrclimmon.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em1hrclimmon.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table em1hrclimmon", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "1hrClimMon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.017361", 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time3", 
             "out_name": "rlut", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time3", 
             "out_name": "rlutcs", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time3", 
             "out_name": "rsut", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time3", 
             "out_name": "rsutcs", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hr.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hr.json
index a590a02..b2f2b65 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hr.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hr.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table em3hr", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "3hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.125000", 
@@ -116,23 +116,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "clisccp7c": {
-            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "isccp_cloud_area_fraction", 
-            "units": "%", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "ISCCP Cloud Area Fraction", 
-            "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in optical depth categories.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude plev7c tau time", 
-            "out_name": "clisccp7c", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "clivi": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice", 
@@ -218,6 +201,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "huss": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "specific_humidity", 
+            "units": "1.0", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Near-Surface Specific Humidity", 
+            "comment": "Near-surface (usually, 2 meter) specific humidity.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "huss", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "n2o": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_nitrous_oxide_in_air", 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
         "prra": {
-            "modeling_realm": "", 
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "rainfall_flux", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
         "prrc": {
-            "modeling_realm": "", 
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "convective_rainfall_flux", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "rlut", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "rlutcs", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "rsut", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "rsutcs", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -917,12 +917,12 @@
         }, 
         "zfull": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
+            "standard_name": "height_above_reference_ellipsoid", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Depth Below Geoid of Ocean Layer", 
-            "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
+            "long_name": "Altitude of Model Full-Levels", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time", 
             "out_name": "zfull", 
             "type": "", 
@@ -934,12 +934,12 @@
         }, 
         "zhalf": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
+            "standard_name": "height_above_reference_ellipsoid", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Depth Below Geoid of Interfaces Between Ocean Layers", 
-            "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
+            "long_name": "Altitude of Model Half-Levels", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time", 
             "out_name": "zhalf", 
             "type": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hrpt.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hrpt.json
index a1fd6bb..7efe59d 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hrpt.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_em3hrpt.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table em3hrpt", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "3hr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.125000", 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Cloud Cover", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover at CALIPSO standard heights.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alt40 time1", 
             "out_name": "clcalipso", 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO High Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage High Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 220hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "clhcalipso", 
@@ -99,13 +99,30 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "clisccp7c": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "isccp_cloud_area_fraction", 
+            "units": "%", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: point", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "ISCCP Cloud Area Fraction", 
+            "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in optical depth categories.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude plev7c tau time1", 
+            "out_name": "clisccp7c", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "cllcalipso": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer", 
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Low Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Low Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 840hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "cllcalipso", 
@@ -122,7 +139,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Mid Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Mid Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 560hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "clmcalipso", 
@@ -139,7 +156,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Cloud Fraction as Calculated by the MISR Simulator", 
+            "long_name": "Percentage Cloud Cover as Calculated by the MISR Simulator", 
             "comment": "Cloud percentage in spectral bands and layers as observed by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alt16 misrBands time1", 
             "out_name": "clmisr", 
@@ -184,23 +201,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "huss": {
-            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "specific_humidity", 
-            "units": "1.0", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: point", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Near-Surface Specific Humidity", 
-            "comment": "Near-surface (usually, 2 meter) specific humidity.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
-            "out_name": "huss", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "jpdftaureicemodis7c": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDay.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDay.json
index 3cf15c7..63a732d 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDay.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDay.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emDay", 
         "realm": "aerosol", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Total canopy water storage", 
+            "long_name": "Total Canopy Water Storage", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "cw", 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Change in interception storage", 
+            "long_name": "Change in Interception Storage", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "dcw", 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Frozen soil depth", 
+            "long_name": "Frozen Soil Depth", 
             "comment": "Depth from surface to the first zero degree isotherm. Above this isotherm T < 0o, and below this line T > 0o.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "dfr", 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Change in groundwater", 
+            "long_name": "Change in Groundwater", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "dgw", 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Change in river storage", 
+            "long_name": "Change in River Storage", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "drivw", 
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Open water evaporation", 
+            "long_name": "Open Water Evaporation", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "eow", 
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
             "standard_name": "surface_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_water", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Downward Heat Flux at Sea Water Surface", 
             "comment": "This is the net flux of heat entering the liquid water column through its upper surface (excluding any 'flux adjustment') .", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
@@ -1136,6 +1136,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "parasolRefl": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "toa_bidirectional_reflectance", 
+            "units": "1.0", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "PARASOL Reflectance", 
+            "comment": "Simulated reflectance from PARASOL as seen at the top of the atmosphere for 5 solar zenith angles. Valid only over ocean and for one viewing direction (viewing zenith angle of 30 degrees and relative azimuth angle 320 degrees).", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude sza5 time", 
+            "out_name": "parasolRefl", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "pflw": {
             "modeling_realm": "landIce land", 
             "standard_name": "liquid_water_content_of_permafrost_layer", 
@@ -1170,6 +1187,40 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "prCrop": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "precipitation_flux", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Precipitation over Crop Tile", 
+            "comment": "includes both liquid and solid phases", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "prCrop", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "prhmax": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "precipitation_flux", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Daily Maximum Hourly Precipitation Rate", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "prhmax", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "prra": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "rainfall_flux", 
@@ -1765,6 +1816,57 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "tasmaxCrop": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "air_temperature", 
+            "units": "K", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature over Crop Tile", 
+            "comment": "maximum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute 'time: max')", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "tasmaxCrop", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "tasminCrop": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "air_temperature", 
+            "units": "K", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature over Crop Tile", 
+            "comment": "minimum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute 'time: min')", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "tasminCrop", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "tau": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_downward_stress", 
+            "units": "N m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Momentum flux", 
+            "comment": "module of the momentum lost by the atmosphere to the surface.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "tau", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "tauu": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "surface_downward_eastward_stress", 
@@ -1960,7 +2062,7 @@
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Temperature of Soil", 
             "comment": "Temperature of each soil layer. Reported as missing for grid cells with no land.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude sdepth time", 
             "out_name": "tsl", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
@@ -1977,7 +2079,7 @@
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Temperature profile in the snow", 
             "comment": "Temperature in the snow pack present in the grid-cell. 3D variable for multi-layer snow schemes.", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude snowdepth time", 
             "out_name": "tsnl", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
@@ -2258,23 +2360,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "zg": {
-            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "geopotential_height", 
-            "units": "m", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Geopotential Height", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude plev8 time", 
-            "out_name": "zg", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "zg10": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "geopotential_height", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDayZ.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDayZ.json
index a5c020a..4e3dbc0 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDayZ.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDayZ.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emDayZ", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDaypt.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDaypt.json
index af608a3..a7adbb5 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDaypt.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emDaypt.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emDaypt", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "day", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "1.00000", 
@@ -14,23 +14,6 @@
         "Conventions": "CF-1.6 CMIP-6.0"
     }, 
     "variable_entry": {
-        "prhmax": {
-            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "precipitation_flux", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: point", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Daily Maximum Hourly Precipitation Rate", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
-            "out_name": "prhmax", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "prmax": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "precipitation_flux", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emFx.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emFx.json
index 13fcb44..2e25bd6 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emFx.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emFx.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emFx", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "fx", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.00000", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMon.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMon.json
index 4a6a84c..da062f7 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMon.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMon.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emMon", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "total_land_c13", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass of 13C in all terrestrial carbon pools", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "soil_c13_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass of 13C in Soil Pool", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "vegetation_c13_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass of 13C in Vegetation", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "soil_c14_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass of 14C in Soil Pool", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "vegetation_c14_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass of 14C in Vegetation", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "total_land_carbon", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Total Carbon in All Terrestrial Carbon Pools", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -439,6 +439,40 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "cLitterGrass": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "litter_carbon_content_for_grass", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in litter on grass tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cLitterGrass", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "cLitterShrub": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "litter_carbon_content_for_shrubs", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in litter on shrub tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cLitterShrub", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "cLitterSubSurf": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "subsurface_litter_carbon_content", 
@@ -473,6 +507,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "cLitterTree": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "litter_carbon_content_for_trees", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in litter on tree tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cLitterTree", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "cMisc": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "miscellaneous_living_matter_carbon_content", 
@@ -496,7 +547,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon Mass in Vegetation Momponents other than Leaves, Stems and Roots", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon Mass in Vegetation Components other than Leaves, Stems and Roots", 
             "comment": "E.g. fruits, seeds, etc.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "cOther", 
@@ -524,6 +575,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "cSoilAbove1m": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_carbon_content_above_1m_depth", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in soil pool above 1m depth", 
+            "comment": "Report missing data over ocean grid cells. For fractional land report value averaged over the land fraction.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cSoilAbove1m", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "cSoilBelow1m": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "soil_carbon_content_below_1m_depth", 
@@ -541,6 +609,91 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "cSoilGrass": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_carbon_content_for_grass", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in soil on grass tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cSoilGrass", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "cSoilLevels": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_carbon_content_on_model_levels", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in each model soil level (summed over all soil carbon pools in that level)", 
+            "comment": "for models with vertically discretised soil carbon, report total soil carbon for each level", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cSoilLevels", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "cSoilPools": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_carbon_content_by_pool", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in each model soil pool (summed over vertical levels)", 
+            "comment": "for models with multiple soil carbon pools, report each pool here. If models also have vertical discretaisation these should be aggregated ", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cSoilPools", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "cSoilShrub": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_carbon_content_for_shrubs", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in soil on shrub tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cSoilShrub", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "cSoilTree": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_carbon_content_for_trees", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in soil on tree tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cSoilTree", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "cStem": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "stem_carbon_content", 
@@ -564,7 +717,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "total carbon loss from natural and managed fire on land use tile, including deforestation fires", 
+            "long_name": "Total carbon loss from natural and managed fire on land use tile, including deforestation fires", 
             "comment": "Different from LMON this flux should include all fires occurring on the land use tile, including natural, man-made and deforestation fires", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
             "out_name": "cTotFireLut", 
@@ -575,17 +728,51 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "cVeg": {
+        "cVegGrass": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "vegetation_carbon_content", 
+            "standard_name": "vegetation_carbon_content_for_grass", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon Mass in Vegetation", 
-            "comment": "Carbon mass per unit area in vegetation.", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in vegetation on grass tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "cVeg", 
-            "type": "real", 
+            "out_name": "cVegGrass", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "cVegShrub": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "vegetation_carbon_content_for_shrubs", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in vegetation on shrub tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cVegShrub", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "cVegTree": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "vegetation_carbon_content_for_trees", 
+            "units": "kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon mass in vegetation on tree tiles", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "cVegTree", 
+            "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -666,7 +853,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Cloud Cover", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover at CALIPSO standard heights.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "clcalipso", 
@@ -802,7 +989,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO High Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage High Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 220hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "clhcalipso", 
@@ -853,7 +1040,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Low Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Low Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 840hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "cllcalipso", 
@@ -870,7 +1057,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "CALIPSO Mid Level Cloud Fraction", 
+            "long_name": "CALIPSO Percentage Mid Level Cloud", 
             "comment": "Percentage cloud cover in layer centred on 560hPa", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "clmcalipso", 
@@ -887,7 +1074,7 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Cloud Fraction as Calculated by the MISR Simulator", 
+            "long_name": "Percentage Cloud Cover as Calculated by the MISR Simulator", 
             "comment": "Cloud percentage in spectral bands and layers as observed by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude alt16 misrBands time", 
             "out_name": "clmisr", 
@@ -1057,8 +1244,8 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "C3 crop fraction", 
-            "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
+            "long_name": "Percentage Cover by C3 Crops ", 
+            "comment": "Percentage of entire grid cell covered by C3 crops", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "cropFracC3", 
             "type": "", 
@@ -1074,8 +1261,8 @@
             "units": "%", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "C4 crop fraction", 
-            "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
+            "long_name": "Percentage Cover by C4 Crops ", 
+            "comment": "Percentage of entire grid cell covered by C4 crops", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "cropFracC4", 
             "type": "", 
@@ -1391,23 +1578,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "fAntAtmLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "If a model has separate anthropogenic pools by land use tile, flux from anthropogenic pools on land use tile into atmosphere", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "fAntAtmLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "fAnthDisturb": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_anthrogpogenic_emission", 
@@ -1493,57 +1663,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "fClAntLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "carbon from land clearing for land use tile that enters anthropogenic pools", 
-            "comment": "If  a model has explicit anthropogenic pools, clearance should not include fire", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "fClAntLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "fClAtmLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "carbon from land clearance for land use tile that enters atmosphere", 
-            "comment": "If  a model allows cleared carbon to enter directly into atmosphere (not via anthropogenic pools), should not include fire", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "fClAtmLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "fClResLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "carbon left as residue into litter or soil after clearance for land use tile", 
-            "comment": "should not include fire emissions into atmosphere", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "fClResLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "fDeforest": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "deforested_biomass_due_to_anthorpogenic_land_use_change", 
@@ -1629,57 +1748,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "fHarvAntLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "carbon harvested on land use tile that enters anthropogenic pools", 
-            "comment": "If  a model has explicit anthropogenic pools", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "fHarvAntLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "fHarvAtmLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "carbon harvested on land use tile that enters atmosphere", 
-            "comment": "If  a model puts some or all harvested carbon directly into atmosphere (not via anthropogenic pools); for pastureland, harvesting includes only livestock grazing", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "fHarvAtmLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "fHarvResLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "carbon after land use tile harvesting that left as residue into litter or soil", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "fHarvResLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "fHarvestToAtmos": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_emission_from_crop_harvesting", 
@@ -1748,6 +1816,57 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "fLulccAtmLut": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_direct_to_atmosphere_due_to_anthropogenic_land_use_land_cover_change", 
+            "units": "kg s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "carbon transferred directly to atmosphere due to any land-use or land-cover change activities including deforestation or agricultural fire", 
+            "comment": " This annual mean flux refers to the transfer of carbon directly to the atmosphere due to any land-use or land-cover change activities.  Include carbon transferred due to deforestation or agricultural directly into atsmophere, and  emissions form anthropogenic pools into atmosphere", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
+            "out_name": "fLulccAtmLut", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "fLulccProductLut": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "carbon_mass_flux_into_wood_and_agricultural_product_pools_due_to_anthropogenic_land_use_or_land_cover_change", 
+            "units": "kg s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "carbon harvested due to land-use or land-cover change process that enters anthropogenic product pools on tile", 
+            "comment": " This annual mean flux refers to the transfer of carbon primarily through harvesting land use into anthropogenic product pools, e.g.,deforestation or wood harvestingfrom primary or secondary lands, food harvesting on croplands, harvesting (grazing) by animals on pastures.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
+            "out_name": "fLulccProductLut", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "fLulccResidueLut": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "carbon_mass_flux_into_soil_and_litter_due_to_anthropogenic_land_use_or_land_cover_change", 
+            "units": "kg s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "carbon transferred to soil or litter pools due to land-use or land-cover change processes on tile", 
+            "comment": " This annual mean flux refers to the transfer of carbon into soil or litter pools due to any land use or land-cover change activities", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
+            "out_name": "fLulccResidueLut", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "fN2O": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "land_net_n2o_flux", 
@@ -1765,6 +1884,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "fNAnthDisturb": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "nitrogen_flux_into_atmos_due_to_direct_human_disturbance", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "nitrogen mass flux out of land due to any human activity", 
+            "comment": "will require some careful definition to make sure we capture everything - any human activity that releases nitrogen from land  instead of into product pool goes here. E.g. Deforestation fire, harvest assumed to decompose straight away, grazing...", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "fNAnthDisturb", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "fNLandToOcean": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "nitrogen_mass_flux_into_ocean_from_rivers", 
@@ -1873,7 +2009,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "dry and wet deposition of  reactive nitrogen onto land", 
+            "long_name": "Dry and Wet Deposition of Reactive Nitrogen onto Land", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "fNdep", 
@@ -1890,7 +2026,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "dry and wet deposition of oxidised reactive nitrogen onto land", 
+            "long_name": "Dry and Wet Deposition of Oxidised Reactive Nitrogen onto Land", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "fNdepox", 
@@ -1907,10 +2043,27 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "dry and wet deposition of reduced reactive nitrogen onto land", 
+            "long_name": "Dry and Wet Deposition of Reduced Reactive Nitrogen onto Land", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "fNdepred", 
+            "out_name": "fNdepred", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "fNfert": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "fertiliser_of_nitrogen_onto_land", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "total N added for cropland fertilisation (artificial and manure)", 
+            "comment": "relative to total land area of a grid cell, not relative to agricultural area", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "fNfert", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -1924,7 +2077,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Total N lost to the atmosphere (sum of NHx, NOx, N2O, N2)", 
+            "long_name": "Total Nitrogen lost to the atmosphere (sum of NHx, NOx, N2O, N2)", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "fNgas", 
@@ -2054,6 +2207,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "fProductDecompLut": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_atmospheric_mass_content_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_emission_from_wood_and_agricultural_product_pool", 
+            "units": "kg s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "flux from wood and agricultural product pools on land use tile into atmosphere", 
+            "comment": "If  a model has explicit anthropogenic product pools by land use tile", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
+            "out_name": "fProductDecompLut", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "fVegFire": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "fire_CO2_emissions_from_vegetation_carbon", 
@@ -2077,7 +2247,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Litter as a result of mortality", 
+            "long_name": "Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Litter as a Result of Mortality", 
             "comment": "needed to separate changing vegetation C turnover times resulting from changing allocation versus changing mortality", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "fVegLitterMortality", 
@@ -2094,7 +2264,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Litter as a result of leaf, branch, and root senescence", 
+            "long_name": "Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Litter as a Result of Leaf, Branch, and Root Senescence", 
             "comment": "needed to separate changing vegetation C turnover times resulting from changing allocation versus changing mortality", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "fVegLitterSenescence", 
@@ -2105,16 +2275,50 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "fahUrb": {
+        "fVegSoilMortality": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
+            "standard_name": "mortality_vegtosoil_carbon_flux", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Soil as a result of mortality", 
+            "comment": "needed to separate changing vegetation C turnover times resulting from changing allocation versus changing mortality", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "fVegSoilMortality", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "fVegSoilSenescence": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "senescence_vegtosoil_carbon_flux", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Soil as a result of leaf, branch, and root senescence", 
+            "comment": "needed to separate changing vegetation C turnover times resulting from changing allocation versus changing mortality", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "fVegSoilSenescence", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "fahLut": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_upward_heat_flux_due_to_anthropogenic_energy_consumption", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Anthropogenic heat flux ", 
-            "comment": "Anthropogenic heat flux due to human activities such as space heating and cooling or traffic or other energy consumption", 
+            "long_name": "Anthropogenic heat flux generated from non-renewable human primary energy consumption, including energy use by vehicles, commercial and residential buildings, industry, and power plants.  Primary energy refers to energy in natural resources, fossil and nonfossil, before conversion into other forms, such as electricity.", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "fahUrb", 
+            "out_name": "fahLut", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -2327,7 +2531,7 @@
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
         "fg13co2": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "air_sea_flux_of_13CO2", 
             "units": "mol m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
@@ -2451,7 +2655,7 @@
             "units": "km-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "lightning flash rate", 
+            "long_name": "Lightning Flash Rate", 
             "comment": "proposed name: lightning_flash_rate (units to be interpreted as 'counts km-2 s-1)", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "flashrate", 
@@ -2462,13 +2666,30 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "gppGrass": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "gross_primary_production_of_grass", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "gross primary production on grass tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total GPP of grass in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "gppGrass", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "gppLut": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "gross_primary_land_productivity_of_carbon", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "gross primary productivity on land use tile", 
+            "long_name": "Gross Primary Productivity on Land Use Tile", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
             "out_name": "gppLut", 
@@ -2479,11 +2700,45 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "gppShrub": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "gross_primary_production_of_shrubs", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "gross primary production on Shrub tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total GPP of shrubs in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "gppShrub", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "gppTree": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "gross_primary_production_of_trees", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "gross primary production on tree tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total GPP of trees in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "gppTree", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "gppc13": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "gross_primary_productivity_of_c13", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass Flux of 13C out of Atmosphere due to Gross Primary Production on Land", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -2500,7 +2755,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "gross_primary_productivity_of_c14", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Mass Flux of 14C out of Atmosphere due to Gross Primary Production on Land", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -2551,7 +2806,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "grass_fraction_c4", 
             "units": "%", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "C4 grass fraction", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -2570,7 +2825,7 @@
             "units": "1.0", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "graupel_mixing_ratio", 
+            "long_name": "Graupel Mixing Ratio", 
             "comment": "Graupel mixing ratio", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude plev27 time", 
             "out_name": "grplmxrat27", 
@@ -2700,91 +2955,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "intppcalc": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_by_calcareous_phytoplankton", 
-            "units": "mol m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "Net Primary Mole Productivity of Carbon by Calcareous Phytoplankton", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "intppcalc", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "intppdiat": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_by_diatoms", 
-            "units": "mol m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "Primary Organic Carbon Production by Diatoms", 
-            "comment": "Vertically integrated primary (organic carbon) production by the diatom phytoplankton component alone", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "intppdiat", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "intppdiaz": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_by_diazotrophs", 
-            "units": "mol m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "Net Primary Mole Productivity of Carbon by Diazotrophs", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "intppdiaz", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "intppmisc": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_by_miscellaneous_phytoplankton", 
-            "units": "mol m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "Primary Organic Carbon Production by Other Phytoplankton", 
-            "comment": "Vertically integrated total primary (organic carbon) production by other phytoplankton components alone", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "intppmisc", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "intpppico": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_by_picophytoplankton", 
-            "units": "mol m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "Net Primary Mole Productivity of Carbon by Picophytoplankton", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "intpppico", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "intuadse": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "vertical_integral_eastward_wind_by_dry_static_energy", 
@@ -2853,16 +3023,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "irrCrp": {
+        "irrLut": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_downward_water_flux_due_to_irrigation", 
+            "units": "kg s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "cropland irrigation flux", 
+            "long_name": "Irrigation flux including any irrigation for crops, trees, pasture, or urban lawns", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "irrCrp", 
+            "out_name": "irrLut", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -3093,7 +3263,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmraerh2o": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_water_in_ambient_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_water_in_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3127,7 +3297,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmrbc": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_elemental_carbon_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3144,7 +3314,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmrdust": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3161,7 +3331,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmrno3": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3178,7 +3348,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmroa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3195,7 +3365,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmrso4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3212,7 +3382,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmrsoa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3229,7 +3399,7 @@
         }, 
         "mmrss": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_in_air", 
+            "standard_name": "mass_fraction_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air", 
             "units": "kg kg-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -3248,7 +3418,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "soil_liquid_water_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Soil Liquid Water Content ", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -3278,32 +3448,15 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "mrs1mLut": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
-            "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Moisture in top 1 meter of land use tile soil column", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "mrs1mLut", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "mrsfl": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "frozen_moisture_content_of_soil_layer", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Frozen water content of soil layer", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude sdepth time", 
             "out_name": "mrsfl", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
@@ -3313,10 +3466,10 @@
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
         "mrsll": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "liquid_moisture_content_of_soil_layer", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Liquid water content of soil layer", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -3347,10 +3500,10 @@
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
         "mrsol": {
-            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "total_moisture_content_of_soil_layer", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Total water content of soil layer", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -3418,7 +3571,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "total_land_nitrogen", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Total nitrogen in all terrestrial nitrogen pools", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -3482,6 +3635,40 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "nLitterSubSurf": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "subsurface_litter_nitrogen_content", 
+            "units": "kg N m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Nitrogen Mass in below ground litter (non CWD)", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "nLitterSubSurf", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "nLitterSurf": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_litter_nitrogen_content", 
+            "units": "kg N m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Nitrogen Mass in above ground litter (non CWD)", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "nLitterSurf", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "nMineral": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "mineral_soil_nitrogen_content", 
@@ -3554,7 +3741,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "nitrogen_content_of_products_of_anthropogenic_land_use_change", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Nitrogen Mass in Products of Land Use Change", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -3588,7 +3775,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "soil_nitrogen_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Nitrogen Mass in Soil Pool", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -3622,7 +3809,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "vegetation_nitrogen_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Nitrogen Mass in Vegetation", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -3641,7 +3828,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": " net rate of C accumulation (or loss) on land use tile", 
+            "long_name": "Net Rate of Carbon Accumulation (or loss) on Land Use Tile", 
             "comment": "Computed as npp minus heterotrophic respiration minus fire minus C leaching minus harvesting/clearing. Positive rate is into the land, negative rate is from the land.  Do not include fluxes from anthropogenic pools to atmosphere", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
             "out_name": "necbLut", 
@@ -3686,16 +3873,67 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "netAtmosLandC14Flux": {
+        "netAtmosLandC14Flux": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "net_atmos_to_land_C14_flux", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Net Mass Flux of 14C between atmosphere and land (positive into land) as a result of all processes.", 
+            "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "netAtmosLandC14Flux", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "netAtmosLandCO2Flux": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "surface_net_downward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_all_land_processes", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Net flux of CO2 between atmosphere and land (positive into land) as a result of all processes.", 
+            "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "netAtmosLandCO2Flux", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "nppGrass": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "net_primary_production_of_grass", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "net primary production on grass tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total NPP of grass in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "nppGrass", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "nppLut": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "net_atmos_to_land_C14_flux", 
+            "standard_name": "net_primary_land_productivity_of_carbon", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Net Mass Flux of 14C between atmosphere and land (positive into land) as a result of all processes.", 
-            "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "netAtmosLandC14Flux", 
+            "long_name": "net primary productivity on land use tile", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
+            "out_name": "nppLut", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -3703,16 +3941,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "netAtmosLandCO2Flux": {
+        "nppOther": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "surface_net_downward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_all_land_processes", 
+            "standard_name": "net_primary_production_allocated_to_other", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Net flux of CO2 between atmosphere and land (positive into land) as a result of all processes.", 
-            "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
+            "long_name": "net primary production allcoated to other pools (not leaves stem or roots)", 
+            "comment": "added for completeness with npp_root", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "netAtmosLandCO2Flux", 
+            "out_name": "nppOther", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -3720,33 +3958,33 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "nppLeaf": {
+        "nppShrub": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_productivity_of_carbon_accumulated_in_leaves", 
+            "standard_name": "net_primary_production_of_shrubs", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon Mass Flux due to NPP Allocation to Leaf", 
-            "comment": "This is the rate of carbon uptake by leaves due to NPP", 
+            "long_name": "net primary production on Shrub tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total NPP of shrubs in the gridcell", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "nppLeaf", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "down", 
+            "out_name": "nppShrub", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "nppLut": {
+        "nppStem": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_land_productivity_of_carbon", 
+            "standard_name": "net_primary_production_allocated_to_stem", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "net primary productivity on land use tile", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
-            "out_name": "nppLut", 
+            "long_name": "net primary production allcoated to stem", 
+            "comment": "added for completeness with npp_root", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "nppStem", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -3754,18 +3992,18 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "nppRoot": {
+        "nppTree": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "net_primary_productivity_of_carbon_accumulated_in_roots", 
+            "standard_name": "net_primary_production_of_trees", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon Mass Flux due to NPP Allocation to Roots", 
-            "comment": "This is the rate of carbon uptake by roots due to NPP", 
+            "long_name": "net primary production on tree tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total NPP of trees in the gridcell", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
-            "out_name": "nppRoot", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "down", 
+            "out_name": "nppTree", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -3845,11 +4083,11 @@
             "units": "degC kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "", 
-            "comment": "", 
+            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and conservative temperature", 
+            "comment": "Full column sum of density*cell thickness*conservative temperature. If the model is Boussinesq, then use Boussinesq reference density for the density factor.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "ocontempmint", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -3913,11 +4151,11 @@
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Sea Water Conservative Temperature Expressed as Heat Content due to Residual Mean Advection", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water conservative temperature expressed as heat content due to residual mean (sum of Eulerian + parameterized) advection", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "ocontemprmadvect", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -4011,7 +4249,7 @@
         }, 
         "od550soa": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_secondary_particulate_organic_matter_ambient_aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_particulate_organic_matter_ambient_aerosol", 
             "units": "1.0", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
@@ -4066,11 +4304,11 @@
             "units": "degC kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "", 
+            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and potential temperature", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "opottempmint", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -4134,11 +4372,11 @@
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Sea Eater Potential Temperature Expressed as Heat Content due to Residual Mean Advection", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water potential temperature expressed as heat content due to residual mean advection", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "opottemprmadvect", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -4236,11 +4474,11 @@
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Sea Water Salinity Expressed as Salt Content due to Residual Mean Advection", 
+            "long_name": "tendency of sea water salinity expressed as salt content due to residual mean advection", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "osaltrmadvect", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -4281,6 +4519,57 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "parasolRefl": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "toa_bidirectional_reflectance", 
+            "units": "1.0", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where sea time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "PARASOL Reflectance", 
+            "comment": "Simulated reflectance from PARASOL as seen at the top of the atmosphere for 5 solar zenith angles. Valid only over ocean and for one viewing direction (viewing zenith angle of 30 degrees and relative azimuth angle 320 degrees).", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude sza5 time", 
+            "out_name": "parasolRefl", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "pastureFracC3": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "pasture_fraction_c3", 
+            "units": "1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "C3 pasture fraction", 
+            "comment": "Fraction of entire grid cell covered by C3 pasture", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "pastureFracC3", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
+        "pastureFracC4": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "pasture_fraction_c4", 
+            "units": "1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "C4 pasture fraction", 
+            "comment": "Fraction of entire grid cell covered by C4 pasture", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "pastureFracC4", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "pathetao": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "sea_water_additional_potential_temperature", 
@@ -4519,6 +4808,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "raGrass": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "autotrophic_respiration_of_grass", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "autotrophic respiration on grass tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total RA of grass in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "raGrass", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "raLeaf": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "autotrophic_respiration_from_leaves", 
@@ -4553,13 +4859,30 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "raOther": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "autotrophic_respiration_from_other", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Total respiration from other pools (not leaves stem or roots)", 
+            "comment": "added for completeness with Ra_root", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "raOther", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "raRoot": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "autotrophic_respiration_from_roots", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Total respiration from roots", 
+            "long_name": "Total Respiration from Roots", 
             "comment": "Total autotrophic respiration from all belowground plant parts.  This has benchmarking value because the sum of Rh and root respiration can be compared to observations of total soil respiration.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "raRoot", 
@@ -4570,13 +4893,30 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "raShrub": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "autotrophic_respiration_of_shrubs", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "autotrophic respiration on Shrub tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total RA of shrubs in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "raShrub", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "raStem": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "autotrophic_respiration_from_stem", 
             "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Total respiration from stem", 
+            "long_name": "Total Respiration from Stem", 
             "comment": "added for completeness with Ra_root", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
             "out_name": "raStem", 
@@ -4587,6 +4927,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "raTree": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "autotrophic_respiration_of_trees", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "autotrophic respiration on tree tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total RA of trees in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "raTree", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "rac13": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "plant_respiration_c13_flux", 
@@ -4706,6 +5063,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "rhGrass": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "heterotrophic_respiration_of_grass", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "heterotrophic respiration on grass tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total RH of grass in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "rhGrass", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "rhLitter": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "heterotrophic_respiration_carbon_flux_from_litter", 
@@ -4740,6 +5114,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "rhShrub": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "heterotrophic_respiration_of_shrubs", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "heterotrophic respiration on Shrub tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total RH of shrubs in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "rhShrub", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "rhSoil": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "heterotrophic_respiration_carbon_flux_from_soil", 
@@ -4757,6 +5148,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "rhTree": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "heterotrophic_respiration_of_trees", 
+            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "heterotrophic respiration on tree tiles", 
+            "comment": "Total RH of trees in the gridcell", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "rhTree", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "rhc13": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "heterotrophic_respiration_c13_flux", 
@@ -4814,7 +5222,7 @@
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "surface upwelling longwave on land use tile", 
+            "long_name": "Surface Upwelling Longwave on Land Use Tile", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time", 
             "out_name": "rlusLut", 
@@ -4831,11 +5239,11 @@
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Net Rate of Absorption of Shortwave Energy in Ocean Layer", 
+            "long_name": "net rate of absorption of shortwave energy in ocean layer", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "rsdoabsorb", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -5046,6 +5454,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "somint": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_prognostic_salinity", 
+            "units": "1e-3 kg m-2", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and salinity", 
+            "comment": "Full column sum of density*cell thickness*prognostic salinity. If the model is Boussinesq, then use Boussinesq reference density for the density factor.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "somint", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "sweLut": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "", 
@@ -5131,6 +5556,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "tSoilPools": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "soil_carbon_turnover_rate_by_pool", 
+            "units": "s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "turnover rate of each model soil carbon pool", 
+            "comment": "defined as 1/(turnover time) for each soil pool. Use the same pools reported under cSoilPools", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "tSoilPools", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "ta27": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "air_temperature", 
@@ -5471,17 +5913,17 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "tntsw": {
-            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating", 
-            "units": "K s-1", 
+        "tomint": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_prognostic_temperature", 
+            "units": "1e-3 kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Shortwave heating rate", 
-            "comment": "shortwave heating rates", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude plev23 time", 
-            "out_name": "tntsw", 
-            "type": "float", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
+            "long_name": "integral wrt depth of product of sea water density and prognostic temperature", 
+            "comment": "Full column sum of density*cell thickness*prognostic temperature. If the model is Boussinesq, then use Boussinesq reference density for the density factor.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "tomint", 
+            "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -5526,7 +5968,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "tree_fraction_broadleaf_evergreen", 
             "units": "%", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Broadleaf evergreen tree fraction", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -5560,7 +6002,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "tree_fraction_needleleaf_evergreen", 
             "units": "%", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Needleleaf evergreen tree fraction", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -5845,23 +6287,6 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "va": {
-            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "northward_wind", 
-            "units": "m s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Northward Wind", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude alevel time", 
-            "out_name": "va", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "va27": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "northward_wind", 
@@ -5917,7 +6342,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "canopy_height", 
             "units": "m", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Vegetation height averaged over all vegetation types and over the vegetated fraction of a grid cell.", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -5964,6 +6389,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "vegHeightPasture": {
+            "modeling_realm": "land", 
+            "standard_name": "pasture_vegetation_height", 
+            "units": "m", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Vegetation height averaged over the pasture fraction of a grid cell.", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude time", 
+            "out_name": "vegHeightPasture", 
+            "type": "", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "vegHeightShrub": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "canopy_height", 
@@ -6223,7 +6665,7 @@
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "wetland_fraction", 
             "units": "%", 
-            "cell_methods": "area: mean where land time: mean", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
             "long_name": "Fraction of a grid cell covered by wetland.", 
             "comment": "as specified by C4MIP", 
@@ -6242,11 +6684,11 @@
             "units": "m s-1", 
             "cell_methods": "", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
-            "long_name": "W", 
+            "long_name": "Sea Water Z Velocity", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "wo", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -6304,34 +6746,17 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "zoomeso": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_mesozooplankton_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water", 
-            "units": "mol m-3", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Mole Concentration of Mesozooplankton expressed as Carbon in Sea Water", 
-            "comment": "carbon  concentration from mesozooplankton (20-200 um) component alone", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "zoomeso", 
-            "type": "real", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "zoomicro": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocnBgchem", 
-            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_microzooplankton_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water", 
+        "zoomisc": {
+            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_concentration_of_miscellaneous_zooplankton_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water", 
             "units": "mol m-3", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Mole Concentration of Microzooplankton expressed as Carbon in Sea Water", 
-            "comment": "carbon  concentration from the microzooplankton (<20 um) component alone", 
+            "long_name": "Other Zooplankton Carbon Concentration", 
+            "comment": "carbon from additional zooplankton component concentrations alone (e.g. Micro, meso).  Since the models all have different numbers of components, this variable has been included to provide a check for intercomparison between models since some phytoplankton groups are supersets.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "zoomicro", 
-            "type": "real", 
+            "out_name": "zoomisc", 
+            "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonZ.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonZ.json
index 7e4a11d..ecb06bd 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonZ.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonZ.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emMonZ", 
-        "realm": "atmos", 
+        "realm": "aerosol", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@
         "Conventions": "CF-1.6 CMIP-6.0"
     }, 
     "variable_entry": {
+        "bry": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_inorganic_bromine_in_air", 
+            "units": "mol mol-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Total inorganic bromine volume mixing ratio", 
+            "comment": "Total family (the sum of all appropriate species in the model) ; list the species in the netCDF header, e.g. Bry = Br + BrO + HOBr + HBr + BrONO2 + BrCl Definition: Total inorganic bromine (e.g., HBr and inorganic bromine oxides and radicals (e.g., BrO, atomic bromine (Br), bromine nitrate (BrONO2)) resulting from degradation of bromine-containing organicsource gases (halons, methyl bromide, VSLS), and natural inorganic bromine sources (e.g., volcanoes, sea salt,  [...]
+            "dimensions": "latitude plev39 time", 
+            "out_name": "bry", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "ch4": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air", 
@@ -31,13 +48,30 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "cly": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_inorganic_chlorine_in_air", 
+            "units": "mol mol-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Total inorganic chlorine volume mixing ratio", 
+            "comment": "Total family (the sum of all appropriate species in the model) ; list the species in the netCDF header, e.g. Cly = HCl + ClONO2 + HOCl + ClO + Cl + 2*Cl2O2 +2Cl2 + OClO + BrCl Definition: Total inorganic stratospheric chlorine (e.g., HCl, ClO) resulting from degradation of chlorine-containing source gases (CFCs, HCFCs, VSLS), and natural inorganic chlorine sources (e.g., sea salt and other aerosols) add comment attribute with detailed description about how the mod [...]
+            "dimensions": "latitude plev39 time", 
+            "out_name": "cly", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "epfluxdiv": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
+            "standard_name": "eliassen_palm_flux_divergence", 
             "units": "kg m-1 s-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "eliassen_palm_flux_divergence", 
+            "long_name": "Divergence of Eliassen-Palm flux (zonal mean)", 
             "comment": "Divergence of Eliassen-Palm flux (zonal mean)", 
             "dimensions": "latitude plev39 time", 
             "out_name": "epfluxdiv", 
@@ -133,6 +167,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "ho2": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_hydroperoxyl_radical_in_air", 
+            "units": "mol mol-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "HO2 volume mixing ratio", 
+            "comment": "", 
+            "dimensions": "latitude plev39 time", 
+            "out_name": "ho2", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "jo2": {
             "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
             "standard_name": "photolysis_rate_of_molecular_oxygen", 
@@ -167,6 +218,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "meanage": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "age_of_stratospheric_air", 
+            "units": "yr", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Mean Age of Stratospheric Air", 
+            "comment": "The mean age of air is defined as the mean time that a stratospheric air mass has been out of contact with the well-mixed troposphere.", 
+            "dimensions": "latitude plev39 time", 
+            "out_name": "meanage", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "n2o": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_nitrous_oxide_in_air", 
@@ -184,6 +252,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "noy": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_noy_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air", 
+            "units": "mol mol-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Total reactive nitrogen volume mixing ratio", 
+            "comment": "Total family (the sum of all appropriate species in the model); list the species in the netCDF header, e.g. NOy = N + NO + NO2 + NO3 + HNO3 + 2N2O5 + HNO4 + ClONO2 + BrONO2 Definition: Total reactive nitrogen; usually includes atomic nitrogen (N), nitric oxide (NO), NO2, nitrogen trioxide (NO3), dinitrogen radical (N2O5), nitric acid (HNO3), peroxynitric acid (HNO4), BrONO2, ClONO2 add comment attribute with detailed description about how the model calculates thes [...]
+            "dimensions": "latitude plev39 time", 
+            "out_name": "noy", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "o3": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air", 
@@ -354,6 +439,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "tntsw": {
+            "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating", 
+            "units": "K s-1", 
+            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Shortwave heating rate", 
+            "comment": "shortwave heating rates", 
+            "dimensions": "latitude plev39 time", 
+            "out_name": "tntsw", 
+            "type": "float", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "", 
+            "valid_max": "", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "ua": {
             "modeling_realm": "aerosol", 
             "standard_name": "eastward_wind", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonpt.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonpt.json
index 9fa0238..78a2e21 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonpt.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emMonpt.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emMonpt", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "mon", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "30.00000", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emSubhr.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emSubhr.json
index f7ba911..751552b 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emSubhr.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emSubhr.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emSubhr", 
         "realm": "atmos", 
         "frequency": "subhr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "", 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "hfls", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "hfss", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "rlut", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
             "out_name": "rsut", 
             "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
+            "positive": "up", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emYr.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emYr.json
index 302d732..940f2ea 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emYr.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_emYr.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table emYr", 
         "realm": "land", 
         "frequency": "yr", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "", 
@@ -14,33 +14,33 @@
         "Conventions": "CF-1.6 CMIP-6.0"
     }, 
     "variable_entry": {
-        "cAnt": {
+        "cLitter": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
+            "standard_name": "litter_carbon_content", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon in Anthropogenic Pools", 
-            "comment": "grid cell mean carbon in anthropogenic pools into which harvests and cleared carbon are deposited before release into atmosphere PLUS any remaining anthropogenic pools that may be associated with lands which were converted into land use tiles during reported period . Does NOT include residue which is deposited into soil or litter; end of year values (not annual mean)", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon Mass in Litter Pool", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
-            "out_name": "cAnt", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "out_name": "cLitter", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "cAntLut": {
+        "cLitterLut": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
             "standard_name": "", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon in Anthropogenic Pools Associated with Landuse Tiles", 
-            "comment": "anthropogenic pools associated with land use tiles into which harvests and cleared carbon are deposited before release into atmosphere PLUS any remaining anthropogenic pools that may be associated with lands which were converted into land use tiles during reported period . Does NOT include residue which is deposited into soil or litter; end of year values (not annual mean)", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon  in Above and Below Ground Litter Pools on Landuse Tiles", 
+            "comment": "end of year values (not annual mean)", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time1", 
-            "out_name": "cAntLut", 
+            "out_name": "cLitterLut", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "cLitter": {
+        "cProduct": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "litter_carbon_content", 
+            "standard_name": "carbon_content_of_products_of_anthropogenic_land_use_change", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon Mass in Litter Pool", 
-            "comment": "", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon Mass in Products of Land Use Change", 
+            "comment": "Carbon mass per unit area in that has been removed from the environment through  landuse change.", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude time1", 
-            "out_name": "cLitter", 
+            "out_name": "cProduct", 
             "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "cLitterLut": {
+        "cProductLut": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "", 
+            "standard_name": "carbon_content_in_wood_and_agricultural_products", 
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "Carbon  in Above and Below Ground Litter Pools on Landuse Tiles", 
-            "comment": "end of year values (not annual mean)", 
+            "long_name": "wood and agricultural product pool carbon associated with land use tiles; examples of products include paper, cardboard, timber for construction, and crop harvest for food or fuel.", 
+            "comment": "anthropogenic pools associated with land use tiles into which harvests and cleared carbon are deposited before release into atmosphere PLUS any remaining anthropogenic pools that may be associated with lands which were converted into land use tiles during reported period . Does NOT include residue which is deposited into soil or litter; end of year values (not annual mean)", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time1", 
-            "out_name": "cLitterLut", 
+            "out_name": "cProductLut", 
             "type": "", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             "units": "kg m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: point", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
-            "long_name": "carbon in vegetation on land use tiles", 
+            "long_name": "Carbon in Vegetation on Land Use Tiles", 
             "comment": "end of year values (not annual mean)", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude landUse time1", 
             "out_name": "cVegLut", 
@@ -218,68 +218,17 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
-        "ocontemprmadvect": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_residual_mean_advection", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Sea Water Conservative Temperature Expressed as Heat Content due to Residual Mean Advection", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "ocontemprmadvect", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "opottemprmadvect": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_residual_mean_advection", 
-            "units": "W m-2", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Sea Eater Potential Temperature Expressed as Heat Content due to Residual Mean Advection", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "opottemprmadvect", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
-        "osaltrmadvect": {
-            "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_residual_mean_advection", 
-            "units": "kg m-2 s-1", 
-            "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
-            "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Tendency of Sea Water Salinity Expressed as Salt Content due to Residual Mean Advection", 
-            "comment": "", 
-            "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
-            "out_name": "osaltrmadvect", 
-            "type": "", 
-            "positive": "", 
-            "valid_min": "", 
-            "valid_max": "", 
-            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
-            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
-        }, 
         "rsdoabsorb": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "net_rate_of_absorption_of_shortwave_energy_in_ocean_layer", 
             "units": "W m-2", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Net Rate of Absorption of Shortwave Energy in Ocean Layer", 
+            "long_name": "net rate of absorption of shortwave energy in ocean layer", 
             "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "rsdoabsorb", 
-            "type": "", 
+            "type": "real", 
             "positive": "", 
             "valid_min": "", 
             "valid_max": "", 
@@ -288,7 +237,7 @@
         }, 
         "tnkebto": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
-            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_advection", 
+            "standard_name": "tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_bolus_transport", 
             "units": "W m-2 ", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello", 
@@ -305,12 +254,12 @@
         }, 
         "zfull": {
             "modeling_realm": "land", 
-            "standard_name": "depth_below_geoid", 
+            "standard_name": "height_above_reference_ellipsoid", 
             "units": "m", 
             "cell_methods": "time: mean", 
             "cell_measures": "area: areacello volume: volcello", 
-            "long_name": "Depth Below Geoid of Ocean Layer", 
-            "comment": "Depth below geoid", 
+            "long_name": "Altitude of Model Full-Levels", 
+            "comment": "", 
             "dimensions": "longitude latitude olevel time", 
             "out_name": "zfull", 
             "type": "", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_fx.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_fx.json
index 076ff7a..710c8c1 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_fx.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_fx.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "Header": {
-        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.42.01", 
+        "data_specs_version": "01.beta.44", 
         "table_id": "Table fx", 
         "realm": "land", 
         "frequency": "fx", 
         "cmor_version": "3.2", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016", 
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
         "product": "output", 
         "approx_interval": "0.00000", 
@@ -116,6 +116,23 @@
             "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
             "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
         }, 
+        "sftlf": {
+            "modeling_realm": "atmos", 
+            "standard_name": "land_area_fraction", 
+            "units": "1", 
+            "cell_methods": "area: mean", 
+            "cell_measures": "area: areacella", 
+            "long_name": "Land Area Fraction", 
+            "comment": "Please express 'X_area_fraction' as the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X.", 
+            "dimensions": "longitude latitude", 
+            "out_name": "sftlf", 
+            "type": "real", 
+            "positive": "", 
+            "valid_min": "0.0", 
+            "valid_max": "100.0", 
+            "ok_min_mean_abs": "", 
+            "ok_max_mean_abs": ""
+        }, 
         "sftof": {
             "modeling_realm": "ocean", 
             "standard_name": "sea_area_fraction", 
diff --git a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_grids.json b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_grids.json
index ac23233..504c2dc 100644
--- a/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_grids.json
+++ b/cmip6-cmor-tables/CMIP6_grids.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         "table_id": "Table grids", 
         "data_specs_version": "<data_specs_version>", 
         "missing_value": "1e20", 
-        "table_date": "23 November 2016"
+        "table_date": "02 December 2016"
     }, 
     "mapping_entry": {
         "sample_user_mapping": {

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