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List variables of RPN file with description

At UQAM, there is a set of 'vl' (variable list) commands:  'vl3', 'vl4', and 'vl5' (one for each model version) which will give you a list of all the variables in an RPN file.For example:

      vl5 rpn_file

There are more than one description per variable. The first description is always correct but rarely contains the unit. For physics fields take the second description with a grain of salt. If it matches the first one, it's unit is correct as well. If it doesn't match, ignore it. However, for all output produced with the UQAM version of GEM a 'per second' needs to get added to all units of accumulators, for example:
    precipitation is not in [m] but in [m/s]
    radiation fields are not in [J/m²] but in [J/s/m²] so in [W/m²]Whenever you have an RPN file and want to know which variables are in the file you can

Explanation of all physics variables in model listing

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