| CCM3 | COLA | DESCRIPTION |
| plon | IMAX | Number of Gaussian longitudes |
| plat | JMAX | Number of Gaussian latitudes |
| plev | KMAX | Number of vertical layers |
| ptrm | MEND1=ptrm+1 | Highest Fourier wavenumber (for COLA, index) included |
| ptrn | NEND1=ptrn+1 | Highest degree (index) Legendre polynomial when m=0 |
| ptrk | JEND1=ptrk+1 | Highest degree (index) associated Legendre function |