diff --git a/_episodes/06-preprocessor.md b/_episodes/06-preprocessor.md
index 0aa86217..8011916f 100644
--- a/_episodes/06-preprocessor.md
+++ b/_episodes/06-preprocessor.md
@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@ a custom colormap.
 > {: .solution}
 {: .challenge}
 
-You should now be able to run the recipe to get your own warming stripes.
+You should now be able to run the recipe to get your own warming stripes. For a list of
+climate variable short names in CMIP6, see
+[CMIP6 CMOR Tables][cmip6-cmor-tables]{:target="_blank"}
 
 Note: for the purpose of simplicity in this episode, we have not added logging
 or provenance tracking in the diagnostic script. Once you start to develop your
diff --git a/_includes/links.md b/_includes/links.md
index 9d788081..633382be 100644
--- a/_includes/links.md
+++ b/_includes/links.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 [cc-by-legal]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
 [ci]: http://communityin.org/
 [cmip5-search]: https://esgf-data.dkrz.de/search/cmip5-dkrz/
+[cmip6-cmor-tables]: https://github.com/PCMDI/cmip6-cmor-tables/tree/main/Tables/
 [coc-reporting]: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/incident-reporting.html
 [coc]: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html
 [code-documentation]: https://docs.esmvaltool.org/en/latest/community/code_documentation.html