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RE: Gribtonc changes
- Subject: RE: Gribtonc changes
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:21:40 -0600 (MDT)
Brian,
Thanks for the detailed info on the gribtonc problem. I have a hunch on
what is the problem. Actually I've had gribtonc dump core on me in a
similar situation, don't know if it's the same problem. I get back to you
today.
Robb...
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
> Robb,
>
> I'm sorry to keep bugging you, but I really can't seem to get "gribtonc" to
> work still? I began taking "baby steps" with "gribtonc" (read my note
> below if you haven't already) and it failed (core dumped) immediately. I
> have put a web page together which details all of the steps that I have
> taken to get the Unidata decoders package installed.
>
> Here it is:
> http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg/netcdf-decoders.html
>
> As you can see from the page, I have had fun :-) Seriously though, I
> initially installed the binary version of udunits, the source version of
> netcdf, and the source version of netcdf-perl. Then I installed the source
> version of the Unidata decoders package. Then I ran a simple "gribtonc"
> test, which resulted in a core dump? When I did a "strings" on the core
> file, there was mention of "udunits(3): Couldn't open units database
> "/upc/udunits/etc/udunits.dat" ... this led me to believe that using the
> binary version of udunits was not the way to go because the udunits.dat file
> resided in my /home/ldm/udunits/etc directory when I did a binary version of
> udunits?
>
> So, I made the assumption (not sure if it was the correct assumption?) that
> the source version of udunits should probably be installed? So, I
> re-installed udunits, netcdf, and netcdf-perl and everything "appeared" OK?
> When I went to make the Unidata decoders package again though, I got an
> error in the make:
>
> In file included from gribtonc.c:24:
> nc.h:13:21: udunits.h: No such file or directory
>
> Upon investigating, I went to look at udunits.h and something looks funky in
> the udunits installation? When I cd'd to the udunits directory, all that
> was there was the "src" directory. Where is the "lib" directory? Then I
> cd'd to "src" and saw that "lib" was built under the "src" directory ... is
> this normal?
>
> I am getting pretty confused now. Can you help? I have attached a file
> called jsc.tar.gz which contains numerous other tar files:
>
> core.tar.gz - contains the core file that was dumped from my "gribtonc" test
>
> decoders.tar.gz - contains the log files for the decoders installation
> (which was with the binary version of udunits)
> netcdf.tar.gz - contains the log files for the latest netcdf installation
> (which was with the source version of udunits)
> netcdf-perl.tar.gz - contains the log files for the latest netcdf-perl
> installation (the source version of udunits)
> udunits.tar.gz - contains the log files for the latest udunits installation
> (the source version of udunits)
>
> I hope that I have not thoroughly confused you with what I have actually
> done? The web page should clearly represent the steps that I have taken up
> to this point.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!!
>
> ---------------
> Brian Hoeth
> Spaceflight Meteorology Group
> Johnson Space Center
> Ph: 281-483-3246
> Ops: 281-483-1051
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:16 AM
> To: 'Glenn Rutledge'; James E Ramer
> Cc: 'Robb Kambic'; address@hidden; decoders
> Subject: RE: Gribtonc changes
>
>
>
> Glenn,
>
> First of all, where do you work within NOAA? Are you at NESDIS? I'm just
> curious. I work as a contract meteorologist for the National Weather
> Service Spaceflight Meteorlogy Group in case you were wondering ...
>
> Anyways, shockingly, I have actually been documenting the Unidata
> netcdf-decoders package installation process. I have put this page out at:
> http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg/netcdf-decoders.html
>
> Anyways, as you can see from the web page I created, there are some pitfalls
> I ran into along the way, but was able to overcome. If you want, I can
> clean up the page, removing all my pitfalls and silly comments and that way
> you can have your "users" (who might this be??) reference this page? Just
> let me know. I'm here to help!! We should work together to try and get the
> NWS community all on the same page!!
>
> Also, I'm not finished with the page because I want to add some examples on
> how to use the "gribtonc" command via command line and via LDM. By the
> way, does anybody have a CDL file written for the 12 km ETA data by chance?
>
> One important thing: The web page I created assumes you have already
> installed LDM!!! Do you know how to do this? If not, you can go to
> http://my.unidata.ucar.edu and register as a my unidata user. Once you've
> registered, click on the "Software" link and then click on "LDM" (or you can
> go directly there by going to
> http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/ldm/index.html ). We love LDM!!
> FYI ... we just grabbed the binary version of LDM and are running 5.2.2, we
> still need to step up to 6.0.13
>
> As for your question of "if the awips table sited in the email below has
> been used and works?" ... I am getting close to finding out. I finally
> finished installing the decoders package yesterday. I'm taking baby steps
> on using the decoders package right now and I plan on testing the awips
> table CDL file next week. I'm hoping that it is straight forward to get the
> resultant netcdf file to display in D2D?
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> ---------------
> Brian Hoeth
> Spaceflight Meteorology Group
> Johnson Space Center
> Ph: 281-483-3246
> Ops: 281-483-1051
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Rutledge [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:57 AM
> To: James E Ramer
> Cc: 'Robb Kambic'; address@hidden; decoders
> Subject: Re: Gribtonc changes
>
>
> Hello all-
> (Hello James...long time);
> Before I sited some of the words below for inclusion into a new page at
> NCDC (and the NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System
> (NOMADS- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/nomads/nomads.html), page),
> I wanted to ask if there was any page I can site for potential AWIPS
> users of my site at Unidata, or FSL to convert raw grib to AWIPS style
> NetCDF- and if the awips table sited in the email below has been used
> and works?
>
> One last question is where is the gribtonc code? Is that part of the
> NetCDF library?
>
> Best regards, Glenn
>
>
>
> HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
> > Glenn,
> >
> > Yes, Robb answered my inquiry. I have attached the email. I haven't had
> a
> > chance to play around with the AWIPS.tbl file yet, but I am hoping that it
> > works.
> >
> > Robb: Thanks for all your hard work!!
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Rutledge [mailto:address@hidden]
> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:32 AM
> > To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
> > Cc: 'Robb Kambic'; address@hidden; decoders
> > Subject: Re: Gribtonc changes
> >
> >
> > Hello Robb,
> > Was there a response this the inquiry (making gribtonc "AWIPS"
> > friendly"?). I would expect that would be most useful to the NWS
> > community in the field...
> >
> > Thx, Glenn
> >
> > HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
> >
> >>Robb,
> >>
> >>Has there been any talk about making the netcdf output of gribtonc "AWIPS
> >>friendly"? Apparently (from what I've heard?), the netcdf files that are
> >>output from gribtonc are not able to readily be input into AWIPS?
> >>
> >>Also, has anybody got the decoders package working on the following
> >
> > platform
> >
> >>(output of uname -a is below):
> >>Linux etamodel 2.4.18-14smp #1 SMP Wed Sep 4 12:34:47 EDT 2002 i686 i686
> >>i386 GNU/Linux
> >>
> >>I am still having a heck of a time getting the decoders package and all
> >
> > the
> >
> >>ancillary packages (udunits, netcdf, netcdf-perl) to install properly on
> >
> > my
> >
> >>system?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Brian
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:36 PM
> >>To: address@hidden
> >>Cc: decoders
> >>Subject: Gribtonc changes
> >>
> >>
> >>Hiya,
> >>
> >>I'm writing to inform you about some proposed changes to the output
> >>netCDF files produced by the gribtonc (GRIB-to-netCDF) decoder. There
> >>are about 35 sites that have installed the decoders package as far as I
> >>know. I'm currently in the process of updating the package, including
> >>the CDLs to make them more useful and to add attributes required by
> >>new conventions.
> >>
> >>The original CDLs followed the NUWG conventions:
> >>
> >> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/NUWG/
> >>
> >>which haven't been modified in several years,
> >>
> >>Lately the CF conventions
> >>
> >> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/index.html
> >>
> >>are becoming established as a more complete set of conventions for
> >>model output. Also, we are considering including spatial and temporal
> >
> > type
> >
> >>variables to make the NetCDF file more GIS compatible. Another idea is to
> >>enhance the metadata about the date for THREDDS servers and other NetCDF
> >>clients.
> >>
> >>The CDL variable names will continue to follow the NUWG conventions
> >>for backward capability. The long_name attribute has been standardized
> >>by concatenation of the NUWG variable name plus the NUWG level name
> >>using the word "at" as a connector. So, the T_trop long_name is
> >>"Temperature at tropopause" in all the CDLs. This supports
> >>consistency in applications such as Unidata's IDV (Integrated Data
> >>Viewer). For similar reasons, we are adding attributes required by
> >>other conventions such as CF, such as the standard_name attribute. A
> >>sample variable will look like:
> >>
> >> float T_trop(record,y,x) ;
> >> T_trop:long_name = "Temperature at tropopause" ;
> >> T_trop:standard_name = "air_temperature" ;
> >> T_trop:units = "degK" ;
> >> T_trop:GRIB_parameter_number = 11 ;
> >> T_trop:GRIB_level_flag = 7 ;
> >> T_trop:_FillValue = -9999.f ;
> >> T_trop:navigation = "nav" ;
> >>
> >>
> >>Some other additions to the variable attributes are the
> >>GRIB_parameter_number,
> >>and the GRIB_level_flag attributes. These are being included so other
> >>conventions may refer to the NCEP GRIB tables as a cross reference. This
> >>will
> >>permit more flexible usage for the NetCDF files.
> >>
> >>Another variable has been added called forecast_time, a human readable
> >>string representing the valid forecast times. To make the data
> >>monotonically increasing, the code sets records for all the valid times in
> >>the
> >>netCDF file on initialization.
> >>
> >>When netCDF GIS applications become available, the new NetCDF files
> >>will already have the needed information for correct display. We are also
> >>considering temporal variables so time bounding boxes can be created for
> >
> > the
> >
> >>datasets.
> >>
> >>This is a brief summary of the kind of modifications we are making to
> >>the decoders package. If you have other ideas about what should be
> >>included or omitted, please send in your comments.
> >>
> >>
> >>Robb...
> >>
> >
> >
> ============================================================================
> >
> >>===
> >>Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center
> >>Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric
> >>Research
> >>address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
> >>
> >
> >
> ============================================================================
> >
> >>===
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject:
> > RE: Gribtonc changes
> > From:
> > Robb Kambic <address@hidden>
> > Date:
> > Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:29:48 -0500
> > To:
> > "HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)" <address@hidden>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Robb,
> >>
> >>I have attached an email that Tim Oram put together that contains the
> >>gribParameters files that convert the grib field into a netCDF variable
> >
> > for
> >
> >>AWIPS.
> >>
> >>Perhaps you can collaborate with Jim Ramer (I've cc'd him on this note)
> >
> > who
> >
> >>works with the AWIPS code at FSL there in Boulder? They obviously have
> >
> > some
> >
> >>sort of GRIB to netCDF decoder because you can feed GRIB data directly
> >
> > into
> >
> >>AWIPS and it will convert it to netCDF for display in D2D.
> >>
> >>Our ultimate goal is to process GRIB data (on a workstation outside the
> >>AWIPS network) before feeding it to our AWIPS LDAD. As I said, we could
> >>always feed GRIB data directly to AWIPS, but this would most certainly
> >>increase the load on AWIPS because the AWIPS gribdecoder would be bogged
> >>down. By performing the GRIB to netCDF conversion outside of AWIPS, we
> >>avoid this situation.
> >>
> >>Hopefully, with the attached email and perhaps a little help from Jim (?),
> >>you can incorporate the necessary changes into the Unidata gribtonc
> >
> > utility?
> >
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >
> > Brian, et al,
> >
> > I used the attached table with the desired grib parameters to make a table
> > that can be used with Unidata's gribtonc decoder. The resulting NetCDF
> > file has all of the parameter names from the attached table that is
> > closely related to Table 2 found in the NCEP unofficial GRIB (edition 1)
> > document. I said closely related because Table 2 parameters can have
> > spaces, ie "SNO M" parameter 99 and others. The space has always been a
> > problem with our decoders. Anyway, the AWIPS.tbl file that's attached can
> > be used with the -g flag for gribtocdl, gribdump and gribtonc programs,
> > ie.
> >
> > % gribtocdl -v -g AWIPS.tbl <raw grib file>
> > % gribtonc -l - -g AWIPS.tbl AWIPS.cdl AWIPS.nc < <raw grib file>
> >
> > I had to change a couple of units to be compatible with the Unidata
> > package udunits, otherwise the table is intact. Also, there are man pages
> > for all the above progams include in the decoders package to help with
> > the syntax and the table construction.
> >
> > Robb...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>---------------
> >>Brian Hoeth
> >>Spaceflight Meteorology Group
> >>Johnson Space Center
> >>Ph: 281-483-3246
> >>Ops: 281-483-1051
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:39 AM
> >>To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
> >>Cc: address@hidden; decoders
> >>Subject: RE: Gribtonc changes
> >>
> >>
> >>On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Robb,
> >>>
> >>>Has there been any talk about making the netcdf output of gribtonc
> >>
> > "AWIPS
> >
> >>>friendly"? Apparently (from what I've heard?), the netcdf files that
> >>
> > are
> >
> >>>output from gribtonc are not able to readily be input into AWIPS?
> >>
> >>Brian,
> >>
> >>Since I don't work with AWIPS, I'm not familar with the format of the
> >>NetCDF file needed. With the new changes for gribotnc that are coming,
> >>"maybe" that can be incorporated. Could you forward the format of the
> >>AWIPS NetCDF file to me?
> >>
> >>
> >>>Also, has anybody got the decoders package working on the following
> >>
> >>platform
> >>
> >>>(output of uname -a is below):
> >>>Linux etamodel 2.4.18-14smp #1 SMP Wed Sep 4 12:34:47 EDT 2002 i686 i686
> >>>i386 GNU/Linux
> >>>
> >>
> >>I have compiled on the following system with not problem.
> >>
> >>Linux sunshine.unidata.ucar.edu 2.4.18-14smp #1 SMP Wed Sep 4 12:34:47 EDT
> >>2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am still having a heck of a time getting the decoders package and all
> >>
> >>the
> >>
> >>>ancillary packages (udunits, netcdf, netcdf-perl) to install properly on
> >>
> >>my
> >>
> >>>system?
> >>
> >>The comon problem is not setting CC on Linux, ie
> >>
> >>% sentenv CC gcc
> >>
> >>I not quite sure what you mean install properly? Do the packages compile?
> >>Do your get runtime errors? etc. Also do you have log files of error
> >>messages? I usually do command line for debugging, ie
> >>
> >>% gribtonc -vl - test.cdl test.nc < test.grib
> >>
> >>Sends the error messages to stdout.
> >>
> >>Robb...
> >>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Brian
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden]
> >>>Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:36 PM
> >>>To: address@hidden
> >>>Cc: decoders
> >>>Subject: Gribtonc changes
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Hiya,
> >>>
> >>>I'm writing to inform you about some proposed changes to the output
> >>>netCDF files produced by the gribtonc (GRIB-to-netCDF) decoder. There
> >>>are about 35 sites that have installed the decoders package as far as I
> >>>know. I'm currently in the process of updating the package, including
> >>>the CDLs to make them more useful and to add attributes required by
> >>>new conventions.
> >>>
> >>>The original CDLs followed the NUWG conventions:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/NUWG/
> >>>
> >>>which haven't been modified in several years,
> >>>
> >>>Lately the CF conventions
> >>>
> >>> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/index.html
> >>>
> >>>are becoming established as a more complete set of conventions for
> >>>model output. Also, we are considering including spatial and temporal
> >>
> >>type
> >>
> >>>variables to make the NetCDF file more GIS compatible. Another idea is
> >>
> > to
> >
> >>>enhance the metadata about the date for THREDDS servers and other NetCDF
> >>>clients.
> >>>
> >>>The CDL variable names will continue to follow the NUWG conventions
> >>>for backward capability. The long_name attribute has been standardized
> >>>by concatenation of the NUWG variable name plus the NUWG level name
> >>>using the word "at" as a connector. So, the T_trop long_name is
> >>>"Temperature at tropopause" in all the CDLs. This supports
> >>>consistency in applications such as Unidata's IDV (Integrated Data
> >>>Viewer). For similar reasons, we are adding attributes required by
> >>>other conventions such as CF, such as the standard_name attribute. A
> >>>sample variable will look like:
> >>>
> >>> float T_trop(record,y,x) ;
> >>> T_trop:long_name = "Temperature at tropopause" ;
> >>> T_trop:standard_name = "air_temperature" ;
> >>> T_trop:units = "degK" ;
> >>> T_trop:GRIB_parameter_number = 11 ;
> >>> T_trop:GRIB_level_flag = 7 ;
> >>> T_trop:_FillValue = -9999.f ;
> >>> T_trop:navigation = "nav" ;
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Some other additions to the variable attributes are the
> >>>GRIB_parameter_number,
> >>>and the GRIB_level_flag attributes. These are being included so other
> >>>conventions may refer to the NCEP GRIB tables as a cross reference.
> >>
> > This
> >
> >>>will
> >>>permit more flexible usage for the NetCDF files.
> >>>
> >>>Another variable has been added called forecast_time, a human readable
> >>>string representing the valid forecast times. To make the data
> >>>monotonically increasing, the code sets records for all the valid times
> >>
> > in
> >
> >>>the
> >>>netCDF file on initialization.
> >>>
> >>>When netCDF GIS applications become available, the new NetCDF files
> >>>will already have the needed information for correct display. We are
> >>
> > also
> >
> >>>considering temporal variables so time bounding boxes can be created for
> >>
> >>the
> >>
> >>>datasets.
> >>>
> >>>This is a brief summary of the kind of modifications we are making to
> >>>the decoders package. If you have other ideas about what should be
> >>>included or omitted, please send in your comments.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Robb...
> >>>
> >>
> >
> ============================================================================
> >
> >>>===
> >>>Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center
> >>>Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for
> >>
> > Atmospheric
> >
> >>>Research
> >>>address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
> >>>
> >>
> >
> ============================================================================
> >
> >>>===
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> ============================================================================
> >
> >>===
> >>Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center
> >>Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric
> >>Research
> >>address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
> >>
> >
> >
> ============================================================================
> >
> >>===
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> ============================================================================
> > ===
> > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center
> > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric
> > Research
> > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
> >
> ============================================================================
> > ===
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Grib ;netCDF ;long name
> ;units;comments
> > 1 ;Px ;Pressure ;Pa
> ;
> > 2 ;PMSL ;Pressure reduced to mean sea level ;Pa
> ;
> > 3 ;PT ;Pressure tendency ;Pa/s
> ;
> > 4 ;PVORT ;Potential vorticity
> ;Km**2/kg/s ;
> > 5 ;ICAHT ;ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height ;m
> ;
> > 6 ;GP ;Geopotential
> ;m**2/s**2 ;
> > 7 ;GH ;Geopotential Height ;gp m
> ;
> > 8 ;GeH ;Geometric Height ;m
> ;
> > 9 ;HGHTSD ;Standard deviation of height ;m
> ;
> > 10 ;TOZO ;Total ozone ;
> ;
> > 11 ;T ;Temperature ;K
> ;
> > 12 ;VT ;Virtual temperature ;K
> ;
> > 13 ;PoT ;Potential temperature ;K
> ;
> > 14 ;EPOT ;Equivalent potential temperature ;K
> ;
> > 15 ;MxT ;Maximum temperature ;K
> ;
> > 16 ;MnT ;Minimum temperature ;K
> ;
> > 17 ;DpT ;Dew point temperature ;K
> ;
> > 18 ;DpD ;Dew point depression ;K
> ;
> > 19 ;LR ;Lapse rate ;K/m
> ;
> > 20 ;Vis ;Visibility ;m
> ;
> > 21 ;RSp1 ;Radar Spectra (1) ;
> ;
> > 22 ;RSp2 ;Radar Spectra (2) ;
> ;
> > 23 ;RSp3 ;Radar Spectra (3) ;
> ;
> > 24 ;PLIx ;Parcel lifted index (to 500 hPa) ;K
> ;
> > 25 ;Ta ;Temperature anomaly ;K
> ;
> > 26 ;Pa ;Pressure anomaly ;Pa
> ;
> > 27 ;GHa ;Geopotential height anomaly ;gp m
> ;
> > 28 ;WSp1 ;Wave Spectra (1) ;
> ;
> > 29 ;WSp2 ;Wave Spectra (2) ;
> ;
> > 30 ;WSp3 ;Wave Spectra (3) ;
> ;
> > 31 ;WD ;Wind direction (from which blowing)
> ;degrees_T ;
> > 32 ;WS ;Wind speed ;m/s
> ;
> > 33 ;uW ;u-component of wind ;m/s
> ;
> > 34 ;vW ;v-component of wind ;m/s
> ;
> > 35 ;SF ;Stream function ;m**2/s
> ;
> > 36 ;VPOT ;Velocity potential ;m**2/s
> ;
> > 37 ;MSG ;Montgomery stream function
> ;m**2/s**2 ;
> > 38 ;SVV ;Sigma coordinate vertical velocity ;
> ;
> > 39 ;PVV ;Pressure vertical velocity ;Pa/s
> ;
> > 40 ;GVV ;Geometric vertical velocity ;m/s
> ;
> > 41 ;AV ;Absolute vorticity ;
> ;
> > 42 ;AD ;Absolute divergence ;
> ;
> > 43 ;RV ;Relative vorticity ;
> ;
> > 44 ;RD ;Relative divergence ;
> ;
> > 45 ;VUCSH ;Vertical u-component shear ;
> ;
> > 46 ;VVCSH ;Vertical v-component shear ;
> ;
> > 47 ;DIRC ;Direction of current
> ;degrees_T ;
> > 48 ;SPC ;Speed of current ;m/s
> ;
> > 49 ;UOGRD ;u-component of current ;m/s
> ;
> > 50 ;VOGRD ;v-component of current ;m/s
> ;
> > 51 ;SH ;Specific humidity ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 52 ;RH ;Relative humidity ;%
> ;
> > 53 ;MIXR ;Humidity mixing ratio ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 54 ;PW ;Precipitable water ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 55 ;VAPP ;Vapor pressure ;Pa
> ;
> > 56 ;SATD ;Saturation deficit ;Pa
> ;
> > 57 ;EVP ;Evaporation ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 58 ;CIce ;Cloud Ice ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 59 ;PR ;Precipitation rate
> ;kg/m**2/s ;
> > 60 ;ThP ;Thunderstorm probability ;%
> ;
> > 61 ;TP ;Total precipitation ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 62 ;LgSP ;Large scale precipitation ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 63 ;CP ;Convective precipitation ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 64 ;SRWEQ ;Snowfall rate water equivalent
> ;kg/m**2/s ;
> > 65 ;WEASD ;Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 66 ;SnD ;Snow depth ;m
> ;
> > 67 ;MIXHT ;Mixed layer depth ;m
> ;
> > 68 ;TTHDP ;Transient thermocline depth ;m
> ;
> > 69 ;MTHD ;Main thermocline depth ;m
> ;
> > 70 ;MTHA ;Main thermocline anomaly ;m
> ;
> > 71 ;TCC ;Total cloud cover ;%
> ;
> > 72 ;CCC ;Convective cloud cover ;%
> ;
> > 73 ;LCC ;Low cloud cover ;%
> ;
> > 74 ;MCC ;Medium cloud cover ;%
> ;
> > 75 ;HCC ;High cloud cover ;%
> ;
> > 76 ;CWAT ;Cloud water ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 77 ;BLIx ;Best Lifted Index (to 500 hPa) ;K
> ;
> > 78 ;SNOC ;Convective snow ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 79 ;SNOL ;Large scale snow ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 80 ;WT ;Water temperature ;K
> ;
> > 81 ;LAND ;Land cover (land=1, sea=0) ;
> ;
> > 82 ;DSLM ;Deviation of sea level from mean ;m
> ;
> > 83 ;SFCR ;Surface roughness ;m
> ;
> > 84 ;ALBDO ;Albedo ;%
> ;
> > 85 ;ST ;Soil temperature ;K
> ;
> > 86 ;SMC ;Soil moisture content ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 87 ;VEG ;Vegetation ;%
> ;
> > 88 ;SALTY ;Salinity ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 89 ;DEN ;Density ;kg/m**3
> ;
> > 90 ;WATR ;Water runoff ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 91 ;ICEC ;Ice cover (ice=1, no ice=0) ;
> ;
> > 92 ;ICETK ;Ice thickness ;m
> ;
> > 93 ;DICED ;Direction of ice drift
> ;degrees_T ;
> > 94 ;SICED ;Speed of ice drift ;m/s
> ;
> > 95 ;UICE ;u-component of ice drift ;m/s
> ;
> > 96 ;VICE ;v-component of ice drift ;m/s
> ;
> > 97 ;ICEG ;Ice growth rate ;m/s
> ;
> > 98 ;ICED ;Ice divergence ;
> ;
> > 99 ;SNOM ;Snow melt ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 100 ;HTSGW ;Significant height of combined wind waves & swell ;m
> ;
> > 101 ;WVDIR ;Direction of wind waves (from which)
> ;degrees_T ;
> > 102 ;WVHGT ;Significant height of wind waves ;m
> ;
> > 103 ;WVPER ;Mean period of wind waves ;s
> ;
> > 104 ;SWDIR ;Direction of swell waves
> ;degrees_T ;
> > 105 ;SWELL ;Significant height of swell waves ;m
> ;
> > 106 ;SWPER ;Mean period of swell waves ;s
> ;
> > 107 ;DIRPW ;Primary wave direction
> ;degrees_T ;
> > 108 ;PERPW ;Primary wave mean period ;s
> ;
> > 109 ;DIRSW ;Secondary wave direction
> ;degrees_T ;
> > 110 ;PERSW ;Secondary wave mean period ;s
> ;
> > 111 ;NSWRS ;Net short-wave radiation (surface) ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 112 ;NLRS ;Net long-wave radiation (surface) ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 113 ;NSWRT ;Net short-wave radiation (top of atmosphere) ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 114 ;NLWRT ;Net long-wave radiation (top of atmosphere) ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 115 ;LWAVR ;Long wave radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 116 ;SWAVR ;Short wave radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 117 ;GRAD ;Global radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 118 ;BRTMP ;Brightness temperature ;K
> ;
> > 119 ;LWRAD ;Radiance (with respect to wave number) ;W/m/sr
> ;
> > 120 ;SWRAD ;Radiance (with respect to wave length)
> ;W/m**3/sr ;
> > 121 ;LHTFL ;Latent heat net flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 122 ;SHTFL ;Sensible heat net flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 123 ;BLYDP ;Boundary layer dissipation ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 124 ;UFLX ;Momentum flux, u component ;N/m**2
> ;
> > 125 ;VFLX ;Momentum flux, v component ;N/m**2
> ;
> > 126 ;WMIXE ;Wind mixing energy ;J
> ;
> > 127 ;IMGD ;Image data ;
> ;
> > 128 ;MSLP ;Mean sea level pressure ;Pa
> ;
> > 129 ;MMSP ;MAPS mean sea level pressure ;Pa
> ;
> > 130 ;EMSP ;ETA mean sea level pressure ;Pa
> ;
> > 131 ;SLIx ;Surface lifted index ;K
> ;
> > 132 ;BLIx ;Best (4 layer) lifted index ;K
> ;
> > 133 ;KI ;K index ;K
> ;
> > 134 ;SI ;Sweat index ;K
> ;
> > 135 ;MCONV ;Horizontal moisture divergence ;kg/kg/s
> ;
> > 136 ;VSS ;Vertical speed shear ;1/s
> ;
> > 137 ;PT3 ;Pressure tendency - 3 hour ;Pa/s
> ;
> > 138 ;BVF2 ;Brunt-Vaisala frequency (squared) ;1/s**2
> ;
> > 139 ;PVMV ;Potential vorticity (density weighted) ;1/s/m
> ;
> > 140 ;CRAIN ;Categorical rain (yes=1, no=0) ;
> ;
> > 141 ;CFRZR ;Categorical freezing rain (yes=1, no=0) ;
> ;
> > 142 ;CICEP ;Categorical ice pellets (yes=1, no=0) ;
> ;
> > 143 ;CSNOW ;Categorical snow (yes=1, no=0) ;
> ;
> > 144 ;SOILW ;Volumetric soil moisture content ;
> ;
> > 145 ;PEVPR ;Potential evaporation rate ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 146 ;CWORK ;Cloud workfunction ;J/kg
> ;
> > 147 ;UGWD ;Zonal flux of gravity wave stress ;N/m**2
> ;
> > 148 ;VGWD ;Meridional flux of gravity wave stress ;N/m**2
> ;
> > 149 ;PV ;Potential vorticity
> ;m**2/s/kg ;
> > 150 ;COVMZ ;Covariance between meridional and zonal wind
> ;m**2/kg**2 ;
> > 151 ;COVTZ ;Covariance between temperature and zonal wind ;K*m/s
> ;
> > 152 ;COVTM ;Covariance between temperature and merid. wind ;K*m/s
> ;
> > 153 ;CW ;Cloud water ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 154 ;O3MR ;Ozone mixing ratio ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 155 ;GFLUX ;Ground Heat flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 156 ;CIn ;Convective inhibition ;J/kg
> ;
> > 157 ;CAPE ;Convective available potential energy ;J/kg
> ;
> > 158 ;TKE ;Turbulent kinetic energy ;J/kg
> ;
> > 159 ;CONDP ;Condensation pressure of parcel lifted from sfc ;Pa
> ;
> > 160 ;CSUSF ;Clear sky upward solar flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 161 ;CSDSF ;Clear sky downward solar flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 162 ;CSULF ;Clear sky upward long wave flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 163 ;CSDLF ;Clear sky downward long wave flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 164 ;CFNSF ;Cloud forcing net solar flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 165 ;CFNLF ;Cloud forcing net long wave flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 166 ;VBDSF ;Visible beam downward solar flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 167 ;VDDSF ;Visible diffuse downward solar flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 168 ;NBDSF ;Near IR beam downward solar flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 169 ;NDDSF ;Near IR diffuse downward solar flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 170 ;RWMR ;Rain water mixing ratio ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 171 ;SNMR ;Snow mixing ratio ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 172 ;MFLX ;Momentum flux ;N/m**2
> ;
> > 173 ;LMH ;Mass point model surface ;
> ;
> > 174 ;LMV ;Velocity point model surface ;
> ;
> > 175 ;MLYNO ;Model layer number (from bottom up) ;
> ;
> > 176 ;NLAT ;Latitude ;deg
> ;
> > 177 ;ELON ;East longitude ;deg
> ;
> > 178 ;ICMR ;Ice mixing ratio ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 179 ;GRMR ;Graupel mixing ratio ;kg/kg
> ;
> > 181 ;LPSX ;x-gradient of log pressure ;1/m
> ;
> > 182 ;LPSY ;y-gradient of log pressure ;1/m
> ;
> > 183 ;JGTX ;x-gradient of height ;m/m
> ;
> > 184 ;JGTY ;y-gradient of height ;m/m
> ;
> > 185 ;TURB ;Turbulence SIGMET/AIRMET ;
> ;
> > 186 ;ICNG ;Icing SIGMET/AIRMET ;
> ;
> > 187 ;LTNG ;Lightning ;
> ;
> > 189 ;VPT ;Vitual potentail temperature ;K
> ;
> > 190 ;Heli ;Helicity
> ;m**2/s**2 ;
> > 191 ;PROB ;Probability from ensemble ;numeric
> ;
> > 192 ;PROBN ;Probability from ensemble normalized to climate ;numeric
> ;
> > 193 ;POP ;Probability of precipitation ;%
> ;
> > 194 ;CPOFP ;Probability of frozen precipitation ;%
> ;
> > 195 ;CPOZP ;Probability of freezing precipitation ;%
> ;
> > 196 ;USTM ;u-component of storm motion ;m/s
> ;
> > 197 ;VSTM ;v-component of storm motion ;m/s
> ;
> > 198 ;NCIP ;Number conecntration for ice particles ;
> ;
> > 199 ;EVBS ;Direct evaporation from bare soil ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 200 ;EVCW ;Canopy water evaporation ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 201 ;ICWAT ;Ice-free water surface ;%
> ;
> > 204 ;DSWRF ;Downward short wave radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 205 ;DLWRF ;Downward long wave radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 206 ;UVI ;Ulta violet index (1 hr integration at solar noon);J/m**2
> ;
> > 207 ;MSTAV ;Moisture availability ;%
> ;
> > 208 ;SFEXC ;Exchange coefficient
> ;kg/m**3/(m/s);
> > 209 ;MIXLY ;Number of mixed layers next to surface ;integer
> ;
> > 210 ;TRANS ;Transpiration ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 211 ;USWRF ;Upward short wave radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 212 ;ULWRF ;Upward long wave radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 213 ;CDLYR ;Amount of non-convective cloud ;%
> ;
> > 214 ;CPRAT ;Convective precipitation rate
> ;kg/m**2/s ;
> > 215 ;TTDIA ;Temperature tendency by all physics ;K/s
> ;
> > 216 ;TTRAD ;Temperature tendency by all radiation ;K/s
> ;
> > 217 ;TTPHY ;Temperature tendency by non-radiation physics ;K/s
> ;
> > 218 ;PREIX ;Precipitation index(0.0-1.0) ;
> ;
> > 219 ;TSDID ;Std. dev. of IR temperature over 1x1 deg area ;K
> ;
> > 220 ;NLGSP ;Natural log of surface pressure ;In(kPa)
> ;
> > 221 ;HPBL ;Planetary boundary layer height ;m
> ;
> > 222 ;WGH ;5-wave geopotential height ;gp m
> ;
> > 223 ;CNWAT ;Plant canopy surface water ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 224 ;SOTYP ;Soil type (as in Zobler) ;integer
> (0-9);
> > 225 ;VGTYP ;Vegitation type (as in SiB) ;integer
> (0-9);
> > 226 ;BMIXL ;Blackadar's mixing length scale ;m
> ;
> > 227 ;AMIXL ;Asympotic mixing length scale ;m
> ;
> > 228 ;PEVAP ;Potential evaporation ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 229 ;SNOHF ;Snow phase-change heat flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 230 ;WGH5A ;5-wave geopotential height anomaly ;gp m
> ;
> > 231 ;MFLUX ;Convective cloud mass flux ;Pa/s
> ;
> > 232 ;DTRF ;Downward total radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 233 ;UTRF ;Upward total radiation flux ;W/m**2
> ;
> > 234 ;BGRUN ;Baseflow-groundwater runoff ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 235 ;SSRUN ;Storm surface runoff ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 237 ;0TOT ;Total ozone ;kg/m**2
> ;
> > 238 ;SCP ;Snow cover percentage ;%
> ;
> > 239 ;SNOWT ;Snow temperature ;K
> ;
> > 241 ;LRGHR ;Large scale condensation heat rate ;K/s
> ;
> > 242 ;CNVHR ;Deep convective heating rate ;K/s
> ;
> > 243 ;CNVMR ;Deep convective moistening rate ;kg/kg/s
> ;
> > 244 ;SHAHR ;Shallow convective heating rate ;K/s
> ;
> > 245 ;SHAMR ;Shallow convective moistening rate ;kg/kg/s
> ;
> > 246 ;VDFHR ;Vertical diffusion heating rate ;K/s
> ;
> > 247 ;VDFUA ;Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration ;m/s**2
> ;
> > 248 ;VDFVA ;Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration ;m/s**2
> ;
> > 249 ;VDFMR ;Vertical diffusion moistening rate ;kg/kg/s
> ;
> > 250 ;SWHR ;Solar radiative heating rate ;K/s
> ;
> > 251 ;LWHR ;Long wave radiative heating rate ;K/s
> ;
> > 252 ;CD ;Drag coefficient ;
> ;
> > 253 ;FRICV ;Friction velocity ;m/s
> ;
> > 254 ;RI ;Richardson number ;
> ;
> > 255 ;WGS ;Wind Gust Speed ;m/s
> ;
>
>
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