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Re: Gribtonc changes (fwd)
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- Subject: Re: Gribtonc changes (fwd)
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:22:06 -0600 (MDT)
=============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ =============================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 05:56:20 -0400 From: Glenn Rutledge <address@hidden> To: Robb Kambic <address@hidden> Subject: Re: Gribtonc changes THanks Robb- I've placed the url you site into our home pages. THanks, and thanks for the awips efforts. It could prove useful (seems amazing we even have to discuss a "style" of NetCDF eh?). Regards, Glenn Robb Kambic wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Glenn Rutledge wrote: > > >>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? > > > Glenn, > > Finally getting to my email after being out last week. The NetCDF > Decoders page is located at: > > my.unidata.ucar.edu > > choose Software, choose netCDF Decoders > > One can get the information and s/w there. > > There is no information about AWIPS on the page, it might become available > if the AWIPS table I made for Brian Hoeth works correctly. I'm still > working with Brian on the s/w side of his set-up. If things pan out, then > the netCDF decoder gribtonc will be able to create an AWIPS type netCDF > file from a raw grib file. I keep you informed. > > Robb... > > > > >>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 >>> ; >> >> >> > > =============================================================================== > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > ===============================================================================
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