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- Subject: Re: 20040728: grib output?
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:48:42 GMT
Just a quick email to thank you for your reply, it helped alot. -Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Chiswell <address@hidden> Date: Friday, September 24, 2004 5:28 pm Subject: Re: 20040728: grib output? > Mark, > > Mixing ratio is scaled by 1000 for display as g/kg > when plotting the known variables MIXR, MIXS, SMXR, SMXS > since that is a traditional (non-MKS) display quantity, > though in MKS units, it is calculated in g/g. > > Your computation of MAGGRADSMXR is not interpreted as mixing ratio any > longer (as the resulting name of the computed field is no longer > a form of mixing ratio). > > So, your estimated value of 1.3 g/kg/10km would be 1.3x10^-7 g/g/m > or 130x10^-9 (or around the upper end of the range you mentioned > in your > email). If it is more convenient to display, as g/kg, you can add a > mul(x,1000) for g/kg or even scale up to "per 100km" instead of meters > as some publications use. > > Steve > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > Dr. Steve Chiswell > Uniadta User Support
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