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Re: 20040728: grib output?

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  • Subject: Re: 20040728: grib output?
  • Date: 28 Sep 2004 15:32:10 -0600
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  • Subject: Re: 20040728: grib output?
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  • Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:48:42 GMT
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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
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> Dr. Steve Chiswell
> Uniadta User Support


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