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Re: Gribtonc changes (fwd)
- Subject: Re: Gribtonc changes (fwd)
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:22:06 -0600 (MDT)
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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
>>> ;
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> address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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