GRIB | Level| Level| Level| metgrid | metgrid | metgrid | Code | Code | 1 | 2 | Name | Units | Description | -----+------+------+------+----------+----------+------------------------------------------+ 11 | 100 | * | | TT | K | Temperature | 33 | 100 | * | | UU | m s-1 | U | 34 | 100 | * | | VV | m s-1 | V (from pgb file) | 52 | 100 | * | | RH | % | Relative Humidity | 7 | 100 | * | | HGT | m | Height | 11 | 105 | 2 | | TT | K | Temperature (from flx file) | 52 | 105 | 2 | | RH | % | Relative Humidity (from flx file) | 51 | 105 | 2 | | SPECHUMD | kg kg-1 | | 33 | 105 | 10 | | UU | m s-1 | U (from flx file) | 34 | 105 | 10 | | VV | m s-1 | V (from flx file) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | PSFC | Pa | Surface Pressure (from flx file) | 1 | 102 | 0 | | PMSL | Pa | Sea-level Pressure (from pgb file) | 65 | 1 | 0 | | SNOW | kg m-2 | Water Equiv of Accum Snow Depth (flx) | | 1 | 0 | | SNOWH | m | Physical Snow Depth | 11 | 1 | 0 | | SKINTEMP | K | Sea-Surface Temperature (from flx file) | 11 | 112 | 0 | 10 | ST000010 | K | T of 0-10 cm ground layer (flx file) | 11 | 112 | 10 | 200 | ST010200 | K | T of 10-200 cm ground layer (flx file) | 144 | 112 | 0 | 10 | SM000010 | fraction | Soil Moisture of 0-10 cm gnd layer (flx) | 144 | 112 | 10 | 200 | SM010200 | fraction | Soil Moisture of 10-200 cm ground layer | 81 | 1 | 0 | | LANDSEA | proprtn | Land/Sea flag (flx file) | 7 | 1 | 0 | | SOILHGT | m | Terrain from source analysis (from pgb) | -----+------+------+------+----------+----------+------------------------------------------+ # # # # NCEP/DOE Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) 2.5 degree, 17-levels (1000 to 10 hPa) plus sfc # also called R2, CDAS2, NCEP2 # # Sea-level pressure is incorrectly coded in the grib file (it should be grib code 2 # not grib code 1). # # http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/ncep_data/ # http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/reanalysis2/index.html # http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds091.0/ # mss:/DSS/DS091.0/