new names for GFS variables as of 00z05feb2008 on COLA GDS

[Jennifer Adams]

  ozone       0,200,0          0,14,0     Entire Atmosphere Total  
Ozone [Dobson]
  cwat        0,200,0          0,6,6      Entire Atmosphere Cloud  
Water [kg/m^2]
  cwork       0,200,0          0,6,193,0  Entire Atmosphere Cloud  
Work Function [J/kg]
  ztropfl     0,204,0          0,3,5      Highest Tropospheric  
Freezing Level Geopotential Height [gpm]
  rhtropfl    0,204,0          0,1,1      Highest Tropospheric  
Freezing Level Relative Humidity [%]
  lcbp        0,212,0          0,3,0,0    Low cloud Bottom Pressure [Pa]
  lctp        0,213,0          0,3,0,0    Low Cloud Top Pressure [Pa]
  mcbp        0,222,0          0,3,0,0    Middle Cloud Bottom  
Pressure [Pa]
  mctp        0,223,0          0,3,0,0    Middle Cloud Top Pressure [Pa]
  hcbp        0,232,0          0,3,0,0    High Cloud Bottom Pressure  
[Pa]
  hctp        0,233,0          0,3,0,0    High Cloud Top Pressure [Pa]
  ccbp        0,242,0          0,3,0      Convective Cloud Bottom  
Pressure [Pa]
  cctp        0,243,0          0,3,0      Convective Cloud Top  
Pressure [Pa]
  tcc         0,200,0          0,6,1,0    Entire Atmosphere Total  
Cloud Cover [%]
  blcc        0,211,0          0,6,1,0    Boundary Layer Total Cloud  
Cover [%]
  lcc         0,214,0          0,6,1,0    Low Cloud Cover [%]
  mcc         0,224,0          0,6,1,0    Middle Cloud Cover [%]
  hcc         0,234,0          0,6,1,0    High Cloud Cover [%]
  ccc         0,244,0          0,6,1      Convective Cloud Cover [%]
  lctt        0,213,0          0,0,0,0    Low Cloud Top Temperature [K]
  mctt        0,223,0          0,0,0,0    Middle Cloud Top  
Temperature [K]
  hctt        0,233,0          0,0,0,0    High Cloud Top Temperature [K]


Jennifer


On Feb 6, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Webmaster wrote:

> Hi Jean Pierre,
>
> Entire atmosphere is available on monsoondata, a variable is tcc200  
> for NCEP level type 200.
>
> Jeremy
>
> ----- Message d'origine -----
> De: Jean Pierre Arabonis <arabonis at EGS.UCT.AC.ZA>
> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:01:07 +0200
> Sujet: Re: monsoondata
> À: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
>
>> Hi Jennifer
>>
>>    I see that the variables have changed a bit, namely there is no
>> longer a total cloud coverage but only cloud at levels, is there  any
>> intent to bring back "cloud" or is one just going to have to  
>> compute it
>> from the levels.
>>     One comment I do have is that the extra data does slow things  
>> down
>> especially on the slower internet we have down on the southern tip of
>> Africa, I must sday though the extra data is well worth the wait.
>>
>>    Thanks
>>       Jean Pierre
>>
>>
>>
>> Jennifer Adams wrote:
>>>
>>> On Feb 5, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Jean Pierre Arabonis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>    Seems monsoondata gfs is not updating seems to be stuck at:
>>>> http://www.monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/
>>> This directory contains grib1 data, which is no longer being
>>> distributed by NCEP. It's time to switch your operations to
>>>       http://www.monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs2/
>>> which *is* being updated in real time and contains GFS data at
>>> 0.5-degree resolution.
>>> Jennifer
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Thanks
>>>>       JP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jean Pierre Arabonis
>>>> arabonis at egs.uct.ac.za <mailto:arabonis at egs.uct.ac.za>
>>>> Tel 021 780 1021 cell 084 401 1365
>>>> This email is 100% Microsoft Free
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jennifer M. Adams
>>> IGES/COLA
>>> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
>>> Calverton, MD 20705
>>> jma at cola.iges.org <mailto:jma at cola.iges.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jean Pierre Arabonis
>> arabonis at egs.uct.ac.za
>> Tel 021 780 1021 cell 084 401 1365
>> This email is 100% Microsoft Free
>>
>>

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Jennifer M. Adams
IGES/COLA
4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
Calverton, MD 20705
jma at cola.iges.org



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