<div>Ok, thanks everyone, that definitely makes a difference!</div>
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<div>Dan<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/25/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sestak, Dr. Michael</b> <<a href="mailto:michael.sestak@fnmoc.navy.mil">michael.sestak@fnmoc.navy.mil</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">1 kg/m2 * 1000 g/kg / 1 g /cm3 (density of water) * 1 m2/10000 cm2 = 0.1 cm = 1 mm</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">approximately, since the density of water depends on temperature, but close enough given all the other sources of error in any model.</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Michael Sestak</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Monterey, CA</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span class="q">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Dan Leins [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:theedge981@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">
theedge981@GMAIL.COM</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT" target="_blank">GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT
</a><br></span><span class="q"><b>Subject:</b> GrADS and precip units<br><br></span></font></div>
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<div>List,</div>
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<div>I dumped the contents of an eta 48hr grib file using grib2ctl to a control file so I could use GrADS to plot surface pressure and precip. However I couldn't help but notice that the units for Surface Convective Precip were in kg/m^2. Pardon my ignorance, as I've never actually plotted precip contours before, but how does this convert into inches or even centimetes? The values produced seemed suspiciously high, similar to something you might see in a convective feedback situation, and I was wondering if there is some sort of conversion factor I'm not aware of, or if I should literally expect 4" liquid equivalent in a 3 hr period?
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Dan </div></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></div><br>