<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br>tmp0_10cm is the temperature 0-10 cm below the land surface (discipline=meteorological product)<br>tsoil0_10cm is the soil temperature 0-10 cm below the land surface (discipline=land surface product)<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Logically both variables refer to the same quantity. Originally people used the 1st name because <br>the 2nd name wasn't defined. Later the standard defined temperature for land-surface, oceanographic,<br>hydrological and space-weather products. So the 2nd name is more descriptive and the<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">the new preferred name. The "0,0,0" vs "2,0.2" is because the encoding of the two names are<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">different (discipline, parameter category and parameter number).<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">sflux = special flux, usually on (model) Gaussian grid<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">pgrb2 = pressure (level) grib2 (often includes contents of sflux file), usually on a lat-lon grid<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Wesley<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Christopher Gilroy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.gilroy@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.gilroy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hey guys, learning grads (let alone model data) and I'm trying to figure out the difference between:<div><br></div><div>sflux: <br clear="all"><div><div>tmp0_10cm 0,106,0,0.1 0,0,0 ** 0-0.1 m below ground Temperature [K]</div><div>tmp10_40cm 0,106,0.1,0.4 0,0,0 ** 0.1-0.4 m below ground Temperature [K]</div><div>tmp40_100cm 0,106,0.4,1 0,0,0 ** 0.4-1 m below ground Temperature [K]</div><div>tmp100_200cm 0,106,1,2 0,0,0 ** 1-2 m below ground Temperature [K]</div></div><div><br></div><div>pgrb2:</div><div><div>tsoil0_10cm 0,106,0,0.1 2,0,2 ** 0-0.1 m below ground Soil Temperature [K]</div><div>tsoil10_40cm 0,106,0.1,0.4 2,0,2 ** 0.1-0.4 m below ground Soil Temperature [K]</div><div>tsoil40_100cm 0,106,0.4,1 2,0,2 ** 0.4-1 m below ground Soil Temperature [K]</div><div>tsoil100_200cm 0,106,1,2 2,0,2 ** 1-2 m below ground Soil Temperature [K]</div></div><div><br></div><div>They somewhat look the same, but the third set of number 0,0,0 and 2,0,2 are different obviously, so outside of what "differences" there are between the 2, can anyone explain what the 0,0,0 and 2,0,2 actually means?</div><div><br></div><div>Secondly, what exactly (maybe why they have so many different types is better) is the difference between the gfs sflux files and the gfs pgrb2 files? I know the sflux files don't have all the var's that the pgrb2 files have but the sflux is the highest resolution data available, for the GFS, correct?</div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate any help.</div><div><br>Thanks!<br></div>
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