<div dir="ltr"><div>The Grads user guide is your friend. Search, in particular, in the VARS section of the "Elements of a data descriptor file" page (<a href="http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html#VARS">http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html#VARS</a>). Look under levs and units descriptions for grib2 data.<br><br></div>Jeff Duda<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:27 PM, 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;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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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Jeff Duda<br>Graduate research assistant<br>University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology<br>Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms<br></div>
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