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[AWIPS #TNQ-882560]: Model comparison 500m heights
- Subject: [AWIPS #TNQ-882560]: Model comparison 500m heights
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 09:09:34 -0500
>Just wanted to ask if you guys are aware of an issue with the comparison
>heights families? The 850m, 700mb, 500mb, 200mb heights over the Pacific are
>all not showing up on AWIP’s system.
Hello,
Yes, if you are plotting 500m heights, these are in AGL (above ground level)
which requires ground (not over the oceans). You can plot heights at 850mb,
700mb, 500mb, 200mb, etc and those will plot heights (in decameters - aka
geopotential heights) which do plot over the ocean.
Thanks,
Tiffany Meyer
AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
UCAR-Unidata
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