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20030421: High-level thinking



>From: John Merrill <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200304211702.h3LH2U7U024577

>Hello,
>   What would be the best approach for me to determine the availability 
>of gridded fields for global models at
>levels above those with which I am already familiar? My interest is in p 
>< 50 hpa, all the way up to 0.1 hPa
>if possible. Are there global model runs with fields at such levels 
>distributed routinely?  I know of several
>models where the levels extend this high, but have the impression that 
>the (understandable) interest of most
>users falls off, and so does the distribution. Thanks for any guidance 
>you can provide.      John
>

John,

The NWS doesn't send the levels above 100mb on NOAAPORT for the global
GFS and UKMET grids (eg the source of the HDS data feed). 

However, the NOGAPS model data (NOGAPS/FNMOC feed) and GFS (via CONDUIT)
contain levels of 70, 50, 30, 20, 10 mb.

NOGAPS fields for example:
  668     030421/1200F012                         70         PRES VREL        
  669     030421/1200F012                         70         PRES HGHT        
  670     030421/1200F012                         70         PRES UREL        
  671     030421/1200F012                         70         PRES TMPK        
  672     030421/1200F012                         70         PRES DPDK        
  673     030421/1200F012                         50         PRES TMPK        
  674     030421/1200F012                         50         PRES HGHT        
  675     030421/1200F012                         50         PRES UREL        
  676     030421/1200F012                         50         PRES VREL        
  677     030421/1200F012                         50         PRES DPDK        
  678     030421/1200F012                         30         PRES TMPK        
  679     030421/1200F012                         30         PRES HGHT        
  680     030421/1200F012                         30         PRES VREL        
  681     030421/1200F012                         30         PRES UREL        
  682     030421/1200F012                         30         PRES DPDK        
  683     030421/1200F012                         20         PRES VREL        
  684     030421/1200F012                         20         PRES TMPK        
  685     030421/1200F012                         20         PRES UREL        
  686     030421/1200F012                         20         PRES HGHT        
  687     030421/1200F012                         20         PRES DPDK        
  688     030421/1200F012                         10         PRES HGHT        
  689     030421/1200F012                         10         PRES VREL        
  690     030421/1200F012                         10         PRES UREL        
  691     030421/1200F012                         10         PRES TMPK        
  692     030421/1200F012                         10         PRES DPDK

GFS fields for example:
  241     030421/1200F000                         70         PRES TMPK        
  242     030421/1200F000                         70         PRES HGHT        
  243     030421/1200F000                         70         PRES UREL        
  244     030421/1200F000                         70         PRES AVOR        
  245     030421/1200F000                         70         PRES OZMR        
  246     030421/1200F000                         70         PRES VREL        
  247     030421/1200F000                         50         PRES AVOR        
  248     030421/1200F000                         50         PRES HGHT        
  249     030421/1200F000                         50         PRES VREL        
  250     030421/1200F000                         50         PRES OZMR        
  251     030421/1200F000                         50         PRES UREL        
  252     030421/1200F000                         50         PRES TMPK        
  253     030421/1200F000                         30         PRES HGHT        
  254     030421/1200F000                         30         PRES OZMR        
  255     030421/1200F000                         30         PRES TMPK        
  256     030421/1200F000                         30         PRES AVOR        
  257     030421/1200F000                         30         PRES VREL        
  258     030421/1200F000                         30         PRES UREL        
  259     030421/1200F000                         20         PRES TMPK        
  260     030421/1200F000                         20         PRES HGHT        
  261     030421/1200F000                         20         PRES UREL        
  262     030421/1200F000                         20         PRES AVOR        
  263     030421/1200F000                         20         PRES OZMR        
  264     030421/1200F000                         20         PRES VREL        
  265     030421/1200F000                         10         PRES UREL        
  266     030421/1200F000                         10         PRES AVOR        
  267     030421/1200F000                         10         PRES HGHT        
  268     030421/1200F000                         10         PRES TMPK        
  269     030421/1200F000                         10         PRES VREL        
  270     030421/1200F000                         10         PRES OZMR

Steve Chiswell