! ! NCL parameter table text file ! US National Weather Service - NCEP (WMC) ! -1 : 7 : 0 : 133 1 : PRES : Pa : Pressure 2 : PRMSL : Pa : Pressure reduced to MSL 3 : PTEND : Pa/s : Pressure tendency 4 : PVORT : km^2/kg/s : Potential vorticity 5 : ICAHT : M : ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height 6 : GP : m^2/s^2 : Geopotential 7 : HGT : gpm : Geopotential height 8 : DIST : m : Geometric height 9 : HSTDV : m : Std dev of height 10 : TOZONE : Dobson : Total ozone 11 : TMP : K : Temperature 12 : VTMP : K : Virtual temperature 13 : POT : K : Potential temperature 14 : EPOT : K : Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature 15 : T_MAX : K : Maximum temperature 16 : T_MIN : K : Minimum temperature 17 : DPT : K : Dew point temperature 18 : DEPR : K : Dew point depression 19 : LAPR : K/m : Lapse rate 20 : VIS : m : Visibility 21 : RDSP1 : non-dim : Radar spectra (1) 22 : RDSP2 : non-dim : Radar spectra (2) 23 : RDSP3 : non-dim : Radar spectra (3) 24 : PLI : K : Parcel lifted index (to 500 hPa) 25 : TMP_A : K : Temperature anomaly 26 : PRESA : Pa : Pressure anomaly 27 : GPA : gpm : Geopotential height anomaly 28 : WVSP1 : non-dim : Wave spectra (1) 29 : WVSP2 : non-dim : Wave spectra (2) 30 : WVSP3 : non-dim : Wave spectra (3) 31 : WDIR : deg : Wind direction 32 : WIND : m/s : Wind speed 33 : U_GRD : m/s : u-component of wind 34 : V_GRD : m/s : v-component of wind 35 : STRM : m^2/s : Stream function 36 : V_POT : m^2/s : Velocity potential 37 : MNTSF : m^2/s^2 : Montgomery stream function 38 : SGCVV : /s : Sigma coord. vertical velocity 39 : V_VEL : Pa/s : Pressure vertical velocity 40 : DZDT : m/s : Geometric vertical velocity 41 : ABS_V : /s : Absolute vorticity 42 : ABS_D : /s : Absolute divergence 43 : REL_V : /s : Relative vorticity 44 : REL_D : /s : Relative divergence 45 : VUCSH : /s : Vertical u-component shear 46 : VVCSH : /s : Vertical v-component shear 47 : DIR_C : deg : Direction of current 48 : SP_C : m/s : Speed of current 49 : UOGRD : m/s : u-component of current 50 : VOGRD : m/s : v-component of current 51 : SPF_H : kg/kg : Specific humidity 52 : R_H : % : Relative humidity 53 : MIXR : kg/kg : Humidity mixing ratio 54 : P_WAT : kg/m^2 : Precipitable water 55 : VAPP : Pa : Vapor pressure 56 : SAT_D : Pa : Saturation deficit 57 : EVP : kg/m^2 : Evaporation 58 : C_ICE : kg/m^2 : Cloud Ice 59 : PRATE : kg/m^2/s : Precipitation rate 60 : TSTM : % : Thunderstorm probability 61 : A_PCP : kg/m^2 : Total precipitation 62 : NCPCP : kg/m^2 : Large scale precipitation 63 : ACPCP : kg/m^2 : Convective precipitation 64 : SRWEQ : kg/m^2/s : Snowfall rate water equivalent. 65 : WEASD : kg/m^2 : Water equivalent of accum. snow depth 66 : SNO_D : m : Snow depth 67 : MIXHT : m : Mixed layer depth 68 : TTHDP : m : Transient thermocline depth 69 : MTHD : m : Main thermocline depth 70 : MTH_A : m : Main thermocline anomaly 71 : T_CDC : % : Total cloud cover 72 : CDCON : % : Convective cloud cover 73 : L_CDC : % : Low level cloud cover 74 : M_CDC : % : Mid level cloud cover 75 : H_CDC : % : High level cloud cover 76 : C_WAT : kg/m^2 : Cloud water 77 : BLI : K : Best lifted index (to 500 hPa) 78 : SNO_C : kg/m^2 : Convective snow 79 : SNO_L : kg/m^2 : Large scale snow 80 : WTMP : K : Water temperature 81 : LAND : fraction : Land-sea mask (land=1;sea=0) 82 : DSL_M : m : Deviation of sea level from mean 83 : SFC_R : m : Surface roughness 84 : ALBDO : % : Albedo 85 : TSOIL : K : Soil temperature 86 : SOIL_M : kg/m^2 : Soil moisture content 87 : VEG : % : Vegetation 88 : SALTY : kg/kg : Salinity 89 : DEN : kg/m^3 : Density 90 : WATR : kg/m^2 : Water runoff 91 : ICE_C : fraction : Ice concentration (ice=1;no ice=0) 92 : ICETK : m : Ice thickness 93 : DICED : deg : Direction of ice drift 94 : SICED : m/s : Speed of ice drift 95 : U_ICE : m/s : u-component of ice drift 96 : V_ICE : m/s : v-component of ice drift 97 : ICE_G : m/s : Ice growth rate 98 : ICE_D : /s : Ice divergence 99 : SNO_M : kg/m^2 : Snow melt 100 : HTSGW : m : Sig height of wind waves and swell 101 : WVDIR : deg : Direction of wind waves 102 : WVHGT : m : Significant height of wind waves 103 : WVPER : s : Mean period of wind waves 104 : SWDIR : deg : Direction of swell waves 105 : SWELL : m : Significant height of swell waves 106 : SWPER : s : Mean period of swell waves 107 : DIRPW : deg : Primary wave direction 108 : PERPW : s : Primary wave mean period 109 : DIRSW : deg : Secondary wave direction 110 : PERSW : s : Secondary wave mean period 111 : NSWRS : W/m^2 : Net short wave radiation (surface) 112 : NLWRS : W/m^2 : Net long wave radiation(surface) 113 : NSWRT : W/m^2 : Net short wave radiation (top) 114 : NLWRT : W/m^2 : Net long wave radiation (top) 115 : LWAVR : W/m^2 : Long wave radiation 116 : SWAVR : W/m^2 : Short wave radiation 117 : G_RAD : W/m^2 : Global radiation 118 : BRTMP : K : Brightness temperature 119 : LWRAD : W/m/sr : Radiance with respect to wave no. 120 : SWRAD : W/m^3/sr : Radiance with respect ot wave len. 121 : LHTFL : W/m^2 : Latent heat flux 122 : SHTFL : W/m^2 : Sensible heat flux 123 : BLYDP : W/m^2 : Boundary layer dissipation 124 : U_FLX : N/m^2 : Momentum flux, u component 125 : V_FLX : N/m^2 : Momentum flux, v component 126 : WMIXE : J : Wind mixing energy 127 : IMG_D : none : Image data 139 : POZT : kg/kg/s : Ozone production from temperature term 154 : OMGALF : K : Omega (Dp/Dt) divide by density 164 : COVZZ : m^2/s^2 : Covariance between zonal and zonal components of the wind. Defined as [uu]-[u][u], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 165 : COVMM : m^2/s^2 : Covariance between meridional and meridional components of the wind. Defined as [vv]-[v][v], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 166 : COVQZ : kg/kg*m/s : Covariance between specific humidity and zonal components of the wind. Defined as [uq]-[u][q], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 167 : COVQM : kg/kg*m/s : Covariance between specific humidity and meridional components of the wind. Defined as [vq]-[v][q], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 168 : COVTVV : K*Pa/s : Covariance between temperature and vertical components of the wind. Defined as [wT]-[w][T], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 169 : COVQVV : kg/kg*Pa/s : Covariance between specific humidity and vertical components of the wind. Defined as [w*q]-[w][q], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 173 : LRGMR : kg/kg/s : Large scale moistening rate 174 : VDFOZ : kg/kg/s : Ozone vertical diffusion 175 : POZ : kg/kg/s : Ozone production 181 : GWDU : m/s^2 : Gravity wave drag zonal acceleration 182 : GWDV : m/s^2 : Gravity wave drag meridional acceleration 183 : CNVU : m/s^2 : Convective zonal momentum mixing acceleration 184 : CNVV : m/s^2 : Convective meridional momentum mixing acceleration 185 : AKHS : m/s : Surface exchange coefficients for T and Q divided by delta z 186 : AKMS : m/s : Surface exchange coefficients for U and V divided by delta z 188 : TOZ : kg/kg/s : Ozone tendency 193 : EPSR : non-dim : Radiative emissivity 195 : QZ0 : kg/kg : Specific humidity at top of viscous sublayer 196 : CNGWDU : m/s^2 : Convective Gravity wave drag zonal acceleration 197 : CNGWDV : m/s^2 : Convective Gravity wave drag meridional acceleration 201 : THZ0 : K : Potential temperature at top of viscous sublayer 202 : CNVUMF : kg/m^2/s : Convective updraft mass flux 203 : COVPSPS : Pa*Pa : Covariance between surface pressure and surface pressure. Defined as [Psfc]-[Psfc][Psfc], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 204 : QMAX : kg/kg : Maximum specific humidity at 2m 205 : QMIN : kg/kg : Minimum specific humidity at 2m 206 : COVQQ : kg/kg*kg/kg : Covariance between specific humidity and specific humidy. Defined as [qq]-[q][q], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 209 : CNVDMF : kg/m^2/s : Convective downdraft mass flux 219 : CNVDEMF : kg/m^2/s : Convective detrainment mass flux 220 : COVVVVV : Pa^2/s^2 : Covariance between vertical and vertical components of the wind. Defined as [w]-[w][w], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 234 : COVTT : K*K : Covariance between temperature and temperature. Defined as [TT]-[T][T], where [] indicates the mean over the indicated time span. 236 : WTEND : m/s^2 : Tendency of vertical velocity 239 : POZO : kg/kg/s : Ozone production from col ozone term