1 GRIB1| Level| From | To | metgrid | metgrid | metgrid |GRIB2|GRIB2|GRIB2|GRIB2|GB2|
2 Param| Type |Level1|Level2| Name | Units | Description |Discp|Catgy|Param|Level|PDT|
3 -----+------+------+------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------+
4 11 | 100 | * | | TT | K | Temperature | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 8 |
5 33 | 100 | * | | UU | m s-1 | U | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 8 |
6 34 | 100 | * | | VV | m s-1 | V | 0 | 2 | 3 | 100 | 8 |
7 52 | 100 | * | | RH | % | Relative Humidity | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 8 |
8 7 | 100 | * | | HGT | m | Height | 0 | 3 | 5 | 100 | 8 |
9 11 | 105 | 2 | | TT | K | Temperature at 2 m | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 8 |
10 52 | 105 | 2 | | RH | % | Relative Humidity at 2 m | 0 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 8 |
11 33 | 105 | 10 | | UU | m s-1 | U at 10 m | 0 | 2 | 2 | 103 | 8 |
12 34 | 105 | 10 | | VV | m s-1 | V at 10 m | 0 | 2 | 3 | 103 | 8 |
13 1 | 1 | 0 | | PSFC | Pa | Surface Pressure | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
14 2 | 102 | 0 | | PMSL | Pa | Sea-level Pressure | 0 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 8 |
15 144 | 112 | 0 | 10 | SM000010 | fraction| Soil Moist 0-10 cm below grn layer (Up) | 2 | 0 | 192 | 106 | 8 |
16 144 | 112 | 10 | 40 | SM010040 | fraction| Soil Moist 10-40 cm below grn layer | 2 | 0 | 192 | 106 | 8 |
17 144 | 112 | 40 | 100 | SM040100 | fraction| Soil Moist 40-100 cm below grn layer | 2 | 0 | 192 | 106 | 8 |
18 144 | 112 | 100 | 200 | SM100200 | fraction| Soil Moist 100-200 cm below gr layer | 2 | 0 | 192 | 106 | 8 |
19 144 | 112 | 10 | 200 | SM010200 | fraction| Soil Moist 10-200 cm below gr layer | 2 | 0 | 192 | 106 | 8 |
20 11 | 112 | 0 | 10 | ST000010 | K | T 0-10 cm below ground layer (Upper) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 8 |
21 11 | 112 | 10 | 40 | ST010040 | K | T 10-40 cm below ground layer (Upper) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 8 |
22 11 | 112 | 40 | 100 | ST040100 | K | T 40-100 cm below ground layer (Upper) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 8 |
23 11 | 112 | 100 | 200 | ST100200 | K | T 100-200 cm below ground layer (Bottom)| 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 8 |
24 11 | 112 | 10 | 200 | ST010200 | K | T 10-200 cm below ground layer (Bottom) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 8 |
25 91 | 1 | 0 | | SEAICE | proprtn | Ice flag | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
26 81 | 1 | 0 | | LANDSEA | proprtn | Land/Sea flag (1=land, 0 or 2=sea) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
27 7 | 1 | 0 | | SOILHGT | m | Terrain field of source analysis | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
28 11 | 1 | 0 | | SKINTEMP | K | Skin temperature (can use for SST also) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
29 65 | 1 | 0 | | SNOW | kg m-2 | Water equivalent snow depth | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 8 |
30 | 1 | 0 | | SNOWH | m | Physical Snow Depth | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 8 |
31 -----+------+------+------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------+
35 # Read monthly mean CFSR data from nomads. Note the 5th grib2 column indicating PDT8.
37 # e.g. ftp://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/CFSR/HP_monthly_means/CCYYMM/pgbh06.gdas.ccyymm.grb2