Inventory of File nam.t00z.bgrdsf06.tm00.grib2

Model: NAM
Cycle: 00 UTC
Forecast: 06
Number of Records: 120


Number Level/Layer Parameter Forecast Valid Description
001 mean sea level PRMSL 6 hour fcst Pressure Reduced to MSL [Pa]
002 1 hybrid level PRES 6 hour fcst Pressure [Pa]
003 1 hybrid level HGT 6 hour fcst Geopotential Height [gpm]
004 1 hybrid level TMP 6 hour fcst Temperature [K]
005 1 hybrid level POT 6 hour fcst Potential Temperature [K]
006 1 hybrid level RH 6 hour fcst Relative Humidity [%]
007 1 hybrid level SPFH 6 hour fcst Specific Humidity [kg/kg]
008.1 1 hybrid level UGRD 6 hour fcst U-Component of Wind [m/s]
008.2 1 hybrid level VGRD 6 hour fcst V-Component of Wind [m/s]
009 1 hybrid level TKE 6 hour fcst Turbulent Kinetic Energy [J/kg]
010 1 hybrid level BMIXL 6 hour fcst Blackadars Mixing Length Scale [m]
011 mean sea level MSLET M 6 hour fcst (Eta model reduction) [Pa]
012 surface PRES 6 hour fcst Pressure [Pa]
013 surface HGT 6 hour fcst Geopotential Height [gpm]
014 surface TMP 6 hour fcst Temperature [K]
015 surface POT 6 hour fcst Potential Temperature [K]
016 surface SPFH 6 hour fcst Specific Humidity [kg/kg]
017 0-0.1 m below ground TSOIL 6 hour fcst Soil Temperature [K]
018 0-0.1 m below ground SOILW 6 hour fcst Volumetric Soil Moisture Content [Fraction]
019 0-0.1 m below ground SOILL 6 hour fcst Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (non Frozen) [Proportion]
020 0.1-0.4 m below ground TSOIL 6 hour fcst Soil Temperature [K]
021 0.1-0.4 m below ground SOILW 6 hour fcst Volumetric Soil Moisture Content [Fraction]
022 0.1-0.4 m below ground SOILL 6 hour fcst Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (non Frozen) [Proportion]
023 0.4-1 m below ground TSOIL 6 hour fcst Soil Temperature [K]
024 0.4-1 m below ground SOILW 6 hour fcst Volumetric Soil Moisture Content [Fraction]
025 0.4-1 m below ground SOILL 6 hour fcst Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (non Frozen) [Proportion]
026 1-2 m below ground TSOIL 6 hour fcst Soil Temperature [K]
027 1-2 m below ground SOILW 6 hour fcst Volumetric Soil Moisture Content [Fraction]
028 1-2 m below ground SOILL 6 hour fcst Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (non Frozen) [Proportion]
029 3 m underground TSOIL 6 hour fcst Soil Temperature [K]
030 0-1 m below ground MSTAV 6 hour fcst Moisture Availability [%]
031 0-2 m below ground SOILM 6 hour fcst Soil Moisture Content [kg/m^2]
032 surface CNWAT 6 hour fcst Plant Canopy Surface Water [kg/m^2]
033 surface WEASD 6 hour fcst Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow Depth [kg/m^2]
034 surface SNOWC 6 hour fcst Snow Cover [%]
035 surface SNOD 6 hour fcst Snow Depth [m]
036 surface SMDRY 6 hour fcst Direct Evaporation Cease (soil moisture) [Proportion]
037 surface POROS 6 hour fcst Soil Porosity [Proportion]
038 2 m above ground TMP 6 hour fcst Temperature [K]
039 2 m above ground SPFH 6 hour fcst Specific Humidity [kg/kg]
040 2 m above ground DPT 6 hour fcst Dew Point Temperature [K]
041 2 m above ground RH 6 hour fcst Relative Humidity [%]
042.1 10 m above ground UGRD 6 hour fcst U-Component of Wind [m/s]
042.2 10 m above ground VGRD 6 hour fcst V-Component of Wind [m/s]
043 10 m above ground POT 6 hour fcst Potential Temperature [K]
044 10 m above ground SPFH 6 hour fcst Specific Humidity [kg/kg]
045 surface CPOFP 6 hour fcst Probability of Frozen Precipitation [%]
046 surface PRATE 6 hour fcst Precipitation Rate [kg/m^2/s]
047 surface APCP 0-6 hour acc Total Precipitation [kg/m^2]
048 surface ACPCP 0-6 hour acc Convective Precipitation [kg/m^2]
049 surface LSPA 0-6 hour acc Land Surface Precipitation Accumulation [kg/m^2]
050 surface WEASD 0-6 hour acc Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow Depth [kg/m^2]
051 surface SNOM 0-6 hour acc Snow Melt [kg/m^2]
052 surface SSRUN 0-6 hour acc Storm Surface Runoff [kg/m^2]
053 surface BGRUN 0-6 hour acc Baseflow-Groundwater Runoff [kg/m^2]
054 surface CSNOW 6 hour fcst Categorical Snow (yes=1; no=0) [non-dim]
055 surface CICEP 6 hour fcst Categorical Ice Pellets (yes=1; no=0) [non-dim]
056 surface CFRZR 6 hour fcst Categorical Freezing Rain (yes=1; no=0) [non-dim]
057 surface CRAIN 6 hour fcst Categorical Rain (yes=1; no=0) [non-dim]
058 surface LHTFL 0-6 hour ave Latent Heat Net Flux [W/m^2]
059 surface SHTFL 0-6 hour ave Sensible Heat Net Flux [W/m^2]
060 surface GFLUX 0-6 hour ave Ground Heat Flux [W/m^2]
061 surface SNOHF 0-6 hour ave Snow Phase Change Heat Flux [W/m^2]
062 surface EVP 0-6 hour acc Evaporation [kg/m^2]
063 surface PEVAP 0-6 hour acc Potential Evaporation [kg/m^2]
064 surface SFCR 6 hour fcst Surface Roughness [m]
065 surface FRICV 6 hour fcst Frictional Velocity [m/s]
066 surface CD 6 hour fcst Drag Coefficient [non-dim]
067 surface UFLX 6 hour fcst Momentum Flux, U-Component [N/m^2]
068 surface VFLX 6 hour fcst Momentum Flux, V-Component [N/m^2]
069 surface SHTFL 6 hour fcst Sensible Heat Net Flux [W/m^2]
070 surface LHTFL 6 hour fcst Latent Heat Net Flux [W/m^2]
071 surface SFEXC 6 hour fcst Exchange Coefficient [(kg/m^3)(m/s)]
072 surface VEG 6 hour fcst Vegetation [%]
073 surface GFLUX 6 hour fcst Ground Heat Flux [W/m^2]
074 surface VGTYP 6 hour fcst Vegetation Type [Integer(0- 13)]
075 surface SOTYP 6 hour fcst Soil Type [-]
076 surface CCOND 6 hour fcst Canopy Conductance [m/s]
077 surface RSMIN 6 hour fcst Minimal Stomatal Resistance [s/m]
078 surface RLYRS 6 hour fcst Number of Soil Layers in Root Zone [non-dim]
079 surface WILT 6 hour fcst Wilting Point [Fraction]
080 surface SMREF 6 hour fcst Transpiration Stress-onset (soil moisture) [Proportion]
081 surface RCS 6 hour fcst Solar parameter in canopy conductance [Fraction]
082 surface RCT 6 hour fcst Temperature parameter in canopy conductance [Fraction]
083 surface RCQ 6 hour fcst Humidity parameter in canopy conductance [Fraction]
084 surface RCSOL 6 hour fcst Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance [Fraction]
085 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) PWAT 6 hour fcst Precipitable Water [kg/m^2]
086 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) TCOLW 6 hour fcst Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water [kg/m^2]
087 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) TCOLI 6 hour fcst Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice [kg/m^2]
088 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) TCOLR 6 hour fcst Total Column Integrated Rain [kg/m^2]
089 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) TCOLS 6 hour fcst Total Column Integrated Snow [kg/m^2]
090 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) TCOLC 6 hour fcst Total Column-Integrated Condensate [kg/m^2]
091 low cloud layer LCDC 6 hour fcst Low Cloud Cover [%]
092 middle cloud layer MCDC 6 hour fcst Medium Cloud Cover [%]
093 high cloud layer HCDC 6 hour fcst High Cloud Cover [%]
094 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) TCDC 6 hour fcst Total Cloud Cover [%]
095 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) TCDC 0-6 hour ave Total Cloud Cover [%]
096 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) CDLYR 0-6 hour ave Non-Convective Cloud Cover [%]
097 entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) CDCON 0-6 hour ave Convective Cloud Cover [%]
098 surface DSWRF 0-6 hour ave Downward Short-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
099 surface DLWRF 0-6 hour ave Downward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
100 surface USWRF 0-6 hour ave Upward Short-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
101 surface ULWRF 0-6 hour ave Upward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
102 top of atmosphere USWRF 0-6 hour ave Upward Short-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
103 top of atmosphere ULWRF 0-6 hour ave Upward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
104 surface DSWRF 6 hour fcst Downward Short-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
105 surface DLWRF 6 hour fcst Downward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
106 surface USWRF 6 hour fcst Upward Short-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
107 surface ULWRF 6 hour fcst Upward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]
108 surface CSDSF 6 hour fcst Clear Sky Downward Solar Flux [W/m^2]
109 180-0 mb above ground 4LFTX 6 hour fcst Best (4 layer) Lifted Index [K]
110 surface HPBL 6 hour fcst Planetary Boundary Layer Height [m]
111 surface NLAT 6 hour fcst Latitude (-90 to +90) [deg]
112 surface ELON 6 hour fcst East Longitude (0 - 360) [deg]
113 surface LAND 6 hour fcst Land Cover (1=land, 0=sea) [Proportion]
114 surface ICEC 6 hour fcst Ice Cover [Proportion]
115 surface ALBDO 6 hour fcst Albedo [%]
116 surface SNFALB 6 hour fcst Snow-Free Albedo [%]
117 surface MXSALB 6 hour fcst Maximum Snow Albedo [%]
118 surface WTMP 6 hour fcst Water Temperature [K]


Last Updated: Tue Aug 9 10:50:20 2011