Table4.2.0.3
Mass https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/grib2_doc/grib2_table4-2-0-3.shtml PRES Pressure Pa PRMSL Pressure Reduced to MSL Pa PTEND Pressure Tendency Pa s-1 ICAHT ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height m GP Geopotential m2 s-2 HGT Geopotential Height gpm DIST Geometric Height m HSTDV Standard Deviation of Height m PRESA Pressure Anomaly Pa GPA Geopotential Height Anomaly gpm DEN Density kg m-3 ALTS Altimeter Setting Pa THICK Thickness m PRESALT Pressure Altitude m DENALT Density Altitude m 5WAVH 5-Wave Geopotential Height gpm U-GWD Zonal Flux of Gravity Wave Stress N m-2 V-GWD Meridional Flux of Gravity Wave Stress N m-2 HPBL Planetary Boundary Layer Height m 5WAVA 5-Wave Geopotential Height Anomaly gpm SDSGSO Standard Deviation of Sub-Grid Scale Orography m AOSGSO Angle of Sub-Grid Scale Orography rad SSGSO Slope of Sub-Grid Scale Orography Numeric GWD Gravity Wave Dissipation W m-2 ASGSO Anisotropy of Sub-Grid Scale Orography Numeric NLPRES Natural Logarithm of Pressure in Pa Numeric EXPRES Exner Pressure Numeric UMFLX Updraught Mass Flux kg m-2 s-1 DMFLX Downdraught Mass Flux kg m-2 s-1 UDRATE Updraught Detrainment Rate kg m-3 s-1 DDRATE Downdraught Detrainment Rate kg m-3 s-1 UCLSPRS Unbalanced Component of Logarithm of Surface Pressure MSLET MSLP (Eta model reduction) Pa 5WAVH 5-Wave Geopotential Height gpm U-GWD Zonal Flux of Gravity Wave Stress N m-2 V-GWD Meridional Flux of Gravity Wave Stress N m-2 HPBL Planetary Boundary Layer Height m 5WAVA 5-Wave Geopotential Height Anomaly gpm MSLMA MSLP (MAPS System Reduction) Pa TSLSA 3-hr pressure tendency (Std. Atmos. Reduction) Pa s-1 PLPL Pressure of level from which parcel was lifted Pa LPSX X-gradient of Log Pressure m-1 LPSY Y-gradient of Log Pressure m-1 HGTX X-gradient of Height m-1 HGTY Y-gradient of Height m-1 LAYTH Layer Thickness m NLGSP Natural Log of Surface Pressure ln (kPa) CNVUMF Convective updraft mass flux kg m-2 s-1 CNVDMF Convective downdraft mass flux kg m-2 s-1 CNVDEMF Convective detrainment mass flux kg m-2 s-1 LMH Mass Point Model Surface HGTN Geopotential Height (nearest grid point) gpm PRESN Pressure (nearest grid point) Pa ORCONV Orographic Convexity ORASW Orographic Asymmetry, W Component ORASS Orographic Asymmetry, S Component ORASSW Orographic Asymmetry, SW Component ORASNW Orographic Asymmetry, NW Component ORLSW Orographic Length Scale, W Component ORLSS Orographic Length Scale, S Component ORLSSW Orographic Length Scale, SW Component ORLSNW Orographic Length Scale, NW Component