[Wrf-users] Question about computing the actual height in WRF

[Eric Altshuler]

Hello Emil,

You are correct if you are referring to the height of the model coordinate surface above ground level. If you want the height above sea level, it's equal to (PH+PHB)/9.81

Best regards,

Eric L. Altshuler
Assistant Research Scientist
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Emil Constantinescu" <emconsta at mcs.anl.gov>
To: wrf-users at ucar.edu
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 3:25:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Wrf-users] Question about computing the actual height in WRF

Hi:

I wanted to double check the computation of the actual level height 
(w.r.t. the ground) in WRF. Is it Height [m]  = (PH+PHB)/9.81 - HGT?

Thanks,
Emil
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