[Wrf-users] vertical velocity

[Eric Altshuler]

Hello Cory,

I believe the variable "W" in the wrfout netcdf files is the true vertical velocity component, that is, dz/dt expressed in m/s, where z is the height in meters. Running 'ncdump -h [netcdf file]' will display all the variables in the file along with their dimensions and units.

Best regards,

Eric L. Altshuler
Assistant Research Scientist
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua C Demko" <CORYUW at uwyo.edu>
To: wrf-users at ucar.edu
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:41:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Wrf-users] vertical velocity



To all: 

Dumb question....The vertical velocity in the raw .nc output file...Is that the vertical velocity w/r/t the sloping sigma surface? 

J. Cory Demko 
Ph.D Candidate 
Atmospheric Science 
University of Wyoming 
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