NMC FLUX DATA 1 JUL 92 ============= Documentation for fluxread.F - for data starting 7 March 1991, which is the date of the NMC model change. -------------------------------------------------------------------- To compile and link the fortran source code in fluxread.F, enter make -f fluxmake The file flux.exe will be created. To run the program, enter flux.exe and you will get a menu: 1) n/a 5) MAY 9) SEP 2) n/a 6) JUN 10) OCT 3) MAR 7) JUL 11) NOV 4) APR 8) AUG 12) DEC SELECT A MONTH IN 1991 [3-12/quit]-> Enter quit to stop the program, or else a month number to start the program. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Unit Quantity Surface Description ------ -------- ------- ------------------------- U* N/m**2 82 129 Surface stress in zonal direction V* N/m**2 83 129 Surface stress in meridional direction SH W/m**2 594 129 Surface sensible heat flux, positive downward LH W/m**2 595 129 Surface latent heat flux, positive downward Ts degree K 16 129 Surface temperature, skin temperature w mm 522 129 Soil wetness LFDS W/m**2 190 129 Downward longwave flux at surface LFUS W/m**2 191 129 Upward longwave flux at surface OLR W/m**2 191 528 Upward longwave flux at top of model OSL W/m**2 193 528 Upward shortwave flux at top of model SFUS W/m**2 193 129 Upward shortwave flux at surface SFDS W/m**2 192 129 Downward shortwave flux at surface RAIN m 90 129 Accumulated rain amount CVPR m 94 129 Accumulated convective rain GFLX W/m**2 174 129 Ground heat flux U10 m/s 48 6 10-meter zonal wind V10 m/s 49 6 10-meter meridional wind T2 degree K 16 6 2-meter temperature q2 gm/gm 95 6 2-meter specific humidity Ps mb 8 129 Surface pressure Surface (NS1) ------------- 6 DISTANCE ABOVE SURFACE 129 SURFACE 528 TOP OF ATMOSPHERE VALUES RETRIEVED FROM FILE -------------------------- NQ(1) QUANTITY (DATA TYPE) NS1 SURFACE TYPE NYY YEAR NMM MONTH NDD DAY NII INITIAL HOUR NJJ NUMBER OF DATA POINTS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GAUSSIAN GRID POINTS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This is a table of longitudes associated with each array element. For array element f(i,j), i is in the first column and the corresponding longitude (E) is in the second column. 1 9.375 27 33.750 53 58.125 2 10.312 28 34.688 54 59.062 3 11.250 29 35.625 55 60.000 4 12.188 30 36.562 56 60.938 5 13.125 31 37.500 57 61.875 6 14.062 32 38.438 58 62.812 7 15.000 33 39.375 59 63.750 8 15.938 34 40.312 60 64.688 9 16.875 35 41.250 61 65.625 10 17.812 36 42.188 62 66.562 11 18.750 37 43.125 63 67.500 12 19.688 38 44.062 64 68.438 13 20.625 39 45.000 65 69.375 14 21.562 40 45.938 66 70.312 15 22.500 41 46.875 67 71.250 16 23.438 42 47.812 68 72.188 17 24.375 43 48.750 69 73.125 18 25.312 44 49.688 70 74.062 19 26.250 45 50.625 71 75.000 20 27.188 46 51.562 72 75.938 21 28.125 47 52.500 73 76.875 22 29.062 48 53.438 74 77.812 23 30.000 49 54.375 75 78.750 24 30.938 50 55.312 76 79.688 25 31.875 51 56.250 77 80.625 26 32.812 52 57.188 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This is a table of latitudes associated with each array element. For array element f(i,j), j is in the first column and the corresponding latitude (N) is in the second column. 1 -0.472 23 20.315 45 41.102 2 0.472 24 21.260 46 42.047 3 1.417 25 22.205 47 42.992 4 2.362 26 23.150 48 43.937 5 3.307 27 24.094 49 44.882 6 4.252 28 25.039 50 45.827 7 5.197 29 25.984 51 46.771 8 6.142 30 26.929 52 47.716 9 7.087 31 27.874 53 48.661 10 8.031 32 28.819 54 49.606 11 8.976 33 29.764 55 50.551 12 9.921 34 30.709 56 51.496 13 10.866 35 31.653 57 52.441 14 11.811 36 32.598 58 53.386 15 12.756 37 33.543 59 54.330 16 13.701 38 34.488 60 55.275 17 14.646 39 35.433 61 56.220 18 15.590 40 36.378 62 57.165 19 16.535 41 37.323 63 58.110 20 17.480 42 38.268 64 59.055 21 18.425 43 39.212 65 60.000 22 19.370 44 40.157 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -