Dear Glenn > In the standard name table what do the E numbers in the GRIB column > denote, i.e. E151 (air_pressure_at_sea_level), E130 (air_temperature). I > understand what the plain numerical values represent, i.e. 1 equals > pressure, 2 equals pressure reduced to MSL etc. Having decoded some GRIB > 1 data files (Binary Viewer) I recognise the use of the plain numerals > as per GRIB tables, but haven't seen any E values and can't find > anything to explain what they are.
The E numbers indicated ECMWF Grib codes. However, this is all more than a decade old and they may be wrong. I think the GRIB and PCMDI equivalences should now be removed from the standard name table. I hope there exist other equivalence tables available that are kept up to date. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
