Geopotential height
Measurement Categories: Atmospheric State
Description: Gravity-weighted height of a pressure surface, usually in a model that uses pressure as the vertical coordinate.
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Instruments that produce the measurement
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- External Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
Datastreams including the measurement
- (ECMWF) European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data Datastreams
- ecmwfdarsurf - ECMWF: surface measurement, Darwin
- ecmwfdarupa - ECMWF: upper air measurement, Darwin
- ecmwfmansurf - ECMWF: surface measurement, Manus
- ecmwfmanupa - ECMWF: upper air measurement, Manus
- ecmwfnausurf - ECMWF: surface measurement, Nauru
- ecmwfnauupa - ECMWF: upper air measurement, Nauru
- ecmwfsurf - ECMWF: surface measurement, entire coverage
- ecmwfupa - ECMWF: upper air measurement, entire coverage
- (RUC) Rapid Update Cycle Model Data Datastreams
- allruc20hybr - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: hybrid analysis data, 20-km resolution
- allruc20isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric main analysis data, 20-km resolution
- allruc40hybr - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: hybrid analyisis data, 40 km resolution
- allruc40isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric main analysis data, 40-km resolution
- allruc60 - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: output, 60 km resolution
- ruc20hybr - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: daily hybrid analysis data, 20 km resolution
- ruc20isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: daily isobaric analysis data, 20 km resolution
- ruc60 - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: output, 60 km grid covering Southern Great Plains
- synruc20isob - Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric output, 20 km grid, averaged to 40 km