Re: [gembud] GFS v16 pressure levels < 1 mb and GEMPAK

[Steve Decker <sgdecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, looking at the code (e.g., 
https://github.com/Unidata/gempak/blob/master/gempak/source/gridlib/gd/gdhtoi.f 
) it appears the vertical levels may fundamentally be integers at the 
file format level.  Maybe NCEP has a fix (I have no idea), but it 
doesn't look like it would be easy.

Steve

On 3/22/21 4:54 PM, Mullenax, Robert R. (WFF-820.0)[ORBITAL SCIENCES 
CORPORATION] via gembud wrote:
> Hello GEMPAK users,
>
> We are wanting to use the 0.7 mb height, temp, and wind from the new 
> GFS v16. However, after decoding the file and doing a gdinfo, the 0.7 
> mb level doesn’t show up. I am assuming GEMPAK has an issue with a 
> pressure level as a decimal. I also assume NCEP likely provided a fix 
> for that. Has anyone using Unidata GEMPAK fixed this to look at data < 
> 1 mb?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert Mullenax
>
> Robert Mullenax
>
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>
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>
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