Record Label : zg
Record Title : Geopotential Height
Record Identifier : a954e054-817c-11e6-a4e2-5404a60d96b5
Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-227
MIP Variable : zg
Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :
Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :
Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :
Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 1
Data value type, e.g. float or double : real
Modeling Realm : atmos
CMOR Directive Positive :
Link to MIP table record : CFsubhr
The MIP table : CFsubhr
Provenance : CFsubhr ((isd.003))
Provenance Note :
Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : subhrPt
Row index of entry in source sheet : 25
Description : Geopotential is the sum of the specific gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the specific centripetal potential energy. Geopotential height is the geopotential divided by the standard acceleration due to gravity. It is numerically similar to the altitude (or geometric height) and not to the quantity with standard name height, which is relative to the surface.
Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : zg ((isd.006))