Meteorology HAMSL Subset

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5439/1905823

File type abbreviation: methasml

The meteorology height-above-mean-sea-level (HAMSL) subset category contains similar variables extracted from the raw wrfout files as for the met subset. The same variables are also available on height-above-ground and pressure levels. The primary difference is that the methamsl data are interpolated to levels above mean sea level as listed in Table 20.

Table 28 Variables in the meteorology-HAMSL subset files

Variable Name	Description
HGT	terrain height
MUTOT	dry air mass in column
PRESSURE	pressure
ALT	inverse density
TEMPERATURE	temperature
THETA	potential temperature
THETA_E	equivalent potential temperature
QVAPOR	water vapor mixing ratio
RH	relative humidity with respect to water
UA	destaggred U-wind component
VA	destaggered V-wind component
WA	destaggered vertical velocity
UMET	earth-relative westerly wind component
VMET	earth-relative southerly wind component
POTVORT	potential vorticity
PSFC	surface pressure
SLP	sea-level pressure
Q2	2-m water vapor mixing ratio
T2	2-m temperature
TH2	2-m potential temperature
U10	10-m U-wind component
V10	10-m V-wind component
UMET10	10-m earth-relative westerly wind component
VMET10	10-m earth-relative southerly wind component
RAINC	accumulated convective surface precipitation (D1 only)
RAINNC	accumulated non-convective surface precipitation
SNOWNC	accumulated surface snow
GRAUPELNC	accumulated surface graupel
SR	fraction of frozen precipitation
MLLCL	mixed-layer lifting condensation level
MLLFC	mixed-layer level of free convection
MLLNB	mixed-layer level of neutral buoyancy
MLLPL	mixed-layer lifted parcel level
MLCAPE	mixed-layer convective available potential energy
MLCIN	mixed-layer convective inhibition
MULCL	most-unstable lifting condensation level
MULFC	most-unstable level of free convection
MULNB	most-unstable level of neutral buoyancy
MULPL	most-unstable lifted parcel level
MUCAPE	most-unstable convective available potential energy
MUCIN	most-unstable convective inhibition