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Vertical Grid Coordinates

code

type

# of levels

min spacing

max spacing

AWI

z

33

10m

356m

GSFC

sigma

20

0.00125

0.2

DRAKKAR

 46

 6m

250m

ICMMG

z

33

10m

500m

LANL

z

40

10m

250m

LU

z

29

10m

290m

NERSC

layer

26

 

 

NPS

z

30

20m

200m

NYU

layer

11

~ 0.5m *

~ 500m

POL

z

26

5m

500m

FEMAO1

z

16

10m

1000m

FEMAO2

z

33

10m

500m

INMOM

sigma

27

 0,0032

 0,102

RCO

z

59

3m

200m

UCL

z

31

10m

500m

UW

z

21

10m

790m

DAL

 

 

 

 

FSU

 

 

 

 

GFDL

 

 

 

 

IARC-A

z-sigma

25

2m

1000m

IARC-B

z-sigma

25

2m

1000m

ECCO2

z

50

10m

~450m

MIT

 

 

 

 

NCAR

 

 

 

 

NPI

 

 

 

 

UMASD

 

 

 

 

NOCS/ORCA25

z

64

6 m

204 m

MCGU

 

 

 

 

LOCEAN

Z (shaved cells)

46

6m

250m

IOS

z

29

10m

290m

* formulated in layers, depth spacing can be less than 1m or up to 5000m (max depth)