vertical levels, zdim stag

[catalina poraicu]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone knows how to obtain information about the vertical levels in the wrfchemi files created by the anthro_emis preprocessor? I (wrongly) assumed that if I set the emissions_zdim_stag, the parameter responsible for the number of vertical levels in the wrfchemi output files, to something higher than the number of vertical levels in the wrfbdy/wrfinput files, there would be an error. However, I did not get such an error. I previously thought that each vertical level would correspond in altitude/thickness with the corresponding WRF level at a given point.

Any tips on how to find any vertical level information (height, thickness, etc), or even how to calculate it, would be great. Thanks in advance.

Catalina

[Lin Lu]

Hi Catalina, 

This might be of some help- 

https://mailman.ucar.edu/pipermail/wrf-users/2017/004602.html 

Regards, Lin

[catalina poraicu]

Hi Lin,

Thanks! But do you know if the vertical levels in the wrfchemi files correspond exactly to the vertical levels in the wrfout files?

Catalina