Field names in intermediate files

[afernandezody]

I had not noticed before but the UG (Chapter 3: WRF Standard Initialization) lists UU & VV twice (for regular wind speeds and for U10/V10). Is this a typo and the 2D fields should be named differently (e.g. U10, V10)? Does metgrid actually need U10 and V10 (maybe it's applying similarity theory)? Thanks.

 

[Ming Chen]

No, it is not typo. In METGRID, 2D fields of U10 and V10 are named UU and VV. METGRID does need U10 and V10, although their names are UU and VV.

 

[afernandezody]

I guess that METGRID figures out which are the 3D and which are the 2D fields, but it's still odd to use the same names for different variables. Is this going to be modified in upcoming versions?
P.S. I forgot that the same could be said for TT with T(3d) and T2(2d)

 

[Ming Chen]

No, we have no plan to change the names of U10 and V10.