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Some users are interested on the height geopotential (z) of the different model levels (ml). This Python script will allow you to compute the geopotential on each oneit. The starting point is the geopotential and the pressure (z and lnsp) on the surface. The output will be written in grib format, providing the height geopotential in meters m^2/s^2 for each level. (Note that you can get the heigh in meters if you divide the geopotential by the gravity of Earth (9.80665 m/s^2))

• It requires Python and GRIB-API
• The script is based on the Metview macro mvl_geopotential_on_ml, code from Nils Wedi, IFS documentation:
  • CY41R1 Official IFS Documentation
    • part III. Dynamics and numerical procedures

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