# CODE TABLE 3.15, Physical meaning of vertical coordinate # 0-19 Reserved 20 20 Temperature K # 21-99 Reserved 100 100 Pressure Pa 101 101 Pressure deviation from mean sea level Pa 102 102 Altitude above mean sea level m 103 103 Height above ground (see Note 1) m 104 104 Sigma coordinate 105 105 Hybrid coordinate 106 106 Depth below land surface m 107 pt Potential temperature (theta) K 108 108 Pressure deviation from ground to level Pa 109 pv Potential vorticity K m-2 kg-1 s-1 110 110 Geometrical height m 111 111 Eta coordinate (see Note 2) 112 112 Geopotential height gpm # 113-159 Reserved 160 160 Depth below sea level m # 161-191 Reserved # 192-254 Reserved for local use 255 255 Missing # Notes: # (1) Negative values associated to this coordinate will indicate depth below ground surface. If values are all below surface, use of entry 106 is recommended, with positive coordinate values instead. # (2) The Eta vertical coordinate system involves normalizing the pressure at some point on a specific level by the mean sea level pressure at that point.