Michael: The grid of time-gcm is: Longitude: -180 to +180 by 5 degrees (nlon=73, including one periodic point) Latitude: -87.5 to +87.5 by 5 degrees (nlat=36) Pressure (zp): ln(p0/p) -17., to +5., by 0.5. (nzp=45) Mb pressures at each level = p0*(e^-zp)*1.e-3, where p0 is standard pressure = 5.e-4, and zp is the ln(p0/p) level. So, from bottom to top: k= 1 zp= -17.00 pmb= 0.1208E+02 (~30km) k= 2 zp= -16.50 pmb= 0.7325E+01 k= 3 zp= -16.00 pmb= 0.4443E+01 k= 4 zp= -15.50 pmb= 0.2695E+01 k= 5 zp= -15.00 pmb= 0.1635E+01 k= 6 zp= -14.50 pmb= 0.9914E+00 k= 7 zp= -14.00 pmb= 0.6013E+00 k= 8 zp= -13.50 pmb= 0.3647E+00 k= 9 zp= -13.00 pmb= 0.2212E+00 k= 10 zp= -12.50 pmb= 0.1342E+00 k= 11 zp= -12.00 pmb= 0.8138E-01 k= 12 zp= -11.50 pmb= 0.4936E-01 k= 13 zp= -11.00 pmb= 0.2994E-01 k= 14 zp= -10.50 pmb= 0.1816E-01 k= 15 zp= -10.00 pmb= 0.1101E-01 k= 16 zp= -9.50 pmb= 0.6680E-02 k= 17 zp= -9.00 pmb= 0.4052E-02 k= 18 zp= -8.50 pmb= 0.2457E-02 k= 19 zp= -8.00 pmb= 0.1490E-02 k= 20 zp= -7.50 pmb= 0.9040E-03 k= 21 zp= -7.00 pmb= 0.5483E-03 k= 22 zp= -6.50 pmb= 0.3326E-03 k= 23 zp= -6.00 pmb= 0.2017E-03 k= 24 zp= -5.50 pmb= 0.1223E-03 k= 25 zp= -5.00 pmb= 0.7421E-04 k= 26 zp= -4.50 pmb= 0.4501E-04 k= 27 zp= -4.00 pmb= 0.2730E-04 k= 28 zp= -3.50 pmb= 0.1656E-04 k= 29 zp= -3.00 pmb= 0.1004E-04 k= 30 zp= -2.50 pmb= 0.6091E-05 k= 31 zp= -2.00 pmb= 0.3695E-05 k= 32 zp= -1.50 pmb= 0.2241E-05 k= 33 zp= -1.00 pmb= 0.1359E-05 k= 34 zp= -0.50 pmb= 0.8244E-06 k= 35 zp= 0.00 pmb= 0.5000E-06 k= 36 zp= 0.50 pmb= 0.3033E-06 k= 37 zp= 1.00 pmb= 0.1839E-06 k= 38 zp= 1.50 pmb= 0.1116E-06 k= 39 zp= 2.00 pmb= 0.6767E-07 k= 40 zp= 2.50 pmb= 0.4104E-07 k= 41 zp= 3.00 pmb= 0.2489E-07 k= 42 zp= 3.50 pmb= 0.1510E-07 k= 43 zp= 4.00 pmb= 0.9158E-08 k= 44 zp= 4.50 pmb= 0.5554E-08 k= 45 zp= 5.00 pmb= 0.3369E-08