Description of the RG2 grid

The main characteristics of the RG2 grid are shown below:

NameRG2
Number of grid boxes in Y-direction52
Number of grid boxes in X-direction39
Total number of grid boxes2028
Are the grid cells described in regular lat/lon?No
Are the grid cells described on a rotated pole grid?Yes

Tables of the grid cell centres

The tables below show the centre co-ordinates for each point in the Y and X axes.

Table of y-values (52 rotated latitude)

Indexrotated latitude
011.10999966
110.88999939
210.66999912
310.44999886
410.22999859
510.00999832
69.78999805
79.56999779
89.34999752
99.12999725
108.90999699
118.68999672
128.46999645
138.24999619
148.02999592
157.80999613
167.58999634
177.36999655
187.14999676
196.92999697
206.70999718
216.48999739
226.26999760
236.04999781
245.82999802
255.60999823
265.38999844
275.16999865
284.94999886
294.72999907
304.50999928
314.28999949
324.06999969
333.84999967
343.62999964
353.40999961
363.18999958
372.96999955
382.74999952
392.52999949
402.30999947
412.08999944
421.86999941
431.64999938
441.42999935
451.20999932
460.98999929
470.76999927
480.54999924
490.32999924
500.10999924
51-0.11000076
 

Table of x-values (39 rotated longitude)

Indexrotated longitude
0342.57000732
1342.79000854
2343.01000977
3343.23001099
4343.45001221
5343.67001343
6343.89001465
7344.11001587
8344.33001709
9344.55001831
10344.77001953
11344.99002075
12345.21002197
13345.43002319
14345.65002441
15345.87002563
16346.09002686
17346.31002808
18346.53002930
19346.75003052
20346.97003174
21347.19003296
22347.41003418
23347.63003540
24347.85003662
25348.07003784
26348.29003906
27348.51004028
28348.73004150
29348.95004272
30349.17004395
31349.39004517
32349.61004639
33349.83004761
34350.05004883
35350.27005005
36350.49005127
37350.71005249
38350.93005371

Real co-ordinates for the corner grid cells

The following table show the real latitude and longitude values for the four corners grid cells.

Left   Right
Real latitudeReal longitude   Real latitudeReal longitude
Top57.87682724344.443267822   60.7266464233359.557922363
Bottom47.529006958351.664916992   49.77319717413.87167668343

Further information and additional files

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