GRIBv2 - Table 4.2-0-0 Meteorological

Revised 04/04/2013
Red text depicts changes made since 03/14/2012

Number (In Section 4, octet 11)	Parameter	Units	Abbrev
0	Temperature	K	TMP
1	Virtual Temperature	K	VTMP
2	Potential Temperature	K	POT
3	Pseudo-Adiabatic Potential Temperature (or Equivalent Potential Temperature)	K	EPOT
4	Maximum Temperature^*	K	TMAX
5	Minimum Temperature^*	K	TMIN
6	Dew Point Temperature	K	DPT
7	Dew Point Depression (or Deficit)	K	DEPR
8	Lapse Rate	K m^-1	LAPR
9	Temperature Anomaly	K	TMPA
10	Latent Heat Net Flux	W m^-2	LHTFL
11	Sensible Heat Net Flux	W m^-2	SHTFL
12	Heat Index	K	HEATX
13	Wind Chill Factor	K	WCF
14	Minimum Dew Point Depression^*	K	MINDPD
15	Virtual Potential Temperature	K	VPTMP
16	Snow Phase Change Heat Flux	W m^-2	SNOHF
17	Skin Temperature	K	SKINT
18	Snow Temperature (top of snow)	K	SNOT
19	Turbulent Transfer Coefficient for Heat	Numeric	TTCHT
20	Turbulent Diffusion Coefficient for Heat	m²s^-1	TDCHT
21-191	Reserved
192-254	Reserved for Local Use
192	Snow Phase Change Heat Flux	W m^-2	SNOHF
193	Temperature Tendency by All Radiation	K s^-1	TTRAD
194	Relative Error Variance		REV
195	Large Scale Condensate Heating Rate	K/s	LRGHR
196	Deep Convective Heating Rate	K/s	CNVHR
197	Total Downward Heat Flux at Surface	W m^-2	THFLX
198	Temperature Tendency by All Physics	K s^-1	TTDIA
199	Temperature Tendency by Non-radiation Physics	K s^-1	TTPHY
200	Standard Dev. of IR Temp. over 1x1 deg. area	K	TSD1D
201	Shallow Convective Heating Rate	K/s	SHAHR
202	Vertical Diffusion Heating rate	K/s	VDFHR
203	Potential Temperature at Top of Viscous Sublayer	K	THZ0
204	Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential	J/m²K	TCHP
255	Missing

Notes: *Parameter deprecated - See Regulation 92.6.2 and use another parameter instead.

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