| Number (Section 4, octet 11) |
Parameter | Units |
Abbrev |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 |
Land Cover (1=land, 0=sea) |
Proportion | LAND |
| 1 |
Surface Roughness |
m |
SFC R |
| 2 |
Soil Temperature |
K |
TSOIL |
| 3 |
Soil Moisture Content* |
kg m-2 |
SOIL M |
| 4 |
Vegetation |
% |
VEG |
| 5 |
Water Runoff |
kg m-2 | WATR |
| 6 |
Evapotranspiration |
kg-2 s-1 |
EVAPT |
| 7 |
Model Terrain Height |
m |
MTERH |
| 8 |
Land Use |
See Table 4.212 |
LANDU |
| 9 |
Volumetric Soil Moisture Content** | Proportion |
SOILW |
| 10 |
Ground Heat Flux* | W m-2 | GFLUX |
| 11 |
Moisture Availability | % |
MSTAV |
| 12 |
Exchange Coefficient | kg m-2 s-1 |
SFEXC |
| 13 |
Plant Canopy Surface Water | kg m-2 | CNWAT |
| 14 |
Blackadar's Mixing Length Scale | m |
BMIXL |
| 15 |
Canopy Conductance | m s-1 | CCOND |
| 16 |
Minimal Stomatal Resistance | s m-1 | RSMIN |
| 17 |
Wilting Point** | Proportion |
WILT |
| 18 |
Solar parameter in canopy conductance | Proportion |
RCS |
| 19 |
Temperature parameter in canopy conductance | Proportion | RCT |
| 20 |
Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance | Proportion | RCSOL |
| 21 | Humidity parameter in canopy conductance | Proportion | RCQ |
| 22 | Soil Moisture | kg m-3 | SOILM |
| 23 | Column-Integrated Soil Water | kg m-2 | CISOILW |
| 24 | Heat Flux | W m-2 | HFLUX |
| 25 | Volumetric Soil Moisture | m3m-3 | VSOILM |
| 26 | Wilting Point | kg m-3 | WILT |
| 27 | Volumetric Wilting Moisture | m3m-3 | VWILTM |
| 28-191 |
Reserved | ||
| 192-254 | Reserved for Local Use | ||
| 192 |
Volumetric Soil Moisture Content | Fraction |
SOILW |
| 193 |
Ground Heat Flux | W m-2 | GFLUX |
| 194 |
Moisture Availability | % |
MSTAV |
| 195 |
Exchange Coefficient | (kg m-3) (m s-1) |
SFEXC |
| 196 |
Plant Canopy Surface Water | kg m-2 | CNWAT |
| 197 |
Blackadar’s Mixing Length Scale | m |
BMIXL |
| 198 |
Vegetation Type | Integer (0-13) | VGTYP |
| 199 |
Canopy Conductance | m s-1 | CCOND |
| 200 |
Minimal Stomatal Resistance | s m-1 | RSMIN |
| 201 |
Wilting Point | Fraction |
WILT |
| 202 |
Solar parameter in canopy conductance | Fraction |
RCS |
| 203 |
Temperature parameter in canopy conductance | Fraction | RCT |
| 204 |
Humidity parameter in canopy conductance | Fraction | RCQ |
| 205 |
Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance | Fraction | RCSOL |
| 206 |
Rate of water dropping from canopy to ground | RDRIP | |
| 207 |
Ice-free water surface | % |
ICWAT |
| 208 |
Surface exchange coefficients for T and Q divided by delta z | m/s |
AKHS |
| 209 |
Surface exchange coefficients for U and V divided by delta z |
m/s |
AKMS |
| 210 |
Vegetation canopy temperature | K |
VEGT |
| 211 |
Surface water storage | Kg/m2 |
SSTOR |
| 212 |
Liquid soil moisture content (non-frozen) | Kg/m2 |
LSOIL |
| 213 |
Open water evaporation (standing water) | W/m2 |
EWATR |
| 214 |
Groundwater recharge | kg/m2 |
GWREC |
| 215 |
Flood plain recharge | kg/m2 |
QREC |
| 216 |
Roughness length for heat | m |
SFCRH |
| 217 |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | NDVI | |
| 218 |
Land-sea coverage (nearest neighbor) [land=1,sea=0] | LANDN | |
| 219 |
Asymptotic mixing length scale | m |
AMIXL |
| 220 |
Water vapor added by precip assimilation | kg/m2 |
WVINC |
| 221 |
Water condensate added by precip assimilation | kg/m2 |
WCINC |
| 222 |
Water Vapor Flux Convergance (Vertical Int) | kg/m2 |
WVCONV |
| 223 |
Water Condensate Flux Convergance (Vertical Int) | kg/m2 |
WCCONV |
| 224 |
Water Vapor Zonal Flux (Vertical Int) | kg/m2 |
WVUFLX |
| 225 |
Water Vapor Meridional Flux (Vertical Int) | kg/m2 |
WVVFLX |
| 226 |
Water Condensate Zonal Flux (Vertical Int) | kg/m2 |
WCUFLX |
| 227 |
Water Condensate Meridional Flux (Vertical Int) | kg/m2 |
WCVFLX |
| 255 |
Missing |
| Notes: * Parameter deprecated - See Regulation 92.6.2 and use another parameter instead. ** It is not recommended to use this parameter, but to use another one with a more descriptive unit. |