GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-2-3

  PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 2
CATEGORY 3
(Land Surface products, Soil category)

Section 0 , Octet 7 = 2
 Section 4, Octet 10 = 3

Revised 08/19/2008
Red text depicts changes made since 11/01/2007


Number
(Section 4, octet 11)
Parameter Units
Abbrev
0
Soil Type
See Table 4.213
SOTYP
1
Upper Layer Soil Temperature*
K
UPLST
2
Upper Layer Soil Moisture*
kg m-3
UPLSM
3
Lower Layer Soil Moisture*
kg m-3 LOWLSM
4
Bottom Layer Soil Temperature* K
BOTLST
5
Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (non-frozen)**
Proportion
SOILL
6
Number of Soil Layers in Root Zone Numeric
RLYRS
7
Transpiration Stress-onset (soil moisture)** Proportion SMREF
8
Direct Evaporation Cease (soil moisture)** Proportion SMDRY
9
Soil Porosity** Proportion POROS
10
Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (Non-Frozen) m3m-3 LIQVSM
11
Volumetric Transpiration Stree-Onset(Soil Moisture) m3m-3 VOLTSO
12
Transpiration Stree-Onset(Soil Moisture) kg m-3 TRANSO
13
Volumetric Direct Evaporation Cease(Soil Moisture) m3m-3 VOLDEC
14
Direct Evaporation Cease(Soil Moisture) kg m-3 DIREC
15
Soil Porosity m3m-3 SOILP
16
Volumetric Saturation Of Soil Moisture m3m-3 VSOSM
17
Saturation Of Soil Moisture kgm-3 SATOSM
18-191
Reserved

192-254 Reserved for Local Use

192
Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (non Frozen)
Proportion
SOILL
193
Number of Soil Layers in Root Zone non-dim
RLYRS
194
Surface Slope Type Index
SLTYP
195
Transpiration Stress-onset (soil moisture) Proportion SMREF
196
Direct Evaporation Cease (soil moisture) Proportion SMDRY
197
Soil Porosity Proportion POROS
198
Direct evaporation from bare soil W/m-2 EVBS
199
Land Surface Precipitation Accumulation kg m-2 LSPA
200
Bare soil surface skin temperature K BARET
201
Average surface skin temperature K AVSFT
202
Effective radiative skin temperature K RADT
203
Field Capacity fraction FLDCP
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.
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