| 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. |