GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-0-0

PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 0
CATEGORY 0

(Meteorological products, Temperature category)

In Section 0, Octet 7 = 0
In Section 4, Octet 10 = 0

Revised 06/23/2022
Red text depicts changes made since 11/10/2021


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 (see Note 1) K
 TMAX
5
 Minimum Temperature (see Note 1) 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 (see Note 1) 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
 Apparent Temperature (see Note 2) K APTMP
22 Temperature Tendency due to Short-Wave Radiation K s-1
 TTSWR
23 Temperature Tendency due to Long-Wave Radiation K s-1
 TTLWR
24 Temperature Tendency due to Short-Wave Radiation, Clear Sky K s-1
 TTSWRCS
25 Temperature Tendency due to Long-Wave Radiation, Clear Sky K s-1
 TTLWRCS
26 Temperature Tendency due to parameterizations K s-1
 TTPARM
27 Wet Bulb Temperature K
 WETBT
28 Unbalanced Component of Temperature K
 UCTMP
29 Temperature Advection K s-1
 TMPADV
30 Latent Heat Net Flux Due to Evaporation W m-2
 LHFLXE
31 Latent Heat Net Flux Due to Sublimation W m-2
 LHFLXS
32 Wet-Bulb Potential Temperature K
 WETBPT
33-191 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-1
 LRGHR
196
 Deep Convective Heating Rate K s-1
 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-1
SHAHR
202
 Vertical Diffusion Heating rate K s-1
VDFHR
203
 Potential Temperature at Top of Viscous Sublayer
 K
 THZ0
204
 Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential
 J m-2 K TCHP
205 Effective Layer (EL) Temperature C
ELMELT
206 Wet Bulb Globe Temperature K
WETGLBT
255
 Missing



Notes:
(1) Parameter deprecated. See Regulation 92.6.2 and use another parameter instead.

(2) Apparent temperature is the perceived outdoor temperature, caused by a combination of phenomena, such as air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed.


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