Number (In Section 4, octet 11) |
Parameter | Units |
Abbrev |
---|---|---|---|
0 |
Specific Humidity |
kg kg-1 |
SPFH |
1 |
Relative Humidity |
% |
RH |
2 |
Humidity Mixing Ratio |
kg kg-1 | MIXR |
3 |
Precipitable Water |
kg m-2 | PWAT |
4 |
Vapour Pressure |
Pa |
VAPP |
5 |
Saturation Deficit |
Pa |
SATD |
6 |
Evaporation |
kg m-2 | EVP |
7 |
Precipitation Rate * |
kg m-2 s-1 | PRATE |
8 |
Total Precipitation *** |
kg m-2 | APCP |
9 |
Large-Scale Precipitation (non-convective) *** | kg m-2 | NCPCP |
10 |
Convective Precipitation *** | kg m-2 | ACPCP |
11 |
Snow Depth |
m |
SNOD |
12 |
Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent * |
kg m-2 s-1 | SRWEQ |
13 |
Water Equivalent of Accumulated
Snow Depth *** |
kg m-2 | WEASD |
14 |
Convective Snow *** |
kg m-2 | SNOC |
15 |
Large-Scale Snow *** |
kg m-2 | SNOL |
16 |
Snow Melt |
kg m-2 | SNOM |
17 |
Snow Age |
day |
SNOAG |
18 |
Absolute Humidity |
kg m-3 | ABSH |
19 |
Precipitation Type |
See Table 4.201 |
PTYPE |
20 |
Integrated Liquid Water |
kg m-2 | ILIQW |
21 |
Condensate |
kg kg-1 | TCOND |
22 |
Cloud Mixing Ratio |
kg kg-1 | CLMR |
23 |
Ice Water Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | ICMR |
24 |
Rain Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | RWMR |
25 |
Snow Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | SNMR |
26 |
Horizontal Moisture Convergence |
kg kg-1 s-1 | MCONV |
27 |
Maximum Relative Humidity * |
% |
MAXRH |
28 |
Maximum Absolute Humidity * | kg m-3 | MAXAH |
29 |
Total Snowfall *** |
m |
ASNOW |
30 |
Precipitable Water Category |
See Table 4.202 | PWCAT |
31 |
Hail |
m |
HAIL |
32 |
Graupel |
kg kg-1 | GRLE |
33 |
Categorical Rain | Code table 4.222 |
CRAIN |
34 |
Categorical Freezing Rain | Code table 4.222 |
CFRZR |
35 |
Categorical Ice Pellets | Code table 4.222 | CICEP |
36 |
Categorical Snow | Code table 4.222 | CSNOW |
37 |
Convective Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | CPRAT |
38 |
Horizontal Moisture Divergence | kg kg-1 s-1 | MDIVER |
39 | Percent frozen precipitation | % | CPOFP |
40 |
Potential Evaporation | kg m-2 | PEVAP |
41 |
Potential Evaporation Rate | W m-2 | PEVPR |
42 |
Snow Cover | % |
SNOWC |
43 | Rain Fraction of Total Cloud Water | Proportion | FRAIN |
44 |
Rime Factor | Numeric | RIME |
45 |
Total Column Integrated Rain | kg m-2 | TCOLR |
46 |
Total Column Integrated Snow | kg m-2 | TCOLS |
47 |
Large Scale Water Precipitation (Non-Convective) *** | kg m-2 | LSWP |
48 |
Convective Water Precipitation *** | kg m-2 | CWP |
49 |
Total Water Precipitation *** | kg m-2 | TWATP |
50 |
Total Snow Precipitation *** | kg m-2 | TSNOWP |
51 |
Total Column Water (Vertically integrated total water (vapour+cloud water/ice) |
kg m-2 | TCWAT |
52 |
Total Precipitation Rate ** | kg m-2 s-1 | TPRATE |
53 |
Total Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent ** | kg m-2 s-1 | TSRWE |
54 |
Large Scale Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | LSPRATE |
55 |
Convective Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent | kg m-2 s-1 | CSRWE |
56 |
Large Scale Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent | kg m-2 s-1 | LSSRWE |
57 |
Total Snowfall Rate | m s-1 | TSRATE |
58 |
Convective Snowfall Rate | m s-1 | CSRATE |
59 |
Large Scale Snowfall Rate | m s-1 | LSSRATE |
60 |
Snow Depth Water Equivalent | kg m-2 | SDWE |
61 |
Snow Density | kg m-3 | SDEN |
62 |
Snow Evaporation | kg m-2 | SEVAP |
63 |
Reserved | ||
64 |
Total Column Integrated Water Vapour | kg m-2 | TCIWV |
65 |
Rain Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | RPRATE |
66 |
Snow Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | SPRATE |
67 |
Freezing Rain Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | FPRATE |
68 |
Ice Pellets Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | IPRATE |
69 |
Total Column Integrate Cloud Water | kg m-2 | TCOLW |
70 |
Total Column Integrate Cloud Ice | kg m-2 | TCOLI |
71 |
Hail Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | HAILMXR |
72 |
Total Column Integrate Hail | kg m-2 | TCOLH |
73 |
Hail Prepitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | HAILPR |
74 |
Total Column Integrate Graupel | kg m-2 | TCOLG |
75 |
Graupel (Snow Pellets) Prepitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | GPRATE |
76 |
Convective Rain Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | CRRATE |
77 |
Large Scale Rain Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | LSRRATE |
78 |
Total Column Integrate Water (All components including precipitation) |
kg m-2 | TCOLWA |
79 |
Evaporation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | EVARATE |
80 |
Total Condensate | kg kg-1 | TOTCON |
81 |
Total Column-Integrate Condensate | kg m-2 | TCICON |
82 |
Cloud Ice Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | CIMIXR |
83 |
Specific Cloud Liquid Water Content | kg kg-1 | SCLLWC |
84 |
Specific Cloud Ice Water Content | kg kg-1 | SCLIWC |
85 |
Specific Rain Water Content | kg kg-1 | SRAINW |
86 |
Specific Snow Water Content | kg kg-1 | SSNOWW |
87 | Stratiform Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | STRPRATE |
88 | Categorical Convective Precipitation | Code table 4.222 | CATCP |
89 |
Reserved | ||
90 |
Total Kinematic Moisture Flux | kg kg-1 m s-1 | TKMFLX |
91 |
U-component (zonal) Kinematic Moisture Flux | kg kg-1 m s-1 | UKMFLX |
92 |
V-component (meridional) Kinematic Moisture Flux | kg kg-1 m s-1 | VKMFLX |
93 | Relative Humidity With Respect to Water | % | RHWATER |
94 | Relative Humidity With Respect to Ice | % | RHICE |
95 | Freezing or Frozen Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | FZPRATE |
96 | Mass Density of Rain | kg m-3 | MASSDR |
97 | Mass Density of Snow | kg m-3 | MASSDS |
98 | Mass Density of Graupel | kg m-3 | MASSDG |
99 | Mass Density of Hail | kg m-3 | MASSDH |
100 | Specific Number Concentration of Rain | kg-1 | SPNCR |
101 | Specific Number Concentration of Snow | kg-1 | SPNCS |
102 | Specific Number Concentration of Graupel | kg-1 | SPNCG |
103 | Specific Number Concentration of Hail | kg-1 | SPNCH |
104 | Number Density of Rain | m-3 | NUMDR |
105 | Number Density of Snow | m-3 | NUMDS |
106 | Number Density of Graupel | m-3 | NUMDG |
107 | Number Density of Hail | m-3 | NUMDH |
108 | Specific Humidity Tendency due to Parameterizations | kg kg-1 s-1 | SHTPRM |
109 | Mass Density of Liquid Water Coating on Hail Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Volume of Air | kg m-3 | MDLWHVA |
110 | Specific Mass of Liquid Water Coating on Hail Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Mass of Moist Air | kg kg-1 | SMLWHMA |
111 | Mass Mixing Ratio of Liquid Water Coating on Hail Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Mass of Dry Air | kg kg-1 | MMLWHDA |
112 | Mass Density of Liquid Water Coating on Graupel Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Volume of Air | kg m-3 | MDLWGVA |
113 | Specific Mass of Liquid Water Coating on Graupel Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Mass of Moist Air | kg kg-1 | SMLWGMA |
114 | Mass Mixing Ratio of Liquid Water Coating on Graupel Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Mass of Dry Air | kg kg-1 | MMLWGDA |
115 | Mass Density of Liquid Water Coating on Snow Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Volume of Air | kg m-3 | MDLWSVA |
116 | Specific Mass of Liquid Water Coating on Snow Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Mass of Moist Air | kg kg-1 | SMLWSMA |
117 | Mass Mixing Ratio of Liquid Water Coating on Snow Expressed as Mass of Liquid Water per Unit Mass of Dry Air | kg kg-1 | MMLWSDA |
118 | Unbalanced Component of Specific Humidity | kg kg-1 | UNCSH |
119 | Unbalanced Component of Specific Cloud Liquid Water content | kg kg-1 | UCSCLW |
120 | Unbalanced Component of Specific Cloud Ice Water content | kg kg-1 | UCSCIW |
121 | Fraction of Snow Cover | Proportion | FSNOWC |
122 | Precipitation intensity index | See Table 4.247 | PIIDX |
123 | Dominant precipitation type | See Table 4.201 | DPTYPE |
124 | Presence of showers | See Table 4.222 | PSHOW |
125 | Presence of blowing snow | See Table 4.222 | PBSNOW |
126 | Presence of blizzard | See Table 4.222 | PBLIZZ |
127 | Ice pellets (non-water equivalent) precipitation rate | m s-1 | ICEP |
128 | Total solid precipitation rate | kg m-2 s-1 | TSPRATE |
129 | Effective radius of cloud water | m | ERADCW |
130 | Effective radius of rain | m | ERADRAIN |
131 | Effective radius of cloud ice | m | ERADCICE |
132 | Effective radius of snow | m | ERADSNOW |
133 | Effective radius of graupel | m | ERADGRL |
134 | Effective radius of hail | m | ERADHAIL |
135 | Effective radius of subgrid liquid clouds | m | ERADSLC |
136 | Effective radius of subgrid ice clouds | m | ERADSIC |
137 | Effective aspect ratio of rain | ERATIOR | |
138 | Effective aspect ratio of cloud ice | ERATIOCI | |
139 | Effective aspect ratio of snow | ERATIOS | |
140 | Effective aspect ratio of graupel | ERATIOG | |
141 | Effective aspect ratio of hail | ERATIOH | |
142 | Effective ratio of subgrid ice clouds | ERATOSIC | |
143 | Potential evaporation rate | kg m-2 s-1 | PERATE |
144 | Specific rain water content (convective) | kg kg-1 | SRWATERC |
145 | Specific snow water content (convective) | kg kg-1 | SSNOWWC |
146 | Cloud ice precipitation rate | kg m-2 s-1 | CICEPR |
147 | Character of precipitation | See Table 4.249 | PERATE |
148 | Snow evaporation rate (see Note 9) | kg m-2 s-1 | SNOWERAT |
149 | Cloud water mixing ratio | kg kg-1 | CWATERMR |
150-128 | Reserved | ||
129 | Effective Radius of Cloud Water | m | EFRCWAT |
130 | Effective Radius of Rain | m | EFRRAIN |
131 | Effective Radius of Cloud Ice | m | EFRCICE |
132 | Effective Radius of Snow | m | EFRSNOW |
133 | Effective Radius of Graupel | m | EFRGRL |
134 | Effective Radius of Hail | m | EFRHAIL |
135 | Effective Radius of Subgrid Liquid Clouds | m | EFRSLC |
136 | Effective Radius of Subgrid Ice Clouds | m | EFRSICEC |
137 | Effective Aspect Ratio of Rain | EFARRAIN | |
138 | Effective Aspect Ratio of Cloud Ice | EFARCICE | |
139 | Effective Aspect Ratio of Snow | EFARSNOW | |
140 | Effective Aspect Ratio of Graupel | EFARGRL | |
141 | Effective Aspect Ratio of Hail | EFARHAIL | |
142 | Effective Aspect Ratio of Subgrid Ice Clouds | EFARSIC | |
143-191 | Reserved | ||
192-254 |
Reserved for Local Use |
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192 |
Categorical Rain | Code table 4.222 | CRAIN |
193 |
Categorical Freezing Rain | Code table 4.222 | CFRZR |
194 |
Categorical Ice Pellets | Code table 4.222 | CICEP |
195 |
Categorical Snow | Code table 4.222 | CSNOW |
196 |
Convective Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | CPRAT |
197 |
Horizontal Moisture Divergence | kg kg-1 s-1 | MDIV |
198
|
Minimum Relative Humidity | % | MINRH |
199 |
Potential Evaporation | kg m-2 | PEVAP |
200 |
Potential Evaporation Rate | W m-2 | PEVPR |
201 |
Snow Cover | % |
SNOWC |
202 |
Rain Fraction of Total Liquid Water |
non-dim | FRAIN |
203 |
Rime Factor | non-dim | RIME |
204 |
Total Column Integrated Rain | kg m-2 | TCOLR |
205 |
Total Column Integrated Snow | kg m-2 | TCOLS |
206 |
Total Icing Potential Diagnostic | non-dim | TIPD |
207 |
Number concentration for ice particles | non-dim | NCIP |
208 |
Snow temperature | K |
SNOT |
209 |
Total column-integrated supercooled liquid water | kg m-2 | TCLSW |
210 |
Total column-integrated melting ice | kg m-2 | TCOLM |
211 |
Evaporation - Precipitation | cm/day | EMNP |
212 |
Sublimation (evaporation from snow) | W m-2 | SBSNO |
213 |
Deep Convective Moistening Rate | kg kg-1 s-1 | CNVMR |
214 |
Shallow Convective Moistening Rate | kg kg-1 s-1 | SHAMR |
215 |
Vertical Diffusion Moistening Rate | kg kg-1 s-1 | VDFMR |
216 |
Condensation Pressure of Parcali Lifted From Indicate Surface |
Pa | CONDP |
217 | Large scale moistening rate | kg kg-1 s-1 | LRGMR |
218 | Specific humidity at top of viscous sublayer | kg kg-1 | QZ0 |
219 | Maximum specific humidity at 2m | kg kg-1 | QMAX |
220 | Minimum specific humidity at 2m | kg kg-1 | QMIN |
221 | Liquid precipitation (Rainfall) | kg m-2 | ARAIN |
222 | Snow temperature, depth-avg | K | SNOWT |
223 | Total precipitation (nearest grid point) | kg m-2 | APCPN |
224 | Convective precipitation (nearest grid point) | kg m-2 | ACPCPN |
225 | Freezing Rain | kg m-2 | FRZR |
226 | Pblackominant Weather (see Note 1) | Numeric | PWTHER |
227 | Frozen Rain | kg m-2 | FROZR |
228 | Flat Ice Accumulation (FRAM) | kg m-2 | FICEAC |
229 | Line Ice Accumulation (FRAM) | kg m-2 | LICEAC |
230 | Sleet Accumulation | kg m-2 | SLACC |
231 | Precipitation Potential Index | % | PPINDX |
232 | Probability Cloud Ice Present | % | PROBCIP |
233 | Snow Liquid ratio | kg kg-1 | SNOWLR |
234 | Precipitation Duration | hour | PCPDUR |
235 |
Cloud Liquid Mixing Ratio |
kg kg-1 | CLLMR |
236-240 | Reserved | ||
241 | Total Snow | kg m-2 | TSNOW |
242 |
Relative Humidity with Respect to Precipitable Water |
% |
RHPW |
245 |
Hourly Maximum of Column Vertical Integrated Graupel on Entire Atmosphere | kg m-2 | MAXVIG |
255 |
Missing |
Notes:
* Parameter deprecated - See Regulation 92.6.2 and use another
parameter instead. |