| Number (In Section 4, octet 11) |
Parameter | Units |
Abbrev |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 |
Cloud Ice |
kg m-2 |
CICE |
| 1 |
Total Cloud Cover |
% |
TCDC |
| 2 |
Convective Cloud Cover |
% |
CDCON |
| 3 |
Low Cloud Cover | % |
LCDC |
| 4 |
Medium Cloud Cover | % |
MCDC |
| 5 |
High Cloud Cover | % |
HCDC |
| 6 |
Cloud Water |
kg m-2 | CWAT |
| 7 |
Cloud Amount |
% |
CDCA |
| 8 |
Cloud Type |
See Table 4.203 |
CDCT |
| 9 |
Thunderstorm Maximum Tops |
m |
TMAXT |
| 10 |
Thunderstorm Coverage |
See Table 4.204 | THUNC |
| 11 |
Cloud Base |
m |
CDCB |
| 12 |
Cloud Top |
m |
CDCTOP |
| 13 |
Ceiling |
m |
CEIL |
| 14 |
Non-Convective Cloud Cover | % |
CDLYR |
| 15 |
Cloud Work Function | J kg-1 |
CWORK |
| 16 |
Convective Cloud Efficiency | Proportion | CUEFI |
| 17 |
Total Condensate * - Parameter deprecated | kg kg-1 | TCONDO |
| 18 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water * - Parameter deprecated | kg m-2 | TCOLWO |
| 19 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice * - Parameter deprecated | kg m-2 | TCOLIO |
| 20 |
Total Column-Integrated Condensate * - Parameter deprecated | kg m-2 | TCOLC |
| 21 |
Ice fraction of total condensate | Proportion | FICE |
| 22 |
Cloud Cover | % |
CDCC |
| 23 |
Cloud Ice Mixing Ratio * - Parameter deprecated | kg kg-1 |
CDCIMR |
| 24 |
Sunshine | Numeric |
SUNS |
| 25 |
Horizontal Extent of Cumulonimbus (CB) | % |
CBHE |
| 26 | Height of Convective Cloud Base | m | HCONCB |
| 27 | Height of Convective Cloud Top | m | HCONCT |
| 28 | Number Concentration of Cloud Droplets | kg-1 | NCONCD |
| 29 | Number Concentration of Cloud Ice | kg-1 | NCCICE |
| 30 | Number Density of Cloud Droplets | m-3 | NDENCD |
| 31 | Number Density of Cloud Ice | m-3 | NDCICE |
| 32 | Fraction of Cloud Cover | Numeric | FRACCC |
| 33 |
Sunshine Duration | s |
SUNSD |
| 34 | Surface Long Wave Effective Total Cloudiness | Numeric | SLWTC |
| 35 | Surface Short Wave Effective Total Cloudiness | Numeric | SSWTC |
| 36 | Fraction of Stratiform Precipitation Cover | Proportion | FSTRPC |
| 37 | Fraction of Convective Precipitation Cover | Proportion | FCONPC |
| 38 | Mass Density of Cloud Droplets | kg m-3 | MASSDCD |
| 39 | Mass Density of Cloud Ice | kg m-3 | MASSDCI |
| 40 | Mass Density of Convective Cloud Water Droplets | kg m-3 | MDCCWD |
| 41-46 |
Reserved | ||
| 47 | Volume Fraction of Cloud Water Droplets ** | Numeric | VFRCWD |
| 48 | Volume Fraction of Cloud Ice Particles ** | Numeric | VFRCICE |
| 49 | Volume Fraction of Cloud (Ice and/or Water) ** | Numeric | VFRCIW |
| 50-191 |
Reserved | ||
| 192-254 |
Reserved
for Local Use |
||
| 192 |
Non-Convective Cloud Cover | % |
CDLYR |
| 193 |
Cloud Work Function | J kg-1 |
CWORK |
| 194 |
Convective Cloud Efficiency | non-dim | CUEFI |
| 195 |
Total Condensate | kg kg-1 | TCOND |
| 196 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water | kg m-2 | TCOLW |
| 197 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice | kg m-2 | TCOLI |
| 198 |
Total Column-Integrated Condensate | kg m-2 | TCOLC |
| 199 |
Ice fraction of total condensate | non-dim | FICE |
| 200 |
Convective Cloud Mass Flux | Pa s-1 | MFLUX |
| 201 |
Sunshine Duration | s |
SUNSD |
| 255 |
Missing |
| Notes: * Parameter deprecated - Use another parameter in parameter category 1:moisture instead. ** The sum of the water and ice fractions may exceed the total due to overlap between the volumes containing ice and those containing liquid water. |