| 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 (see Note 2) | Numeric | VFRCWD |
| 48 | Volume Fraction of Cloud Ice Particles (see Note 2) | Numeric | VFRCICE |
| 49 | Volume Fraction of Cloud (Ice and/or Water) (see Note 2) | Numeric | VFRCIW |
| 50 | Fog (see Note 3) | % | FOG |
| 51 | Sunshine Duration Fraction (see Note 4) | Proportion | SUNFRAC |
| 52-191 |
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. (2) 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. (3) Fog is defined as cloud cover in the lowest model level. (4) This parameter is the amount of sunshine in seconds over a given length of time in seconds. Sunshine is defined as a radiation intensity above 120 W m-2. |