GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-10-2

PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 10
CATEGORY 2

(Oceanographic products, Ice category)

In Section 0, Octet 7 = 10
In Section 4, Octet 10 = 2

Revised 06/30/2022
Red text depicts changes made since 04/02/2015



Number
(In Section 4, octet 11)
Parameter Units
Abbrev
0
Ice Cover
Proportion
ICEC
1
Ice Thickness
m
ICETK
2
Direction of Ice Drift
degree True
DICED
3
Speed of Ice Drift
m s-1
SICED
4
U-Component of Ice Drift
m s-1 UICE
5
V-Component of Ice Drift m s-1 VICE
6
Ice Growth Rate
m s-1 ICEG
7
Ice Divergence
s-1 ICED
8
Ice Temperature
K
ICETMP
9 Module of Ice Internal Pressure Pa m ICEPRS
10 Zonal Vector Component of Vertically Integrated Ice Internal Pressure Pa m ZVCICEP
11 Meridional Vector Component of Vertically Integrated Ice Internal Pressure Pa m MVCICEP
12 Compressive Ice Strength N m-1 CICES
13 Snow Temperature (over sea ice) K SNOWTSI
14 Albedo Numeric ALBICE
15-191
Reserved

192-254
Reserved for Local Use


255
Missing






Notes:

* Ice internal pressure or stress (Pa m) is the integrated pressure across the vertical thickness of a layer of ice. It is produced when concentrated ice reacts to external forces such as wind and ocen currents.


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