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 12/07/2023
Red text depicts changes made since 10/19/2023


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 ALBDOICE
15 Sea Ice Volume per Unit Area m3m-2 SICEVOL
16 Snow Volume Over Sea Ice per Unit Area m3m-2 SNVOLSI
17 Sea Ice Heat Content J m-2 SICEHC
18 Snow over Sea Ice Heat Content J m-2 SNCEHC
19 Ice Freeboard Thickness m ICEFTHCK
20 Ice Melt Pond Fraction fraction ICEMPF
21 Ice Melt Pond Depth m ICEMPD
22 Ice Melt Pond Volume per Unit Area m3m-2 ICEMPV
23 Sea Ice Fraction Tendency due to Parameterization s-1 SIFTP
24 x-component of ice drift m s-1 XICE
25 y-component of ice drift m s-1 YICE
26
 Reserved

27 Freezing/melting potential (Tentatively accepted) W m-2 FRZMLTPOT
28 Melt onset date (Tentatively accepted) Numeric MLTDATE
29 Freeze onset date (Tentatively accepted) Numeric FRZDATE
30-191
 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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