GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-2-4

PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 2
CATEGORY 4

(Land Surface products, Fire Weather category)

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

Revised 11/08/2022
Red text depicts changes made since 11/08/2022



Number
(In Section 4, octet 11)
Parameter Units
Abbrev
0 Fire Outlook See Table 4.224
FIREOLK
1 Fire Outlook Due to Dry Thunderstorm See Table 4.224
FIREODT
2
Haines Index
Numeric HINDEX
3 Fire Burned Area % FBAREA
4 Fosberg Index * Numeric FOSINDX
5 Fire Weath Index (Canadian Forest Service) Numeric FWINX
6 Fine Fuel Moisture Code (Canadian Forest Service) Numeric FFMCODE
7 Duff Moisture Code (Canadian Forest Service) Numeric DUFMCODE
8 Drought Code (Canadian Forest Service) Numeric DRTCODE
9 Initial Fire Spread Index (Canadian Forest Service) Numeric INFSINX
10 Fire Build Up Index (Canadian Forest Service) Numeric FBUPINX
11 Fire Daily Severity Rating (Canadian Forest Service) Numeric FDSRTE
12 Keetch-Byram Drought Index Numeric KRIDX
13 Drought Factor (as defined by the Australian forest service) Numeric DRFACT
14 Rate of Spread (as defined by the Australian forest service) m s-1 RATESPRD
15 Fire Danger index (as defined by the Australian forest service) Numeric FIREDIDX
16 Spread component (as defined by the US Forest Service National Fire Danger Rating System) Numeric SPRDCOMP
17 Burning Index (as defined by the Australian forest service) Numeric BURNIDX
18 Ignition Component (as defined by the Australian forest service) % IGNCOMP
19 Energy Release Component (as defined by the Australian forest service) J m-2 ENRELCOM
20-191 Reserved

192-254
Reserved for Local Use


255
Missing






Notes:

* The Fosberg index denotes the potential influence of weather on a wild and fire. It takes into account the combined effects of temperature, wind speed, relative humidity and precipitation. Higher values indicate a higher potential impact.


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