GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-2-5

PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 2
CATEGORY 5

(Land Surface products, Glaciers and Inland Ice category)

In Section 0, Octet 7 = 2
In Section 4, Octet 10 = 5

Revised 10/30/2023


Number
(In Section 4, octet 11)
 Parameter Units
 Abbrev
0 Glacier Cover (see Note 1) Proportion GLACCOV
1 Glacier Temperature K GLACTMP
2-191 Reserved

192-254
 Reserved for Local Use

255
 Missing





Notes:
(1) A value strictly above 0.5 is treated as glacier. A value equal or below 0.5 is treated as land without glacier.

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