GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-3-2

PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 3
CATEGORY 2

(Space products, Cloud Properties category)

In Section 0, Octet 7 = 3
In Section 4, Octet 10 = 2

Revised 05/29/2019
Red text depicts changes made since 07/26/2016



Number
(In Section 4, octet 11)
Parameter Units
Abbrev
0 Clear Sky Probability % CSKPROB
1 Cloud Top Temperature K CTOPTMP
2 Cloud Top Pressure Pa CTOPRES
3 Cloud Type See Table 4.218
CLDTYPE
4 Cloud Phase See Table 4.218
CLDPHAS
5 Cloud Optical Depth Numeric CLDODEP
6 Cloud Particle Effective Radius m CLDPER
7 Cloud Liquid Water Path kg m-2 CLDLWP
8 Cloud Ice Water Path kg m-2 CLDIWP
9 Cloud Albedo Numeric CLDALB
10 Cloud Emissivity Numeric CLDEMISS
11 Effective Absorption Optical Depth Ratio Numeric EAODR
12-29 Reserved

30 Measurement cost Numeric MEACST
41-191 Reserved

192-254 Reserved for Local Use

255
Missing




Notes:    Numbers 31 to 40 are deprecated.




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