Number (Section 4, octet 11) |
Parameter | Units |
Abbrev |
---|---|---|---|
0 |
Specific Humidity |
kg kg-1 |
SPF H |
1 |
Relative Humidity |
% |
R H |
2 |
Humidity Mixing Ratio |
kg kg-1 | MIXR |
3 |
Precipitable Water |
kg m-2 | P WAT |
4 |
Vapor Pressure |
Pa |
VAPP |
5 |
Saturation Deficit |
Pa |
SAT D |
6 |
Evaporation |
kg m-2 | EVP |
7 |
Precipitation Rate |
kg m-2 s-1 | PRATE |
8 |
Total Precipitation |
kg m-2 | A PCP |
9 |
Large-Scale Precipitation
(non-convective) |
kg m-2 | NCPCP |
10 |
Convective Precipitation | kg m-2 | ACPCP |
11 |
Snow Depth |
m |
SNO D |
12 |
Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent |
kg m-2 s-1 | SRWEQ |
13 |
Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow
Depth |
kg m-2 | WEASD |
14 |
Convect Snow |
kg m-2 | SNO C |
15 |
Large-Scale Snow |
kg m-2 | SNO L |
16 |
Snow Melt |
kg m-2 | SNO M |
17 |
Snow Age |
day |
SNOAG |
18 |
Absolute Humidity |
kg m-3 | - |
19 |
Precipitation Type |
See Table
4.201 |
- |
20 |
Integrated Liquid Water |
kg m-2 | - |
21 |
Condensate |
kg kg-1 | TCOND |
22 |
Cloud Mixing Ratio |
kg kg-1 | CLWMR |
23 |
Ice Water Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | ICMR |
24 |
Rain Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | RWMR |
25 |
Snow Mixing Ratio | kg kg-1 | SNMR |
26 |
Horizontal Moisture Convergence |
kg kg-1 s-1 | MCONV |
27 |
Maximum Relative Humidity |
% |
MAXRH |
28 |
Maximum Absolute Humidity |
kg m-3 | - |
29 |
Total Snowfall |
m |
ASNOW |
30 |
Precipitable Water Category |
See Table 4.202 | - |
31 |
Hail |
m |
- |
32 |
Grauple |
kg kg-1 | - |
33 |
Categorical Rain | Code
table 4.222 |
CRAIN |
34 |
Categorical Freezing Rain | Code
table 4.222 |
CFRZR |
35 |
Categorical Ice Pellets | Code table 4.222 | CICEP |
36 |
Categorical Snow | Code table 4.222 | CSNOW |
37 |
Convective Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | CPRAT |
38 |
Horizontal Moisture Divergence | kg kg-1 s-1 | MCONV |
39 | Percent frozen precipitation | % | CPOFP |
40 |
Potential Evaporation | kg m-2 | PEVAP |
41 |
Potential Evaporation Rate | W m-2 | PEVPR |
42 |
Snow Cover | % |
SNOWC |
43 |
Rain Fraction of Total Liquid Water |
Proportion | FRAIN |
44 |
Rime Factor | Numeric | RIME |
45 |
Total Column Integrated Rain | kg m-2 | TCOLR |
46 |
Total Column Integrated Snow | kg m-2 | TCOLS |
47 |
Large Scale Water Precipitation (Non-Convective) | kg m-2 | |
48 |
Convective Water Precipitation | kg m-2 | |
49 |
Total Water Precipitation | kg m-2 | |
50 |
Total Snow Precipitation | kg m-2 | |
51 |
Total Column
Water (Vertically integrated total water (vapour+cloud water/ice) |
kg m-2 | |
52 |
Total Precipitation Rate | kg m-2s-1 | |
53 |
Total Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent | kg m-2s-1 | |
54 |
Large Scale Precipitation Rate | kg m-2s-1 | |
55 |
Convective Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent | kg m-2s-1 | |
56 |
Large Scale Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent | kg m-2s-1 | |
57 |
Total Snowfall Rate | m s-1 | |
58 |
Convective Snowfall Rate | m s-1 | |
59 |
Large Scale Snowfall Rate | m s-1 | |
60 |
Snow Depth Water Equivalent | kg m-2 | |
61 |
Snow Density | kg m-3 | |
62 |
Snow Evaporation | kg m-2 | |
63 |
Reserved | ||
64 |
Total Column Integrated Water Vapour | kg m-2 | |
65 |
Rain Precipitation Rate | kg m-2s-1 | |
66 |
Snow Precipitation Rate | kg m-2s-1 | |
67 |
Freezing Rain Precipitation Rate | kg m-2s-1 | |
68 |
Ice Pellets Precipitation Rate | kg m-2s-1 | |
69-191 |
Reserved | ||
192-254 |
Reserved
for Local Use |
||
192 |
Categorical Rain (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim |
CRAIN |
193 |
Categorical Freezing Rain (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim |
CFRZR |
194 |
Categorical Ice Pellets (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim | CICEP |
195 |
Categorical Snow (yes=1; no=0) | non-dim | CSNOW |
196 |
Convective Precipitation Rate | kg m-2 s-1 | CPRAT |
197 |
Horizontal Moisture Divergence | kg kg-1 s-1 | MCONV |
198 |
Minimum Relative Humidity | % | MINRH |
199 |
Potential Evaporation | kg m-2 | PEVAP |
200 |
Potential Evaporation Rate | W m-2 | PEVPR |
201 |
Snow Cover | % |
SNOWC |
202 |
Rain Fraction of Total Liquid Water |
non-dim | FRAIN |
203 |
Rime Factor | non-dim | RIME |
204 |
Total Column Integrated Rain | kg m-2 | TCOLR |
205 |
Total Column Integrated Snow | kg m-2 | TCOLS |
206 |
Total Icing Potential Diagnostic | non-dim | TIPD |
207 |
Number concentration for ice particles | non-dim | NCIP |
208 |
Snow temperature | K |
SNO T |
209 |
Total column-integrated supercooled liquid water | kg m-2 | TCLSW |
210 |
Total column-integrated melting ice | kg m-2 | TCOLM |
211 |
Evaporation - Precipitation | cm/day | EMNP |
212 |
Sublimation (evaporation from snow) | W m-2 | SBSNO |
213 |
Deep Convective Moistening Rate | kg kg-1 s-1 | CNVMR |
214 |
Shallow Convective Moistening Rate | kg kg-1 s-1 | SHAMR |
215 |
Vertical Diffusion Moistening Rate | kg kg-1 s-1 | VDFMR |
216 |
Condensation Pressure
of Parcali Lifted From Indicate Surface |
Pa | CONDP |
217 | Large scale moistening rate | kg/kg/s | LRGMR |
218 | Specific humidity at top of viscous sublayer | kg/kg | QZ0 |
219 | Maximum specific humidity at 2m | kg/kg | QMAX |
220 | Minimum specific humidity at 2m | kg/kg | QMIN |
255 |
Missing |
Notes: (1) Parameter deprecated - See Regulation 92.6.2 and use another parameter instead. (2) Total precipitation/snowfall rate stands for the sum of convective and large-scale precipitation/snowfall rate. |