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VALUE PARAMETER UNITS
000 Reserved
001 Pressure Pa
002 Pressure reduced to MSL Pa
003 Pressure tendency Pa/s
004
005
006 Geopotential m2/s2
007 Geopotential height Gpm
008 Geometric height M
009 Standard deviation of height M
010
011 Temperature K
012 Virtual temperature K
013 Potential temperature K
014 Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature K
015 Maximum temperature K
016 Minimum temperature K
017 Dew point temperature K
018 Dew point depression (or deficit) K
019 Lapse rate K/m
020 Visibility M
021 Radar Spectra (1) -
022 Radar Spectra (2) -
023 Radar Spectra (3) -
024
025 Temperature anomaly K
026 Pressure anomaly Pa
027 Geopotential height anomaly Gpm
028 Wave Spectra (1) -
029 Wave Spectra (2) -
030 Wave Spectra (3) -
031 Wind direction Deg. true
032 Wind speed m/s
033 u-component of wind m/s
034 v-component of wind m/s
035 Stream function m2/s
036 Velocity potential m2/s
037 Montgomery stream function m2/s2
038 Sigma coord. vertical velocity s /s
039 Pressure Vertical velocity Pa/s
040 Geometric Vertical velocity m/s
041 Absolute vorticity /s
042 Absolute divergence /s
043 Relative vorticity /s
044 Relative divergence /s
045 Vertical u-component shear /s
046 Vertical v-component shear /s
047 Direction of current Deg. true
048 Speed of current m/s
049 u-component of current m/s
050 v-component of current m/s
051 Specific humidity kg/kg
052 Relative humidity %
053 Humidity mixing ratio kg/kg
054 Precipitable water kg/m2
055 Vapor pressure Pa
056 Saturation deficit Pa
057 Evaporation kg/m2
058 Cloud Ice kg/m2
059 Precipitation rate kg/m2/s
060 Thunderstorm probability %
061 Total precipitation kg/m2
062 Large scale precipitation kg/m2
063 Convective precipitation kg/m2
064 Snowfall rate water equivalent kg/m2s
065 Water equiv. of accum. snow depth kg/m2
066 Snow depth M
067 Mixed layer depth M
068 Transient thermocline depth M
069 Main thermocline depth M
070 Main thermocline anomaly M
071 Total cloud cover %
072 Convective cloud cover %
073 Low cloud cover %
074 Medium cloud cover %
075 High cloud cover %
076 Cloud water kg/m2
077
078 Convective snow kg/m2
079 Large scale snow kg/m2
080 Water Temperature K
081 Land-sea mask Fraction
(1=land;0=sea) (see note)
082 Deviation of sea level from mean M
083 Surface roughness M
084 Albedo %
085 Soil temperature K
086 Soil moisture content kg/m2
087 Vegetation %
088 Salinity kg/kg
089 Density kg/m3
090 Water run off kg/m2
091 Ice concentration Fraction
(ice=1;no ice=0)(see note)
092 Ice thickness M
093 Direction of ice drift deg. true
094 Speed of ice drift m/s
095 u-component of ice drift m/s
096 v-component of ice drift m/s
097 Ice growth rate m/s
098 Ice divergence /s
099 Snow melt kg/m2
100 Significant height of combined wind m
waves and swell
101 Direction of wind waves deg. true
102 Significant height of wind waves m
103 Mean period of wind waves s
104 Direction of swell waves deg. true
105 Significant height of swell waves m
106 Mean period of swell waves s
107 Primary wave direction deg. true
108 Primary wave mean period s
109 Secondary wave direction deg. true
110 Secondary wave mean period s
111 Net short-wave radiation (surface) W/m2
112 Net long wave radiation (surface) W/m2
113 Net short-wave radiation (top of atmos.) W/m2
114 Net long wave radiation (top of atmos.) W/m2
115 Long wave radiation W/m2
116 Short wave radiation W/m2
117 Global radiation W/m2
118
119
120
121 Latent heat net flux W/m2
122 Sensible heat net flux W/m2
123 Boundary layer dissipation W/m2
124 Momentum flux, u component N/m2
125 Momentum flux, v component N/m2
126 Wind mixing energy J
127 Image data
128-254 Reserved for use by originating center)
255 Missing
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