| 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. |