| Number (Section 4, octet 11) |
Parameter | Units |
Abbrev |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 |
Cloud Ice |
kg m-2 |
C ICE |
| 1 |
Total Cloud Cover |
% |
T CDC |
| 2 |
Convective Cloud Cover |
% |
CDCON |
| 3 |
Low Cloud Cover | % |
L CDC |
| 4 |
Medium Cloud Cover | % |
M CDC |
| 5 |
High Cloud Cover | % |
H CDC |
| 6 |
Cloud Water |
kg m-2 | C WAT |
| 7 |
Cloud Amount |
% |
- |
| 8 |
Cloud Type |
See Table
4.203 |
- |
| 9 |
Thunderstorm Maximum Tops |
m |
- |
| 10 |
Thunderstorm Coverage |
See Table 4.204 | - |
| 11 |
Cloud Base |
m |
- |
| 12 |
Cloud Top |
m |
- |
| 13 |
Ceiling |
m |
CEIL |
| 14 |
Non-Convective Cloud Cover | % |
CDLYR |
| 15 |
Cloud Work Function | J kg-1 |
CWORK |
| 16 |
Convective Cloud Efficiency | Proportion | CUEFI |
| 17 |
Total Condensate | kg kg-1 | TCOND |
| 18 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water | kg m-2 | TCOLW |
| 19 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice | kg m-2 | TCOLI |
| 20 |
Total Column-Integrated Condensate | kg m-2 | TCOLC |
| 21 |
Ice fraction of total condensate | Proportion | FICE |
| 22 |
Cloud Cover | % |
|
| 23 |
Cloud Ice Mixing Ratio | kg
kg-1 |
|
| 24 |
SunShine | Numeric |
|
| 25-191 |
Reserved | ||
| 192-254 |
Reserved
for Local Use |
||
| 192 |
Non-Convective Cloud Cover | % |
CDLYR |
| 193 |
Cloud Work Function | J kg-1 |
CWORK |
| 194 |
Convective Cloud Efficiency | non-dim | CUEFI |
| 195 |
Total Condensate | kg kg-1 | TCOND |
| 196 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water | kg m-2 | TCOLW |
| 197 |
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice | kg m-2 | TCOLI |
| 198 |
Total Column-Integrated Condensate | kg m-2 | TCOLC |
| 199 |
Ice fraction of total condensate | non-dim | FICE |
| 200 |
Convective Cloud Mass Flux | Pa s-1 | MFLUX |
| 255 |
Missing |