ERA40 Vertical Integrals

ERA40 Model Resolution Gridded Surface, Vertical Integrals, and Other Single Level Fields from ECMWF

Vertical Integrals
There are 33 Vertical Integrals described in terms of GRIB Code Table 162.

GRIB
Parameter
Code Parameter Name Description Units Comments

51 Surface geopotential m**2 s**-2 -

52 Surface pressure Pa -

53 Vertical integral of mass of atmosphere Nkg m**-2 -

54 Vertical integral of temperature K kg m**-2 -

55 Vertical integral of total column water vapour kg m**-2 -

56 Vertical integral of total column liquid cloud water kg m**-2 -

57 Vertical integral of total column frozen cloud water kg m**-2 -

58 Vertical integral of total column ozone kg m**-2 -

59 Vertical integral of kinetic energy J m**-2 -

60 Vertical integral of thermal energy J m**-2 -

61 Vertical integral of dry static energy J m**-2 -

62 Vertical integral of moist static energy J m**-2 -

63 Vertical integral of total energy J m**-2 -

64 Vertical integral of energy conversion W m**-2 -

65 Vertical integral of eastward mass flux Jkg m**-1 s**-1 -

66 Vertical integral of northward mass flux kg m**-1 s**-1 -

67 Vertical integral of eastward kinetic energy flux W m**-2 -

68 Vertical integral of northward kinetic energy flux W m**-2 -

69 Vertical integral of eastward heat flux W m**-2 -

70 Vertical integral of northward heat flux W m**-2 -

71 Vertical integral of eastward water vapour flux kg m**-1 s**-1 -

72 Vertical integral of northward water vapour flux kg m**-1 s**-1 -

73 Vertical integral of eastward geopotential flux W m**-2 -

74 Vertical integral of northward geopotential flux W m**-2 -

75 Vertical integral of eastward total energy flux W m**-2 -

76 Vertical integral of northward total energy flux W m**-2 -

77 Vertical integral of eastward ozone flux kg m**-1 s**-1 -

78 Vertical integral of northward ozone flux kg m**-1 s**-1 -

81 Vertical integral of divergence of mass flux kg m**-2 s**-1 -

82 Vertical integral of divergence of kinetic energy flux W m**-2 -

83 Vertical integral of divergence of thermal energy flux W m**-2 -

84 Vertical integral of divergence of moisture flux kg m**-2 s**-1 -

85 Vertical integral of divergence of geopotential flux W m**-2 -

86 Vertical integral of divergence of total energy flux W m**-2 -

87 Vertical integral of divergence of ozone flux kg m**-2 s**-1 -

GRIB Parameter Code	Parameter Name	Description	Units	Comments
51		Surface geopotential	m2 s-2	-
52		Surface pressure	Pa	-
53		Vertical integral of mass of atmosphere	Nkg m**-2	-
54		Vertical integral of temperature	K kg m**-2	-
55		Vertical integral of total column water vapour	kg m**-2	-
56		Vertical integral of total column liquid cloud water	kg m**-2	-
57		Vertical integral of total column frozen cloud water	kg m**-2	-
58		Vertical integral of total column ozone	kg m**-2	-
59		Vertical integral of kinetic energy	J m**-2	-
60		Vertical integral of thermal energy	J m**-2	-
61		Vertical integral of dry static energy	J m**-2	-
62		Vertical integral of moist static energy	J m**-2	-
63		Vertical integral of total energy	J m**-2	-
64		Vertical integral of energy conversion	W m**-2	-
65		Vertical integral of eastward mass flux	Jkg m-1 s-1	-
66		Vertical integral of northward mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	-
67		Vertical integral of eastward kinetic energy flux	W m**-2	-
68		Vertical integral of northward kinetic energy flux	W m**-2	-
69		Vertical integral of eastward heat flux	W m**-2	-
70		Vertical integral of northward heat flux	W m**-2	-
71		Vertical integral of eastward water vapour flux	kg m-1 s-1	-
72		Vertical integral of northward water vapour flux	kg m-1 s-1	-
73		Vertical integral of eastward geopotential flux	W m**-2	-
74		Vertical integral of northward geopotential flux	W m**-2	-
75		Vertical integral of eastward total energy flux	W m**-2	-
76		Vertical integral of northward total energy flux	W m**-2	-
77		Vertical integral of eastward ozone flux	kg m-1 s-1	-
78		Vertical integral of northward ozone flux	kg m-1 s-1	-
81		Vertical integral of divergence of mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	-
82		Vertical integral of divergence of kinetic energy flux	W m**-2	-
83		Vertical integral of divergence of thermal energy flux	W m**-2	-
84		Vertical integral of divergence of moisture flux	kg m-2 s-1	-
85		Vertical integral of divergence of geopotential flux	W m**-2	-
86		Vertical integral of divergence of total energy flux	W m**-2	-
87		Vertical integral of divergence of ozone flux	kg m-2 s-1	-