CISL RDA: ds120.0 GRIB Parameter Table

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ds120.0 GRIB Parameter Table

The following 51 parameters from ECMWF Parameter Code Table 128 are included in this dataset:

Parameter Code	Short Name	Description	Units	Comments
31	CI	Sea-ice cover
35	ISTL1	Ice surface temperature layer 1	K
36	ISTL2	Ice surface temperature layer 2	K
37	ISTL3	Ice surface temperature layer 3	K
38	ISTL4	Ice surface temperature layer 4	K
39	SWVL1	Volumetric soil water layer 1	m³ m^-3	ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
40	SWVL2	Volumetric soil water layer 2	m³ m^-3	ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
41	SWVL3	Volumetric soil water layer 3	m³ m^-3	ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
42	SWVL4	Volumetric soil water layer 4	m³ m^-3	ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
44	ES	Snow evaporation	m	Accumulated field
45	SMLT	Snowmelt	m	Accumulated field
136	TCW	Total column water	kg m^-2	Liquid + ice + vapour
137	TCWV	Total column water vapour	kg m^-2
139	STL1	Soil temperature level 1	K	Soil temperature (ST) before 1993-08-04
141	SD	Snow depth	m
142	LSP	Stratiform precipitation	m	Accumulated field
143	CP	Convective precipitation	m	Accumulated field
144	SF	Snowfall (convective + stratiform)	m	Accumulated field
146	SSHF	Surface sensible heat flux	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
147	SLHF	Surface latent heat flux	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
151	MSL	Mean sea-level pressure	Pa
159	BLH	Boundary layer height	m
164	TCC	Total cloud cover
165	10U	10 metre U wind component	m s^-1
166	10V	10 metre V wind component	m s^-1
167	2T	2 metre temperature	K
168	2D	2 metre dewpoint temperature	K
169	SSRD	Surface solar radiation downwards	W m^-2 s
170	STL2	Soil temperature level 2	K	Deep soil temperature (DST) before 1993-08-04
175	STRD	Surface thermal radiation downwards	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
176	SSR	Surface solar radiation	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
177	STR	Surface thermal radiation	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
178	TSR	Top solar radiation	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
179	TTR	Top thermal radiation	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
180	EWSS	East/West surface stress	N m^-2 s	Accumulated field
181	NSSS	North/South surface stress	N m^-2 s	Accumulated field
182	E	Evaporation	m	Accumulated field
183	STL3	Soil temperature level 3	K	Climatological deep soil temperature (CDST) before 1993-08-04
186	LCC	Low cloud cover
187	MCC	Medium cloud cover
188	HCC	High cloud cover
195	LGWS	Latitudinal component of gravity wave stress	N m^-2 s	Accumulated field
196	MGWS	Meridional component of gravity wave stress	N m^-2 s	Accumulated field
205	RO	Runoff	m	Accumulated field
206	TCO3	Total column ozone	kg m^-2	Before 2001-06-12, unit was Dobson. 1 Dobson = 2.1415E-5 kg m^-2
208	TSRC	Top net solar radiation, clear sky	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
209	TTRC	Top net thermal radiation, clear sky	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
210	SSRC	Surface net solar radiation, clear sky	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
211	STRC	Surface net thermal radiation, clear sky	W m^-2 s	Accumulated field
236	STL4	Soil temperature level 4	K
238	TSN	Temperature of snow layer	K