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The following 75 parameters from ECMWF Parameter Code Table 128 are included in this dataset:

Parameter CodeShort NameDescriptionUnitsComments
31CISea-ice cover
32ASNSnow albedo
33RSNSnow densitykg m-3
34SSTKSea surface temperatureK
35ISTL1Ice surface temperature layer 1K
36ISTL2Ice surface temperature layer 2K
37ISTL3Ice surface temperature layer 3K
38ISTL4Ice surface temperature layer 4K
39SWVL1Volumetric soil water layer 1m3 m-3ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
40SWVL2Volumetric soil water layer 2m3 m-3ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
41SWVL3Volumetric soil water layer 3m3 m-3ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
42SWVL4Volumetric soil water layer 4m3 m-3ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site
44ESSnow evaporationmAccumulated field
45SMLTSnowmeltmAccumulated field
4910FGWind gust at 10 metresm s-1Maximum since previous post-processing
50LSPFLarge-scale precipitation fractionsAccumulated field
129ZGeopotentialm2 s-2At the surface - orography
136TCWTotal column waterkg m-2Liquid + ice + vapour
137TCWVTotal column water vapourkg m-2
139STL1Soil temperature level 1KSoil temperature (ST) before 1993-08-04
141SDSnow depthm
142LSPStratiform precipitationmAccumulated field
143CPConvective precipitationmAccumulated field
144SFSnowfall (convective + stratiform)mAccumulated field
145BLDBoundary layer dissipationW m-2 sAccumulated field
146SSHFSurface sensible heat fluxW m-2 sAccumulated field
147SLHFSurface latent heat fluxW m-2 sAccumulated field
148CHNKCharnockSurface stress (SS) before 1998-05-19
151MSLMean sea-level pressurePa
159BLHBoundary layer heightm
164TCCTotal cloud cover
16510U10 metre U wind componentm s-1
16610V10 metre V wind componentm s-1
1672T2 metre temperatureK
1682D2 metre dewpoint temperatureK
169SSRDSurface solar radiation downwardsW m-2 s
170STL2Soil temperature level 2KDeep soil temperature (DST) before 1993-08-04
172LSMLand/sea mask
175STRDSurface thermal radiation downwardsW m-2 sAccumulated field
176SSRSurface solar radiationW m-2 sAccumulated field
177STRSurface thermal radiationW m-2 sAccumulated field
178TSRTop solar radiationW m-2 sAccumulated field
179TTRTop thermal radiationW m-2 sAccumulated field
180EWSSEast/West surface stressN m-2 sAccumulated field
181NSSSNorth/South surface stressN m-2 sAccumulated field
182EEvaporationmAccumulated field
183STL3Soil temperature level 3KClimatological deep soil temperature (CDST) before 1993-08-04
186LCCLow cloud cover
187MCCMedium cloud cover
188HCCHigh cloud cover
189SUNDSunshine durationsAccumulated field
195LGWSLatitudinal component of gravity wave stressN m-2 sAccumulated field
196MGWSMeridional component of gravity wave stressN m-2 sAccumulated field
197GWDGravity wave dissipationW m-2 sAccumulated field
198SRCSkin reservoir contentm
201MX2TMaximum 2 metre temperature since previous post-processingK
202MN2TMinimum 2 metre temperature since previous post-processingK
205RORunoffmAccumulated field
206TCO3Total column ozonekg m-2Before 2001-06-12, unit was Dobson. 1 Dobson = 2.1415E-5 kg m-2
208TSRCTop net solar radiation, clear skyW m-2Accumulated field
209TTRCTop net thermal radiation, clear skyW m-2Accumulated field
210SSRCSurface net solar radiation, clear skyW m-2Accumulated field
211STRCSurface net thermal radiation, clear skyW m-2Accumulated field
229IEWSInstantaneous X surface stressN m-2
230INSSInstantaneous Y surface stressN m-2
231ISHFInstantaneous surface heat fluxW m-2
232IEInstantaneous moisture fluxkg m-2 sEvaporation
235SKTSkin temperatureK
236STL4Soil temperature level 4K
238TSNTemperature of snow layerK
239CSFConvective snowfallmAccumulated field
240LSFLarge-scale snowfallmAccumulated field
243FALForecast albedo
244FSRForecast surface roughnessm
245FLSRForecast log of surface roughness for heat


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