CISL RDA: ds335.0 GRIB Parameter Table

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ds335.0 GRIB Parameter Table

The following 60 parameters from NCEP Parameter Code Table 2 are included in this dataset:

Parameter Code	Short Name	Description	Units
1	PRES	Pressure	Pa
2	PRMSL	Pressure reduced to MSL	Pa
7	HGT	Geopotential height	gpm
10	TOZNE	Total ozone	Dobson
11	TMP	Temperature	K
13	POT	Potential temperature	K
15	TMAX	Maximum temperature	K
16	TMIN	Minimum temperature	K
24	PLI	Parcel lifted index (to 500hPa)	K
27	GPA	Geopotential height anomaly	gpm
33	UGRD	u-component of wind	m s^-1
34	VGRD	v-component of wind	m s^-1
39	VVEL	Pressure vertical velocity	Pa s^-1
41	ABSV	Absolute vorticity	s^-1
51	SPFH	Specific humidity	kg kg^-1
52	RH	Relative humidity	%
54	PWAT	Precipitable water	kg m^-2
59	PRATE	Precipitation rate	kg m^-2 s^-1
61	A PCP	Total precipitation	kg m^-2
62	NCPCP	Large scale precipitation	kg m^-2
63	ACPCP	Convective precipitation	kg m^-2
65	WEASD	Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth	kg m^-2
71	TCDC	Total cloud cover	%
76	C WAT	Cloud water	kg m^-2
81	LAND	Land cover	fraction
84	ALBDO	Albedo	%
90	RUNOF	Water run-off	kg m^-2
91	ICEC	Ice cover	fraction
121	LHTFL	Latent heat flux	W m^-2
122	SHTFL	Sensible heat flux	W m^-2
124	UFLX	Momentum flux, u-component	N m^-2
125	VFLX	Momentum flux, v-component	N m^-2
129	MSLMA	Mean sea level pressure (MAPS system reduction)	Pa
130	MSLET	Mean sea level pressure (Eta model reduction)	Pa
131	LFTX	Surface lifted index	K
132	4LFTX	Best (4 layer) lifted index	K
136	VSSH	Vertical speed shear	s^-1
140	CRAIN	Categorical rain (yes=1; no=0)
141	CRFZR	Categorical freezing rain (yes=1; no=0)
142	CICEP	Categorical ice pellets (yes=1; no=0)
143	CSNOW	Categorical snow (yes=1; no=0)
144	SOILW	Volumetric soil moisture content	fraction
145	PEVPR	Potential evaporation rate	W m^-2
146	CWORK	Cloud workfunction	J kg^-1
147	U-GWD	Zonal flux of gravity wave stress	N m^-2
148	V-GWD	Meridional flux of gravity wave stress	N m^-2
153	CLWMR	Cloud water mixing ratio	kg kg^-1
154	O3MR	Ozone mixing ratio	kg kg^-1
155	GFLUX	Ground heat flux	W m^-2
156	CIN	Convective inhibition	J kg^-1
157	CAPE	Convective available potential energy	J kg^-1
190	CBUW	Covariance between u and omega	[m s^-1]*[Pa s^-1]
204	DSWRF	Downward short wave radiation flux	W m^-2
205	DLWRF	Downward long wave radiation flux	W m^-2
211	USWRF	Upward short wave radiation flux	W m^-2
212	ULWRF	Upward long wave radiation flux	W m^-2
214	CPRAT	Convective precipitation rate	kg m^-2 s^-1
221	HPBL	Planetary boundary layer height	m
222	5WAVH	5-wave geopotential height	gpm
230	5WAVA	5-wave geopotential height anomaly

The following 6 parameters from ECMWF Parameter Code Table 1 are included in this dataset:

Parameter Code	Short Name	Description	Units
2	PRMSL	Pressure reduced to MSL	Pa
7	HGT	Geopotential height	gpm
11	TMP	Temperature	K
33	U GRD	u-component of wind	m s^-1
34	V GRD	v-component of wind	m s^-1
52	R H	Relative humidity	%