ds625.0 GRIB Parameter Table

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The following 104 parameters from JMA JRA-25 Parameter Code Table 3 are included in this dataset:

Parameter Code	Short Name	Description	Units
1	PRES	Surface pressure	Pa
2	PRMSL	Pressure reduced to MSL	Pa
4	PVORT	Potential vorticity	K m² kg^-1 s^-1
7	HGT	Geopotential height	gpm
8	DIST	Geometric height	m
11	TMP	Temperature	K
13	POT	Potential temperature	K
15	T MAX	Maximum temperature	K
16	T MIN	Minimum temperature	K
18	DEPR	Dewpoint depression (or deficit)	K
33	U GRD	u-component of wind	m s^-1
34	V GRD	v-component of wind	m s^-1
35	STRM	Stream function	m² s^-1
36	V POT	Velocity potential	m² s^-1
37	MNTSF	Montgomery stream function	m² s^-2
39	V VEL	Vertical velocity	Pa s^-1
43	REL V	Relative vorticity	s^-1
44	REL D	Relative divergence	s^-1
51	SPF H	Specific humidity	kg kg^-1
52	R H	Relative humidity	%
54	P WAT	Precipitable water	kg m^-2
61	TPRAT	6-hourly total precipitation rate	mm day^-1
62	NCPCP	Large scale precipitation	kg m^-2
63	ACPCP	Convective precipitation	kg m^-2
64	SRWEQ	Snowfall rate water equivalent	kg m^-2 s^-1
65	SNWE	Water equivalent snow depth	m
66	SNOWD	Snow depth	m
71	T CDC	Total cloud cover	%
73	L CDC	Low cloud cover	%
74	M CDC	Medium cloud cover	%
75	H CDC	High cloud cover	%
76	C WAT	Cloud water	kg m^-2
80	WTMP	SST and sea ice temperature (or temperature anomaly)	K
83	SFC R	Surface roughness	m
85	SOILT	Soil temperature	K
86	SOILW	Soil wetness or water content	fraction or mm
90	ROF	Surface runoff	mm day^-1
91	ICE C	Ice cover	fraction
118	PRESM	Mean surface pressure	Pa
121	LHTFL	Latent heat flux	W m^-2
122	SHTFL	Sensible heat flux	W m^-2
124	U FLX	Momentum flux, u-component	N m^-2
125	V FLX	Momentum flux, v-component	N m^-2
132	BVF2	Square of Brunt Vaisala frequency	1 s^-2
136	UGRDM	Surface 10m zonal wind	m s^-1
137	VGRDM	Surface 10m meridional wind	m s^-1
138	TMPM	Surface 2m air temperature	K
139	SPFHM	Surface specific humidity	kg kg^-1
144	TSC	Canopy temperature	K
145	TSG	Ground temperature	K
146	CWORK	Cloud work function	J kg^-1
147	FGLU	U surface momentum flux by long gravity wave	N m^-2
148	FGLV	V surface momentum flux by long gravity wave	N m^-2
151	ADVUA	Advective zonal acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
152	VWV	Column total of meridional water vapor flux	kg m^-1 s^-1
154	FGSV	V surface momentum flux by short gravity wave	N m^-2
155	GFLX	Ground heat flux	W m^-2
157	UWV	Column total of zonal water vapor flux	kg m^-1 s^-1
159	FGSU	U surface momentum flux by short gravity wave	N m^-2
160	CSUSF	Clear sky upward solar flux	W m^-2
161	CSDSF	Clear sky downward solar flux	W m^-2
162	CSULF	Clear sky upward long wave flux	W m^-2
163	CSDLF	Clear sky downward long wave flux	W m^-2
165	ADVV	Advective meridional acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
168	FRQP	Frequency of precipitation	%
169	FRQC	Frequency of cumulus precipitation	%
173	GWDUA	Gravity wave zonal acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
174	GWDVA	Gravity wave meridional acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
175	HGT	Mean geopotential height	m
176	UGRDM	Mean zonal wind	m s^-1
177	VGRDM	Mean meridional wind	m s^-1
178	VVELM	Mean pressure vertical velocity	Pa s^-1
179	TMPM	Mean temperature	K
180	SPFHM	Mean specific humidity	kg kg^-1
200	VTU	Column total of TU	(KPam) s^-1
201	VTV	Column total of TV	(KPam) s^-1
202	LTRS	Evapotranspiration	W m^-2
203	LINT	Interception loss	W m^-2
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
218	TTHM	Column total of diabatic heat	W m^-2
219	WSMX	Maximum wind speed	m s^-1
220	PRMX	Maximum hourly precipitation	mm hr^-1
222	ADVHR	Advective heating rate	K day^-1
223	MSC	Canopy water content	mm
224	MSG	Ground water content	mm
230	MFLXB	Upward mass flux at cloud base	kg m^-2 s^-1
231	MFLUX	Upward mass flux	kg m^-2 s^-1
236	ADVMR	Advective moistening rate	kg kg^-1 day^-1
237	OZONE	Ozone mass mixing ratio	ppm
239	CNVUA	Convective zonal acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
240	CNVVA	Convective meridional acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
241	LRGHR	Large scale condensation heating rate	K day^-1
242	CNVHR	Convective heating rate	K day^-1
243	CNVMR	Convective moistening rate	kg kg^-1 day^-1
246	VDFHR	Vertical diffusion heating rate	K day^-1
247	VDFUA	Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
248	VDFVA	Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration	m s^-1 day^-1
249	VDFMR	Vertical diffusion moistening rate	kg kg^-1 day^-1
250	SWHR	Solar radiative heating rate	K day^-1
251	LWHR	Longwave radiative heating rate	K day^-1
253	LRGMR	Large scale moistening heating rate	kg kg^-1 day^-1