ecCodes definition

Name:Soil typeAbbreviation:sltUnit:categorical (Code table 4.213)paramId:43

S2S details

DefinitionCategorical soil texture representative of the soil column.
ValidityFixed
Comment

Archived for control forecast and re-forecast once a day at 00Z - Sea points should be set as missing values
Problem: definition of the categories and the number of categories varies across the models

WMO GRIB2 definition

Parameter
Discipline= 2 Land surface products
Parameter Category= 3 Soil products
Parameter Number= 0 Soil type
Level
Type of first fixed surface= 1Ground or water surface
Scale factor of first fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of first fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Type of second fixed surface= all bits to 1
Missing
Scale factor of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing

1 Comment

  1. Shahram Najm

    Use paramId=43. The units are Code table 4.213