Time-integrated surface latent heat flux

 

Name:time_integrated_surface_latent_heat_fluxAbbreviation:slhfUnit:W m-2 s
DefinitionExchange of latent heat (due to phase transitions: evaporation, condensation) with the surface through turbulent diffusion.
ValidityAccumulated from the beginning of the forecast
CommentThe flux sign convention is positive downwards.
The field will be archived once a day at 00Z.
Parameter
Discipline= 0Meteorological products
Parameter Category= 0 Temperature
Parameter Number= 10
Latent heat net flux
Type of statistical processing= 1accumulated
Level
Type of first fixed surface= 1
  Ground 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 1Missing
Scale factor of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing