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
Discipline2Land surface products
Parameter Category3Soil products
Parameter Number0Soil type
Level
Type of first fixed surface1Ground or water surface
Scale factor of first fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of first fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing
Type of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1
Missing
Scale factor of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1Missing

1 Comment

  1. Shahram Najm

    Use paramId=43. The units are Code table 4.213