ecCodes definition
| Name: | Field capacity | Abbreviation: | cap | Unit: | kg m-3 | paramId: | 228170 |
TIGGE details
| Definition | Soil water content 2 days after saturation. |
| Validity | Instantaneous |
| Comment | It is an auxiliary field which should be supplied with the field Soil Moisture. It should be archived for Control Forecast at all forecast-time steps. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 2 | Land Surface Products |
| Parameter Category | 3 | Soil Products |
| Parameter Number | 12 | Field capacity |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | 106 | Depth Below Land Surface |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | 0 | |
| Type of second fixed surface | 106 | Depth Below Land Surface |
| Scale factor of second fixed surface | 1 | |
| Scaled value of second fixed surface | 2 | |