ecCodes definition
| Name: | Potential temperature | Abbreviation: | pt | Unit: | K | paramId: | 3 |
TIGGE details
| Definition | The temperature that an unsaturated parcel of dry air would have if brought adiabatically and reversibly from its initial state to a standard pressure p_o, typically 1000 hPa. |
| Validity | Instantaneous |
| Comment |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 0 | Meteorological products |
| Parameter Category | 0 | Temperature |
| Parameter Number | 2 | Potential temperature |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | 109 | Potential Vorticity Surface |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | 6 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | 2 | |
| Type of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | Missing |
| Scale factor of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | Missing |
| Scaled value of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | Missing |