Name:sunshine_durationAbbreviation:sundUnit:s
DefinitionThe solar duration is the length of time in which the solar radiation falling on a plane perpendicular to the direction of the Sun is greater or equal to 120 W/m2.
Validityaccumulated from the beginning of the forecast
CommentThe field will be archived at forecast step 0, with all data values set to zero.
GRIB 2
Discipline= 0  
Parameter Category= 6  
Parameter Number= 24  
Type of statistical processing= 1  
Type of first fixed surface= 1Type of second fixed surface= All 1's
Scale factor of first fixed surface= All 1'sScale factor of second fixed surface= All 1's
Scaled value of first fixed surface= All 1'sScaled value of second fixed surface= All 1's

 

Comments

AuthorContents
Jörg UrbanJoint Meeting of CT-MTDCF/ET-DRC, Montreal, 8-12 May 2006: accepted parameter number 24.