ecCodes definition

Name:Wilting pointAbbreviation:wiltUnit:kg m-3paramId:228171

TIGGE details

Definition

Soil water content at which plants wilt and can no longer recover on the top 20cm of the soil layer.

ValidityInstantaneous
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
Discipline2Land surface products 
Parameter Category0Vegetation/biomass
Parameter Number26Wilting Point
Level
Type of first fixed surface106Depth below land surface m
Scale factor of first fixed surface0
Scaled value of first fixed surface0
Type of second fixed surface106
Depth below land surface m
Scale factor of second fixed surface1

Scaled value of second fixed surface2
0.2 metre