GRIB-API definition
| Name | Surface latent heat flux | Abbreviation | slhf | Unit | J m-2 | paramId: | 147 |
UERRA details
| Definition | Exchange of latent heat (due to phase transitions: evaporation, condensation) with the surface through turbulent diffusion. |
| Validity | accumulated (from the beginning of the forecast) |
| Comment | The flux sign convention is positive downwards. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter category | 0 | temperature |
| Parameter number | 10 | latent heat net flux |
| Type of statistical processing | 1 | accumulated |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | 1 | ground or water surface |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
| 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 |