GRIB-API ecCodes definition
Name: | Sea surface salinity | Abbreviation: | sos | Unit: | psu (numeric) | paramId: | 151219 |
Description: | Sea surface practical salinity. |
WMO definition is missing in category 3: surface properties
S2S details
Definition | |
Validity | daily mean |
Comment | Daily mean computed from instantaneous values at 0, 6, 12 and 18Z. Land points should be set as missing values. |
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Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 10 | oceanographic products |
Parameter category | 3 | surface properties |
Parameter number | TBD3 | practical salinity |
approved by WMO in April 2019 for the next release November 2019
Level | |||
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Type of first fixed surface | 1 | Ground or water surface | ? maybe 101 Mean sea level ? |
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 |
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