For Important announcements for version 2.28.0 Deletion of unused parameters [ECC-1478, ECC-1480, ECC-1486, ECC-1499] Please note that the following parameters have been deleted in favour of updating parameter definitions which adhere more closely to WMO encodings. In each case, MARS has been investigated to ensure that the encoding has not been previously used to archive data. The deleted parameters are: paramId | shortName | name | units | discipline | category | number | 260003 | shtfl | Sensible heat net flux | W m**-2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 260258 | evarate | Evaporation rate | kg m**-2 s**-1 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 260083 | hpbl | Planetary boundary layer height | m | 0 | 3 | 18 | 228033 | fspc | Fraction of stratiform precipitation cover | Proportion | 0 | 6 | 36 | 260075 | dist | Geometric height | m | 0 | 3 | 6 | 260179 | land | Land cover (1=land, 0=sea) | Proportion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3102 (GRIB2 only) | shww | Significant height of wind waves | m | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3103 (GRIB2 only) | mpww | Mean period of wind waves | s | 10 | 0 | 6 |
The parameters to use in place of these parameters are: 260003 --> 231
260258 --> 232
260083 --> 159
228033 --> 228217
260075 --> 3008
260179 --> 172
3102 --> 140234
3103 --> 140236
Modifications to existing parameter encodings
[ECC-1469] Please note that several parameters have had their encodings modified to better match WMO encodings, as well as to better match encodings that are used as standard practice to archive these parameters within MARS. In each case, this was confirmed by crawling the MARS archive. Please see [ECC-1469] for the affected parameters. Modifications to existing parameter long names
[ECC-1470] Please note that several parameters have had their names changed to better match WMO names whilst also keeping the existing ECMWF naming scheme. This results in replacing "solar" with "short-wave (solar)" and "thermal" with "long-wave (thermal)" in several parameters. Please see [ECC-1470] for details. |