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Below is a list of all agreed upon parameters. Participating Centres are expected to produce output fields in GRIB2 data format and with consistent units. All units are defined by the WMO in the GRIB2 manual . For more information please refer to Guide to the WMO Table Driven Code Form.

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Model level parameters

Output of analyses on model levels are stored up to a height of about 15km every six hours (at 00/06/12/18UTC).

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● Store forecast output at T+1,2,3,4,5,6 started at 06 UTC and 18 UTC for the Unified Model, COSMO, Harmonie

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NameAbbreviationUnit

original name (temporary) & remarks

Precipitation and humidity

   
Drainage *** kg m-2  
Surface air relative humidity ***
rh% 
Surface water runoff  ***  
srokg m-2  
Total column water ***tcwkg m-2 
Total precipitation tpkg m-2  

Accumulated radiation fluxes

   
Albedoa% 
Time-integrated surface solar radiation downwards *** ssrdW m-2 s 
Time-integrated surface solar radiation upwards *** ssruW m-2 s 

Direct short-wave radiation flux at the surface ***

 W m-2 s 
Time-integrated surface net solar radiation *** ssrW m-2 s

Net short-wave radiation flux at the surface

Total short-wave radiation flux at the surface ***

 W m-2 s

Total short-wave radiation flux at the surface

Direct short-wave radiation flux at the surface ***

 W m-2 s 

Clear-sky long-wave downward flux at the surface ***

 W m-2 s 
Time-integrated surface thermal radiation downwards ***strdW m-2 s 
Time-integrated surface net thermal radiation ***strW m-2 s

Net long-wave radiation flux at the surface

Evaporation ***ekg m-2  
Time-integrated surface latent heat flux ***slhfW m-2 s 
Time-integrated surface sensible heat flux ***sshfW m-2 s 

Temperature and wind speed

   
10m wind speed10wsm s-1 
10m wind direction10wddeg 
10m wind gust in the last 24h ***10fg24m s-1 
Surface air maximum temperature ***mx2t6K

Maximum [1.5 m | 2 m] temperature since previous post-processing

Surface air minimum temperature ***mn2t6K

Minimum [1.5 m | 2 m] temperature since previous post-processing

Surface temperature ***   

Pressure/Height

   
Mean sea level pressuremslPa 
Surface pressurespPa 

Cloud properties

   
High cloud cover ***hcc% 
Low cloud cover ***lcc% 
Medium cloud cover ***mcc% 
Total cloud covertcc% 

Snow

   
Snow density ***rsnkg m-3 
Snow depth ***shm 
Snow depth water equivalentsdkg m-2

Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth

Snow fall water equivalentsfkg m-2Accumulated total snowfall

Soil ***

   

Soil temperature level 1

   
Soil temperature level 2   
Soil temperature level 3   
Soil temperature level 4   
Soil heat flux ***   

Soil water index in the root zone (total and liquid)

   

Soil water index for the first cm (total and liquid)

   

Soil water index for 5cm (total and liquid)

   

Volumetric soil water layer 1

   
Volumetric soil water layer 2   
Volumetric soil water layer 3   
Volumetric soil water layer 4   

Static fields

   
Land-sea masklsm0-1Land cover
Orographyoroggpm 
Surface roughness ***srm 

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