GRIB-API definition
| Name | Surface Skin temperature | Abbreviation | stskt | Unit | K | paramId | TBD235 |
| Definition | Temperature of a of an infinitesimally thin surface layer of land or water corresponding to the kinetic energy of the mattersurface at radiative equilibrium. |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment |
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GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter Category | 0 | temperature |
| Parameter Number | 017 | skin temperature |
| 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 |