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Remarks:

  • ???  should be reviewed by GRIB-API team 

Useful links:

Attached documents to this page which were used for creation of GRIB2 UERRA definitions (they are linked above too):

  • radiation_in_mars.pdf (to understand the radiation fluxes)
  • Parameter_table_20150427.docx (the latest official version of agreed upon UERRA parameters)

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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

NameAbbreviationUnit

original name (temporary)

Precipitation and humidity

   
Percolation 
TBDperckg m-2 Drainage
Surface air relative humidity
2r%

2m relative humidity

Surface runoff  
srokg m-2Runoff
Total column watertcwkg m-2 
Total precipitation tpkg m-2  

Accumulated radiation fluxes

 

  
Albedoal% 
Evaporationeevakg m-2  
Time-integrated surface latent heat fluxslhfW m-2 s

 

Time-integrated surface sensible heat fluxsshfW m-2 s 
Time-integrated surface clear-sky solar radiation downwardsscsrdadswrf_csW m-2 s

Clear-sky short-wave downward flux at the surface

Time-integrated surface clear-sky solar radiation upwards scsru auswrf_cs W m-2 sClear-sky short-wave upward flux at the surface

Time-integrated surface direct solar radiation

tidirswrfW m-2 s

Direct short-wave radiation flux at the surface

Time-integrated surface net solar radiation ssrW m-2 sNet short-wave radiation flux at the surface
Time-integrated surface solar radiation downwards ssrdW m-2 s

Total short-wave radiation flux at the surface

Time-integrated surface clear-sky thermal radiation downwardsstrcdadlwrf_csW m-2 sClear-sky long-wave downward flux at the surface
Time-integrated surface net thermal radiation
strW m-2 sNet long-wave radiation flux at the surface
Time-integrated surface thermal radiation downwards
strdW m-2 s

Long-wave downward flux at the surface

Temperature and wind speed

   
10 metre wind speed10sim s-110m wind speed
10 metre wind direction10wdirdegree true

10m wind direction

10 metre wind gust10fg10fgum s-110 m wind gust [in the last 24 hrs | since previous post-processing]
Surface air maximum temperaturemx2tmx2tuK

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

Surface air minimum temperaturemn2tmn2tuKMinimum [1.5 m | 2 m] temperature since previous post-processing
Surface air temperature2tK[1.5 | 2 ] m temperature
Skin temperature sktK

Surface temperature

Pressure/Height

   
Mean sea level pressuremslPa 
Surface pressurespPa 

Cloud properties

 

  
High cloud coverhcc% 
Low cloud coverlcc% 
Medium cloud covermcc% 
Total cloud covertcc% 

Snow

   
Snow densityrsnkg m-3 
Snow depth sd ???m 
Snow depth water equivalent sd ??? kg m-2Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth
Snow fall water equivalentsfkg m-2Accumulated total snowfall

Soil

   
Liquid non-frozen volumetric soil moistureliqvsmm3 m-3Soil water index  for the first cm /  for 5cm / in the root zone (liquid)

Volumetric soil water

vswm3 m-3Volumetric soil water layer 1/2/3/4 (only 3 layers for Meteo-France)
Soil heat fluxsohf
W m-2 

Soil temperature

stKSoil temperature level 1/2/3/4
Soil depthsodm 

Static fields

   
Land-sea masklsm(0-1)Land cover
Orographyoroggpm 
Surface roughnesssrm

Remarks: ???  should be reviewed by GRIB-API team