ecCodes definition
TIGGE details
| Definition | The height of a given point in the atmosphere in units proportional to the potential energy of unit mass (geopotential) at this height relative to the sea level. |
| Validity |
| Instantaneous |
| Comment |
| Archived once a day at 00Z |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter |
|---|
| Discipline | = 0 | |
| Meteorological products | |
| Parameter Category | = 3 |
| Mass |
| Parameter Number | = 5 |
| Geopotential height |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | = 100 | |
| Isobaric surface Pa | |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | = |
| 0 | |
| Scaled value |
| of first fixed surface | = |
| value in Pa | Value of the field in Pascal |
| 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 |