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Specific humidity

 

name:specific_humidityAbbreviation:qUnit:kg kg-1
DefinitionThe mass of water
vapor
vapour per unit mass of air, including the water vapor.
Validity
instantaneous
Instantaneous
Comment
 
 Archived once a day at 00Z
Parameter
GRIB 2
Discipline= 0
  
Meteorological products
Parameter Category= 1
 
Moisture
 
Parameter Number= 0
 
Specific humidity
 
Level
Type of first fixed surface= 100
 Isobaric surface Pa
Scale factor of first
Type of second
fixed surface=
All 1's
0 
Scaled value
Scale factor
of first fixed surface=
0
value in Pa Value of the field in Pascal
Type
Scale factor
of second fixed surface=
All 1's
all bits to 1Missing
Scale factor of second
Scaled value of first
fixed surface=
value in Pa
all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface=
All
all bits to 1
'sGRIB 2 and C-code for: Deterministic forecast, Perturbed forecast and Control forecast
Missing