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DefinitionThe land-sea mask is a field that contains, for every grid point, the proportion of land in the grid box. The values are between 0 (sea) and 1 (land).
ValidityFixed
CommentArchived for control forecast and re-forecast, only once a day at 00Z

Please note the typo in the GRIB2 manual: 0=land and 1=sea. The ET-DRC agreed that this is a typo and the correct usage is: 1 indicates land and 0 indicates sea.
GRIB 2Parameter Number
Parameter
Discipline= 2 Land surface products 
Parameter Category= 0 Vegetation/biomass
 = 0 Land cover (proportion) 
All 1'sScaled value of first All 1's All 'sGRIB 2 and C-code for: Control forecast and Control re-forecast
Level
Type of first fixed surface= 1Ground or water surface
Scale factor of first Type of second fixed surface= All 1'sall bits to 1Missing
Scaled value Scale factor of first fixed surface= All 1'sScale factor all bits to 1Missing
Type of second fixed surface= all bits to 1
Missing
Scale factor of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing