GRIB-API definition
| Name: | specific humidity | Abbreviation: | q | Unit: | kg kg-1 | paramId: | 133 |
UERRA details
| Definition | The mass of water |
| vapour per unit mass of air, including the water |
| vapour on a model level. |
| Validity |
| instantaneous | |
| Comment |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | ||
| 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter Category |
| 1 | moisture |
| Parameter Number |
| 0 | specific humidity |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | ||
| 105 | hybrid level |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface |
| 0 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface |
| model level number | |
| 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 |