ecCodes definition
| Name: | Sea surface practical salinity | Abbreviation: | sos | Unit: | psu (numeric) | paramId: | 151219 |
| Description: | Sea surface practical salinity. | ||||||
S2S details
| Validity | Daily |
| averaged |
| Comment |
Land points should be set as missing values. Computation of daily average depends on the model (e.g. it can be a direct model output or computed one from instantaneous values at 0, 6, 12 and 18Z |
etc) |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 10 | oceanographic products |
| Parameter category | 3 | surface properties |
| Parameter number | 3 | practical salinity |
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