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Parameters forming part of the Weather and Geophysical Extremes Digital Twin (DT) are investigated here. See the encodings below, which are current for ecCodes 2.3235.10.

Warning
titleData availability

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Info
titleAdditional keys

Please note that additional keys are often necessary in addition to the base parameter definition below. For example for:

  • statistical processing (e.g. time interval of processing)
  • level information (e.g. a given pressure level, say 300 hPa)


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Contents:

Table of Contents
maxLevel3

...

Fields on a single level or surface

Atmosphere (levtype sfc)

Time resolution:3 hourly for fields kept throughout phase 1 or hourly for 1 or 2 days only. Ultimate goal to store sub-hourly Hourly (step=0/1/2/.../96).

K061030J kg**-17617.
Used rather than 59; cape, which is phased out.J kg17.
Used rather than 228001; cin, which is phased out.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.kg m**-2 17611017.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.ci1020GG10(0 - 1)61ECMWF unit069

10

GG

167

2 metre temperature

2t

K

0

0

0

103

0

2

GG

151

Mean sea level pressure

msl

Pa

0

3

0

101

GG

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

165

10 metre U wind component

10u

m s**-1

0

2

2

103

0

10

GG

166

10 metre V wind component

10v

m s**-1

0

2

3

103

0

31

Sea ice area fraction

ci

(0 - 1)

10

2

0

1








GG

34

Sea surface temperature

sst

K

10

3

0

1






GG

78

Total column cloud liquid water

tclw

kg m**-2

0

1

69

1



8





GG

134

Surface pressure

sp

Pa

0

3

0

1








GG

136

Total column water

tcw

kg m**-2

0

1

51

1



8





GG

168

2 metre dewpoint temperature

2d

137

Total column vertically-integrated water vapour

tcwv

kg m**-2

0

1

64

1



8

2





GG

228235

Most-unstable CAPE

mucape

151

Mean sea level pressure

msl

Pa

0

3

0

101








GG

228236

Most-unstable CIN

mucin

165

10 metre U wind component

10u

m s

**-1

0

7

7

2

2

103

0

10






GG

166

10 metre V wind component

10v

m

228218

Convective rain rate

crr

s**-1

0

2

3

103

0

10






GG

228003

Friction velocity

zust

m s**-1

167

2 metre temperature

2t

K

0

0

0

103

0

2






GG

168

2 metre dewpoint temperature

2d

K

0

0

6

103

0

2






GG

3020

Visibility

vis

m

0

19

0

103

0

10






GG

228029

Instantaneous 10 metre wind gust

i10fg

m s**-1

0

2

22

103

0

10






GG

228050

Instantaneous total lightning flash density

litoti

km**-2 day**-1

0

17

4

1



8





GG.

228219

228218

Convective rain rate

crr

kg m**-2 s**-1

0

1

76

1








GG

228219

Large scale rain rate

lsrr

kg m**-2 s**-1

0

1

77

1








GG

228221

Large scale snowfall rate water equivalent

lssfr

kg m**-2 s**-1

0

1

56

1








GG.

260015

Precipitation type

ptype

code table (4.201)

0

228235

Most-unstable CAPE

mucape

J kg**-1

0

7

6

17








GG.
Used rather than 59; cape, which is phased out.

260015

Precipitation type

ptype

code table (4.201)

0

1

19









GG

31

Sea ice area fraction

164

Total cloud cover

tcc

(0 - 1)

0

6

192

1



8

34

Sea surface temperature

sst

K

10

3

0

1GG

231013

Reflectance in 0.4 micron channel

rfl04

%

3

1

30

GG.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.




1

GG.
ECMWF unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

162071

Vertical integral of eastward water vapour flux

viwve

kg m**-1 s**-1

0

1

150

1



8





GG

162072

Vertical integral of northward water vapour flux

viwvn

kg m**-1 s**-1

0

1

151

1



8





GG

228003

Friction velocity

zust

m s**-1

10

0

17

260227

Reflectance in 0.6 micron channel

rfl06

%

3

1

9

GG.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

260228

Reflectance in 0.8 micron channel

rfl08

%

3

1









GG.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

260510

Cloudy brightness temperature

clbt

K

3

1

14

GG.
Needs Simulated Satellite mode on...

228164

Total Cloud Cover

tcc

%

0

6

1

1



8





GG.
WMO unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

164

Total cloud cover

tcc

228236

Most-unstable CIN

mucin

J kg**-1

0

7

192

1

8

7

17








GG.
Used rather than 228001; cin, which is phased out.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

78

Total column cloud liquid water

tclw

kg m**-2

231013

Reflectance in 0.4 micron channel

rfl04

%

3

1

30

1

8









GG

137

Total column vertically-integrated water vapour

tcwv

kg m**-2

0

1

64

1

8

GG

162071

Vertical integral of eastward water vapour flux

viwve

kg m**-1 s**-1

0

1

150

1

8

GG

162072

Vertical integral of northward water vapour flux

viwvn

kg m**-1 s**-1

0

1

151

1

8

GG

3020

Visibility

vis

m

0

19

0

103

0

10

GG

Wave

...

.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

260227

Reflectance in 0.6 micron channel

rfl06

%

3

1

9









GG.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

260228

Reflectance in 0.8 micron channel

rfl08

%

3

1

10









GG.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

260510

Cloudy brightness temperature

clbt

K

3

1

14









GG.
Needs Simulated Satellite mode on...

Wave (levtype sfc)

Time resolution:Hourly (step=0/1/2/.../96).

14

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

140221

Mean zero-crossing wave period

mp2

s

10

0

28









GG

140229

Significant height of combined wind waves and swell

swh

m

10

0

3

101








GG

140230

Mean wave direction

mwd

degrees

10

0

14









GG

140231

Peak wave period

pp1d

s

10

0

34

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

140221

Mean zero-crossing wave period

mp2

s

10

0

28

GG

140230

Mean wave direction

mwd

degrees

10

0









GG

140232

Mean wave period

mwp

s

10

0

15









GG

140231

Peak wave period

pp1d

s

10

0

34

GG

140229

Significant height of combined wind waves and swell

swh

m

10

0

3

101

GG

Ocean

...

Fields on pressure levels (levtype pl)

Time resolution: Hourly (step=0/1/2/.../96).

21 pressure levels: (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 700, 850, 925, 1000

...

param Id

...

name

...

short Name

...

units

...

discipline

...

parameter Category

...

parameter Number

...

type Of First Fixed Surface

...

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

...

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

...

type Of Second Fixed Surface

...

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

...

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

...

type Of Statistical Processing

...

local Tables Version

...

comments

...

262121

...

Vertically-integrated heat content in the upper 300 m

...

hc300m

...

J m**-2

...

10

...

4

...

22

...

160

...

0

...

0

...

160

...

0

...

300

...

Fields on pressure levels

...

21 pressure levels: (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 700, 850, 925, 1000)

...

param Id

...

name

...

short Name

...

units

...

discipline

...

parameter Category

...

parameter Number

...

type Of First Fixed Surface

...

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

...

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

...

type Of Second Fixed Surface

...

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

...

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

...

type Of Statistical Processing

...

local Tables Version

...

comments

...

155

...

Divergence

...

d

...

s**-1

...

0

...

2

...

13

...

100

...

SH

...

156

...

Geopotential height

...

gh

...

gpm

...

0

...

3

...

5

...

100

...

GG

...

133

...

Specific humidity

...

q

...

kg kg**-1

...

0

...

1

...

0

...

100

...

GG

...

157

...

Relative humidity

...

r

...

%

...

0

...

1

...

1

...

100

...

GG

...

130

...

Temperature

...

t

...

K

...

0

...

0

...

0

...

100

...

GG

...

131

...

U component of wind

...

u

...

m s**-1

...

0

...

2

...

2

...

100

...

GG

...

132

...

V component of wind

...

v

...

m s**-1

...

0

...

2

...

3

...

100

...

GG

...

138

...

Vorticity (relative)

...

vo

...

s**-1

...

0

...

2

...

12

...

100

...

SH

Fields on model levels

Atmosphere

...

137 model levels: (137, 136, ..., 1) - L137 model level definitions

...

param Id

...

name

...

short Name

...

units

...

discipline

...

parameter Category

...

parameter Number

...

type Of First Fixed Surface

...

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

...

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

...

type Of Second Fixed Surface

...

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

...

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

...

type Of Statistical Processing

...

local Tables Version

...

comments

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio. Replaces 120; Exper. product

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Not in official portfolio.

...

105

...

GG. Also called omega. Not in official portfolio.

Sea-ice/snow/soil

Time resolution:From 6-hourly to monthly
4 model levels: (1, ..., 4)

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

260360
129
Soil temperature
Geopotential

sot

K

2

3

18

151
zm**2 s**-2
0
0
151
3
0
4
1
100






GG.

Replaces 139; stl1
At surface this is orography.

130

Temperature

t

K

0

0

0

100








GG

131

U component of wind

u

m s**-1

260360

Soil temperature

sot

K

2

3

18

1510115102GG.
Replaces 170; stl2

260360

Soil temperature

sot

K

2

3

18

151

0

2

151

2

03

100








GG

.

Replaces 183; stl3

132

V component of wind

v

m s**-1

0

260360

Soil temperature

sot

K

2

3

100








GG

133

Specific humidity

q

kg kg**-1

0

1

18

15103151

0

4

100








GG

.

157

Relative humidity

r

%

0

1

1

100








GG

Fields on model levels

Sea-ice/snow/soil (levtype sol)

Time resolution: Hourly (step=0/1/2/.../96).
4 model levels: (1, ..., 4)

Replaces 236; stl4GG.
Replaces 41; swvl3
34

260199

Volumetric soil moisture

vsw

m**3 m**-3

2

0

25

151

0

0

151

0

1

GG.
Replaces 39; swvl1

260199

Volumetric soil moisture

vsw

m**3 m**-3

2

0

25

151

0

1

151

0

2

GG.
Replaces 40; swvl2

260199

Volumetric soil moisture

vsw

m**3 m**-3

2

0

25

151

0

2

151

0

3

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

260360

Soil temperature

sot

K

2

3

18

1510N-11510N



GG.
For soil layer N.
Replaces:
139; stl1
170; stl2
183; stl3
236; stl4
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.


260199

Volumetric soil moisture

vsw

m**3 m**-3

2

0

25

151

0

N-1

151

0

N



GG.
For soil layer N.
Replaces:
39; swvl1
40; swvl2
41; swvl3
42; swvl4
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

Fields on height levels (levtype hl)

Time resolution:From 6-hourly to monthlyHourly (step=0/1/2/.../96).

Currently 100m only. These are only for height levels >10m to preserve backwards compatibility with longstanding model fields (2t, 10u, 10v,...)

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

228246

100 metre U wind component

100u

m s**-1

0

2

2

103

0

100






GG

228247

100 metre V wind component

100v

m s**-1

0

2

3

103

0

100






GG

Mean encodings

Fields on a single level or surface

Atmosphere (levtype sfc)

Time resolution: 6 hourly means (step=0-6/6-12/.../90-96).

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

228058

Averaged total lightning flash density in the last 6 hours

litota6

km**-2 day**-1

0

17

4

1



8



0


GG

Accumulated encodings

Fields on a single level or surface

Atmosphere

...

(levtype sfc)

Time resolution: Hourly accumulations since the start of the forecast (step=0-1/1-2/2-3/.../95-96)Time resolution: hourly accums.

ro2020142WMO m1193.ECMWF unit.kg 152.WMO unit.kg 167.WMO unit.m11.ECMWF unit.kg 1371180N s2621.3062kg 154WMO unit.m1196ECMWF unit.N m**-2 s63kg m**-253WMO 144Snowfallsf of water equivalent198176J 49J 55J 47J 53J 498J 55GG

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

205

Runoff

142

Large-scale precipitation

lsp

m

0

1

196

1






1

1

GG.
ECMWF unit.

231002

Runoff water equivalent (surface plus subsurface)

rowe

kg m**-2

2

0

144

Snowfall

sf

m of water equivalent

0

1

198

1






1

1

GG.
ECMWF unit.

228

Total precipitation

tp

169

Surface short-wave (solar) radiation downwards

ssrd

J m**-2

0

4

7

1






1

1


GG

228228

Total Precipitation

tp

175

Surface long-wave (thermal) radiation downwards

strd

J

m**-2

0

5

3

1






1


GG

231001

Accumulated freezing rain water equivalent

fzrawe

176

Surface net short-wave (solar) radiation

ssr

J

m**-2

0

4

9

1






1


GG

228216

Accumulated freezing rain

fzra

177

Surface net long-wave (thermal) radiation

str

J m**-2

0

5

194

5

1






1


GG

178

Top net short-wave (solar) radiation

tsr

J

228143

Convective precipitation

cp

m**-2

0

4

9

8






1


GG

179

Time-integrated eastward turbulent surface stress

ewss

Top net long-wave (thermal) radiation

ttr

J

m**-2

0

5

5

8






1


GG

180

Large-scale precipitation

lsp

Time-integrated eastward turbulent surface stress

ewss

N

m**-2 s

0

2

62

1






1


GG.

142

Large-scale precipitation

lsp

181

Time-integrated northward turbulent surface stress

nsss

N m**-2 s

0

2

63

1






1

1


GG.

205

181

Time-integrated northward turbulent surface stress

nsss

Runoff

ro

m

2

0

2

201







1

1

GG.

228144

Snowfall water equivalent

sf

ECMWF unit.

228

Total precipitation

tp

m

0

1

193

1






1

1

GG.
ECMWF unit.

228216

Accumulated freezing rain

fzra

m

0

1

194

1






1

1

GG.
ECMWF unit.

3062

Surface net short-wave (solar) radiation

ssr

Large-scale precipitation

lsp

kg

m**-2

0

1

54

1






1


GG

177

Surface net long-wave (thermal) radiation

str

.
WMO unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

228143

Convective precipitation

cp

kg

m**-2

0

1

37

1






1


GG

169

Surface short-wave (solar) radiation downwards

ssrd

.
WMO unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

228144

Snowfall water equivalent

sf

kg

m**-2

0

1

53

1






1


GG

175

Surface long-wave (thermal) radiation downwards

strd

.
WMO unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

228228

Total Precipitation

tp

kg

m**-2

0

1

52

1






1

1

GG


GG.
WMO unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

231001

Accumulated freezing rain water equivalent

fzrawe

kg

178

Top net short-wave (solar) radiation

tsr

m**-2

0

1

67

1






1


GG

179

Top net long-wave (thermal) radiation

ttr

.
WMO unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

231002

Runoff water equivalent (surface plus subsurface)

rowe

kg

m**-2

2

0

42







1

8

1


GG.
WMO unit.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

Maximum encodings

Fields on a single level or surface

Atmosphere

...

(levtype sfc)

Time resolution: Hourly max (step=0-1/1-2/2-3/.../95-96)Time resolution: hourly max.

param Id

name

short Name

units

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

type Of First Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of First Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of First Fixed Surface

type Of Second Fixed Surface

scale Factor Of Second Fixed Surface

scaled Value Of Second Fixed Surface

type Of Statistical Processing

local Tables Version

comments

49

10 metre wind gust since previous post-processing

10fg

m s**-1

0

2

22

103

0

10




2


GG.
Not yet supported by ExtremesDT IFS.

Minimum encodings

There are no minimum encodings for this dataset.

Conversions

The conversion between the base parameter, mean and accumulation is as follows for relevant parameters:

...

Inst paramId

...

Mean paramId

...

Accum paramId

...

...

...

...

...

.