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New WMO parameters released in FT2023-1 (published in May 2023)

The following list gives an overview of new parameters in the official WMO GRIB2 parameter list in FT2023-1, WMO code table 4.2:

discipline

parameter Category

parameter Number

unit

Parameter Name

0

1

165

kg m-2 s-1

Column integrated divergence of total water mass flux

0

1

166

kg m-2 s-1

Column integrated water vapour flux

0

1

167

kg m-2

Total column supercooled liquid water

0

2

54

Numeric

Natural logarithm of surface roughness length for heat

0

2

55

Numeric

Natural logarithm of surface roughness length for moisture

0

2

56

m s-1

u-component of neutral wind

0

2

57

m s-1

v-component of neutral wind

0

2

58

N m-2

Magnitude of turbulent surface stress

0

3

38

m

Standard deviation of filtered subgrid orography

0

3

39

kg m-2

Column integrated mass of atmosphere

0

3

40

W m-1

Column integrated eastward geopotential flux

0

3

41

W m-1

Column integrated northward geopotential flux

0

3

42

W m-2

Column integrated divergence of water geopotential flux

0

3

43

W m-2

Column integrated divergence of geopotential flux

0

3

44

m

Height of zero-degree wet-bulb temperature

0

3

45

m

Height of one-degree wet-bulb temperature

0

4

55

%

UV visible albedo for diffuse radiation

0

4

56

%

UV visible albedo for direct radiation

0

4

57

%

UV visible albedo for direct radiation, geometric component

0

4

58

%

UV visible albedo for direct radiation, isotropic component

0

4

59

%

UV visible albedo for direct radiation, volumetric component

0

4

60

W m-2

Photosynthetically active radiation flux, clear sky

0

4

61

W m-2

Direct short-wave radiation flux, clear sky

0

5

9

%

Near IR albedo for diffuse radiation

0

5

10

%

Near IR albedo for direct radiation

0

5

11

%

Near IR albedo for direct radiation, geometric component

0

5

12

%

Near IR albedo for direct radiation, isotropic component

0

5

13

%

Near IR albedo for direct radiation, volumetric component

0

6

51

Proportion

Sunshine duration fraction

0

19

41

m

Duct base height

0

19

42

m

Trapping layer base height

0

19

43

m

Trapping layer top height

0

19

44

m-1

Mean vertical gradient of refractivity inside trapping layer

0

19

45

m-1

Minimum vertical gradient of refractivity inside trapping layer

0

21

19

W m-1

Column integrated eastward heat flux

0

21

20

W m-1

Column integrated northward heat flux

0

21

21

J m-2

Column integrated potential+internal+latent energy

2

0

50

kg m-2

Skin reservoir content

2

0

51

kg m-2 s-1

Surface runoff rate

2

0

52

kg m-2 s-1

Subsurface runoff rate

2

0

53

Proportion

Low-vegetation cover

2

0

54

Proportion

High-vegetation cover

2

0

55

m2 m-2

Leaf area index, low-vegetation

2

0

56

m2 m-2

Leaf area index, high-vegetation

2

0

57

Code table 4.234

Type of low-vegetation

2

0

58

Code table 4.234

Type of high-vegetation

2

0

59

kg m-2 s-1

Net ecosystem exchange flux

2

0

60

kg m-2 s-1

Gross primary production flux

2

0

61

kg m-2 s-1

Ecosystem respiration flux

2

4

20

%

Burning area

2

4

21

%

Burnable area

2

4

22

%

Unburnable area

2

4

23

kg m-2

Fuel load

2

4

24

%

Combustion completeness

2

4

25

kg kg-1

Fuel moisture content

2

4

26

Numeric

Wildfire potential (as defined by the US NOAA Global Systems Laboratory)

3

1

27

Numeric

Bidirectional reflectance factor

3

1

29

Numeric

Scaled radiance

3

1

30

%

Reflectance in 0.4 micron channel

10

0

74

degree

Mean direction of total swell

10

0

75

degree

Mean direction of wind waves

10

0

76

Numeric

Charnock

10

0

77

Numeric

Wave Spectral Skewness

10

0

78

W m-1

Wave energy flux magnitude

10

0

79

degree true

Wave energy flux mean direction

10

0

80

Numeric

Ratio of wave angular and frequency width

10

0

81

m s-1

Free convective velocity over the oceans

10

0

82

kg m-3

Air density over the oceans

10

0

83

Numeric

Normalized energy flux into waves

10

0

84

Numeric

Normalized stress into ocean

10

0

85

Numeric

Normalized energy flux into ocean

10

0

86

m2 s rad-1

Surface elevation variance due to waves (over all frequencies and directions)

10

0

87

m

Wave induced mean sea level correction

10

0

88

Numeric

Spectral width index

10

0

89

Numeric

Number of events in freak waves statistics

10

0

90

N m-2

u-component of surface momentum flux into ocean

10

0

91

N m-2

v-component of surface momentum flux into ocean

10

0

92

W m-2

Wave turbulent energy flux into ocean

10

3

20

m

Deviation of sea level from mean with inverse barometer correction

New official WMO Templates released in FT2023-1 (published in May 2023):

...

  • 4.99 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with explicit list of frequencies and directions
  • 4.100 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with explicit list of frequencies and directions
  • 4.101 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with frequencies and directions defined by formulae
  • 4.102 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with frequencies and directions defined by formulae
  • 4.103 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range
  • 4.104 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range

...

  • 4.105 Anomalies, significance and other derived products from an analysis or forecast in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
  • 4.106 Anomalies, significance and other derived products from an individual ensemble Forecast, control and perturbed in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
  • 4.107 Anomalies, significance and other derived products from derived Forecasts based on all ensemble members in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
  • 4.112 Probability of anomalies, significance and other derived products from an ensemble forecast in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

...