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 |