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Name | Volumetric soil moisture | Abbreviation | vsw | Unit | m3 m-3 | paramId: | 260199 |
UERRA details
Definition | Volumetric soil moisture of a soil layer. |
Validity | instantaneous |
Comment | Sea points should be set as missing values (encoded as bitmap). Soil layers must always start from 1 (0 soil level is the surface by default which is not encoded). To interpret soil moisture and to compare different models the Soil Wetness Index (SWI) is used: |
WMO GRIB2 definition
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Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
Parameter category | 0 | vegetation/biomass |
Parameter number | 25 | volumetric soil moisture |
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