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| Name: | skin_temperature | Abbreviation: | skt | Unit: | K |
Skin temperature
| Definition | Temperature of the surface at radiative equilibrium. It forms the interface between soil and atmosphere. |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment | The parameter Skin Temperature is identical to the parameter Sea Surface Temperature over sea points. |
| GRIB 2 | | Discipline | = 0 | | | | Parameter Category | = 0 | | | | Parameter Number | = 17 | | | | Type of first fixed surface | = 1 | Type of second fixed surface | = All 1's | | Scale factor of first fixed surface | = All 1's | Scale factor of second fixed surface | = All 1's | | Scaled value of first fixed surface | = All 1's | Scaled value of second fixed surface | = All 1's |
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| GRIB 2 and C-code for: Perturbed forecast, Control forecast, Perturbed re-forecast and Control re-forecast |
Comments
| Author | Contents | |
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| Jörg Urban | Joint Meeting of CT-MTDCF/ET-DRC, Montreal, 8-12 May 2006: accepted parameter number 17. |   |