GRIB-API definition
Name | Volumetric soil moisture | Abbreviation | vsw | Unit | m3 m-3 | paramId: | TBD |
UERRA details
Definition | Volumetric soil moisture of a soil layer. |
Validity | instantaneous |
Comment | Averaged volumetric soil moisture between given levels. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
Parameter category | 0 | vegetation/biomass |
Parameter number | 25 | volumetric soil moisture |
Level (all but Meteo-France) | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | soil layer | |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | soil layer 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 |
Level (Meteo-France only) | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | 1 | depth below land surface (m) |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | 0 | |
Type of second fixed surface | 106 *** | depth below land surface (m) |
Scale factor of second fixed surface | 1 *** | (cm) |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | value in cm *** | 1 or 5cm |
*** for the 3rd Meteo-France layer the values are:
- Type of second fixed surface = 167 (bottom of root zone)
- Scale factor of second fixed surface = all bits to 1 (missing)
- Scale value of second fixed surface = all bits to 1 (missing)