GRIB-API definition
| Name | Soil temperature | Abbreviation | sot | Unit | K | paramId: | 260360 |
UERRA details
| Definition | Temperature of a soil level (or layer for MetOffice). |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment | Sea points should be set as missing values (encoded as bitmap). |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
| Parameter category | 3 | soil products |
| Parameter number | 18 | soil temperature |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | 151 | soil level** |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | 0/1/2/3 | n-1 for n-th soil layer |
| Type of second fixed surface | 151 | soil level* |
| Scale factor of second fixed surface | 0 | |
| Scaled value of second fixed surface | 1/2/3/4 | n for n-th soil layer |
**newly approved level type (WMO release in May 2016)