GRIB-API definition
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). |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
Parameter category | 0 | vegetation/biomass |
Parameter number | 25 | volumetric soil moisture |
Definition for soil layers 1...X:
Level | ||
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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/.../X-1 | n-1 for the nth 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/.../X | n for the nth soil layer |
**newly approved level type (WMO release in May 2016)