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Geopotential height
| Name: | geopotential_height | Abbreviation: | gh | Unit: | gpm |
| Definition | The height of a given point in the atmosphere in units proportional to the potential energy of unit mass (geopotential) at this height relative to the sea level. |
| Validity | instantaneous 00Z |
| Comment | |
| Parameter |
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| Discipline | = 0 | Meteorological products |
| Parameter Category | = 3 | Mass |
| Parameter Number | = 5
| Geopotential height |
| Level |
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| Type of first fixed surface | = 100 | Isobaric surface Pa |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | = 0 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | = value in Pa | Value of the field in Pascal |
| Type of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing
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| Scale factor of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |
| Scaled value of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |