| Name: | Specific cloud ice water content | Abbreviation: | ciwc | Unit: | kg kg**-1 |
| Definition | Grid-box mean specific cloud ice water content (mass of condensate / mass of moist air) on a model level. |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment |
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GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | = 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter Category | = 1 | moisture |
| Parameter Number | = 84 | specific cloud ice water content |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | = 105 | hybrid level |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | = 0 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | = model level 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 |