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| Name: | total_column_water | Abbreviation: | tcw | Unit: | kg m-2 |
| Definition | Vertical integral from the ground to the nominal top of the atmosphere expressing the total amount of water (vapour + cloud water + cloud ice), but no precipitation included. |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment | |
| GRIB 2 | | Discipline | = 0 | | | | Parameter Category | = 1 | | | | Parameter Number | = 51 | | | | Type of first fixed surface | = 1 | Type of second fixed surface | = 8 | | Scale factor of first fixed surface | = All 1's | Scale factor of second fixed surface | = All 1's | | Scaled value of first fixed surface | = All 1's | Scaled value of second fixed surface | = All 1's |
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| GRIB 2 and C-code for: Deterministic forecast, Perturbed forecast and Control forecast |
Comments
| Author | Contents | |
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| Jörg Urban | Joint Meeting of CT-MTDCF/ET-DRC, Oman, 5-8 December 2005: accepted parameter number 47, HOWEVER changed after
Joint Meeting of CT-MTDCF/ET-DRC, Montreal, 8-12 May 2006 to parameter number 51. |   |