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NameVolumetric wilting pointAbbreviationvwiltmUnitm3 m-3paramId260200
DefinitionSoil water content at which plants wilt and can no longer recover.
Validityinstantaneous
CommentIt is an auxiliary field which should be supplied with the field Volumetric soil water.
It should be archived with the same frequency as the static fields.

 

WMO GRIB2 definition

Parameter
Discipline2land surface products
Parameter category0vegetation/biomass
Parameter number27Volumetric wilting point
Level
Type of first fixed surface151soil level**
Scale factor of first fixed surface0 
Scaled value of first fixed surface0/1/2/3/.../X-1n-1 for the nth soil layer
Type of second fixed surface151soil level*
Scale factor of second fixed surface0 
Scaled value of second fixed surface1/2/3/.../Xn for the nth soil layer

**newly approved level type (WMO release in May 2016)

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