GRIB-API definition
Name | Liquid volumetric soil moisture (non-frozen) | Abbreviation | liqvsm | Unit | m3 m-3 | paramId: | 260210 |
UERRA details
Definition | Liquid non-frozen volumetric soil moisture on a soil layer. |
Validity | instantaneous |
Comment | This parameter is to be produced only by Meteo-France Sea points should be set as missing values. To interpret soil moisture and to compare different models the Soil Wetness Index (SWI) is used: |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
Parameter category | 3 | soil products |
Parameter number | 10 | liquid volumetric soil moisture (non-frozen) |
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | 1 | depth below land surface (m) |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | 0 | |
Type of second fixed surface | 106 *** | depth below land surface (m) |
Scale factor of second fixed surface | 1 *** | (cm) |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | value in cm *** | 1 or 5cm |
*** for the 3rd Meteo-France layer the values are:
- Type of second fixed surface = 167 (bottom of root zone)
- Scale factor of second fixed surface = all bits to 1 (missing)
- Scale value of second fixed surface = all bits to 1 (missing)