GRIB-API definition
Name | Soil depth | Abbreviation | TBD | Unit | m | paramId: | TBD |
UERRA details
Definition | The depth in metres of a model level for which the depth is not constant across the model domain.** |
Validity | instantaneous |
Comment |
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WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
Parameter category | 3 | soil products |
Parameter number | 27 | soil depth** |
**newly approved level type (WMO release in May 2016)
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | 1 | ground or water surface |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
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 |