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ecCodes definition
| Name: | Total Precipitation | Abbreviation: | tp | Unit: | kg m-2 | paramId: | 228228 |
S2S details
| Definition | The parameter is the sum of convective precipitation and large scale precipitation. |
| Validity | accumulated from the beginning of the forecast |
| Comment | The field will be archived once a day at 00Z every 6 hours (change decided at the 02/2014 S2S steering group meeting) |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter |
|---|
| Discipline | = 0 | Meteorological products |
| Parameter Category | = 1 | Moisture |
| Parameter Number | = 52
| Total precipitation rate |
| Type of statistical processing | = 1 | accumulated |
| Level |
|---|
| 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
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| Scale factor of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |
| Scaled value of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |
Frédéric Vitart, last updated by Richard Mladek on Mar 26, 2026
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