GRIB-API definition
| Name | Soil temperature | Abbreviation | st | Unit | K | paramId: | TBD |
UERRA details
| Definition | Temperature of a soil layer. |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment | Averaged soil temperature between given levels. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
| Parameter category | 3 | soil products |
| Parameter number | 18 | soil temperature |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | soil layer | |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | soil layer number | 1/2/3/4 |
| 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 |