GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-0-0

  PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 0
CATEGORY 0
(Meteorological products, temperature category)

Section 0 , Octet 7 = 0
 Section 4, Octet 10 = 0

Revised 03/12/2008
Red text depicts changes made since 10/30/2007


Number
(Section 4, octet 11)
Parameter Units
Abbrev
0
Temperature
K
TMP
1
Virtual Temperature
K
VTMP
2
Potential Temperature K
POT
3
Pseudo-Adiabatic Potential Temperature
(or Equivalent Potential Temperature)
K
EPOT
4
Maximum Temperature K
T MAX
5
Minimum Temperature K
T MIN
6
Dew Point Temperature K
DPT
7
Dew Point Depression (or Deficit)
K
DEPR
8
Lapse Rate
K m-1
LAPR
9
Temperature Anomaly
K
TMP A
10
Latent Heat Net Flux
W m-2 LHTFL
11
Sensible Heat Net Flux W m-2 SHTFL
12
Heat Index
K
-
13
Wind Chill Factor K
-
14
Minimum Dew Point depression K
-
15
Virtual Potential Temperature K
VPTMP
16
Snow phase change heat flux Wm-2
SNOHF
17
Skin Temperature K
SKINT
18-191
Reserved

192-254
Reserved for Local Use


192
Snow Phase Change Heat Flux W m-2 SNOHF
193
Temperature tendency by all radiation K s-1
TTRAD
194
Relative Error Variance
REV
195
Large Scale Condensate Heating rate K/s
LRGHR
196
Deep Convective Heating rate K/s
CNVHR
197
Total Downward Heat Flux at Surface W m-2 THFLX
198
Temperature Tendency By All Physics K s-1 TTDIA
199
Temperature Tendency By Non-radiation Physics K s-1 TTPHY
200
Standard Dev. of IR Temp. over 1x1 deg. area K TSD1D
201
Shallow Convective Heating rate K/s
SHAHR
202
Vertical Diffusion Heating rate K/s
VDFHR
203
Potential temperature at top of viscous sublayer
K
THZ0
204
Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential
J/m2K
TCHP
255
Missing




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