GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-0-6

  PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 0
CATEGORY 6
(Meteorological products, cloud category)

Section 0 , Octet 7 = 0
 Section 4, Octet 10 = 6

Revised 10/30/2007
Red text depicts changes made since 08/24/2007


Number
(Section 4, octet 11)
Parameter Units
Abbrev
0
Cloud Ice
kg m-2
C ICE
1
Total Cloud Cover
%
T CDC
2
Convective Cloud Cover
%
CDCON
3
Low Cloud Cover %
L CDC
4
Medium Cloud Cover %
M CDC
5
High Cloud Cover %
H CDC
6
Cloud Water
kg m-2 C WAT
7
Cloud Amount
%
-
8
Cloud Type
See Table 4.203
-
9
Thunderstorm Maximum Tops
m
-
10
Thunderstorm Coverage
See Table 4.204 -
11
Cloud Base
m
-
12
Cloud Top
m
-
13
Ceiling
m
CEIL
14
Non-Convective Cloud Cover %
CDLYR
15
Cloud Work Function J kg-1
CWORK
16
Convective Cloud Efficiency Proportion CUEFI
17
Total Condensate kg kg-1 TCOND
18
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water kg m-2 TCOLW
19
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice kg m-2 TCOLI
20
Total Column-Integrated Condensate kg m-2 TCOLC
21
Ice fraction of total condensate Proportion FICE
22
Cloud Cover %

23
Cloud Ice Mixing Ratio kg kg-1

24
SunShine Numeric

25-191
Reserved

192-254
Reserved for Local Use


192
Non-Convective Cloud Cover %
CDLYR
193
Cloud Work Function J kg-1
CWORK
194
Convective Cloud Efficiency non-dim CUEFI
195
Total Condensate kg kg-1 TCOND
196
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Water kg m-2 TCOLW
197
Total Column-Integrated Cloud Ice kg m-2 TCOLI
198
Total Column-Integrated Condensate kg m-2 TCOLC
199
Ice fraction of total condensate non-dim FICE
200
Convective Cloud Mass Flux Pa s-1 MFLUX
255
Missing




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