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WMOGRIB2.TBL -- GRIB 1 parameter conversion table version 2 ! !ID# NAME UNITS GNAM SCALE MISSING ! 001 Pressure Pa PRES -2 -9999.00 002 Pressure reduced to MSL Pa PMSL -2 -9999.00 003 Pressure tendency Pa s**-1 PTND -2 -9999.00 004 undefined - 0 -9999.00 005 undefined - 0 -9999.00 006 Geopotential m**2 s**-2 GP 0 -9999.00 007 Geopotential height gpm HGHT 0 -9999.00 008 Geometric height m DIST 0 -9999.00 009 Standard deviation of height m HGHTSD 0 -9999.00 010 Total ozone Dobson units TOZO 0 -9999.00 ! 011 Temperature K TMPK 0 -9999.00 012 Virtual temperature K TVRK 0 -9999.00 013 Potential temperature K THTA 0 -9999.00 014 Equivalent potential temp K THTE 0 -9999.00 015 Maximum temperature K TMXK 0 -9999.00 016 Minimum temperature K TMNK 0 -9999.00 017 Dew-point temperature K DWPK 0 -9999.00 018 Dew-point depression(or deficit) K DPDK 0 -9999.00 019 Lapse rate K m**-1 LAPS 0 -9999.00 020 Visibility m VSBY 0 -9999.00 ! 021 Radar spectra(1) - RDSP1 0 -9999.00 022 Radar spectra(2) - RDSP2 0 -9999.00 023 Radar spectra(3) - RDSP3 0 -9999.00 024 Parcel Lifted Index (to 500mb) K LIFT 0 -9999.00 025 Temperature anomaly K TMPKA 0 -9999.00 026 Pressure anomaly Pa PRESA -2 -9999.00 027 Geopotential height anomaly gpm HGHTA 0 -9999.00 028 Wave spectra(1) - WVSP1 0 -9999.00 029 Wave spectra(2) - WVSP2 0 -9999.00 030 Wave spectra(3) - WVSP3 0 -9999.00 ! 031 Wind direction Degree true DRCT 0 -9999.00 032 Wind speed m s**-1 SPED 0 -9999.00 033 u-component of wind m s**-1 UREL 0 -9999.00 034 v-component of wind m s**-1 VREL 0 -9999.00 035 Stream function m**2 s**-1 STRM 0 -9999.00 036 Velocity potential m**2 s**-1 VPOT 0 -9999.00 037 Montgomery streamfunction m**2 s**-2 PSYM -2 -9999.00 038 Sigma co-ordinate vert vel s**-1 SGCVV 0 -9999.00 039 Pressure vertical velocity Pa s**-1 OMEG -2 -9999.00 040 Geometric vertical velocity m s**-1 VVEL 0 -9999.00 ! 041 Absolute vorticity s**-1 AVOR 0 -9999.00 042 Absolute divergence s**-1 DIV 0 -9999.00 043 Relative vorticity s**-1 VOR 0 -9999.00 044 Relative divergence s**-1 RDIV 0 -9999.00 045 Vertical u-component shear s**-1 USHR 0 -9999.00 046 Vertical v-component shear s**-1 VSHR 0 -9999.00 047 Direction of current Degree true DRCTC 0 -9999.00 048 Speed of current m s**-1 SPEDC 0 -9999.00 049 u-component of current m s**-1 URELC 0 -9999.00 050 v-component of current m s**-1 VRELC 0 -9999.00 ! 051 Specific humidity kg kg**-1 SPFH 0 -9999.00 052 Relative humidity % RELH 0 -9999.00 053 Humidity mixing ratio kg kg**-1 MIXR 3 -9999.00 054 Precipitable water kg m**-2 PWTR 0 -9999.00 055 Vapour pressure Pa VAPR -2 -9999.00 056 Saturation deficit Pa SATD -2 -9999.00 057 Evaporation kg m**-2 EVAP 0 -9999.00 058 Cloud ice kg m**-2 CICE 0 -9999.00 059 Precipitation rate kg m**-2 s**-1 PCPR 0 -9999.00 060 Thunderstorm probability % TSTM 0 -9999.00 ! 061 Total precipitation kg m**-2 P--M 0 -0.01 062 Large scale precipitation kg m**-2 S--M 0 -0.01 063 Convective precipitation kg m**-2 C--M 0 -0.01 064 Snowfall rate water equivalent kg m**-2 s**-1 SR-- 0 -9999.00 065 Water equiv of accum snow depth kg m**-2 SWEM 0 -9999.00 066 Snow depth m SNDM 0 -9999.00 067 Mixed layer depth m MIXL 0 -9999.00 068 Transient thermocline depth m TTHDP 0 -9999.00 069 Main thermocline depth m MTHDP 0 -9999.00 070 Main thermocline anomaly m MTHAN 0 -9999.00 ! 071 Total cloud cover % CLD 0 -9999.00 072 Convective cloud cover % CCLD 0 -9999.00 073 Low cloud cover % CLDL 0 -9999.00 074 Medium cloud cover % CLDM 0 -9999.00 075 High cloud cover % CLDH 0 -9999.00 076 Cloud water kg m**-2 CWTR 0 -9999.00 077 Condensation pressure Pa CNDP -2 -9999.00 078 Convective snow kg m**-2 CSNO 0 -9999.00 079 Large scale snow kg m**-2 LSNO 0 -9999.00 080 Water temperature K WTMPK 0 -9999.00 ! 081 Land-sea mask (1=land,0=sea) 1,0 LAND 0 -9999.00 082 Deviation of sea-level from mean m CLVLD 0 -9999.00 083 Surface roughness m SRLM 0 -9999.00 084 Albedo % ALBD 0 -9999.00 085 Soil temperature K SLTK 0 -9999.00 086 Soil moisture content kg m**-2 SLMM 0 -9999.00 087 Vegetation % VEG 0 -9999.00 088 Salinity kg kg**-1 SLTY 0 -9999.00 089 Density kg m**-3 DNTY 0 -9999.00 090 Water runoff kg m**-2 RNOF 0 -9999.00 ! 091 Ice concent (1=ice,0=no ice) 1,0 ICE 0 -9999.00 092 Ice thickness m ICET 0 -9999.00 093 Direction of ice drift Degree true DRCTI 0 -9999.00 094 Speed of ice drift m s**-1 SPEDI 0 -9999.00 095 u-component of ice drift m s**-1 URELI 0 -9999.00 096 v-component of ice drift m s**-1 VRELI 0 -9999.00 097 Ice growth m IGRO 0 -9999.00 098 Ice divergence s**-1 IDIV 0 -9999.00 099 Snow melt kg m**-2 N--M 0 -9999.00 100 Sig hght of comb wind waves/swell m HTSGW 0 -9999.00 ! 101 Direction of wind waves Degree true DRCTWW 0 -9999.00 102 Significant hght of wind waves m HGHTWW 0 -9999.00 103 Mean period of wind waves s PERDWW 0 -9999.00 104 Direction of swell waves Degree true DRCTSW 0 -9999.00 105 Significant hght of swell waves m HGHTSW 0 -9999.00 106 Mean period of swell waves s PERDSW 0 -9999.00 107 Primary wave direction Degree true DRCTPW 0 -9999.00 108 Primary wave mean period s PERDPW 0 -9999.00 109 Secondary wave direction Degree true DRCTSW 0 -9999.00 110 Secondary wave mean period s PERDSW 0 -9999.00 ! 111 Net short-wave radiation (sfc) W m**-2 SNIR 0 -9999.00 112 Net long-wave radiation (sfc) W m**-2 SNOR 0 -9999.00 113 Net short-wave rad (top of atm) W m**-2 SWRT 0 -9999.00 114 Net long-wave rad (top of atm) W m**-2 LWRT 0 -9999.00 115 Long-wave radiation W m**-2 LWRAD 0 -9999.00 116 Short-wave radiation W m**-2 SWRAD 0 -9999.00 117 Global radiation W m**-2 GLRAD 0 -9999.00 118 undefined - 0 -9999.00 119 undefined - 0 -9999.00 120 undefined - 0 -9999.00 ! 121 Latent heat flux W m**-2 FXLH 0 -9999.00 122 Sensible heat flux W m**-2 FXSH 0 -9999.00 123 Boundary layer dissipation W m**-2 BLDIS 0 -9999.00 124 u-component of momentum flux N m**-2 URELFX 0 -9999.00 125 v-component of momentum flux N m**-2 VRELFX 0 -9999.00 126 Wind mixing energy J ENRG 0 -9999.00 127 Image data - IMAG 0 -9999.00 ! ! NCEPGRIB2.TBL -- GRIB 1 parameter conversion table version 2 ! !ID# NAME UNITS GNAM SCALE MISSING ! 128 MSLP (standard atm reduction) Pa MSLP -2 -9999.00 129 MSLP (MAPS reduction) Pa MMSL -2 -9999.00 130 MSLP (ETA reduction) Pa EMSL -2 -9999.00 ! 131 Surface lifted index K LIFT 0 -9999.00 132 Best (4 layer) lifted index K LFT4 0 -9999.00 133 K index K KINX 0 -9999.00 134 Sweat index K SWET 0 -9999.00 135 Horizontal moisture divergence kg kg**-1 s**-1 MCNV 0 -9999.00 136 Vertical speed shear s**-1 VWSH 0 -9999.00 137 3-hr pressure tendency (stdatm) Pa s**-1 PTND3 -2 -9999.00 138 Brunt-Vaisala freq (squared) s**-2 BVSQ 0 -9999.00 139 Potential vorticity (density wt) s**-1 m**-1 POTV 0 -9999.00 140 Categorical rain 0,1 WXTR 0 -9999.00 ! 141 Categorical freezing rain 0,1 WXTZ 0 -9999.00 142 Categorical ice pellets 0,1 WXTP 0 -9999.00 143 Categorical snow 0,1 WXTS 0 -9999.00 144 Volumetric soil moisture content fraction SOIM 0 -9999.00 145 Potential evaporation rate W/m**2 PEVP 0 -9999.00 146 Cloud workfunction J/kg CWRK 0 -9999.00 147 Zonal flux of gravity wave stress N/m**2 UGWD 0 -9999.00 148 Meridional flux of grav wav strss N/m**2 VGWD 0 -9999.00 149 Potential vorticity m**2/s/kg PVOR 0 -9999.00 150 Covar merid-zonal wind m**2 s**-2 CMZW 0 -9999.00 ! 151 Covar temp-zonal wind K m s**-1 CTZW 0 -9999.00 152 Covar temp-merid wind K m s**-1 CTMW 0 -9999.00 153 Cloud water kg/kg CWTR 0 -9999.00 154 Ozone mixing ratio kg/kg OZMR 0 -9999.00 155 Ground heat flux W m**-2 GHFX 0 -9999.00 156 Convective inhibition J kg**-1 CINS 0 -9999.00 157 CAPE J kg**-1 CAPE 0 -9999.00 158 Turbulent kinetic energy J kg**-1 TRKE 0 -9999.00 159 Cond pres of parcel from a sfc Pa CONP -2 -9999.00 160 Clear sky upward solar flux W m**-2 UPSF 0 -9999.00 ! 161 Clear sky downward solar flux W m**-2 DNSF 0 -9999.00 162 Clear sky upward longwave flux W m**-2 UPLF 0 -9999.00 163 Clear sky downward longwave flux W m**-2 DNLF 0 -9999.00 164 Cloud forcing net solar flux W m**-2 NETSF 0 -9999.00 165 Cloud forcing net longwave flux W m**-2 NETLF 0 -9999.00 166 Visible beam down solar flux W m**-2 VBSF 0 -9999.00 167 Visible difuse down solar flux W m**-2 VDSF 0 -9999.00 168 Near IR beam down solar flux W m**-2 IRBSF 0 -9999.00 169 Near IR difuse down solar flux W m**-2 IRDSF 0 -9999.00 170 Rainwater mixing ratio Kg Kg**-1 RWMR 0 -9999.00 ! 171 Snow mixing ratio Kg Kg**-1 SNMR 0 -9999.00 172 Momentum flux N m**-2 MFLX 0 -9999.00 173 Mass point model surface - MPSFC 0 -9999.00 174 Velocity point model surface - VPSFC 0 -9999.00 175 Model layer number - MLYR 0 -9999.00 176 Latitude (-90 to +90) Degree LATD 0 -9999.00 177 East longitude (0 to 360) Degree LOND 0 -9999.00 178 Ice mixing ratio Kg Kg**-1 ICMR 0 -9999.00 179 Graupel mixing ratio Kg Kg**-1 GRMR 0 -9999.00 180 undefined - 0 -9999.00 ! 181 x-gradient of log pressure m**-1 DLPDX 0 -9999.00 182 y-gradient of log pressure m**-1 DLPDY 0 -9999.00 183 x-gradient of height m m**-1 DZDX 0 -9999.00 184 y-gradient of height m m**-1 DZDY 0 -9999.00 185 Turbulence SIGMET/AIRMET non-dim TURB 0 -9999.00 186 Icing SIGMET/AIRMET non-dim ICNG 0 -9999.00 187 Lightning non-dim LTNG 0 -9999.00 188 undefined - 0 -9999.00 189 Virtual potential temperature K THTV 0 -9999.00 190 Storm relative helicity m**2/s**2 HLCY 0 -9999.00 ! 191 Probability from ensemble non-dim PROB 0 -9999.00 192 Probability from ensemble, nrml non-dim PROBN 0 -9999.00 193 Probability of precip % POP 0 -9999.00 194 Probability of precip, frozen % POPZ 0 -9999.00 195 Probability of precip, freezing % POPF 0 -9999.00 196 U-component of storm motion m/s USTRM 0 -9999.00 197 V-component of storm motion m/s VSTRM 0 -9999.00 198 Number concentration of ice part count NCIP 0 -9999.00 199 Direct evaporation from bare soil W m**-2 EVBS 0 -9999.00 200 Canopy water evaporation W m**-2 EVCW 0 -9999.00 ! 201 Ice-free water surface % IFWS 0 -9999.00 202 undefined - 0 -9999.00 203 undefined - 0 -9999.00 204 Downward short wave rad flux W m**-2 SWRD 0 -9999.00 205 Downward long wave rad flux W m**-2 LWRD 0 -9999.00 206 Ultraviolet index (UVI) J/m**2 UVI 0 -9999.00 207 Moisture availability % MSAV 0 -9999.00 208 Exchange coefficient kg m**-3 m s**-1 SEXC 0 -9999.00 209 No of mixed layers next to sfc - NMXL 0 -9999.00 210 Transpiration W m**-2 TRANS 0 -9999.00 ! 211 Upward short wave rad flux W m**-2 SWRU 0 -9999.00 212 Upward long wave rad flux W m**-2 LWRU 0 -9999.00 213 Amt of non-convective cloud % CLDA 0 -9999.00 214 Convective precip rate kg m**-2 s**-1 CPR-- 0 -9999.00 215 Temp tendency by all physics K s**-1 DTAP 0 -9999.00 216 Temp tendency by all radiation K s**-1 DTAR 0 -9999.00 217 Temp tendency by non-rad physics K s**-1 DTNRP 0 -9999.00 218 Precip index (0.0-1.0) - PINDX 0 -9999.00 219 Std dev of IR T over 1x1 area K IRTSD 0 -9999.00 220 Natural log of surface press ln(kPa) LNPSFC 0 -9999.00 ! 221 Planetary boundary layer hght m ZPBL 0 -9999.00 222 5-wave geopotential height gpm HGHT5 0 -9999.00 223 Plant canopy surface water kg m**-2 CSH2O 0 -9999.00 224 Soil type (as in Zobler) Integer SOTYP 0 -9999.00 225 Vegetation type (as in SiB) Integer VGTYP 0 -9999.00 226 Blackadar's mixing length m LBLACK 0 -9999.00 227 Asymptotic mixing length m LASYMP 0 -9999.00 228 Potential evaporation kg m**-2 PEVAP 0 -9999.00 229 Snow phase-change heat flux W m**-2 FXSN 0 -9999.00 230 5-wave geopotential height anom gpm 5WAVA 0 -9999.00 ! 231 Convective cloud mass flux Pa s**-1 CMFX 0 -9999.00 232 Downward total radiation flux W m**-2 DNRFX 0 -9999.00 233 Upward total radiation flux W m**-2 UPRFX 0 -9999.00 234 Baseflow-groundwater runoff kg m**-2 BFGR 0 -9999.00 235 Storm surface runoff kg m**-2 R--M 0 -9999.00 236 undefined - 0 -9999.00 237 Total Ozone kg/m**2 OZON 0 -9999.00 238 Snow cover % SCVR 0 -9999.00 239 Snow temperature K STMP 0 -9999.00 240 undefined - 0 -9999.00 ! 241 Large scale condensat heat rate K s**-1 LSCHDT 0 -9999.00 242 Deep convective heating rate K s**-1 DCHDT 0 -9999.00 243 Deep convective moistening rate kg kg**-1 s**-1 DCQDT 0 -9999.00 244 Shallow convec heating rate K s**-1 SCHDT 0 -9999.00 245 Shallow convec moistening rate kg kg**-1 s**-1 SCQDT 0 -9999.00 246 Vertical diff heating rate K s**-1 VDFHDT 0 -9999.00 247 Vertical diff zonal accel m s**-2 VDFZAC 0 -9999.00 248 Vertical diff meridional accel m s**-2 VDFMAC 0 -9999.00 249 Vertical diff moistening rate kg kg**-1 s**-1 VDFQDT 0 -9999.00 250 Solar radiative heating rate K s**-1 DTSW 0 -9999.00 ! 251 Longwave radiative heating rate K s**-1 DTLW 0 -9999.00 252 Drag coefficient - DRAG 0 -9999.00 253 Friction velocity m s**-1 FRCV 0 -9999.00 254 Richardson number - RICH 0 -9999.00 255 Missing - MISS 0 -9999.00