GRIB-API definition
UERRA details
Definition | The height of a given pressure level in the atmosphere in units proportional to the potential energy of unit mass (geopotential) at this pressure level relative to the sea level. |
Validity |
instantaneous | |
Comment |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline |
0 | meteorological products |
Parameter |
category |
3 | mass |
Parameter |
number |
5 | geopotential height |
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface |
100 | pressure level |
Scale factor of first fixed surface |
0 | |
Scaled value of first fixed surface |
value in Pa | |
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 |