Sea ice Cover
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ecCodes definition
S2S details
Definition | Proportion of ice covering a water grid box. The values are between 0 (sea |
) and 1 (ice). | |
Validity | Daily |
averaged | |
Comment | Computed from instantaneous values at 00, 06, 12 and |
18Z - Land points should be set as missing values. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter |
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Discipline | = 10 | Oceanographic products |
Parameter Category | = 2 |
Ice | |
Parameter Number | = 0 |
Ice cover |
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | = |
1 | Ground or water surface |
Scale factor of first |
fixed surface | = |
all bits to 1 | Missing |
Scaled value |
of first fixed surface | = |
all bits to 1 | Missing |
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 |
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Missing |