GRIB-API definition
surface air minimum temperatureMinimum temperature at 2 metres | Abbreviation |
mn2t6
UERRA details
Validity | Minimum determined over the last 6 hours |
Comment | The field will NOT be archived at forecast step 0. It will be archived 4 times a day at 00, 06, 12 and 18Z.The minimum temperature near the surface determined over the last six hours. | Please note that the specific height level above ground might vary from one Centre to another. |
The scaled value of first fixed surface given below is the one in usage at ECMWF.
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter |
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Discipline | 0 | meteorological products
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Parameter |
Categorycategory | 0 | temperature |
Parameter |
Numbernumber | 0 | temperature
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Type of statistical processing | 3 | minimum |
Length of time range | post-processing step in hours | 1/3/6 |
Level |
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Type of first fixed surface | 103 | specified height level above ground m |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 |
or 1*** | (m) or (dm***) |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | 2 |
2 metres (might vary from one centre to another)or 15*** | 2 / 1.5 m |
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 |
*** option valid for MetOffice