GRIB-API definition
UERRA details
Definition | The land-sea mask is a field that contains, for every grid point, the proportion of land in the grid box. The values are between 0 (sea) and 1 (land). |
Validity | Fixed |
Comment |
1 |
indicates land and 0 indicates sea. |
Should be archived with every cycle of reanalysis. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
Parameter |
category | 0 | vegetation/biomass |
Parameter |
number | 0 | land cover (proportion) |
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 | missing |