Sea ice Cover
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ecCodes definition
sea_ice_coverSea ice area fraction | Abbreviation: | ci | Unit: | (0 - 1) | paramId: |
Proportion of sea ice
S2S details
Definition | Proportion of ice covering a water grid box. The values are between 0 (sea) and 1 (ice). |
Validity | Daily |
mean averaged |
Comment | Computed from instantaneous values at 00, 06, 12 and |
18 ZA description of how to code accumulated fields in GRIB2 is available here
A description of how to code re-forecasts in GRIB2 is available here
A description of how to code the data as S2S is available here
18Z - Land points should be set as missing values. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
GRIB 2 |
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Discipline | = 10 | Oceanographic products |
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Level |
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Type of first fixed surface | = 1 |
| Ground or water surface |
Scale factor of first |
Type of second All 1'sall bits to 1 | Missing |
Scaled value |
Scale factor All 1'sScale factor All 1'sall bits to 1
| Missing |
Scale factor of second |
Scaled value of first All 1'sall bits to 1 | Missing |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | = |
All 'sGRIB 2 and C-code for: Perturbed forecast, Control forecast, Perturbed re-forecast and Control re-forecast |
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