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Name | time integrated surface latent heat flux | Abbreviation | slhf | Unit | W m-2 s |
Definition | Exchange of latent heat (due to phase transitions: evaporation, condensation) with the surface through turbulent diffusion. |
Validity | accumulated (from the beginning of the forecast) |
Comment | The flux sign convention is positive downwards. |
GRIB2 definition
Parameter |
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Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
Parameter Category | 0 | temperature |
Parameter Number | 10
| latent heat net flux |
Type of statistical processing | 1 | accumulated |
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
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Scale factor of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |