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Specific humidity
name: | specific_humidity | Abbreviation: | q | Unit: | kg kg-1 |
Definition | The mass of water vapor per unit mass of air, including the water vapor. |
Validity | Instantaneous |
Comment | Archived once a day at 00Z |
Parameter |
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Discipline | = 0 | Meteorological products |
Parameter Category | = 3 | Mass |
Parameter Number | = 5
| Geopotential height |
Level |
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Type of first fixed surface | = 100 | Isobaric surface Pa |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | = 0 | |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | = value in Pa | Value of the field in Pascal |
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 |
GRIB 2 | Discipline | = 0 | | | Parameter Category | = 1 | | | Parameter Number | = 0 | | | Type of first fixed surface | = 100 | Type of second fixed surface | = All 1's | Scale factor of first fixed surface | = 0 | Scale factor of second fixed surface | = All 1's | Scaled value of first fixed surface | = value in Pa | Scaled value of second fixed surface | = All 1's |
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GRIB 2 and C-code for: Perturbed forecast, Control forecast, Perturbed Re-forecast and Control Re-forecast |