GRIB-API definition
Name | Soil temperature | Abbreviation | st | Unit | K | paramId: | 260360 |
UERRA details
Definition | Temperature of a soil layer. |
Validity | instantaneous |
Comment | Averaged soil temperature between given levels. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 2 | land surface products |
Parameter category | 3 | soil products |
Parameter number | 18 | soil temperature |
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | 151 | soil level** |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | 0/1/2/3 | n-1 for n-th soil layer |
Type of second fixed surface | 151 | soil level* |
Scale factor of second fixed surface | 0 | |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | 1/2/3/4 | n for n-th soil layer |
**newly approved level type (WMO release in May 2016)