NCEP Parameter Code Table 130 154 159 MXSALB Maximum snow albedo % 160 SOILL Liquid volumetric soil moisture (non-frozen) fraction 170 SNFALB Snow-free albedo % 171 RLYRS Number of soil layers in root zone 181 CCOND Canopy conductance m s^-1 203 RSMIN Minimal stomatal resistance s m^-1 219 WILT Wilting point fraction 222 SLTYP Surface slope type 230 SMREF Transpiration stress-onset (soil moisture) fraction 231 SMDRY Direct evaporation cease (soil moisture) fraction 240 POROS Soil porosity fraction 246 RCS Solar parameter in canopy conductance fraction 247 RCT Temperature parameter in canopy conductance fraction 248 RCQ Humidity parameter in canopy conductance fraction 249 RCSOL Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance fraction NCEP Parameter Code Table 129 133 FRIME Rime factor 134 CUEFI Convective cloud efficiency 135 TCOND Total condensate kg kg^-1 136 137 TCOLI Total column-integrated cloud ice kg m^-2 138 TCOLR Total column-integrated rain kg m^-2 139 TCOLS Total column-integrated snow kg m^-2 140 TCOLC Total column-integrated condensate kg m^-2 141 PLPL Pressure of level from which parcel was lifted Pa NCEP Parameter Code Table 2 1 PRES Pressure Pa 2 PRMSL Pressure reduced to MSL Pa 7 HGT Geopotential height gpm 11 TMP Temperature K 13 POT Potential temperature K 17 DPT Dewpoint temperature K 20 VIS Visibility m 24 PLI Parcel lifted index (to 500hPa) K 33 UGRD u-component of wind m s^-1 34 VGRD v-component of wind m s^-1 35 STRM Stream function m^2 s^-1 39 VVEL Vertical velocity (pressure) Pa s^-1 41 ABSV Absolute vorticity s^-1 51 SPFH Specific humidity kg kg^-1 52 RH Relative humidity % 54 PWAT Precipitable water kg m^-2 57 EVP Evaporation kg m^-2 58 C ICE Cloud ice kg m^-2 59 PRATE Precipitation rate kg m^-2 s^-1 61 A PCP Total precipitation kg m^-2 62 NCPCP Large scale precipitation kg m^-2 63 ACPCP Convective precipitation kg m^-2 65 WEASD Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth kg m^-2 66 SNO D Snow depth m 71 TCDC Total cloud cover % 72 CDCON Convective cloud cover % 73 L CDC Low cloud cover % 74 M CDC Medium cloud cover % 75 H CDC High cloud cover % 80 WTMP Water temperature K 81 LAND Land cover fraction 83 SFCR Surface roughness m 84 ALBDO Albedo % 85 TSOIL Soil temperature K 86 SOILM Soil moisture content kg m^-2 87 VEG Vegetation % 91 ICEC Ice cover fraction 99 SNO M Snow melt kg m^-2 121 LHTFL Latent heat flux W m^-2 122 SHTFL Sensible heat flux W m^-2 124 UFLX Momentum flux, u-component N m^-2 125 VFLX Momentum flux, v-component N m^-2 130 MSLET Mean sea level pressure (Eta model reduction) Pa 131 LFTX Surface lifted index K 132 4LFTX Best (4 layer) lifted index K 135 MCONV Horizontal moisture divergence kg kg^-1 s^-1 136 VSSH Vertical speed shear s^-1 140 CRAIN Categorical rain (yes=1; no=0) 141 CRFZR Categorical freezing rain (yes=1; no=0) 142 CICEP Categorical ice pellets (yes=1; no=0) 143 CSNOW Categorical snow (yes=1; no=0) 144 SOILW Volumetric soil moisture content fraction 153 CLWMR Cloud water mixing ratio kg kg^-1 155 GFLUX Ground heat flux W m^-2 156 CIN Convective inhibition J kg^-1 157 CAPE Convective available potential energy J kg^-1 158 TKE Turbulent kinetic energy J kg^-1 170 RWMR Rain water mixing ratio 171 SNMR Snow mixing ratio 172 M FLX Momentum flux N m^-2 180 GUST Surface wind gust 190 CBUW Covariance between u and omega [m s^-1]*[Pa s^-1] 194 CBTW Covariance between T and omega [K]*[Pa s^-1] 196 CBMZW Covariance between v and u m^2 s^-2 197 CBTZW Covariance between u and T [K]*[m s^-1] 204 DSWRF Downward shortwave radiation flux W m^-2 205 DLWRF Downward longwave radiation flux W m^-2 207 MSTAV Moisture availability % 208 SFEXC Exchange coefficient (kg m^-3)(m s^-1) 211 USWRF Upward shortwave radiation flux W m^-2 212 ULWRF Upward longwave radiation flux W m^-2 214 CPRAT Convective precipitation rate kg m^-2 s^-1 221 HPBL Planetary boundary layer height m 223 CNWAT Plant canopy surface water kg m^-2 224 SOTYP Soil type (as in Zobler) 225 VGTYP Vegetation type (as in SiB) 226 BMIXL Blackadar's mixing length scale m 228 PEVAP Potential evaporation kg m^-2 229 SNOHF Snow phase-change heat flux W m^-2 234 BGRUN Baseflow-groundwater runoff kg m^-2 235 SSRUN Storm surface runoff kg m^-2 238 SNOWC Snow cover % 252 CD Drag coefficient 253 FRICV Friction velocity m s^-1