The following 36 parameters from ECMWF Parameter Code Table 228 are included in this dataset:
| Parameter Code | Short Name | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIN | Convective inhibition | |
| 3 | ZUST | Friction velocity | |
| 7 | DL | Lake depth | |
| 8 | LMLT | Lake mix-layer temperature | |
| 9 | LMLD | Lake mix-layer depth | |
| 10 | LBLT | Lake bottom temperature | |
| 11 | LTLT | Lake total layer temperature | |
| 12 | LSHF | Lake shape factor | |
| 13 | LICT | Lake ice temperature | |
| 14 | LICD | Lake ice depth | |
| 15 | DNDZN | Minimum vertical gradient of refractivity inside trapping layer | |
| 16 | DNDZA | Mean vertical gradient of refractivity inside trapping layer | |
| 17 | DCTB | Duct base height | |
| 18 | TPLB | Trapping layer base height | |
| 19 | TPLT | Trapping layer top height | |
| 21 | FDIR | Total sky direct solar radiation at surface | |
| 22 | CDIR | Clear-sky direct solar radiation at surface | |
| 23 | CBH | Cloud base height | |
| 24 | DEG0L | Zero degree level | |
| 29 | I10FG | Instantaneous 10 metre wind gust | |
| 89 | TCRW | Total column rain water | |
| 90 | TCSW | Total column snow water | |
| 129 | SSRDC | Surface solar radiation downward clear-sky | |
| 130 | STRDC | Surface thermal radiation downward clear-sky | |
| 131 | U10N | Neutral wind at 10 m u-component | |
| 132 | V10N | Neutral wind at 10 m v-component | |
| 217 | ILSPF | Instantaneous large-scale surface precipitaton fraction | |
| 218 | CRR | Convective rain rate | |
| 219 | LSRR | Large scale rain rate | |
| 220 | CSFR | Convective snowfall rate water equivalent | |
| 221 | LSSFR | Large scale snowfall rate water equivalent | |
| 226 | MXTPR | Maximum total precipitation rate since previous post-processing | |
| 227 | MNTPR | Minimum total precipitation rate since previous post-processing | |
| 246 | 100U | 100 metre U wind component | |
| 247 | 100V | 100 metre V wind component | |
| 251 | PEV | Potential evaporation |
The following 39 parameters from ECMWF Parameter Code Table 235 are included in this dataset:
| Parameter Code | Short Name | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | msror | Mean surface runoff rate | |
| 21 | mssror | Mean sub-surface runoff rate | |
| 23 | mser | Mean snow evaporation rate | |
| 24 | msmr | Mean snowmelt rate | |
| 26 | mlspf | Mean large-scale precipitation fraction | |
| 27 | msdwuvrf | Mean surface downward UV radiation flux | |
| 29 | mlspr | Mean large-scale precipitation rate | |
| 30 | mcpr | Mean convective precipitation rate | |
| 31 | msr | Mean snowfall rate | |
| 32 | mbld | Mean boundary layer dissipation | |
| 33 | msshf | Mean surface sensible heat flux | |
| 34 | mslhf | Mean surface latent heat flux | |
| 35 | msdwswrf | Mean surface downward short-wave radiation flux | |
| 36 | msdwlwrf | Mean surface downward long-wave radiation flux | |
| 37 | msnswrf | Mean surface net short-wave radiation flux | |
| 38 | msnlwrf | Mean surface net long-wave radiation flux | |
| 39 | mtnswrf | Mean top net short-wave radiation flux | |
| 40 | mtnlwrf | Mean top net long-wave radiation flux | |
| 41 | metss | Mean eastward turbulent surface stress | |
| 42 | mntss | Mean northward turbulent surface stress | |
| 43 | mer | Mean evaporation rate | |
| 45 | megwss | Mean eastward gravity wave surface stress | |
| 46 | mngwss | Mean northward gravity wave surface stress | |
| 47 | mgwd | Mean gravity wave dissipation | |
| 48 | mror | Mean runoff rate | |
| 49 | mtnswrfcs | Mean top net short-wave radiation flux, clear sky | |
| 50 | mtnlwrfcs | Mean top net long-wave radiation flux, clear sky | |
| 51 | msnswrfcs | Mean surface net short-wave radiation flux, clear sky | |
| 52 | msnlwrfcs | Mean surface net long-wave radiation flux, clear sky | |
| 53 | mtdwswrf | Mean top downward short-wave radiation flux | |
| 54 | mvimd | Mean vertically integrated moisture divergence | |
| 55 | mtpr | Mean total precipitation rate | |
| 56 | mcsr | Mean convective snowfall rate | |
| 57 | mlssr | Mean large-scale snowfall rate | |
| 58 | msdrswrf | Mean surface direct short-wave radiation flux | |
| 59 | msdrswrfcs | Mean surface direct short-wave radiation flux, clear sky | |
| 68 | msdwswrfcs | Mean surface downward short-wave radiation flux, clear sky | |
| 69 | msdwlwrfcs | Mean surface downward long-wave radiation flux, clear sky | |
| 70 | mper | Mean potential evaporation rate |
The following 36 parameters from ECMWF Parameter Code Table 162 are included in this dataset:
| Parameter Code | Short Name | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | VIMA | Vertical integral of mass of atmosphere | |
| 54 | VIT | Vertical integral of temperature | |
| 59 | VIKE | Vertical integral of kinetic energy | |
| 60 | VITHE | Vertical integral of thermal energy | |
| 61 | VIPIE | Vertical integral of potential+internal energy | |
| 62 | VIPILE | Vertical integral of potential+internal+latent energy | |
| 63 | VITOE | Vertical integral of total energy | |
| 64 | VIEC | Vertical integral of energy conversion | |
| 65 | VIMAE | Vertical integral of eastward mass flux | |
| 66 | VIMAN | Vertical integral of northward mass flux | |
| 67 | VIKEE | Vertical integral of eastward kinetic energy flux | |
| 68 | VIKEN | Vertical integral of northward kinetic energy flux | |
| 69 | VITHEE | Vertical integral of eastward heat flux | |
| 70 | VITHEN | Vertical integral of northward heat flux | |
| 71 | VIWVE | Vertical integral of eastward water vapour flux | |
| 72 | VIWVN | Vertical integral of northward water vapour flux | |
| 73 | VIGE | Vertical integral of eastward geopotential flux | |
| 74 | VIGN | Vertical integral of northward geopotential flux | |
| 75 | VITOEE | Vertical integral of eastward total energy flux | |
| 76 | VITOEN | Vertical integral of northward total energy flux | |
| 77 | VIOZE | Vertical integral of eastward ozone flux | |
| 78 | VIOZN | Vertical integral of northward ozone flux | |
| 79 | VILWD | Vertical integral of divergence of cloud liquid water flux | |
| 80 | VIIWD | Vertical integral of divergence of cloud frozen water flux | |
| 81 | VIMAD | Vertical integral of divergence of mass flux | |
| 82 | VIKED | Vertical integral of divergence of kinetic energy flux | |
| 83 | VITHED | Vertical integral of divergence of thermal energy flux | |
| 84 | VIWVD | Vertical integral of divergence of moisture flux | |
| 85 | VIGD | Vertical integral of divergence of geopotential flux | |
| 86 | VITOED | Vertical integral of divergence of total energy flux | |
| 87 | VIOZD | Vertical integral of divergence of ozone flux | |
| 88 | VILWE | Vertical integral of eastward cloud liquid water flux | |
| 89 | VILWN | Vertical integral of northward cloud liquid water flux | |
| 90 | VIIWE | Vertical integral of eastward cloud frozen water flux | |
| 91 | VIIWN | Vertical integral of northward cloud frozen water flux | |
| 92 | VIMAT | Vertical integral of mass tendency |
The following 116 parameters from ECMWF Parameter Code Table 128 are included in this dataset:
| Parameter Code | Short Name | Description | Units | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | SRO | Surface runoff | ||
| 9 | SSRO | Sub-surface runoff | ||
| 15 | ALUVP | UV visible albedo for direct radiation | ||
| 16 | ALUVD | UV visible albedo for diffuse radiation | ||
| 17 | ALNIP | Near IR albedo for direct radiation | ||
| 18 | ALNID | Near IR albedo for diffuse radiation | ||
| 26 | CL | Lake cover | ||
| 27 | CVL | Low vegetation cover | ||
| 28 | CVH | High vegetation cover | ||
| 29 | TVL | Type of low vegetation | ||
| 30 | TVH | Type of high vegetation | ||
| 31 | CI | Sea-ice cover | ||
| 32 | ASN | Snow albedo | ||
| 33 | RSN | Snow density | ||
| 34 | SSTK | Sea surface temperature | ||
| 35 | ISTL1 | Ice surface temperature layer 1 | ||
| 36 | ISTL2 | Ice surface temperature layer 2 | ||
| 37 | ISTL3 | Ice surface temperature layer 3 | ||
| 38 | ISTL4 | Ice surface temperature layer 4 | ||
| 39 | SWVL1 | Volumetric soil water layer 1 | ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site | |
| 40 | SWVL2 | Volumetric soil water layer 2 | ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site | |
| 41 | SWVL3 | Volumetric soil water layer 3 | ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site | |
| 42 | SWVL4 | Volumetric soil water layer 4 | ECMWF has a description of the soil water units on their web site | |
| 43 | SLT | Soil type | ||
| 44 | ES | Snow evaporation | Accumulated field | |
| 45 | SMLT | Snowmelt | Accumulated field | |
| 49 | 10FG | Wind gust at 10 metres | Maximum since previous post-processing | |
| 50 | LSPF | Large-scale precipitation fraction | Accumulated field | |
| 57 | UVB | Downward uv radiation at the surface | ||
| 59 | CAPE | Convective available potential energy | ||
| 60 | PV | Potential vorticity | ||
| 66 | LAILV | Leaf area index, low vegetation | ||
| 67 | LAIHV | Leaf area index, high vegetation | ||
| 74 | SDFOR | Standard deviation of filtered subgrid surface geopotential | ||
| 75 | CRWC | Specific rain water content | ||
| 76 | CSWC | Specific snow water content | ||
| 78 | TCLW | Total column liquid water | ||
| 79 | TCIW | Total column ice water | ||
| 129 | Z | Geopotential | Orography if at the surface | |
| 130 | T | Temperature | ||
| 131 | U | U velocity | ||
| 132 | V | V velocity | ||
| 133 | Q | Specific humidity | ||
| 134 | SP | Surface pressure | ||
| 135 | W | Vertical velocity | ||
| 136 | TCW | Total column water | Liquid + ice + vapour | |
| 137 | TCWV | Total column water vapour | ||
| 138 | VO | Vorticity (relative) | ||
| 139 | STL1 | Soil temperature level 1 | Soil temperature (ST) before 1993-08-04 | |
| 141 | SD | Snow depth | ||
| 142 | LSP | Stratiform precipitation | Accumulated field | |
| 143 | CP | Convective precipitation | Accumulated field | |
| 144 | SF | Snowfall (convective + stratiform) | Accumulated field | |
| 145 | BLD | Boundary layer dissipation | Accumulated field | |
| 146 | SSHF | Surface sensible heat flux | Accumulated field | |
| 147 | SLHF | Surface latent heat flux | Accumulated field | |
| 148 | CHNK | Charnock | Surface stress (SS) before 1998-05-19 | |
| 151 | MSL | Mean sea-level pressure | ||
| 155 | D | Divergence | ||
| 157 | R | Relative humidity | ||
| 159 | BLH | Boundary layer height | ||
| 160 | SDOR | Standard deviation of orography | ||
| 161 | ISOR | Anisotropy of sub-gridscale orography | ||
| 162 | ANOR | Angle of sub-gridscale orography | ||
| 163 | SLOR | Slope of sub-gridscale orography | ||
| 164 | TCC | Total cloud cover | ||
| 165 | 10U | 10 metre U wind component | ||
| 166 | 10V | 10 metre V wind component | ||
| 167 | 2T | 2 metre temperature | ||
| 168 | 2D | 2 metre dewpoint temperature | ||
| 169 | SSRD | Surface solar radiation downwards | ||
| 170 | STL2 | Soil temperature level 2 | Deep soil temperature (DST) before 1993-08-04 | |
| 172 | LSM | Land/sea mask | ||
| 175 | STRD | Surface thermal radiation downwards | Accumulated field | |
| 176 | SSR | Surface solar radiation | Accumulated field | |
| 177 | STR | Surface thermal radiation | Accumulated field | |
| 178 | TSR | Top solar radiation | Accumulated field | |
| 179 | TTR | Top thermal radiation | Accumulated field | |
| 180 | EWSS | East/West surface stress | Accumulated field | |
| 181 | NSSS | North/South surface stress | Accumulated field | |
| 182 | E | Evaporation | Accumulated field | |
| 183 | STL3 | Soil temperature level 3 | Climatological deep soil temperature (CDST) before 1993-08-04 | |
| 186 | LCC | Low cloud cover | ||
| 187 | MCC | Medium cloud cover | ||
| 188 | HCC | High cloud cover | ||
| 195 | LGWS | Latitudinal component of gravity wave stress | Accumulated field | |
| 196 | MGWS | Meridional component of gravity wave stress | Accumulated field | |
| 197 | GWD | Gravity wave dissipation | Accumulated field | |
| 198 | SRC | Skin reservoir content | ||
| 201 | MX2T | Maximum 2 metre temperature since previous post-processing | ||
| 202 | MN2T | Minimum 2 metre temperature since previous post-processing | ||
| 203 | O3 | Ozone mass mixing ratio | ||
| 205 | RO | Runoff | Accumulated field | |
| 206 | TCO3 | Total column ozone | Before 2001-06-12, unit was Dobson. 1 Dobson = 2.1415E-5 kg m-2 | |
| 208 | TSRC | Top net solar radiation, clear sky | Accumulated field | |
| 209 | TTRC | Top net thermal radiation, clear sky | Accumulated field | |
| 210 | SSRC | Surface net solar radiation, clear sky | Accumulated field | |
| 211 | STRC | Surface net thermal radiation, clear sky | Accumulated field | |
| 212 | SI | Solar insolation | ||
| 213 | VIMD | Vertically integrated moisture divergence | ||
| 228 | TP | Total precipitation | ||
| 229 | IEWS | Instantaneous X surface stress | ||
| 230 | INSS | Instantaneous Y surface stress | ||
| 231 | ISHF | Instantaneous surface heat flux | ||
| 232 | IE | Instantaneous moisture flux | Evaporation | |
| 235 | SKT | Skin temperature | ||
| 236 | STL4 | Soil temperature level 4 | ||
| 238 | TSN | Temperature of snow layer | ||
| 239 | CSF | Convective snowfall | Accumulated field | |
| 240 | LSF | Large-scale snowfall | Accumulated field | |
| 243 | FAL | Forecast albedo | ||
| 244 | FSR | Forecast surface roughness | ||
| 245 | FLSR | Forecast log of surface roughness for heat | ||
| 246 | CLWC | Cloud liquid water content | ||
| 247 | CIWC | Cloud ice water content | ||
| 248 | CC | Cloud cover |