European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: Reading

Center: 98
Subcenter: 0
Parameter Table Version: 162

Usage: ECMWF re-analysis, ERA40

Note: a text version of this table suitable for use as an NCL user-defined GRIB parameter table is available here

IndexAbbreviationUnitsLongname
51SZm**2 s**-2Surface geopotential
52SPPaSurface pressure
53VIMAkg m**-2Vertical integral of mass of atmosphere
54VITK kg m**-2Vertical integral of temperature
55VITCWVkg m**-2Vertical integral of total column water vapour
56VITCLCWkg m**-2Vertical integral of total column liquid cloud water
57VITCFCWkg m**-2Vertical integral of total column frozen cloud water
58VITCO3kg m**-2Vertical integral of total column ozone
59VIKEJ m**-2Vertical integral of kinetic energy
60VITEJ m**-2Vertical integral of thermal energy
61VIDSEJ m**-2Vertical integral of dry static energy
62VIMSEJ m**-2Vertical integral of moist static energy
63VITOTEJ m**-2Vertical integral of total energy
64VIECW m**-2Vertical integral of energy conversion
65VIEMFkg m**-1 s**-1Vertical integral of eastward mass flux
66VINMFkg m**-1 s**-1Vertical integral of northward mass flux
67VIEKEFW m**-2Vertical integral of eastward kinetic energy flux
68VINKEFW m**-2Vertical integral of northward kinetic energy flux
69VIEHFW m**-2Vertical integral of eastward heat flux
70VINHFW m**-2Vertical integral of northward heat flux
71VIEWVFkg m**-1 s**-1Vertical integral of eastward water vapour flux
72VINWVFkg m**-1 s**-1Vertical integral of northward water vapour flux
73VIEGFW m**-2Vertical integral of eastward geopotential flux
74VINGFW m**-2Vertical integral of northward geopotential flux
75VIETEFW m**-2Vertical integral of eastward total energy flux
76VINTEFW m**-2Vertical integral of northward total energy flux
77VIEO3Fkg m**-1 s**-1Vertical integral of eastward ozone flux
78VINO3Fkg m**-1 s**-1Vertical integral of northward ozone flux
81VIDMFkg m**-2 s**-1Vertical integral of divergence of mass flux
82VIDKEFW m**-2Vertical integral of divergence of kinetic energy flux
83VIDTEFW m**-2Vertical integral of divergence of thermal energy flux
84VIDMOFkg m**-2 s**-1Vertical integral of divergence of moisture flux
85VIDGFW m**-2Vertical integral of divergence of geopotential flux
86VIDTOTEFW m**-2Vertical integral of divergence of total energy flux
87VIDO3Fkg m**-2 s**-1Vertical integral of divergence of ozone flux
100TSWRKTendency of short wave radiation
101TLWRKTendency of long wave radiation
102TCSSWRKTendency of clear sky short wave radiation
103TCSLWRKTendency of clear sky long wave radiation
104UMFkg m**-2Updraught mass flux
105DMFkg m**-2Downdraught mass flux
106UDRs m**-1Updraught detrainment rate
107DDRs m**-1Downdraught detrainment rate
108TPFkg m**-2Total precipitation flux
109TDCFHm**2Turbulent diffusion coefficient for heat
110TTKTendency of temperature
111TQkg kg**-1Tendency of specific humidity
112TUCm s**-1Tendency of u component
113TVCm s**-1Tendency of v component
206VGm**4 s**-4Variance of geopotential
207CGm**2 K s**-2Covariance of geopotential/temperature
208VTK**2Variance of temperature
209CGQm**2 s**-2Covariance of geopotential/specific humidity
210CTQKCovariance of temperature/specific humidity
211VQ-Variance of specific humidity
212CUZM**3 s**-3Covariance of u component/geopotential
213CUTm s**-1 KCovariance of u component/temperature
214CUQm s**-1Covariance of u component/specific humidity
215VUm**2 s**-2Variance of u component
216CVZM**3 s**-3Covariance of v component/geopotential
217CVTm s**-1 KCovariance of v component/temperaure
218CVQm s**-1Covariance of v component/specific humidity
219CVUm**2 s**-2Covariance of v component/u component
220VVm**2 s**-2Variance of v component
221COZm**2 Pa s**-3Covariance of omega/geopotential
222COTPa s**-1 KCovariance of omega/temperature
223COQPa s**-1Covariance of omega/specific humidity
224COUm Pa s**-2Covariance of omega/u component
225COVm Pa s**-2Covariance of omega/v component
226VOPa**2 s**-2Variance of omega
227VSPPa**2Variance of surface pressure
229VRHdimensionlessVariance of relative humidity
230CUO3m s**-1Covariance of u component/ozone
231CVO3m s**-1Covariance of v component/ozone
232COO3Pa s**-1Covariance of omega/ozone
233VO3dimensionlessVariance of ozone