The following 103 parameters from NCEP Parameter Code Table 131 are included in this dataset:
| Parameter Code | Short Name | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRES | Pressure | |
| 2 | PRMSL | Pressure reduced to MSL | |
| 7 | HGT | Geopotential height | |
| 11 | TMP | Temperature | |
| 13 | POT | Potential temp. | |
| 17 | DPT | Dew point temp. | |
| 20 | VIS | Visibility | |
| 33 | UGRD | u wind | |
| 34 | VGRD | v wind | |
| 39 | VVEL | Vertical velocity (pressure) | |
| 51 | SPFH | Specific humidity | |
| 52 | RH | Relative humidity | |
| 54 | PWAT | Precipitable water | |
| 57 | EVP | Evaporation | |
| 59 | PRATE | Precipitation rate | |
| 61 | APCP | Total precipitation | |
| 63 | ACPCP | Convective precipitation | |
| 65 | WEASD | Accum. snow | |
| 66 | SNOD | Snow depth | |
| 71 | TCDC | Total cloud cover | |
| 72 | CDCON | Convective cloud cover | |
| 73 | LCDC | Low level cloud cover | |
| 74 | MCDC | Mid level cloud cover | |
| 75 | HCDC | High level cloud cover | |
| 81 | LAND | Land-sea coverage (land=1;sea=0) | |
| 83 | SFCR | Surface roughness | |
| 84 | ALBDO | Albedo | |
| 85 | TSOIL | Soil temp. | |
| 86 | SOILM | Soil moisture content | |
| 87 | VEG | Vegetation | |
| 99 | SNOM | Snow melt | |
| 121 | LHTFL | Latent heat flux | |
| 122 | SHTFL | Sensible heat flux | |
| 124 | UFLX | Zonal momentum flux | |
| 125 | VFLX | Meridional momentum flux | |
| 130 | MSLET | Mean sea level pressure (ETA model) | |
| 131 | LFTX | Surface lifted index | |
| 132 | 4LFTX | Best (4-layer) lifted index | |
| 134 | PRESN | Pressure (nearest grid point) | |
| 135 | MCONV | Horizontal moisture divergence | |
| 136 | VWSH | Vertical speed shear | |
| 140 | CRAIN | Categorical rain (yes=1; no=0) | |
| 141 | CFRZR | 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 (frozen + liquid) | |
| 153 | CLWMR | Cloud water | |
| 155 | GFLUX | Ground Heat Flux | |
| 156 | CIN | Convective inhibition | |
| 157 | CAPE | Convective available potential energy | |
| 158 | TKE | Turbulent Kinetic Energy | |
| 159 | MXSALB | Maximum snow albedo | |
| 160 | SOILL | Liquid volumetric soil moisture (non-frozen) | |
| 170 | SNFALB | Snow-free albedo | |
| 171 | RLYRS | Number of soil layers in root zone | |
| 176 | NLAT | Latitude (-90 to +90) | |
| 177 | ELON | East longitude (0-360) | |
| 178 | ICMR | Ice mixing ratio | |
| 181 | CCOND | Canopy conductance | |
| 190 | HLCY | Storm relative helicity | |
| 191 | NLATN | Latitude (nearest neigbhbor) (-90 to +90) | |
| 192 | ELONN | East longitude (nearest neigbhbor) (0-360) | |
| 196 | USTM | u-component of storm motion | |
| 197 | VSTM | v-component of storm motion | |
| 202 | APCPN | Total precipitation (nearest grid point) | |
| 203 | RSMIN | Minimal stomatal resistance | |
| 204 | DSWRF | Downward shortwave radiation flux | |
| 205 | DLWRF | Downward longwave radiation flux | |
| 207 | MSTAV | Moisture availability | |
| 208 | SFEXC | Exchange coefficient | |
| 211 | USWRF | Upward shortwave radiation flux | |
| 212 | ULWRF | Upward longwave radiation flux | |
| 213 | CDLYR | Non-convective cloud | |
| 218 | HGTN | Geopotential Height (nearest grid point) | |
| 219 | WILT | Wilting point | |
| 221 | HPBL | Planetary boundary layer height | |
| 222 | SLTYP | Surface slope type | |
| 223 | CNWAT | Plant canopy surface water | |
| 224 | SOTYP | Soil type | |
| 225 | VGTYP | Vegetation type | |
| 226 | BMIXL | Blackadar's mixing length scale | |
| 228 | PEVAP | Potential evaporation | |
| 229 | SNOHF | Snow phase-change heat flux | |
| 230 | SMREF | Transpiration stress-onset (soil moisture) | |
| 231 | SMDRY | Direct evaporation cease (soil moisture) | |
| 232 | WVINC | Water vapor added by precip assimilation | |
| 233 | WCINC | Water condensate added by precip assimilaition | |
| 234 | BGRUN | Subsurface runoff (baseflow) | |
| 235 | SSRUN | Surface runoff (non-infiltrating) | |
| 237 | WVCONV | Water vapor flux convergence (vertical int) | |
| 238 | SNOWC | Snow cover | |
| 240 | POROS | Soil porosity | |
| 241 | WCCONV | Water condensate flux convergence (vertical int) | |
| 242 | WVUFLX | Water vapor zonal flux (vertical int) | |
| 243 | WVVFLX | Water vapor meridional flux (vertical int) | |
| 244 | WCUFLX | Water condensate zonal flux (vertical int) | |
| 245 | WCVFLX | Water condensate meridional flux (vertical int) | |
| 246 | RCS | Solar parameter in canopy conductance | |
| 247 | RCT | Temperature parameter in canopy conductance | |
| 248 | RCQ | Humidity parameter in canopy conductance | |
| 249 | RCSOL | Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance | |
| 252 | CD | Surface drag coefficient | |
| 253 | FRICV | Surface friction velocity |