NCEP Parameter Code Table 1
1
PRES
Pressure
Pa
41
ABS V
Absolute vorticity
s^-1
178
UMAS
Mass weighted u
179
VMAS
Mass weighted v
NCEP Parameter Code Table 2
1
PRES
Pressure
Pa
2
PRMSL
Pressure reduced to MSL
Pa
3
PTEND
Pressure tendency
Pa s^-1
7
HGT
Geopotential height
gpm
11
TMP
Temperature
K
12
VTMP
Virtual temperature
K
13
POT
Potential temperature
K
15
TMAX
Maximum temperature
K
16
TMIN
Minimum temperature
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
36
VPOT
Velocity potential
m^2 s^-1
37
MNTSF
Montgomery stream function
m^2 s^-2
39
VVEL
Vertical velocity (pressure)
Pa s^-1
41
ABSV
Absolute vorticity
s^-1
43
RELV
Relative vorticity
s^-1
44
RELD
Relative divergence
s^-1
51
SPFH
Specific humidity
kg kg^-1
52
RH
Relative humidity
%
54
PWAT
Precipitable water
kg m^-2
59
PRATE
Precipitation rate
kg m^-2 s^-1
64
SRWEQ
Snowfall rate water equivalent
kg m^-2 s^-1
65
WEASD
Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth
kg m^-2
71
TCDC
Total cloud cover
%
72
CDCON
Convective cloud cover
%
81
LAND
Land cover
fraction
83
SFCR
Surface roughness
m
84
ALBDO
Albedo
%
90
RUNOF
Water runoff
kg m^-2
91
ICEC
Ice cover
fraction
111
NSWRS
Net short-wave radiation flux (surface)
W m^-2
112
NLWRS
Net longwave radiation flux (surface)
W 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
131
LFTX
Surface lifted index
K
132
4LFTX
Best (4 layer) lifted index
K
136
VSSH
Vertical speed shear
s^-1
138
BVF2
Brunt-Vaisala frequency (squared)
s^-2
144
SOILW
Volumetric soil moisture content
fraction
145
PEVPR
Potential evaporation rate
W m^-2
146
CWORK
Cloud workfunction
J kg^-1
147
U-GWD
Zonal flux of gravity wave stress
N m^-2
148
V-GWD
Meridional flux of gravity wave stress
N m^-2
149
PV
Potential vorticity
m^2 s^-1 kg^-1
155
GFLUX
Ground heat flux
W m^-2
160
CSUSF
Clear sky upward solar flux
W m^-2
161
CSDSF
Clear sky downward solar flux
W m^-2
162
CSULF
Clear sky upward longwave flux
W m^-2
163
CSDLF
Clear sky downward longwave flux
W m^-2
164
CFNSF
Cloud forcing net solar flux
W m^-2
165
CFNLF
Cloud forcing net longwave flux
W m^-2
166
VBDSF
Visible beam downward solar flux
W m^-2
167
VDDSF
Visible diffuse downward solar flux
W m^-2
168
NBDSF
Near IR beam downward solar flux
W m^-2
169
NDDSF
Near IR diffuse downward solar flux
W m^-2
175
SGLYR
Nearby model layer number (from bottom up)
178
UMAS
Mass weighted u
179
VMAS
Mass weighted v
181
LPSX
x-gradient of log pressure
m^-1
182
LPSY
y-gradient of log pressure
m^-1
183
HGTX
x-gradient of height
m m^-1
184
HGTY
y-gradient of height
m m^-1
190
CBUW
Covariance between u and omega
[m s^-1]*[Pa s^-1]
191
CBVW
Covariance between v and omega
[m s^-1]*[Pa s^-1]
192
CBUQ
Covariance between u and specific humidity
[m s^-1]*[gm gm^-1]
193
CBVQ
Covariance between v and specific humidity
[m s^-1]*[gm gm^-1]
194
CBTW
Covariance between T and omega
[K]*[Pa s^-1]
195
CBQW
Covariance between specific humidity and omega
[gm gm^-1]*[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]
198
CBTMW
Covariance between v and T
[K]*[m s^-1]
204
DSWRF
Downward shortwave radiation flux
W m^-2
205
DLWRF
Downward longwave radiation flux
W m^-2
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
225
VGTYP
Vegetation type (as in SiB)
229
SNOHF
Snow phase-change heat flux
W m^-2
230
5WAVA
5-wave geopotential height anomaly
241
LRGHR
Large scale condensation heat rate
K s^-1
242
CNVHR
Deep convective heating rate
K s^-1
243
CNVMR
Deep convective moistening rate
kg kg^-1 s^-1
244
SHAHR
Shallow convective heating rate
K s^-1
245
SHAMR
Shallow convective moistening rate
kg kg^-1 s^-1
246
VDFHR
Vertical diffusion heating rate
K s^-1
247
VDFUA
Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration
m s^-2
248
VDFVA
Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration
m s^-2
249
VDFMR
Vertical diffusion moistening rate
kg kg^-1 s^-1
250
SWHR
Solar radiative heating rate
K s^-1
251
LWHR
Long wave radiative heating rate
K s^-1