Fields Requested in the UPP Parameter Table for MRWΒΆ
Field description (column 1), level type as defined by WMO (column 2), abbreviated names as they appear in the Grib2 output file (column 3), and number of levels output (column 4).
| No. | Field Description | Level Type | Short Name | nlvl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Height on pressure surface | isobaric | HGT | 57 |
| 2 | Temperature on pressure surface | isobaric | TMP | 57 |
| 3 | Specific humidity on pressure surface | isobaric | SPFH | 57 |
| 4 | Relative humidity on pressure surface | isobaric | RH | 57 |
| 5 | U component of wind on pressure surface | isobaric | UGRD | 57 |
| 6 | V component of wind on pressure surface | isobaric | VGRD | 57 |
| 7 | Vertical velocity on pressure surface | isobaric | DZDT | 45 |
| 8 | Omega on pressure surface | isobaric | VVEL | 45 |
| 9 | Absolute vorticity on pressure surface | isobaric | ABSV | 57 |
| 10 | Ozone on pressure surface | isobaric | O3MR | 32 |
| 11 | Cloud water mixing ratio on pressure surface | isobaric | CLWMR | 39 |
| 12 | Cloud ice mixing ratio on pressure surface | isobaric | ICMR | 39 |
| 13 | Rain mixing ratio on pressure surface | isobaric | RWMR | 39 |
| 14 | Snow mixing ratio on pressure surface | isobaric | SNMR | 39 |
| 15 | Graupel mixing ratio on pressure surface | isobaric | GRLE | 39 |
| 16 | Composite radar reflectivity | entire atmosphere | REFC | 1 |
| 17 | Mesinger (Membrane) sea level pressure | mean sea level | MSLET | 1 |
| 18 | Shuell sea level pressure | mean sea level | PRES | 1 |
| 19 | Temperature at 2m | height agl | TMP | 1 |
| 20 | Specific humidity at 2m | height agl | SPFH | 1 |
| 21 | Dew point temperature at 2m | height agl | DPT | 1 |
| 22 | Relative humidity at 2m | height agl | RH | 1 |
| 23 | U component of wind at 10m | height agl | UGRD | 1 |
| 24 | V component of wind at 10m | height agl | VGRD | 1 |
| 25 | Surface Pressure | surface | PRES | 1 |
| 26 | Terrain height | surface | HGT | 1 |
| 27 | Skin temperature | surface | TMP | 1 |
| 28 | Soil temperature in between each soil layer | depth below land surface | TSOIL | 4 |
| 29 | Soil moisture in between each soil layer | depth below land surface | SOILW | 4 |
| 30 | Liquid soil moisture in between each soil layer | depth below land surface | SOILL | 4 |
| 31 | Plant canopy surface water | surface | CNWAT | 1 |
| 32 | Snow water equivalent | surface | WEASD | 1 |
| 33 | Potential evaporation | surface | PEVPR | 1 |
| 34 | Ice thickness | surface | ICETK | 1 |
| 35 | Snow depth | surface | SNOD | 1 |
| 36 | Wilting point | surface | WILT | 1 |
| 37 | Field Capacity | surface | FLDCP | 1 |
| 38 | Surface lifted index | surface | LFTX | 1 |
| 39 | Best lifted index (4 layer) | surface | 4LFTX | 1 |
| 40 | Parcel lifted index | pressure above ground | PLI | 1 |
| 41 | Convective available potential energy | surface | CAPE | 1 |
| 42 | Best cape | pressure above ground | CAPE | 1 |
| 43 | Unstable cape | pressure above ground | CAPE | 1 |
| 44 | Convective inhibition | surface | CIN | 1 |
| 45 | Best cin | pressure above ground | CIN | 1 |
| 46 | Unstable cin | pressure above ground | CIN | 1 |
| 47 | Column integrated precipitable water | entire atmosphere | PWAT | 1 |
| 48 | Helicity | height agl | HLCY | 1 |
| 49 | U component storm motion | height agl | USTM | 1 |
| 50 | V component storm motion | height agl | VSTM | 1 |
| 51 | Accumulated total precipitation | surface | APCP | 1 |
| 52 | Accumulated convective precipitation | surface | ACPCP | 1 |
| 53 | Accumulated grid-scale precipitation | surface | NCPCP | 1 |
| 54 | Continuous accumulated total precipitation | surface | APCP | 1 |
| 55 | Continuous accumulated convective precipitation | surface | ACPCP | 1 |
| 56 | Continuous accumulated grid-scale precipitation | surface | NCPCP | 1 |
| 57 | Categorical rain (instantaneous) | surface | CRAIN | 1 |
| 58 | Categorical snow (instantaneous) | surface | CSNOW | 1 |
| 59 | Categorical ice pellets (instantaneous) | surface | CICEP | 1 |
| 60 | Categorical freezing rain (instantaneous) | surface | CFRZR | 1 |
| 61 | Categorical rain (average) | surface | CRAIN | 1 |
| 62 | Categorical snow (average) | surface | CSNOW | 1 |
| 63 | Categorical ice pellets (average) | surface | CICEP | 1 |
| 64 | Categorical freezing rain (average) | surface | CFRZR | 1 |
| 65 | Average precipitation rate | surface | PRATE | 1 |
| 66 | Average convective precipitation rate | surface | CPRAT | 1 |
| 67 | Average low cloud fraction | low cloud layer | TCDC | 1 |
| 68 | Average mid cloud fraction | mid cloud layer | TCDC | 1 |
| 69 | Average high cloud fraction | high cloud layer | TCDC | 1 |
| 70 | Average total cloud fraction | entire atmosphere | TCDC | 1 |
| 71 | Visibility | surface | VIS | 1 |
| 72 | Average incoming surface shortwave radiation | surface | DSWRF | 1 |
| 73 | Average clear sky incoming UV-B shortwave | surface | CDUVB | 1 |
| 74 | Average incoming UV-B shortwave | surface | DUVB | 1 |
| 75 | Average incoming surface longwave radiation | surface | DLWRF | 1 |
| 76 | Average outgoing surface shortwave radiation | surface | USWRF | 1 |
| 77 | Average outgoing surface longwave radiation | surface | ULWRF | 1 |
| 78 | Average outgoing model top shortwave radiation | top of atmosphere | USWRF | 1 |
| 79 | Average outgoing model top longwave radiation | top of atmosphere | ULWRF | 1 |
| 80 | Total spectrum brightness temperature | top of atmosphere | BRTMP | 1 |
| 81 | Roughness length | surface | SFCR | 1 |
| 82 | Friction velocity | surface | FRICV | 1 |
| 83 | Average surface sensible heat flux | surface | SHTFL | 1 |
| 84 | Average ground heat flux | surface | GFLUX | 1 |
| 85 | Average surface latent heat flux | surface | LHTFL | 1 |
| 86 | Average surface zonal momentum flux | surface | UFLX | 1 |
| 87 | Average surface meridional momentum flux | surface | VFLX | 1 |
| 88 | Land sea mask (land=1 sea=0) | surface | LAND | 1 |
| 89 | Sea ice mask | surface | ICEC | 1 |
| 90 | Average albedo | surface | ALBDO | 1 |
| 91 | Pressure at tropopause | tropopause | PRES | 1 |
| 92 | Height at tropopause | tropopause | HGT | 1 |
| 93 | Temperature at tropopause | tropopause | TMP | 1 |
| 94 | U component of wind at tropopause | tropopause | UGRD | 1 |
| 95 | V component of wind at tropopause | tropopause | VGRD | 1 |
| 96 | Wind shear at tropopause | tropopause | VWSH | 1 |
| 97 | Temperature at flight levels | height msl | TMP | 8 |
| 98 | U component of wind at flight levels | height msl | UGRD | 8 |
| 99 | V component of wind at flight levels | height msl | VGRD | 8 |
| 100 | Temperature at flight levels | height agl | TMP | 2 |
| 101 | U component of wind at flight levels | height agl | UGRD | 6 |
| 102 | V component of wind at flight levels | height agl | VGRD | 6 |
| 103 | Pressure at flight levels | height agl | PRES | 1 |
| 104 | Specific humidity at flight levels | height agl | SPFH | 1 |
| 105 | Freezing level height | 0 degree isotherm | HGT | 1 |
| 106 | Freezing level relative humidity | 0 degree isotherm | RH | 1 |
| 107 | Highest freezing level height | highest tropospheric frz lvl | HGT | 1 |
| 108 | Highest freezing level relative humidity | highest tropospheric frz lvl | RH | 1 |
| 109 | Temperature in layer between pressure levels | pressure layer agl | TMP | 6 |
| 110 | Dew point temperature in layer between pressure levels | pressure layer agl | DPT | 1 |
| 111 | Specific humidity in layer between pressure levels | pressure layer agl | SPFH | 6 |
| 112 | Relative humidity in layer between pressure levels | pressure layer agl | RH | 6 |
| 113 | Precipitable water in layer between pressure levels | pressure layer agl | PWAT | 1 |
| 114 | U component of wind in layer between pressure levels | pressure layer agl | UGRD | 6 |
| 115 | V component of wind in layer between pressure levels | pressure layer agl | VGRD | 6 |
| 116 | Relative humidity on sigma level 0.33-1.0 | sigma level | RH | 1 |
| 117 | Relative humidity on sigma level 0.44-1.0 | sigma level | RH | 1 |
| 118 | Relative humidity on sigma level 0.72-0.94 | sigma level | RH | 1 |
| 119 | Relative humidity on sigma level 0.44-0.72 | sigma level | RH | 1 |
| 120 | Temperature on sigma level 0.9950 | sigma level | TMP | 1 |
| 121 | Potential temperature on sigma level 0.9950 | sigma level | POT | 1 |
| 122 | Relative humidity on sigma level 0.9950 | sigma level | RH | 1 |
| 123 | U component of wind on sigma level 0.9950 | sigma level | UGRD | 1 |
| 124 | V component of wind on sigma level 0.9950 | sigma level | VGRD | 1 |
| 125 | Omega on sigma level 0.9950 | sigma level | VVEL | 1 |
| 126 | Maximum wind pressure level | max wind | PRES | 1 |
| 127 | Maximum wind height | max wind | HGT | 1 |
| 128 | U component of maximum wind | max wind | UGRD | 1 |
| 129 | V component of maximum wind | max wind | VGRD | 1 |
| 130 | Temperature at maximum wind level | max wind | TMP | 1 |
| 131 | Planetary boundary layer height | surface | HPBL | 1 |
| 132 | Convective cloud bottom pressure | convective cloud bottom | PRES | 1 |
| 133 | Convective cloud top pressure | convective cloud top | PRES | 1 |
| 134 | Average low cloud bottom pressure | low cloud bottom | PRES | 1 |
| 135 | Average mid cloud bottom pressure | mid cloud bottom | PRES | 1 |
| 136 | Average high cloud bottom pressure | high cloud bottom | PRES | 1 |
| 137 | Average low cloud top pressure | low cloud top | PRES | 1 |
| 138 | Average mid cloud top pressure | mid cloud top | PRES | 1 |
| 139 | Average high cloud top pressure | high cloud top | PRES | 1 |
| 140 | Average low cloud top temperature | low cloud top | TMP | 1 |
| 141 | Average mid cloud top temperature | mid cloud top | TMP | 1 |
| 142 | Average high cloud top temperature | high cloud top | TMP | 1 |
| 143 | Total cloud fraction on convective cloud layer | entire atmosphere | TCDC | 1 |
| 144 | Column integrated cloud water | entire atmosphere | CWAT | 1 |
| 145 | Total column relative humidity | entire atmosphere | RH | 1 |
| 146 | Total column ozone | entire atmosphere | TOZNE | 1 |
| 147 | Surface wind gust | surface | GUST | 1 |
| 148 | LCL level pressure | pressure layer agl | PLPL | 1 |
| 149 | Cloud fraction on pressure surface | isobaric | TCDC | 39 |
| 150 | U component of wind on theta surface | isentropic | UGRD | 1 |
| 151 | V component of wind on theta surface | isentropic | VGRD | 1 |
| 152 | Temperature on theta surface | isentropic | TMP | 1 |
| 153 | Potential vorticity on theta surface | isentropic | PVORT | 1 |
| 154 | Montgomery stream function on theta surface | isentropic | MNTSF | 1 |
| 155 | U component of wind on constant PV surface | potential vorticity surface | UGRD | 8 |
| 156 | V component of wind on constant PV surface | potential vorticity surface | VGRD | 8 |
| 157 | Temperature on constant PV surface | potential vorticity surface | TMP | 8 |
| 158 | Height on constant PV surface | potential vorticity surface | HGT | 8 |
| 159 | Pressure on constant PV surface | potential vorticity surface | PRES | 8 |
| 160 | Wind shear on constant PV surface | potential vorticity surface | VWSH | 8 |
| 161 | Average planetary boundary layer cloud fraction | boundary layer cloud layer | TCDC | 1 |
| 162 | Cloud work function | entire atmosphere | CWORK | 1 |
| 163 | Average zonal gravity wave stress | surface | U-GWD | 1 |
| 164 | Average meridional gravity wave stress | surface | V-GWD | 1 |
| 165 | Average water runoff | surface | WATR | 1 |
| 166 | Maximum 2m temperature | height agl | TMAX | 1 |
| 167 | Minimum 2m temperature | height agl | TMIN | 1 |
| 168 | ICAO height at maximum wind level | max wind | ICAHT | 1 |
| 169 | ICAO height at tropopause | tropopause | ICAHT | 1 |
| 170 | Sunshine duration | surface | SUNSD | 1 |
| 171 | Transport u component of wind | planetary boundary layer | UGRD | 1 |
| 172 | Transport v component of wind | planetary boundary layer | VGRD | 1 |
| 173 | Ventilation rate | planetary boundary layer | VRATE | 1 |
| 174 | Haines index | surface | HINDEX | 1 |
| 175 | Fraction of frozen precipitation | surface | CPOFP | 1 |
| 176 | Apparent temperature at 2m | height agl | APTMP | 1 |
| 177 | Instantaneous precipitation rate | surface | PRATE | 1 |
| 178 | Convective precipitation rate | surface | CPRAT | 1 |
| 179 | Snow mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | SNMR | 1 |
| 180 | Rain mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | RWMR | 1 |
| 181 | Cloud water mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | CLWMR | 1 |
| 182 | Cloud ice mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | ICMR | 1 |
| 183 | Graupel mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | GRLE | 1 |
| 184 | Ice growth rate | height msl | ICEG | 1 |
| 185 | Soil type | surface | SOTYP | 1 |
| 186 | Vegetation cover | surface | VEG | 1 |
| 187 | Sea ice skin temperature | surface | ICETMP | 1 |