Fields Requested in the UPP Parameter Table for SRW BGRD3D¶
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 | 4 |
| 2 | Temperature on pressure surface | isobaric | TMP | 5 |
| 3 | Relative humidity on pressure surface | isobaric | RH | 4 |
| 4 | U component of wind on pressure surface | isobaric | UGRD | 4 |
| 5 | V component of wind on pressure surface | isobaric | VGRD | 4 |
| 6 | Omega on pressure surface | isobaric | VVEL | 4 |
| 7 | Specific humidity on pressure surface | isobaric | SPFH | 4 |
| 8 | Absolute vorticity on pressure surface | isobaric | ABSV | 4 |
| 9 | Pressure on model surface | hybrid | PRES | 64 |
| 10 | Height on model surface | hybrid | HGT | 64 |
| 11 | Temperature on model surface | hybrid | TMP | 64 |
| 12 | Specific humidity on model surface | hybrid | SPFH | 64 |
| 13 | U component of wind on model surface | hybrid | UGRD | 64 |
| 14 | V component of wind on model surface | hybrid | VGRD | 64 |
| 15 | Omega on model surface | hybrid | VVEL | 64 |
| 16 | Vertical velocity on model surface | hybrid | DZDT | 64 |
| 17 | Turbulent kinetic energy on model surface | hybrid | TKE | 64 |
| 18 | Temperature tendency from grid scale latent heat release (time-averaged) | hybrid | LRGHR | 64 |
| 19 | Mesinger (Membrane) sea level pressure | mean sea level | MSLET | 1 |
| 20 | Shuell sea level pressure | mean sea level | PRES | 1 |
| 21 | Temperature at 2m | height agl | TMP | 1 |
| 22 | Specific humidity at 2m | height agl | SPFH | 1 |
| 23 | Dew point temperature at 2m | height agl | DPT | 1 |
| 24 | Relative humidity at 2m | height agl | RH | 1 |
| 25 | U component of wind at 10m | height agl | UGRD | 1 |
| 26 | V component of wind at 10m | height agl | VGRD | 1 |
| 27 | Potential temperature at 10m | height agl | POT | 1 |
| 28 | Specific humidity at 10m | height agl | SPFH | 1 |
| 29 | Surface Pressure | surface | PRES | 1 |
| 30 | Terrain height | surface | HGT | 1 |
| 31 | Skin potential temperature | surface | POT | 1 |
| 32 | Skin specific humidity | surface | SPFH | 1 |
| 33 | Skin temperature | surface | TMP | 1 |
| 34 | Maximum updraft vertical velocity (10-100 hPa) | isobaric | MAXUVV | 1 |
| 35 | Maximum downdraft vertical velocity (10-100 hPa) | isobaric | MAXDVV | 1 |
| 36 | Maximum updraft helicity (0-3 km) | height agl | MXUPHL | 1 |
| 37 | Maximum updraft helicity (2-5 km) | height agl | MXUPHL | 1 |
| 38 | Minimum updraft helicity (2-5 km) | height agl | MNUPHL | 1 |
| 39 | Minimum updraft helicity (0-3 km) | height agl | MNUPHL | 1 |
| 40 | Maximum relative vertical vorticity (0-1 km) | height agl | RELV | 1 |
| 41 | Maximum relative vertical vorticity at hybrid level 1 | hybrid | RELV | 1 |
| 42 | Maximum relative vertical vorticity (0-2 km) | height agl | RELV | 1 |
| 43 | Maximum U-component wind at 10m | height agl | MAXUW | 1 |
| 44 | Maximum V-component wind at 10m | height agl | MAXVW | 1 |
| 45 | Maximum derived radar reflectivity at 1 km | height agl | MAXREF | 1 |
| 46 | Maximum derived radar reflectivity at -10 C | isothermal | MAXREF | 1 |
| 47 | Radar reflectivity at -10 C | isothermal | REFD | 1 |
| 48 | Maximum 2m temperature | height agl | TMAX | 1 |
| 49 | Minimum 2m temperature | height agl | TMIN | 1 |
| 50 | Maximum 2m RH | height agl | MAXRH | 1 |
| 51 | Minimum 2m RH | height agl | MINRH | 1 |
| 52 | Soil temperature in between each soil layer | depth below land surface | TSOIL | 4 |
| 53 | Soil moisture in between each soil layer | depth below land surface | SOILW | 4 |
| 54 | Total soil moisture | depth below land surface | SOILM | 1 |
| 55 | Heat exchange coeff at surface | surface | SFEXC | 1 |
| 56 | Vegetation cover | surface | VEG | 1 |
| 57 | Soil moisture availability | depth below land surface | MSTAV | 1 |
| 58 | Soil temperature at 3m | depth below land surface | TSOIL | 1 |
| 59 | Ground heat flux (instantaneous) | surface | GFLUX | 1 |
| 60 | Plant canopy surface water | surface | CNWAT | 1 |
| 61 | Snow water equivalent | surface | WEASD | 1 |
| 62 | Lifted index—best | pressure above ground | 4LFTX | 1 |
| 63 | Column integrated precipitable water | entire atmosphere | PWAT | 1 |
| 64 | Accumulated total precipitation | surface | APCP | 1 |
| 65 | Accumulated grid-scale precipitation | surface | NCPCP | 1 |
| 66 | Continuous accumulated total precipitation | surface | APCP | 1 |
| 67 | Continuous accumulated grid-scale precipitation | surface | NCPCP | 1 |
| 68 | Accumulated snowfall | surface | WEASD | 1 |
| 69 | Accumulated total snow melt | surface | SNOM | 1 |
| 70 | Accumulated storm surface runoff | surface | SSRUN | 1 |
| 71 | Accumulated base flow runoff | surface | BGRUN | 1 |
| 72 | Categorical rain (instantaneous) | surface | CRAIN | 1 |
| 73 | Categorical snow (instantaneous) | surface | CSNOW | 1 |
| 74 | Categorical ice pellets (instantaneous) | surface | CICEP | 1 |
| 75 | Categorical freezing rain (instantaneous) | surface | CFRZR | 1 |
| 76 | Precipitation rate (instantaneous) | surface | PRATE | 1 |
| 77 | Fraction of frozen precipitation | surface | CPOFP | 1 |
| 78 | Cloud water mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | CLWMR | 64 |
| 79 | Cloud ice mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | ICMR | 64 |
| 80 | Graupel mixing ratio on mmodel surface | hybrid | GRLE | 64 |
| 81 | Cloud fraction on model surface | hybrid | TCDC | 64 |
| 82 | Rain mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | RWMR | 64 |
| 83 | Snow mixing ratio on model surface | hybrid | SNMR | 64 |
| 84 | Rimming factor for Ferrier scheme on model surface | hybrid | RIME | 64 |
| 85 | Total condensate for Ferrier scheme on mode surface | hybrid | TCOND | 64 |
| 86 | Model level fraction of rain for Ferrier scheme | hybrid | FRAIN | 64 |
| 87 | Model level fraction of ice for Ferrier scheme | hybrid | FICE | 64 |
| 88 | Low level cloud fraction | low cloud layer | LCDC | 1 |
| 89 | Mid level cloud fraction | mid cloud layer | MCDC | 1 |
| 90 | High level cloud fraction | high cloud layer | HCDC | 1 |
| 91 | Total cloud fraction | entire atmosphere | TCDC | 1 |
| 92 | Total cloud fraction (time-averaged) | entire atmosphere | TCDC | 1 |
| 93 | stratospheric cloud fraction (time-averaged) | entire atmosphere | CDLYR | 1 |
| 94 | Outgoing surface shortwave radiation (instantaneous) | surface | USWRF | 1 |
| 95 | Outgoing surface longwave radiation (instantaneous) | surface | ULWRF | 1 |
| 96 | Incoming surface shortwave radiation (time-averaged) | surface | DSWRF | 1 |
| 97 | Incoming surface longwave radiation (time-averaged) | surface | DLWRF | 1 |
| 98 | Outgoing surface shortwave radiation (time-averaged) | surface | USWRF | 1 |
| 99 | Outgoing surface longwave radiation (time-averaged) | surface | ULWRF | 1 |
| 100 | Outgoing model top shortwave radiation (time-averaged) | top of atmosphere | USWRF | 1 |
| 101 | Outgoing model top longwave radiation (time-averaged) | top of atmosphere | ULWRF | 1 |
| 102 | Incoming surface shortwave radiation (instantaneous) | surface | DSWRF | 1 |
| 103 | Incoming surface longwave radiation (instantaneous) | surface | DLWRF | 1 |
| 104 | Clear sky incoming surface shortwave (instantaneous) | surface | CSDSF | 1 |
| 105 | Roughness length | surface | SFCR | 1 |
| 106 | Friction velocity | surface | FRICV | 1 |
| 107 | Surface drag coefficient | surface | CD | 1 |
| 108 | Surface u wind stress | surface | UFLX | 1 |
| 109 | Surface v wind stress | surface | VFLX | 1 |
| 110 | Surface sensible heat flux (time-averaged) | surface | SHTFL | 1 |
| 111 | Ground heat flux (time-averaged) | surface | GFLUX | 1 |
| 112 | Snow phase change heat flux (time-averaged) | surface | SNOHF | 1 |
| 113 | Surface latent heat flux (time-averaged) | surface | LHTFL | 1 |
| 114 | Accumulated surface evaporation | surface | EVP | 1 |
| 115 | Accumulated potential evaporation | surface | PEVAP | 1 |
| 116 | Surface sensible heat flux (instantaneous) | surface | SHTFL | 1 |
| 117 | Surface latent heat flux (instantaneous) | surface | LHTFL | 1 |
| 118 | Latitude | surface | NLAT | 1 |
| 119 | Longitude | surface | ELON | 1 |
| 120 | Land sea mask (land=1 sea=0) | surface | LAND | 1 |
| 121 | Sea ice mask | surface | ICEC | 1 |
| 122 | Mass point at eta surface mask | surface | LMH | 1 |
| 123 | Velocity point at eta surface mask | surface | LMV | 1 |
| 124 | Surface albedo | surface | ALBDO | 1 |
| 125 | Sea surface temperature | surface | WTMP | 1 |
| 126 | Pressure in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | PRES | 6 |
| 127 | Temperature in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | TMP | 6 |
| 128 | Potential temperature in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | POT | 1 |
| 129 | Dew point temperature in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | DPT | 1 |
| 130 | Specific humidity in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | SPFH | 6 |
| 131 | RH in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | RH | 6 |
| 132 | Moisture convergence in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | MCONV | 1 |
| 133 | Precipitable water in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | PWAT | 1 |
| 134 | U wind in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | UGRD | 6 |
| 135 | V wind in boundary layer (30 mb means) | pressure agl | VGRD | 6 |
| 136 | Accumulated land surface model precipitation | surface | LSPA | 1 |
| 137 | Model top pressure | top of atmosphere | PRES | 1 |
| 138 | Pressure thickness | hybrid | PRES | 1 |
| 139 | Sigma pressure thickness | hybrid | PRES | 1 |
| 140 | Plant canopy surface water | surface | CNWAT | 1 |
| 141 | Ground heat flux (instantaneous) | surface | GFLUX | 1 |
| 142 | Lifted index—surface based (500-1000 hPa) | isobaric | LFTX | 1 |
| 143 | Convective available potential energy | surface | CAPE | 1 |
| 144 | Best cape | pressure above ground | CAPE | 1 |
| 145 | Mixed layer cape | pressure above ground | CAPE | 1 |
| 146 | Unstable cape | pressure above ground | CAPE | 1 |
| 147 | Convective inhibition | surface | CIN | 1 |
| 148 | Best cin | pressure above ground | CIN | 1 |
| 149 | Mixed layer cin | pressure above ground | CIN | 1 |
| 150 | Unstable cin | pressure above ground | CIN | 1 |
| 151 | LCL level pressure | pressure layer agl | PLPL | 1 |
| 152 | Helicity | height agl | HLCY | 2 |
| 153 | U component storm motion | height agl | USTM | 1 |
| 154 | V component storm motion | height agl | VSTM | 1 |
| 155 | Cloud bottom pressure | cloud base | PRES | 1 |
| 156 | Cloud top pressure | cloud top | PRES | 1 |
| 157 | Cloud top temperature | cloud top | TMP | 1 |
| 158 | Pressure at tropopause | tropopause | PRES | 1 |
| 159 | Height at tropopause | tropopause | HGT | 1 |
| 160 | Temperature at tropopause | tropopause | TMP | 1 |
| 161 | U component of wind at tropopause | tropopause | UGRD | 1 |
| 162 | V component of wind at tropopause | tropopause | VGRD | 1 |
| 163 | Wind shear at tropopause | tropopause | VWSH | 1 |
| 164 | Temperature at flight levels | height msl | TMP | 10 |
| 165 | U component of wind at flight levels | height msl | UGRD | 10 |
| 166 | V component of wind at flight levels | height msl | VGRD | 10 |
| 167 | Freezing level height | 0 degree isotherm | HGT | 1 |
| 168 | Freezing level relative humidity | 0 degree isotherm | RH | 1 |
| 169 | Highest freezing level height | highest tropospheric frz lvl | HGT | 1 |
| 170 | Maximum wind pressure level | max wind | PRES | 1 |
| 171 | Maximum wind height | max wind | HGT | 1 |
| 172 | U-component of maximum wind | max wind | UGRD | 1 |
| 173 | V-component of maximum wind | max wind | VGRD | 1 |
| 174 | Maximum wind speed at 10m | height agl | WIND | 1 |
| 175 | Cloud bottom height (above MSL) | cloud base | HGT | 1 |
| 176 | Cloud top height (above MSL) | cloud top | HGT | 1 |
| 177 | Visibility | surface | VIS | 1 |
| 178 | Composite radar reflectivity | entire atmosphere | REFC | 1 |
| 179 | Grid scale cloud bottom pressure | grid scale cloud bottom | PRES | 1 |
| 180 | Grid scale cloud top pressure | grid scale cloud top | PRES | 1 |
| 181 | Column integrated cloud water | entire atmosphere | TCOLW | 1 |
| 182 | Column integrated cloud ice | entire atmosphere | TCOLI | 1 |
| 183 | Column integrated rain | entire atmosphere | TCOLR | 1 |
| 184 | Column integrated snow | entire atmosphere | TCOLS | 1 |
| 185 | Column integrated total condensate | entire atmosphere | TCOLC | 1 |
| 186 | Column integrated graupel | entire atmosphere | TCOLG | 1 |
| 187 | Vegetation type | surface | VGTYP | 1 |
| 188 | Soil type | surface | SOTYP | 1 |
| 189 | Canopy conductance | surface | CCOND | 1 |
| 190 | Planetary boundary layer height | surface | HPBL | 1 |
| 191 | Snow depth | surface | SNOD | 1 |
| 192 | Snow sublimation | surface | SBSNO | 1 |
| 193 | Air dry soil moisture | surface | SMDRY | 1 |
| 194 | Soil moist porosity | surface | POROS | 1 |
| 195 | Minimum stomatal resistance | surface | RSMIN | 1 |
| 196 | Number of root layers | surface | RLYRS | 1 |
| 197 | Soil moist wilting point | surface | WILT | 1 |
| 198 | Soil moist reference | surface | SMREF | 1 |
| 199 | Canopy conductance - solar component | surface | RCS | 1 |
| 200 | Canopy conductance - temperature component | surface | RCT | 1 |
| 201 | Canopy conductance - humidity component | surface | RCQ | 1 |
| 202 | Canopy conductance - soil component | surface | RCSOL | 1 |
| 203 | Potential evaporation | surface | PEVPR | 1 |
| 204 | Surface wind gust | surface | GUST | 1 |
| 205 | Lowest wet bulb zero height | lowest lvl wet bulb zero | HGT | 1 |
| 206 | Leaf area index | surface | LAI | 1 |
| 207 | Clear sky incoming surface shortwave (instantaneous) | surface | CSDSF | 1 |
| 208 | Cloud fraction on sigma surface | sigma | TCDC | 22 |
| 209 | Richardson number planetary boundary layer height | planetary boundary layer | HGT | 1 |
| 210 | Mixing height | surface | MIXHT | 1 |
| 211 | Temperature at 10m | height agl | TMP | 1 |
| 212 | Time-averaged percentage snow cover | surface | SNOWC | 1 |
| 213 | Time-averaged surface pressure | surface | PRES | 1 |
| 214 | Time-averaged 10m temperature | height agl | TMP | 1 |
| 215 | Time-averaged mass exchange coefficient | surface | AKHS | 1 |
| 216 | Time-averaged wind exchange coefficient | surface | AKMS | 1 |