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Skin temperature

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Name:

skin_temperature

Abbreviation:

skt

Unit:

K

Definition	Temperature of the surface at radiative equilibrium. It forms the interface between soil and atmosphere.
Validity	instantaneous
Comment	The parameter Skin Temperature is identical to the parameter Sea Surface Temperature over sea points.

GRIB 2

Discipline	= 0
Parameter Category	= 0
Parameter Number	= 17
Type of first fixed surface	= 1	Type of second fixed surface	= All 1's
Scale factor of first fixed surface	= All 1's	Scale factor of second fixed surface	= All 1's
Scaled value of first fixed surface	= All 1's	Scaled value of second fixed surface	= All 1's

GRIB 2 and C-code for: Deterministic forecast, Perturbed forecast and Control forecast

Comments

Author	Contents
Jörg Urban	Joint Meeting of CT-MTDCF/ET-DRC, Montreal, 8-12 May 2006: accepted parameter number 17.

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18-03-2010