Sea ice Cover
ecCodes definition
Name: | Sea ice area fraction | Abbreviation: | ci | Unit: | (0 - 1) | paramId: | 31 |
S2S details
Definition | Proportion of ice covering a water grid box. The values are between 0 (sea) and 1 (ice). |
Validity | Daily averaged |
Comment | Computed from instantaneous values at 00, 06, 12 and 18Z - Land points should be set as missing values. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | = 10 | Oceanographic products |
Parameter Category | = 2 | Ice |
Parameter Number | = 0 | Ice cover |
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | = 1 | Ground or water surface |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |
Type of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |
Scale factor of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | = all bits to 1 | Missing |