ecCodes definition
Name: | Sea surface practical salinity | Abbreviation: | sos | Unit: | psu (numeric) | paramId: | 151219 |
Description: | Sea surface practical salinity. |
S2S details
Validity | Daily averaged |
Comment | Land points should be set as missing values. Computation of daily average depends on the model (e.g. it can be a direct model output or computed one from instantaneous values at 0, 6, 12 and 18Z etc) |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 10 | oceanographic products |
Parameter category | 3 | surface properties |
Parameter number | 3 | practical salinity |
Approved by WMO in April 2019 for the next release November 2019
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | 160 | depth below see level |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | 0 | |
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 |