Total cloud cover

 

Name:total_cloud_coverAbbreviation:tccUnit:%
DefinitionPercentage of the sky hidden by all visible clouds.
ValidityDaily averaged
Comment Computed from instantaneous values at 00, 06, 12 and 18Z
Parameter
Discipline= 0  Meteorological products
Parameter Category= 6  Cloud
Parameter Number= 1
 Total cloud cover
Level
Type of first fixed surface= 1Ground or water surface
Scale factor of first fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of first fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Type of second fixed surface= 8
 Nominal top of the atmosphere
Scale factor of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing