Total precipitation

 

Name:total_precipitationAbbreviation:tpUnit:kg m-2
DefinitionThe parameter is the sum of convective precipitation and large scale precipitation.
Validityaccumulated from the beginning of the forecast
CommentThe field will be archived once a day at 00Z every 6 hours (change decided at the 02/2014 S2S steering group meeting)
Parameter
Discipline= 0Meteorological products
Parameter Category= 1Moisture
Parameter Number= 52
 Total precipitation rate
Type of statistical processing= 1accumulated
Level
Type of first fixed surface= 1 Ground 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= all bits to 1Missing
Scale factor of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface= all bits to 1Missing