Snow fall water equivalent

Name:

snow_fall_water_equivalent

Abbreviation:

sf

Unit:

kg m^-2

Definition	The parameter expresses the fallen snow from the beginning of the forecast in kg of snow over one square meter. The unit corresponds to 1 mm of water equivalent.
Validity	accumulated from the beginning of the forecast
Comment	The field will be archived once a day at 00Z

GRIB 2

Discipline	= 0
Parameter Category	= 1
Parameter Number	= 53
Type of statistical processing	= 1
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: Perturbed forecast, Control forecast, Perturbed re-forecast and Control re-forecast