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Created by
Richard Mladek, last updated on Nov 03, 2016
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GRIB-API definition
| Name: | Specific cloud ice water content | Abbreviation: | ciwc | Unit: | kg kg**-1 | paramId: | 247 |
UERRA details
| Definition | Grid-box mean specific cloud ice water content (mass of condensate / mass of moist air) on a pressure level. |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment |
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WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter category | 1 | moisture |
| Parameter number | 84 | specific cloud ice water content |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | 100 | pressure level |
| Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
| Scaled value of first fixed surface | value in Pa | |
| 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 |