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Created by
Richard Mladek, last updated on Sept 27, 2016
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GRIB-API definition
| Name: | Cloud cover | Abbreviation: | ccl | Unit: | % | paramId: | 260257 |
UERRA details
| Definition | Percentage of the sky hidden by all visible clouds on a pressure level. |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter category | 6 | cloud |
| Parameter number | 22 | cloud cover |
| 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 |