Register: Fixed surface types and units
stable
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Code-table 4.5 - Fixed surface types and units.
Contents
| Notation | Name | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ground or water surface | Ground or water surface | stable |
| 2 | Cloud base level | Cloud base level | stable |
| 3 | Level of cloud tops | Level of cloud tops | stable |
| 4 | Level of 0°C isotherm | Level of 0°C isotherm | stable |
| 5 | Level of adiabatic condensation lifted from the surface | Level of adiabatic condensation lifted from the surface | stable |
| 6 | Maximum wind level | Maximum wind level | stable |
| 7 | Tropopause | Tropopause | stable |
| 8 | Nominal top of the atmosphere | Nominal top of the atmosphere | stable |
| 9 | Sea bottom | Sea bottom | stable |
| 10 | Entire atmosphere | Entire atmosphere | stable |
| 11 | Cumulonimbus (CB) base | Cumulonimbus (CB) base | stable |
| 12 | Cumulonimbus (CB) top | Cumulonimbus (CB) top | stable |
| 20 | Isothermal level | Isothermal level | stable |
| 100 | Isobaric surface | Isobaric surface | stable |
| 101 | Mean sea level | Mean sea level | stable |
| 102 | Specific altitude above mean sea level | Specific altitude above mean sea level | stable |
| 103 | Specified height level above ground | Specified height level above ground | stable |
| 104 | Sigma level | Sigma level | stable |
| 105 | Hybrid level | Hybrid level | stable |
| 106 | Depth below land surface | Depth below land surface | stable |
| 107 | Isentropic (theta) level | Isentropic (theta) level | stable |
| 108 | Level at specified pressure difference from ground to level | Level at specified pressure difference from ground to level | stable |
| 109 | Potential vorticity surface | Potential vorticity surface | stable |
| 111 | Eta level | Eta level | stable |
| 113 | Logarithmic hybrid level | Logarithmic hybrid level | stable |
| 114 | Snow level | Snow level | stable |
| 117 | Mixed layer depth | Mixed layer depth | stable |
| 118 | Hybrid height level | Hybrid height level | stable |
| 119 | Hybrid pressure level | Hybrid pressure level | stable |
| 150 | Generalized vertical height coordinate | Generalized vertical height coordinate | stable |
| 160 | Depth below sea level | Depth below sea level | stable |
| 161 | Depth below water surface | Depth below water surface | stable |
| 162 | Lake or river bottom | Lake or river bottom | stable |
| 163 | Bottom of sediment layer | Bottom of sediment layer | stable |
| 164 | Bottom of thermally active sediment layer | Bottom of thermally active sediment layer | stable |
| 165 | Bottom of sediment layer penetrated by thermal wave | Bottom of sediment layer penetrated by thermal wave | stable |
| 166 | Mixing layer | Mixing layer | stable |
| 167 | Bottom of root zone | Bottom of root zone | stable |
| 255 | Missing | Missing | stable |