Register: Fixed surface types and units

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Code-table 4.5 - Fixed surface types and units.

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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