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Specific humidity

Task

task description
humid specific humidity

Content versions

The content version is an attribute in hdf files.

content version description
10 initial number (march 2003)

Fields and methode

file param description unit levels from time res. (hr) grib code hor. comb. vert. comb Comments
                     
q Q humidity kg/kg 1:lm gg [21,03], .. 130 mass average mass average  
                     

Humidity fields are valid for 6 hour intervals.

Computed from ECMWF fields valid for the mid of the interval. First computed on ECMWF's Gaussian Grid, then mass weighted average over cells and layers.

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