New parameters in Code table 4.2 discipline 2, category 4 for Fire weather and new source of emissions in Code table 4.238

[sebvi]

Initial request

ECMWF is proposing new parameters for Fire emission forecasting.

Amendment details

ADD to Code Table 4.2 Product discipline 2 - Land surface products, parameter category 4: fire weather products

Code	Description	Unit
39	Mean height of Maximum injection	m
40	Injection height	m
41	Plume bottom height	m
42	Plume top height	m

ADD to code table 4.238: Source or sink

Code	Description	Unit
39	Savannah	Numeric
40	Tropical Forest	Numeric
41	Boreal Forest	Numeric
42	Peatland	Numeric
43	Deforestation	Numeric

Comments

No response

Requestor(s)

Sebastien Villaume (ECMWF)
Robert Osinski (ECMWF)
Johannes Flemming (ECMWF)

Stakeholder(s)

ECMWF

Publication(s)

Manual on Codes (WMO-No. 306), Volume I.2, GRIB code table 4.2.0.20 (update)
Manual on Codes (WMO-No. 306), Volume I.2, GRIB code table 4.238 (update)

Expected impact of change

None

Collaborators

No response

References

No response

Validation

No response

[amilan17]

https://github.com/wmo-im/tt-tdcf/wiki/2024.11.13.tt.tdcf notes:

• Sebastien introduced the proposal
• @sebvi add reference (for the terminology)

[sebvi]

a good reference could be:
Rémy, S., Veira, A., Paugam, R., Sofiev, M., Kaiser, J. W., Marenco, F., Burton, S. P., Benedetti, A., Engelen, R. J., Ferrare, R., and Hair, J. W.: Two global data sets of daily fire emission injection heights since 2003, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 2921–2942, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2921-2017, 2017.

[amilan17]

https://github.com/wmo-im/tt-tdcf/wiki/2024.11.12.tt.tdcf notes:
@sebvi branch is ready for updates