TABLE 2: PARAMETERS & UNITS (Version 2) (PDS Octet 9)
| VALUE | PARAMETER (* means see Notes at bottom of table) | UNITS | ABBREV | 
| 000 | Reserved | ||
| 001 | Pressure | Pa | PRES | 
| 002 | Pressure Reduced to Mean Sea Level | Pa | PRMSL | 
| 003 | Pressure Tendency | Pa/s | PTEND | 
| 004 | Potential Vorticity | K m2/kg s | PVORT | 
| 005 | ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height | m | ICAHT | 
| 006 | Geopotential | m2/s2 | GP | 
| 007 | Geopotential Height | gpm | HGT | 
| 008 | Geometric Height | m | DIST | 
| 009 | Standard Deviation of Height | m | HSTDV | 
| 010 | Total Ozone | Dobson | TOZNE | 
| 011 | Temperature | K | TMP | 
| 012 | Virtual Temperature | K | VTMP | 
| 013 | Potential Temperature | K | POT | 
| 014 | Pseudo-Adiabatic Potential Temperature or Equivalent Potential Temperature | K | EPOT | 
| 015 | Maximum Temperature | K | TMAX | 
| 016 | Minimum Temperature | K | TMIN | 
| 017 | Dew Point Temperature | K | DPT | 
| 018 | Dew Point Depression (or Deficit) | K | DEPR | 
| 019 | Lapse Rate | K/m | LAPR | 
| 020 | Visibility | m | VIS | 
| 021 | Radar Spectra (1) * | - | RDSP1 | 
| 022 | Radar Spectra (2) * | - | RDSP2 | 
| 023 | Radar Spectra (3) * | - | RDSP3 | 
| 024 | Parcel Lifted Index (to 500 hPa) | K | PLI | 
| 025 | Temperature Anomaly | K | TMPA | 
| 026 | Pressure Anomaly | Pa | PRESA | 
| 027 | Geopotential Height Anomaly | gpm | GPA | 
| 028 | Wave Spectra (1) * | - | WVSP1 | 
| 029 | Wave Spectra (2) * | - | WVSP2 | 
| 030 | Wave Spectra (3) * | - | WVSP3 | 
| 031 | Wind Direction (from which blowing) | deg true | WDIR | 
| 032 | Wind Speed | m/s | WIND | 
| 033 | U-Component of Wind * | m/s | UGRD | 
| 034 | V-Component of Wind * | m/s | VGRD | 
| 035 | Stream Function * | m2/s | STRM | 
| 036 | Velocity Potential | m2/s | VPOT | 
| 037 | Montgomery Stream Function | m2/s2 | MNTSF | 
| 038 | Sigma Coordinate Vertical Velocity | /s | SGCVV | 
| 039 | Vertical Velocity (pressure) | Pa/s | VVEL | 
| 040 | Vertical Velocity (geometric | m/s | DZDT | 
| 041 | Absolute Vorticity | /s | ABSV | 
| 042 | Absolute Divergence | /s | ABSD | 
| 043 | Relative Vorticity | /s | RELV | 
| 044 | Relative Divergence | /s | RELD | 
| 045 | U-Component of Vertical Shear * | /s | VUCSH | 
| 046 | V-Component of Vertical Shear * | /s | VVCSH | 
| 047 | Direction of Current | deg true | DIRC | 
| 048 | Speed of Current | m/s | SPC | 
| 049 | U-Component of Current * | m/s | UOGRD | 
| 050 | V-Component of Current * | m/s | VOGRD | 
| 051 | Specific Humidity | kg/kg | SPFH | 
| 052 | Relative Humidity | % | RH | 
| 053 | Humidity Mixing Ration | kg/kg | MIXR | 
| 054 | Precipitable Water | kg/m2 | PWAT | 
| 055 | Vapor Pressure | Pa | VAPP | 
| 056 | Saturation Deficit | Pa | SATD | 
| 057 | Evaporation | kg/m2 | EVP | 
| 058 | Cloud Ice | kg/m2 | CICE | 
| 059 | Precipitation Rate | kg/m2/s | PRATE | 
| 060 | Thunderstorm Probability | % | TSTM | 
| 061 | Total Precipitation | kg/m2 | APCP | 
| 062 | Largs Scale Precipitation (non-convective) | kg/m2 | NCPCP | 
| 063 | Convective Precipitation | kg/m2 | ACPCP | 
| 064 | Snowfall Rate Water Equivalent | kg/m2/s | SRWEQ | 
| 065 | Water Equivalent Accumulated Snow Depth | kg/m2 | WEASD | 
| 066 | Snow Depth | m | SNOD | 
| 067 | Mixed Layer Depth | m | MIXHT | 
| 068 | Transient Thermocline Depth | m | TTHDP | 
| 069 | Main Thermocline Depth | m | MTHD | 
| 070 | Main Thermocline Anomaly | m | MTHA | 
| 071 | Total Cloud Cover | % | TCDC | 
| 072 | Convective Cloud Cover | % | CDCON | 
| 073 | Low Cloud Cover | % | LCDC | 
| 074 | Medium Cloud Cover | % | MCDC | 
| 075 | Hight Cloud Cover | % | HCDC | 
| 076 | Cloud Water | kg/m2 | CWAT | 
| 077 | Best Lifted Index (to 500 hPa) | K | BLI | 
| 078 | Convective Snow | kg/m2 | SNOC | 
| 079 | Large Scale Snow (non-convective) | kg/m2 | SNOL | 
| 080 | Water Temperature | K | WTMP | 
| 081 | Land Cover (land=1, Sea=0) * | fraction | LAND | 
| 082 | Deviation of Sea Level From Mean | m | DSLM | 
| 083 | Surface Roughness | m | SFCR | 
| 084 | Albedo | % | ALBDO | 
| 085 | Soil Temperature | K | TSOIL | 
| 086 | Soil Moisture Content | kg/m2 | SOILM | 
| 087 | Vegetation | % | VEG | 
| 088 | Salinity | kg/kg | SALTY | 
| 089 | Density | kg/m3 | DEN | 
| 090 | Water Runoff | kg/m2 | WATR | 
| 091 | Ice Cover (ice=1, no ice=0) * | fraction | ICEC | 
| 092 | Ice Thickness | m | ICETK | 
| 093 | Direction of Ice Drift | deg true | DICED | 
| 094 | Speed of Ice Drift | m/s | SICED | 
| 095 | U-Component of Ice Drift * | m/s | UICE | 
| 096 | V-Component of Ice Drift * | m/s | VICE | 
| 097 | Ice Growth Rate | m/s | ICEG | 
| 098 | Ice Divergence | /s | ICED | 
| 099 | Snow Melt | kg/m2 | SNOM | 
| 100 | Significant Height of Combined Wind Waves and Swell | kg/m2m | HTSGW | 
| 101 | Direction of Wind Waves (from which) | deg true | WVDIR | 
| 102 | Significant Height of Wind Waves | m | WVHGT | 
| 103 | Mean Period of Wind Waves | s | WVPER | 
| 104 | Direction of Swell Waves | deg true | SWDIR | 
| 105 | Significant Height of Swell Waves | m | SWELL | 
| 106 | Mean Period of Swell Waves | s | SWPER | 
| 107 | Primary Wave Direction | deg true | DIRPW | 
| 108 | Primary Wave Mean Period | s | PERPW | 
| 109 | Secondary Wave Direction | deg true | DIRSW | 
| 110 | Secondary Wave Mean Period | s | PERSW | 
| 111 | Net Short Wave Radiation at Surface * | W/m2 | NSWRS | 
| 112 | Net Long Wave Radiation at Surface * | W/m2 | NLWRS | 
| 113 | Net Short Wave Radiation at Top of Atmosphere * | W/m2 | NSWRT | 
| 114 | Net Long Wave Radiation at Top of Atmosphere * | W/m2 | NLWRT | 
| 115 | Long Wave Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | LWAVR | 
| 116 | Short Wave Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | SWAVR | 
| 117 | Global Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | GRAD | 
| 118 | Brightness Temperature | K | BRTMP | 
| 119 | Radiance (with respect to Wave Number) | W/m/sr | LWRAD | 
| 120 | Radiance (with respect to Wave Length) | W/m3/sr | SWRAD | 
| 121 | Latent Heat Net Flux * | W/m2 | LHTFL | 
| 122 | Sensible Heat Net Flux * | W/m2 | SHTFL | 
| 123 | Boundary Layer Dissipation | W/m2 | BLYDP | 
| 124 | U-Component of Momentum Flux * | N/m2 | UFLX | 
| 125 | V-Component of Momentum Flux * | N/m2 | VFLX | 
| 126 | Wind Mixing Energy | J | WMIXE | 
| 127 | Image Data | IMGD | |
| 128 | Mean Sea Level Pressure (Standard Atmosphere Reduction) | Pa | MSLSA | 
| 129 | Mean Sea Level Pressure (MAPS System Reduction) | Pa | MSLMA | 
| 130 | Mean Sea Level Pressure (ETA Model Reduction) | Pa | MSLET | 
| 131 | Surface Lifted Index | K | LFTX | 
| 132 | Best (4-Layer) Lifted Index | K | 4LFTX | 
| 133 | K Index | K | KX | 
| 134 | SWEAT Index | K | SX | 
| 135 | Horizontal Moisture Divergence | kg/kg/s | MCONV | 
| 136 | Vertical Speed Shear | /s | VWSH | 
| 137 | 3-hr Pressure Tendency (Standard Atmosphere Reduction) | Pa/s | TSLSA | 
| 138 | Brunt-Vaisala Frequency (squared) | /s2 | BVF2 | 
| 139 | Potential Vorticity (density weighted) | /s/m | PVMW | 
| 140 | Categorical Rain (yes=1, no=0) | - | CRAIN | 
| 141 | Categorical Freezing Rain (yes=1, no=0) | - | CFRZR | 
| 142 | Categorical Ice Pellets (yes=1, no=0) | - | CICEP | 
| 143 | Categorical Snow (yes=1, no=0) | - | CSNOW | 
| 144 | Volumetric Soil Moisture Content | fraction | SOILW | 
| 145 | Potential Evaporation Rate | W/m2 | PEVPR | 
| 146 | Cloud Workfunction | J/kg | CWORK | 
| 147 | Zonal Flux of Gravity Wave Stress | N/m2 | UGWD | 
| 148 | Meridional Flux of Gravity Wave Stress | N/m2 | VGWD | 
| 149 | Potential Vorticity | m2/s/kg | PV | 
| 150 | Covariance Between Meridional and Zonal 
      Wind. Defined as [uv]-[u][v], where "[]" indicates the mean over the indicated time span. | m2/s2 | COVMZ | 
| 151 | Covariance Between Temperature and Zonal 
      Wind. Defined as [uT]-[u][T], where "[]" indicates the mean over the indicated time span. | K m/s | COVTZ | 
| 152 | Covariance Between Temperature and Meridional 
      Wind. Defined as [vT]-[v][T], where "[]" indicates the mean over the indicated time span. | K m/s | COVTM | 
| 153 | Cloud Water | kg/kg | CLWMR | 
| 154 | Ozone Mixing Ratio | kg/kg | O3MR | 
| 155 | Ground Heat Flux | W/m2 | GFLUX | 
| 156 | Convective Inhibition | J/kg | CIN | 
| 157 | Convective Available Potential Energy | J/kg | CAPE | 
| 158 | Turbulent Kinetic Energy | J/kg | TKE | 
| 159 | Condensation Pressure of Parcel Lifted from Indicated Surface | Pa | CONDP | 
| 160 | Clear Sky Upward Short Wave Flux * | W/m2 | CSUSF | 
| 161 | Clear Sky Downward Short Wave Flux * | W/m2 | CSDSF | 
| 162 | Clear Sky Upward Long Wave Flux * | W/m2 | CSULF | 
| 163 | Clear Sky Downward Long Wave Flux * | W/m2 | CSDLF | 
| 164 | Cloud Forcing Net Short Wave Flux * | W/m2 | CFNSF | 
| 165 | Cloud Forcing Net Long Wave Flux * | W/m2 | CFNLF | 
| 166 | Visible Beam Downward Short Wave Flux * | W/m2 | VBDSF | 
| 167 | Visible Diffuse Downward Short Wave Flux * | W/m2 | VDDSF | 
| 168 | Near IR Beam Downward Short Wave Flux * | W/m2 | NBDSF | 
| 169 | Near IR Diffuse Downward Short Wave Flux * | W/m2 | NDDSF | 
| 170 | Rain Water Mixing Ratio | kg/kg | RWMR | 
| 171 | Snow Mixing Ratio | kg/kg | SNMR | 
| 172 | Momentum Flux | N/m2 | MFLX | 
| 173 | Mass Point Model Surface | - | LMH | 
| 174 | Velocity Point Model Surface | - | LMV | 
| 175 | Model Layer Number (from bottom up) | - | MLYNO | 
| 176 | Latitude (-90 to +90) | deg | NLAT | 
| 177 | East Longitude (0 to 360) | deg | ELON | 
| 178 | Ice Mixing Ratio | kg/kg | ICMR | 
| 179 | Graupel Mixing Ratio | kg/kg | GRMR | 
| 181 | X-Gradient of Log Pressure | /m | LPSX | 
| 182 | Y-Gradient of Log Pressure | /m | LPSY | 
| 183 | X-Gradient of Height | m/m | HGTX | 
| 184 | Y-Gradient of Height | m/m | HGTY | 
| 185 | Turbulence SIGMET/AIRMET | - | TURB | 
| 186 | Icing SIGMET/AIRMET | - | ICNG | 
| 187 | Lightning | - | LTNG | 
| 189 | Virtual Potential Temperature | K | VPTMP | 
| 190 | Storm Relative Helicity | m2/s2 | HLCY | 
| 191 | Probability from Ensemble | PROB | |
| 192 | Probability from Ensemble (Normalized w.r.t. Climate Expectancy) | PROBN | |
| 193 | Probability of Precipitation | % | POP | 
| 194 | Probability of Frozen Precipitation | % | CPOFP | 
| 195 | Probability of Freezing Precipitation | % | CPOZP | 
| 196 | U-Component of Storm Motion * | m/s | USTM | 
| 197 | V-Component of Storm Motion * | m/s | VSTM | 
| 198 | Number Concentration for Ice Particles | NCIP | |
| 199 | Direct Evaporation from Bare Soil | W/m2 | EVBS | 
| 200 | Canopy Water Evaporation | W/m2 | EVCW | 
| 201 | Ice-Free Water Surface | % | ICWAT | 
| 204 | Downward Short Wave Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | DSWRF | 
| 205 | Downward Long Wave Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | DLWRF | 
| 206 | Ultra Violet Index (1-hr integration centered at solar noon) | J/m2 | UVI | 
| 207 | Moisture Availability | % | MSTAV | 
| 208 | Exchange Coefficient | (kg/m3)(m/s) | SEEXC | 
| 209 | Number of Mixed Layers Next to Surface | MIXLY | |
| 210 | Transpiration | W/m2 | TRANS | 
| 211 | Upward Short Wave Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | USWRF | 
| 212 | Upward Long Wave Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | ULWRF | 
| 213 | Amount of Non-Convective Cloud | % | CDLYR | 
| 214 | Convective Precipitation Rate | kg/m2/s | CPRAT | 
| 215 | Temperature Tendency by all Physics | K/s | TTDIA | 
| 216 | Temperature Tendency by all Radiation | K/s | TTRAD | 
| 217 | Temperature Tendency by Non-Radiation Physics | K/s | TTPHY | 
| 218 | Precipitaion Index (0 to 1) * | PREIX | |
| 219 | Standard Deviation of IR T over 1x1 Degree Area | K | TSD1D | 
| 220 | Natural Log of Surface Pressure | ln(kPa) | NLGSP | 
| 221 | Planetary Bounday Layer Height | m | HPBL | 
| 222 | 5-Wave Geopotential height | gpm | 5WAVH | 
| 223 | Plant Canopy Surface Water | kg/m2 | CNWAT | 
| 224 | Soil Type (Zobler) (0 to 9) | SOTYP | |
| 225 | Vegetation Type (SiB) (0 to 13) | VGTYP | |
| 226 | Blackadar's Mixing Length Scale | m | BMIXL | 
| 227 | Asymptotic Mixing Length Scale | m | AMIXL | 
| 228 | Potential Evaporation | kg/m2 | PEVAP | 
| 229 | Snow Phase-Change Heat Flux | W/m2 | SNOHF | 
| 230 | 5-Wave Geopotential Height Anomaly | gpm | 5WAVA | 
| 231 | Convective Cloud Mass Flux | Pa/s | MFLUX | 
| 232 | Downward Total Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | DTRF | 
| 233 | Upward Total Radiation Flux * | W/m2 | UTRF | 
| 234 | Baseflow-Groundwater Runoff | kg/m2 | BGRUN | 
| 235 | Storm Surface Runoff | kg/m2 | SSRUN | 
| 237 | Total Ozone | kg/m2 | O3TOT | 
| 238 | Snow Cover | % | SNOWC | 
| 239 | Snow Temperature | K | SNOT | 
| 241 | Large Scale Condensation Heating Rate | K/s | LRGHR | 
| 242 | Deep Convective Heating Rate | K/s | CNVHR | 
| 243 | Deep Convective Moistening Rate | kg/kg/s | CNVMR | 
| 244 | Shallow Convective Heating Rate | K/s | SHAHR | 
| 245 | Shallow Convective Moistening Rate | kg/kg/s | SHAMR | 
| 246 | Vertical Diffusion Heating Rate | K/s | VDFHR | 
| 247 | Vertical Diffusion Zonal Acceleration | m/s2 | VDFUA | 
| 248 | Vertical Diffusion Meridional Acceleration | m/s2 | VDFVA | 
| 249 | Vertical Diffusion Moistening Rate | kg/kg/s | VDFMR | 
| 250 | Short Wave Radiative Heating Rate | K/s | SWHR | 
| 251 | Long Wave Radiative Heating Rate | K/s | LWHR | 
| 252 | Drag Coefficient | - | CD | 
| 253 | Friction Velocity | m/s | FRICV | 
| 254 | Richardson Number | RI | |
| 255 | Missing | 
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