| Octet Number |
Description |
Note |
Status |
|
24- Repeat the following 11 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1, NB) |
|
Operational |
|
(39+11NB)- Repeat the following 12 octets for each time range spec (i = 1, n) |
|
Operational |
| 10 |
Parameter category |
Code/Flag Table 4.1 |
Operational |
| 11 |
Parameter number |
Code/Flag Table 4.2 |
Operational |
| 12 |
Type of generating process |
Code/Flag Table 4.3 |
Operational |
| 13 |
Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
|
Operational |
| 14 |
Analysis or forecast generating process identifier |
|
Operational |
| 15-16 |
Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time |
(see Note 1) |
Operational |
| 17 |
Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time |
|
Operational |
| 18 |
Indicator of unit of time range |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 19-22 |
Forecast time in units defined by octet 18 |
(see Note 2) |
Operational |
| 23 |
Number of contributing spectral bands (NB) |
|
Operational |
| (24+11(nb-1))-(25+11(nb-1)) |
Satellite series of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre) |
|
Operational |
| (24+11NB) |
Type of ensemble forecast |
Code/Flag Table 4.6 |
Operational |
| (25+11NB) |
Perturbation number |
|
Operational |
| (26+11(nb-1))-(27+11(nb-1)) |
Satellite number of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre) |
|
Operational |
| (26+11NB) |
Number of forecasts in ensemble |
|
Operational |
| (27+11NB)-(28+11NB) |
Year of end of overall time interval |
|
Operational |
| (28+11(nb-1))-(29+11(nb-1)) |
Instrument types of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre) |
|
Operational |
| (29+11NB) |
Month of end of overall time interval |
|
Operational |
| (30+11(nb-1)) |
Scale factor of central wave number of band nb |
|
Operational |
| (30+11NB) |
Day of end of overall time interval |
|
Operational |
| (31+11(nb-1))-(34+11(nb-1)) |
Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1) |
|
Operational |
| (31+11NB) |
Hour of end of overall time interval |
|
Operational |
| (32+11NB) |
Minute of end of overall time interval |
|
Operational |
| (33+11NB) |
Second of end of overall time interval |
|
Operational |
| (34+11NB) |
n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field |
|
Operational |
| (35+11NB)-(38+11NB) |
Total number of data values missing in statistical process |
|
Operational |
| (39+11NB+12(i-1)) |
Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range |
Code/Flag Table 4.10 |
Operational |
| (40+11NB+12(i-1)) |
Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing |
Code/Flag Table 4.11 |
Operational |
| (41+11NB+12(i-1)) |
Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| (42+11NB+12(i-1))-(45+11NB+12(i-1)) |
Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet |
|
Operational |
| (46+11NB+12(i-1)) |
Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| (47+11NB+12(i-1))-(50+11NB+12(i-1)) |
Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet |
(see Notes 3 and 4) |
Operational |