VM - GRIB - WMO version 12 Template

Values

Identification template 1.0 - calendar definition

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
24	Type of calendar	Code/Flag Table 1.6	Operational

1.1

Identification template 1.1 - paleontological offset

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
24-25	Number of tens of thousands of years of offset		Operational

1.2

Identification template 1.2 - calendar definition and paleontological offset

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
24	Type of calendar	Code/Flag Table 1.6	Operational
25-26	Number of tens of thousands of years of offset		Operational

3.0

Grid definition template 3.0 - latitude/longitude (or equidistant cylindrical, or Plate Carrée)

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Ni - number of points along a parallel		Operational
35-38	Nj - number of points along a meridian		Operational
39-42	Basic angle of the initial production domain	(see Note 1)	Operational
43-46	Subdivisions of basic angle used to define extreme longitudes and latitudes, and direction increments	(see Note 1)	Operational
47-50	La1 - latitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
51-54	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
55	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
56-59	La2 - latitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
60-63	Lo2 - longitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
64-67	Di - i direction increment	(see Notes 1 and 5)	Operational
68-71	Dj - j direction increment	(see Notes 1 and 5)	Operational
72	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
73-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Notes 2 and 3)	Operational

3.1

Grid definition template 3.1 - rotated latitude/longitude (or equidistant cylindrical, or Plate Carrée)

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-72	Same as Grid definition template 3.0	(see Note 1)	Operational
73-76	Latitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
77-80	Longitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
81-84	Angle of rotation of projection		Operational
85-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Note 3)	Operational

3.2

Grid definition template 3.2 - stretched latitude/longitude (or equidistant cylindrical, or Plate Carrée)

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-72	Same as Grid definition template 3.0	(see Note 1)	Operational
73-76	Latitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
77-80	Longitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
81-84	Stretching factor		Operational
85-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Note 3)	Operational

3.3

Grid definition template 3.3 - stretched and rotated latitude/longitude (or equidistant cylindrical, or Plate Carrée)

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-72	Same as Grid definition template 3.0	(see Note 1)	Operational
73-76	Latitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
77-80	Longitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
81-84	Angle of rotation of projection		Operational
85-88	Latitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
89-92	Longitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
93-96	Stretching factor		Operational
97-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Note 4)	Operational

3.4

Grid definition template 3.4 - variable resolution latitude/longitude

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Ni - number of points along a parallel		Operational
35-38	Nj - number of points along a meridian		Operational
39-42	Basic angle of the initial production domain	(see Note 1)	Operational
43-46	Subdivisions of basic angle used to define extreme longitudes and latitudes, and direction increments	(see Note 1)	Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
49-ii	List of longitudes	(see Notes 1 and 3)	Operational
(ii+1)-jj	List of latitudes	(see Notes 1 and 3)	Operational

3.5

Grid definition template 3.5 - variable resolution rotated latitude/longitude

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-48	Same as Grid definition template 3.4	(see Note 1)	Operational
49-52	Latitude of the southern pole of projection	(see Note 4)	Operational
53-56	Longitude of the southern pole of projection	(see Note 4)	Operational
57-60	Angle of rotation of projection	(see Note 4)	Operational
61-ii	List of longitudes	(see Notes 1 and 3)	Operational
(ii+1)-jj	List of latitudes	(see Notes 1 and 3)	Operational

3.10

Grid definition template 3.10 - Mercator

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Ni - number of points along a parallel		Operational
35-38	Nj - number of points along a meridian		Operational
39-42	La1 - latitude of first grid point		Operational
43-46	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point		Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48-51	LaD - latitude(s) at which the Mercator projection intersects the Earth (Latitude(s) where Di and Dj are specified)		Operational
52-55	La2 - latitude of last grid point		Operational
56-59	Lo2 - longitude of last grid point		Operational
60	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
61-64	Orientation of the grid, angle between i direction on the map and the Equator	(see Note 1)	Operational
65-68	Di - longitudinal direction grid length	(see Note 2)	Operational
69-72	Dj - latitudinal direction grid length	(see Note 2)	Operational
73-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel	Code/Flag Table 3.1	Operational

3.12

Grid definition template 3.12 - transverse Mercator

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Ni - number of points along i-axis		Operational
35-38	Nj - number of points along j-axis		Operational
39-42	LaR - geographic latitude of reference point		Operational
43-46	LoR - geographic longitude of reference point		Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48-51	m - scale factor at reference point ratio of distance on map to distance on spheroid (IEEE 32-bit floating-point values)		Operational
52-55	XR - false easting, i-direction coordinate of reference point in units of 10-2 m		Operational
56-59	YR - false northing, j-direction coordinate of reference point in units of 10-2 m		Operational
60	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
61-64	Di - i-direction increment length in units of 10-2 m		Operational
65-68	Dj - j-direction increment length in units of 10-2 m		Operational
69-72	x1 - i-direction coordinate of the first grid point in units of 10-2 m		Operational
73-76	y1 - j-direction coordinate of the first grid point in units of 10-2 m		Operational
77-80	x2 - i-direction coordinate of the last grid point in units of 10-2 m		Operational
81-84	y2 - j-direction coordinate of the last grid point in units of 10-2 m		Operational

3.20

Grid definition template 3.20 - polar stereographic projection

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Nx - number of points along the x-axis		Operational
35-38	Ny - number of points along the y-axis		Operational
39-42	La1 - latitude of first grid point		Operational
43-46	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point		Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48-51	LaD - latitude where Dx and Dy are specified		Operational
52-55	LoV - orientation of the grid	(see Note 2)	Operational
56-59	Dx - x-direction grid length	(see Note 3)	Operational
60-63	Dy - y-direction grid length	(see Note 3)	Operational
64	Projection centre flag	Code/Flag Table 3.5	Operational
65	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational

3.30

Grid definition template 3.30 - Lambert conformal

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Nx - number of points along the x-axis		Operational
35-38	Ny - number of points along the y-axis		Operational
39-42	La1 - latitude of first grid point		Operational
43-46	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point		Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48-51	LaD - latitude where Dx and Dy are specified		Operational
52-55	LoV - longitude of meridian parallel to y-axis along which latitude increases as the y-coordinate increases		Operational
56-59	Dx - x-direction grid length	(see Note 1)	Operational
60-63	Dy - y-direction grid length	(see Note 1)	Operational
64	Projection centre flag	Code/Flag Table 3.5	Operational
65	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
66-69	Latin 1 - first latitude from the pole at which the secant cone cuts the sphere		Operational
70-73	Latin 2 - second latitude from the pole at which the secant cone cuts the sphere		Operational
74-77	Latitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
78-81	Longitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational

3.31

Grid definition template 3.31 - Albers equal area

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Nx - number of points along the x-axis		Operational
35-38	Ny - number of points along the y-axis		Operational
39-42	La1 - latitude of first grid point		Operational
43-46	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point		Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48-51	LaD - latitude where Dx and Dy are specified		Operational
52-55	LoV - longitude of meridian parallel to y-axis along which latitude increases as the y-coordinate increases		Operational
56-59	Dx - x-direction grid length	(see Note 1)	Operational
60-63	Dy - y-direction grid length	(see Note 1)	Operational
64	Projection centre flag	Code/Flag Table 3.5	Operational
65	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
66-69	Latin 1 - first latitude from the pole at which the secant cone cuts the sphere		Operational
70-73	Latin 2 - second latitude from the pole at which the secant cone cuts the sphere		Operational
74-77	Latitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
78-81	Longitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational

3.40

Grid definition template 3.40 - Gaussian latitude/longitude

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Ni - number of points along a parallel		Operational
35-38	Nj - number of points along a meridian		Operational
39-42	Basic angle of the initial production domain	(see Note 1)	Operational
43-46	Subdivisions of basic angle used to define extreme longitudes and latitudes, and direction increments	(see Note 1)	Operational
47-50	La1 - latitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
51-54	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
55	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
56-59	La2 - latitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
60-63	Lo2 - longitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Operational
64-67	Di - i direction increment	(see Notes 1 and 5)	Operational
68-71	N - number of parallels between a pole and the Equator	(see Note 2)	Operational
72	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
73-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Note 4)	Operational

3.41

Grid definition template 3.41 - rotated Gaussian latitude/longitude

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-72	Same as grid definition template 3.40	(see Note 1)	Operational
73-76	Latitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
77-80	Longitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
81-84	Angle of rotation of projection		Operational
85-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Note 4)	Operational

3.42

Grid definition template 3.42 - stretched Gaussian latitude/longitude

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-72	Same as grid definition template 3.40	(see Note 1)	Operational
73-76	Latitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
77-80	Longitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
81-84	Stretching factor		Operational
85-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Note 4)	Operational

3.43

Grid definition template 3.43 - stretched and rotated Gaussian latitude/longitude

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-72	Same as grid definition template 3.40	(see Note 1)	Operational
73-76	Latitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
77-80	Longitude of the southern pole of projection		Operational
81-84	Angle of rotation of projection		Operational
85-88	Latitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
89-92	Longitude of the pole of stretching		Operational
93-96	Stretching factor		Operational
97-nn	List of number of points along each meridian or parallel.	(These octets are only present for quasi-regular grids as described in Note 5)	Operational

3.50

Grid definition template 3.50 - spherical harmonic coefficients

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-18	J - pentagonal resolution parameter		Operational
19-22	K - pentagonal resolution parameter		Operational
23-26	M - pentagonal resolution parameter		Operational
27	Representation type indicating the method used to define the norm	Code/Flag Table 3.6	Operational
28	Representation mode indicating the order of the coefficients	Code/Flag Table 3.7	Operational

3.51

Grid definition template 3.51 - rotated spherical harmonic coefficients

Octet Number	Description	Status
15-28	Same as grid definition template 3.50	Operational
29-32	Latitude of the southern pole of projection	Operational
33-36	Longitude of the southern pole of projection	Operational
37-40	Angle of rotation of projection	Operational

3.52

Grid definition template 3.52 - stretched spherical harmonic coefficients

Octet Number	Description	Status
15-28	Same as grid definition template 3.50	Operational
29-32	Latitude of the pole of stretching	Operational
33-36	Longitude of the pole of stretching	Operational
37-40	Stretching factor	Operational

3.53

Grid definition template 3.53 - stretched and rotated spherical harmonic coefficients

Octet Number	Description	Status
15-28	Same as grid definition template 3.50	Operational
29-32	Latitude of the southern pole of projection	Operational
33-36	Longitude of the southern pole of projection	Operational
37-40	Angle of rotation of projection	Operational
41-44	Latitude of pole of stretching	Operational
45-48	Longitude of pole of stretching	Operational
49-52	Stretching factor	Operational

3.90

Grid definition template 3.90 - space view perspective or orthographic

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Nx - number of points along x-axis (columns)		Operational
35-38	Ny - number of points along y-axis (rows or lines)		Operational
39-42	Lap - latitude of sub-satellite point		Operational
43-46	Lop - longitude of sub-satellite point		Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48-51	dx - apparent diameter of Earth in grid lengths, in x-direction		Operational
52-55	dy - apparent diameter of Earth in grid lengths, in y-direction		Operational
56-59	Xp - x-coordinate of sub-satellite point (in units of 10-3 grid length expressed as an integer)		Operational
60-63	Yp - y-coordinate of sub-satellite point (in units of 10-3 grid length expressed as an integer)		Operational
64	Scanning mode (flags - see Flag table 3.4)		Operational
65-68	Orientation of the grid; i.e. the angle between the increasing y-axis and the meridian of the sub-satellite point in the direction of increasing latitude	(see Note 3)	Operational
69-72	Nr - altitude of the camera from the Earth’s centre, measured in units of the Earth’s (equatorial) radius multiplied by a scale factor of 106	(see Notes 4 and 5)	Operational
73-76	Xo - x-coordinate of origin of sector image		Operational
77-80	Yo - y-coordinate of origin of sector image		Operational

3.100

Grid definition template 3.100 - triangular grid based on an icosahedron (see Attachment, Volume I.2, Part B, Att.GRIB)

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	n2 - exponent of 2 for the number of intervals on main triangle sides		Operational
16	n3 - exponent of 3 for the number of intervals on main triangle sides		Operational
17-18	ni - number of intervals on main triangle sides of the icosahedron		Operational
19	nd - number of diamonds		Operational
20-23	Latitude of the pole point of the icosahedron on the sphere		Operational
24-27	Longitude of the pole point of the icosahedron on the sphere		Operational
28-31	Longitude of the centre line of the first diamond of the icosahedron on the sphere		Operational
32	Grid point position	Code/Flag Table 3.8	Operational
33	Numbering order of diamonds	Code/Flag Table 3.9	Operational
34	Scanning mode for one diamond	Code/Flag Table 3.10	Operational
35-38	nt - total number of grid points		Operational

3.101

Grid definition template 3.101 - general unstructured grid

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16-18	Number of grid used (defined by originating centre)		Operational
19	Number of grid in reference (to allow annotating for Arakawa C-grid on arbitrary grid)	(see Note)	Operational
20-35	Universally Unique Identifier of horizontal grid		Operational

3.110

Grid definition template 3.110 - equatorial azimuthal equidistant projection

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Nx - number of points along x-axis		Operational
35-38	Ny - number of points along y-axis		Operational
39-42	La1 - latitude of tangency point (centre of grid)		Operational
43-46	Lo1 - longitude of tangency point		Operational
47	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
48-51	Dx - x-direction grid length in units of 10-3 m as measured at the point of the axis		Operational
52-55	Dy - y-direction grid length in units of 10-3 m as measured at the point of the axis		Operational
56	Projection centre flag		Operational
57	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational

3.120

Grid definition template 3.120 - azimuth-range projection

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-18	Nb - number of data bins along radials	(see Note)	Operational
19-22	Nr - number of radials		Operational
23-26	La1 - latitude of centre point		Operational
27-30	Lo1 - longitude of centre point		Operational
31-34	Dx - spacing of bins along radials		Operational
35-38	Dstart - offset from origin to inner bound		Operational
39	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational
	40-(39+4Nr) For each of Nr radials:		Operational
(40+4(X-1))-(41+4(X-1))	Azi - starting azimuth, degrees x 10 (degrees as north)		Operational
(42+4(X-1))-(43+4(X-1))	Adelta - azimuthal width, degrees x 100 (+ clockwise, - counterclockwise), with X = 1 to Nr		Operational

3.140

Grid definition template 3.140 - Lambert azimuthal equal area projection

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Operational
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Operational
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Operational
31-34	Nx - number of points along the x-axis		Operational
35-38	Ny - number of points along the y-axis		Operational
39-42	La1 - latitude of first grid point		Operational
43-46	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point		Operational
47-50	Standard parallel		Operational
51-54	Central longitude		Operational
55	Resolution and component flags	Code/Flag Table 3.3	Operational
56-59	Dx - x-direction grid length	(see Note)	Operational
60-63	Dy - y-direction grid length	(see Note)	Operational
64	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Operational

3.1000

Grid definition template 3.1000 - cross-section grid with points equally spaced on the horizontal

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Experimental
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Experimental
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Experimental
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
31-34	Number of horizontal points		Experimental
35-38	Basic angle of the initial production domain	(see Note 1)	Experimental
39-42	Subdivisions of basic angle used to define extreme longitudes and latitudes	(see Note 1)	Experimental
43-46	La1 - latitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
47-50	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
51	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Experimental
52-55	La2 - latitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
56-59	Lo2 - longitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
60	Type of horizontal line	Code/Flag Table 3.20	Experimental
61-62	Number of vertical points		Experimental
63	Physical meaning of vertical coordinate	Code/Flag Table 3.15	Experimental
64	Vertical dimension coordinate values definition	Code/Flag Table 3.21	Experimental
65-66	NC - number of coefficients or values used to specify vertical coordinates		Experimental
67-(66+NCx4)	Coefficients to define vertical dimension coordinate values in functional form, or the explicit coordinate values (IEEE 32-bit floating-point values)		Experimental

3.1100

Grid definition template 3.1100 - Hovmöller diagram grid with points equally spaced on the horizontal

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15	Shape of the Earth	Code/Flag Table 3.2	Experimental
16	Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth		Experimental
17-20	Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth		Experimental
21	Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
22-25	Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
26	Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
27-30	Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth		Experimental
31-34	Number of horizontal points		Experimental
35-38	Basic angle of the initial production domain	(see Note 1)	Experimental
39-42	Subdivisions of basic angle used to define extreme longitudes and latitudes	(see Note 1)	Experimental
43-46	La1 - latitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
47-50	Lo1 - longitude of first grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
51	Scanning mode	Code/Flag Table 3.4	Experimental
52-55	La2 - latitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
56-59	Lo2 - longitude of last grid point	(see Note 1)	Experimental
60	Type of horizontal line	Code/Flag Table 3.20	Experimental
61-64	NT - number of time steps		Experimental
65	Unit of offset from reference time	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
66-69	Offset from reference of first time (negative value when first bit set)		Experimental
70	Type of time increment	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Experimental
71	Unit of time increment	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
72-75	Time increment (negative value when first bit set)		Experimental
	76-82 Last date/time		Experimental
76-77	Year		Experimental
78	Month		Experimental
79	Day		Experimental
80	Hour		Experimental
81	Minute		Experimental
82	Second		Experimental

3.1200

Grid definition template 3.1200 - time section grid

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
15-18	NT - number of time steps		Experimental
19	Unit of offset from reference time	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
20-23	Offset from reference of first time (negative value when first bit set)		Experimental
24	Type of time increment	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Experimental
25	Unit of time increment	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
26-29	Time increment (negative value when first bit set)		Experimental
	30-36 Last date/time		Experimental
30-31	Year		Experimental
32	Month		Experimental
33	Day		Experimental
34	Hour		Experimental
35	Minute		Experimental
36	Second		Experimental
37-38	Number of vertical points		Experimental
39	Physical meaning of vertical coordinate	Code/Flag Table 3.15	Experimental
40	Vertical dimension coordinate values definition	Code/Flag Table 3.21	Experimental
41-42	NC - number of coefficients or values used to specify vertical coordinates		Experimental
43-(42+NC*4)	Coefficients to define vertical dimension coordinate values in functional form, or the explicit coordinate values (IEEE 32-bit floating-point values)		Experimental

4.0

Product definition template 4.0 - analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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 (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	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		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational

4.1

Product definition template 4.1 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
36	Perturbation number		Operational
37	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational

4.2

Product definition template 4.2 - derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Derived forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.7	Operational
36	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational

4.3

Product definition template 4.3 - derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a rectangular area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Derived forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.7	Operational
36	Number of forecasts in the ensemble (N)		Operational
37	Cluster identifier		Operational
38	Number of cluster to which the high resolution control belongs		Operational
39	Number of cluster to which the low resolution control belongs		Operational
40	Total number of clusters		Operational
41	Clustering method	Code/Flag Table 4.8	Operational
42-45	Northern latitude of cluster domain		Operational
46-49	Southern latitude of cluster domain		Operational
50-53	Eastern longitude of cluster domain		Operational
54-57	Western longitude of cluster domain		Operational
58	Nc - number of forecasts in the cluster		Operational
59	Scale factor of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
60-63	Scaled value of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
64	Scale factor of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
65-68	Scaled value of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
69-(68+Nc)	List of Nc ensemble forecast numbers (Nc is given in octet 58)		Operational

4.4

Product definition template 4.4 - derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a circular area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Derived forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.7	Operational
36	Number of forecasts in the ensemble (N)		Operational
37	Cluster identifier		Operational
38	Number of cluster to which the high resolution control belongs		Operational
39	Number of cluster to which the low resolution control belongs		Operational
40	Total number of clusters		Operational
41	Clustering method	Code/Flag Table 4.8	Operational
42-45	Latitude of central point in cluster domain		Operational
46-49	Longitude of central point in cluster domain		Operational
50-53	Radius of cluster domain		Operational
54	Nc - number of forecasts in the cluster		Operational
55	Scale factor of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
56-59	Scaled value of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
60	Scale factor of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
61-64	Scaled value of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
65-(64+Nc)	List of Nc ensemble forecast numbers (Nc is given in octet 54)		Operational

4.5

Product definition template 4.5 - probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Forecast probability number		Operational
36	Total number of forecast probabilities		Operational
37	Probability type	Code/Flag Table 4.9	Operational
38	Scale factor of lower limit		Operational
39-42	Scaled value of lower limit		Operational
43	Scale factor of upper limit		Operational
44-47	Scaled value of upper limit		Operational

4.6

Product definition template 4.6 - percentile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Percentile value (from 100% to 0%)		Operational

4.7

Product definition template 4.7 - analysis or forecast error at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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 (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational

4.8

Product definition template 4.8 - average, accumulation and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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 (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		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	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35-36	Year - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
37	Month - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
38	Day - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
39	Hour - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
40	Minute - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
41	Second - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
42	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
43-46	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	47-58 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
47	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
48	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
49	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
50-53	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
54	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
55-58	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Notes 3 and 4)	Operational
	59-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 46 + 12 x n		Operational
59-70	As octets 47 to 58, next innermost step of processing		Operational
71-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 47 to 58, repeated as necessary		Operational

4.9

Product definition template 4.9 - probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		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	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Forecast probability number		Operational
36	Total number of forecast probabilities		Operational
37	Probability type	Code/Flag Table 4.9	Operational
38	Scale factor of lower limit		Operational
39-42	Scaled value of lower limit		Operational
43	Scale factor of upper limit		Operational
44-47	Scaled value of upper limit		Operational
48-49	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
50	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
51	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
52	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
53	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
54	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
55	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
56-59	Total number of data values missing in the statistical process		Operational
	60-71 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
60	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
61	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
62	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
63-66	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
67	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
68-71	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Note 3)	Operational
	72-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 59 + 12 x n		Operational
72-83	As octets 60 to 71, next innermost step of processing		Operational
84-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 60 to 71, repeated as necessary.		Operational

4.10

Product definition template 4.10 - percentile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Experimental
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Experimental
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Experimental
13	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
14	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Experimental
17	Minutes after reference time for data cut-off		Experimental
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by previous octet	(see Note 2)	Experimental
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Experimental
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Experimental
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Experimental
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Experimental
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Experimental
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Experimental
35	Percentile value (from 100% to 0%)		Experimental
36-37	Year of end of overall time interval		Experimental
38	Month of end of overall time interval		Experimental
39	Day of end of overall time interval		Experimental
40	Hour of end of overall time interval		Experimental
41	Minute of end of overall time interval		Experimental
42	Second of end of overall time interval		Experimental
43	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Experimental
44-47	Total number of data values missing in the statistical process		Experimental
	48-59 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Experimental
48	Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range	Code/Flag Table 4.10	Experimental
49	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Experimental
50	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
51-54	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Experimental
55	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
56-59	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Note 3)	Experimental
	60-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 47 + 12 x n		Experimental
60-71	As octets 48-59, next innermost step of processing		Experimental
72-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 48 to 59, repeated as necessary.		Experimental

4.11

Product definition template 4.11 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		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	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
36	Perturbation number		Operational
37	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational
38-39	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
40	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
41	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
42	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
43	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
44	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
45	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
46-49	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	50-61 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
50	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
51	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
52	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
53-56	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
57	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
58-61	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Note 3)	Operational
	62-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 49 + 12 x n		Operational
62-73	As octets 50 to 61, next innermost step of processing		Operational
74-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 50 to 61, repeated as necessary		Operational

4.12

Product definition template 4.12 - derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		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	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Derived forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.7	Operational
36	Number of forecasts in the ensemble (N)		Operational
37-38	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
39	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
40	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
41	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
42	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
43	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
44	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
45-48	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	49-60 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
49	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
50	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
51	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
52-55	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
56	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
57-60	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Notes 3 and 4)	Operational
	61-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 48 + 12 x n		Operational
61-72	As octets 49 to 60, next innermost step of processing		Operational
73-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 49 to 60, repeated as necessary		Operational

4.13

Product definition template 4.13 - derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a rectangular area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		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	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Derived forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.7	Operational
36	Number of forecasts in the ensemble (N)		Operational
37	Cluster identifier		Operational
38	Number of cluster to which the high resolution control belongs		Operational
39	Number of cluster to which the low resolution control belongs		Operational
40	Total number of clusters		Operational
41	Clustering method	Code/Flag Table 4.8	Operational
42-45	Northern latitude of cluster domain		Operational
46-49	Southern latitude of cluster domain		Operational
50-53	Eastern longitude of cluster domain		Operational
54-57	Western longitude of cluster domain		Operational
58	NC - number of forecasts in the cluster		Operational
59	Scale factor of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
60-63	Scaled value of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
64	Scale factor of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
65-68	Scaled value of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
69-70	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
71	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
72	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
73	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
74	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
75	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
76	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
77-80	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	81-92 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
81	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
82	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
83	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
84-87	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
88	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
89-92	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Notes 3 and 4)	Operational
	93-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 80 + 12 x n		Operational
93-104	As octets 81 to 92, next innermost step of processing		Operational
105-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 81 to 92, repeated as necessary		Operational
(nn+1)-(nn+ NC)	List of NC ensemble forecast numbers (NC is given in octet 58)		Operational

4.14

Product definition template 4.14 - derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a circular area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		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	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Derived forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.7	Operational
36	Number of forecasts in the ensemble (N)		Operational
37	Cluster identifier		Operational
38	Number of cluster to which the high resolution control belongs		Operational
39	Number of cluster to which the low resolution control belongs		Operational
40	Total number of clusters		Operational
41	Clustering method	Code/Flag Table 4.8	Operational
42-45	Latitude of central point in cluster domain		Operational
46-49	Longitude of central point in cluster domain		Operational
50-53	Radius of cluster domain		Operational
54	NC - number of forecasts in the cluster		Operational
55	Scale factor of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
56-59	Scaled value of standard deviation in the cluster		Operational
60	Scale factor of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
61-64	Scaled value of distance of the cluster from ensemble mean		Operational
65-66	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
67	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
68	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
69	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
70	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
71	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
72	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
73-76	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	77-88 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
77	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
78	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
79	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
80-83	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
84	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
85-88	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Notes 3 and 4)	Operational
	89-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 76 + 12 x n		Operational
89-110	As octets 77 to 88, next innermost step of processing		Operational
111-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 77 to 88, repeated as necessary		Operational
(nn+1)-(nn+NC)	List of NC ensemble forecast numbers (NC is given in octet 54)		Operational

4.15

Product definition template 4.15 - average, accumulation, extreme values, or other statistically processed values over a spatial area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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 (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	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		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	Statistical process used within the spatial area defined by octet 36	Code/Flag Table 4.10	Operational
36	Type of spatial processing used to arrive at given data value from the source data	Code/Flag Table 4.15	Operational
37	Number of data points used in spatial processing defined in octet 36		Operational

4.20

Product definition template 4.20 - radar product

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Number of radar sites used		Operational
14	Indicator of unit of time range		Operational
15-18	Site latitude (in 10-6 degree)		Operational
19-22	Site longitude (in 10-6 degree)		Operational
23-24	Site elevation (metres)		Operational
25-28	Site ID (alphanumeric)		Operational
29-30	Site ID (numeric)		Operational
31	Operating mode	Code/Flag Table 4.12	Operational
32	Reflectivity calibration constant (tenths of dB)		Operational
33	Quality control indicator	Code/Flag Table 4.13	Operational
34	Clutter filter indicator	Code/Flag Table 4.14	Operational
35	Constant antenna elevation angle (tenths of degree true)		Operational
36-37	Accumulation interval (minutes)		Operational
38	Reference reflectivity for echo top (dB)		Operational
39-41	Range bin spacing (metres)		Operational
42-43	Radial angular spacing (tenths of degree true)		Operational

4.30

Product definition template 4.30 - satellite product

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Deprecated
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Deprecated
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Deprecated
13	Observation generating process identifier (defined by originating centres)		Deprecated
14	Number of contributing spectral bands (NB)		Deprecated
	Repeat the following 10 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1, NB)		Deprecated
(15+10(nb-1))-(16+10(nb-1))	Satellite series of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Deprecated
(17+10(nb-1))-(18+10(nb-1))	Satellite numbers of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Deprecated
(19+10(nb-1))	Instrument types of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Deprecated
(20+10(nb-1))	Scale factor of central wave number of band nb		Deprecated
(21+10(nb-1))-(24+10(nb-1))	Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1)		Deprecated

4.31

Product definition template 4.31 - satellite product

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Observation generating process identifier (defined by originating centres)		Operational
14	Number of contributing spectral bands (NB)		Operational
	Repeat the following 11 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1, NB)		Operational
(15+11(nb-1))-(16+11(nb-1))	Satellite series of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(17+11(nb-1))-(18+11(nb-1))	Satellite numbers of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(19+11(nb-1))-(20+11(nb-1))	Instrument types of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(21+11(nb-1))	Scale factor of central wave number of band nb		Operational
(22+11(nb-1))-(25+11(nb-1))	Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1)		Operational

4.32

Product definition template 4.32 - analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for simulated (synthetic) satellite data

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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 2)	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		Operational
23	Number of contributing spectral bands (NB)		Operational
	Repeat the following 11 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1, NB)		Operational
(24+11(nb-1))-(25+11(nb-1))	Satellite series of band nb (Code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(26+11(nb-1))-(27+11(nb-1))	Satellite number of band nb (Code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(28+11(nb-1))-(29+11(nb-1))	Instrument types of band nb (Code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(30 +11(nb-1))	Scale factor of central wave number of band nb		Operational
(31+11(nb-1))-(34+11(nb-1))	Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1)		Operational

4.33

Product definition template 4.33 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for simulated (synthetic) satellite data

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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)	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		Operational
23	Number of contributing spectral bands (NB)		Operational
	24- Repeat the following 11 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1, NB)		Operational
(24+11(nb-1))-(25+11(nb-1))	Satellite series of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(26+11(nb-1))-(27+11(nb-1))	Satellite number of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(28+11(nb-1))-(29+11(nb-1))	Instrument types of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(30+11(nb-1))	Scale factor of central wave number of band nb		Operational
(31+11(nb-1))-(34+11(nb-1))	Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1)		Operational
(24+11NB)	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
(24+11NB+1)	Perturbation number		Operational
(24+11NB+2)	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational

4.34

Product definition template 4.34 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval for simulated (synthetic) satellite data

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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- Repeat the following 11 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1, NB)		Operational
(24+11(nb-1))-(25+11(nb-1))	Satellite series of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(26+11(nb-1))-(27+11(nb-1))	Satellite number of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(28+11(nb-1))-(29+11(nb-1))	Instrument types of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)		Operational
(30+11(nb-1))	Scale factor of central wave number of band nb		Operational
(31+11(nb-1))-(34+11(nb-1))	Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1)		Operational
(24+11NB)	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
(25+11NB)	Perturbation number		Operational
(26+11NB)	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational
(27+11NB)-(28+11NB)	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
(29+11NB)	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
(30+11NB)	Day of end of overall time interval		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)- Repeat the following 12 octets for each time range spec (i = 1, n)		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

4.40

Product definition template 4.40 - analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Atmospheric chemical constituent type	Code/Flag Table 4.230	Operational
14	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
15	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
16	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
17-18	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	Operational
19	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Operational
20	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
21-24	Forecast time in units defined by octet 20		Operational
25	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
26	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
31	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
32	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
33-36	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational

4.41

Product definition template 4.41 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Atmospheric chemical constituent type	Code/Flag Table 4.230	Operational
14	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
15	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
16	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
17-18	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
19	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
20	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
21-24	Forecast time in units defined by octet 20		Operational
25	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
26	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
31	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
32	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
33-36	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
37	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
38	Perturbation number		Operational
39	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational

4.42

Product definition template 4.42 - average, accumulation, and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Atmospheric chemical constituent type	Code/Flag Table 4.230	Operational
14	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
15	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
16	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
17-18	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
19	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
20	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
21-24	Forecast time in units defined by octet 20	(see Note 2)	Operational
25	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
26	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
31	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
32	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
33-36	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
37-38	Year		Operational
39	Month		Operational
40	Day		Operational
41	Hour		Operational
42	Minute		Operational
43	Second		Operational
44	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
45-48	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	49-60 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
49	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
50	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
51	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
52-55	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
56	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
57-60	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Notes 3 and 4)	Operational
	61-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 48 + 12 x n		Operational
61-72	As octets 49 to 60, next innermost step of processing		Operational
73-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 49 to 60, repeated as necessary		Operational

4.43

Product definition template 4.43 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Atmospheric chemical constituent type	Code/Flag Table 4.230	Operational
14	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
15	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
16	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
17-18	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
19	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
20	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
21-24	Forecast time in units defined by octet 20	(see Note 2)	Operational
25	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
26	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
31	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
32	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
33-36	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
37	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
38	Perturbation number		Operational
39	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational
40-41	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
42	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
43	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
44	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
45	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
46	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
47	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
48-51	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	52-63 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
52	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
53	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
54	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
55-58	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
59	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
60-63	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Notes 3 and 4)	Operational
	64-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 51 + 12 x n		Operational
64-75	As octets 52 to 63, next innermost step of processing		Operational
76-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 52 to 63, repeated as necessary		Operational

4.44

Product definition template 4.44 - analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Aerosol type	Code/Flag Table 4.233	Operational
14	Type of interval for first and second sizes	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
15	Scale factor of first size		Operational
16-19	Scaled value of first size in metres		Operational
20	Scale factor of second size		Operational
21-24	Scaled value of second size in metres		Operational
25	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
26	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
27	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
28-29	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	Operational
30	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Operational
31	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
32-33	Forecast time in units defined by octet 31		Operational
34	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
35	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
36-39	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
40	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
41	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
42-45	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational

4.45

Product definition template 4.45 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Aerosol type	Code/Flag Table 4.233	Operational
14	Type of interval for first and second sizes	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
15	Scale factor of first size		Operational
16-19	Scaled value of first size in metres		Operational
20	Scale factor of second size		Operational
21-24	Scaled value of second size in metres		Operational
25	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
26	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
27	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
28-29	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
30	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
31	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
32-35	Forecast time in units defined by octet 31		Operational
36	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
37	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
38-41	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
42	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
43	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
44-47	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
48	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
49	Perturbation number		Operational
50	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational

4.46

Product definition template 4.46 - average, accumulation, and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Aerosol type	Code/Flag Table 4.233	Operational
14	Type of interval for first and second sizes	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
15	Scale factor of first size		Operational
16-19	Scaled value of first size in metres		Operational
20	Scale factor of second size		Operational
21-24	Scaled value of second size in metres		Operational
25	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
26	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
27	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
28-29	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
30	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
31	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
32-35	Forecast time in units defined by octet 31	(see Note 2)	Operational
36	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
37	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
38-41	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
42	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
43	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
44-47	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
48-49	Year - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
50	Month - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
51	Day - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
52	Hour - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
53	Minute - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
54	Second - time of end of overall time interval		Operational
55	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
56-59	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	60-71 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
60	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
61	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
62	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
63-66	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
67	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
68-71	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Notes 3 and 4)	Operational
	72-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 59 + 12 x n		Operational
72-83	As octets 60 to 71, next innermost step of processing		Operational
84-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 60 to 71, repeated as necessary		Operational

4.47

Product definition template 4.47 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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
13-14	Aerosol type	Code/Flag Table 4.233	Operational
15	Type of interval for first and second sizes	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
16	Scale factor of first size		Operational
17-20	Scaled value of first size in metres		Operational
21	Scale factor of second size		Operational
22-25	Scaled value of second size in metres		Operational
26	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
27	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
28-29	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
30	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
31	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
32-35	Forecast time in units defined by octet 31	(see Note 2)	Operational
36	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
37	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
38-41	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
42	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
43	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
44-47	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
48	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
49	Perturbation number		Operational
50	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational
51-52	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
53	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
54	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
55	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
56	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
57	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
58	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
59-62	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	63-74 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
63	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
64	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
65	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
66-69	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
70	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
71-74	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Note 3)	Operational
	75-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 62 + 12 x n		Operational
75-86	As octets 63 to 74, next innermost step of processing		Operational
87-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 63 to 74, repeated as necessary		Operational

4.48

Product definition template 4.48 - analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-13	Aerosol type	(see Common Code table C-14)	Operational
14	Type of interval for first and second size	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
15	Scale factor of first size		Operational
16-19	Scaled value of first size in metres		Operational
20	Scale factor of second size		Operational
21-24	Scaled value of second size in metres		Operational
25	Type of interval for first and second wavelength	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
26	Scale factor of first wavelength		Operational
27-30	Scaled value of first wavelength in metres		Operational
31	Scale factor of second wavelength		Operational
32-35	Scaled value of second wavelength in metres		Operational
36	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
37	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
38	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
39-40	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	Operational
41	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Operational
42	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
43-46	Forecast time in units defined by octet 42		Operational
47	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
48	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
49-52	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
53	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
54	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
55-58	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational

4.51

Product definition template 4.51 - categorical forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Operational
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	NC - number of categories		Operational
	Repeat the following 12 octets for each category (i = 1,NC)		Operational
(36+12(i-1))	Code figure		Operational
(37+12(i-1))	Type of interval for first and second limits	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
(38+12(i-1))	Scale factor of first limit		Operational
(39+12(i-1))-(42+12(i-1))	Scaled value of first limit		Operational
(43+12(i-1))	Scale factor of second limit		Operational
(44+12(i-1))-(47+12(i-1))	Scaled value of second limit		Operational

4.53

Product definition template 4.53 - partitioned parameters at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12	Partition Table Number (PTN)	(see Notes 1 and 3)	Operational
13	Number of Partitions (NP)	(see Note 1)	Operational
14-(14+2NP-1)	Partition set (list all partition numbers in the partition)	(see Code table 4.PTN and Note 1)	Operational
(14+2NP)-(15+2NP)	Partition number (PN)	(see Code table 4.PTN and Note 3)	Operational
(16+2NP)	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
(17+2NP)	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
(18+2NP)	Analysis or forecast generating processes identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
(19+2NP)-(20+2NP)	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note 1)	Operational
(21+2NP)	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Operational
(22+2NP)	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
(23+2NP)-(26+2NP)	Forecast time in units defined by previous octet		Operational
(27+2NP)	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
(28+2NP)	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
(29+2NP)-(32+2NP)	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
(33+2NP)	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
(34+2NP)	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
(35+2NP)-(38+2NP)	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational

4.54

Product definition template 4.54 - individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for partitioned parameters

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12	Partition Table Number (PTN)	(see Notes 1 and 3)	Operational
13	Number of Partitions (NP)	(see Note 1)	Operational
14-(14+2NP-1)	Partition set (list all partition numbers in the partition)	(see Code table 4.PTN and Note 1)	Operational
(14+2NP)-(15+2NP)	Partition number (PN)	(see Code table 4.PTN and Note 3)	Operational
(16+2NP)	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
(17+2NP)	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
(18+2NP)	Analysis or forecast generating processes identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
(19+2NP)-(20+2NP)	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note 1)	Operational
(21+2NP)	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Operational
(22+2NP)	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
(23+2NP)-(26+2NP)	Forecast time in units defined by octet (22+2NP)		Operational
(27+2NP)	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
(28+2NP)	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
(29+2NP)-(32+2NP)	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
(33+2NP)	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
(34+2NP)	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
(35+2NP)-(38+2NP)	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
(39+2NP)	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
(40+2NP)	Perturbation number		Operational
(41+2NP)	Number of forecasts in ensemble		Operational

4.91

Product definition template 4.91 - categorical forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
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	Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Operational
15-16	Hours after reference time of data cut-off	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes after reference time of data cut-off		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	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Operational
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Operational
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Operational
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Operational
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Operational
35	NC - number of categories		Operational
	Repeat the following 12 octets for each category (i = 1,NC)		Operational
(36+12(i-1))	Code figure		Operational
(37+12(i-1))	Type of interval for first and second limits	Code/Flag Table 4.91	Operational
(38+12(i-1))	Scale factor of first limit		Operational
(39+12(i-1))-(42+12(i-1))	Scaled value of first limit		Operational
(43+12(i-1))	Scale factor of second limit		Operational
(44+12(i-1))-(47+12(i-1))	Scaled value of second limit		Operational
(48+12(NC-1))-(49+12(NC-1))	Year of end of overall time interval		Operational
(50+12(NC-1))	Month of end of overall time interval		Operational
(51+12(NC-1))	Day of end of overall time interval		Operational
(52+12(NC-1))	Hour of end of overall time interval		Operational
(53+12(NC-1))	Minute of end of overall time interval		Operational
(54+12(NC-1))	Second of end of overall time interval		Operational
(55+12(NC-1))	n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field		Operational
(56+12(NC-1))-(59+12(NC-1))	Total number of data values missing in statistical process		Operational
	60-71 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done		Operational
(60+12(NC-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
(61+12(NC-1))	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Operational
(62+12(NC-1))	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
(63+12(NC-1))-(66+12(NC-1))	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Operational
(67+12(NC-1))	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
(68+12(NC-1))-(71+12(NC-1))	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Note 3)	Operational
	72-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 72+12(n-1)+12(NC-1)		Operational
(72+12(NC-1))-(83+12(NC-1))	As octets (60+12(NC-1)) to (71+12(NC-1)), next innermost step of processing		Operational
(84+12(NC-1))-nn	Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets (60+12(NC -1)) to (71+12(NC -1)), repeated as necessary		Operational

4.254

Product definition template 4.254 - CCITT IA5 character string

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12-15	Number of characters		Operational

4.1000

Product definition template 4.1000 - cross-section of analysis and forecast at a point in time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Experimental
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Experimental
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Experimental
13	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
14	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	Experimental
17	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Experimental
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Experimental

4.1001

Product definition template 4.1001 - cross-section of averaged or otherwise statistically processed analysis or forecast over a range of time

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Experimental
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Experimental
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Experimental
13	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
14	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note 1)	Experimental
17	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Experimental
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Experimental
23-26	Total number of data values missing in the statistical process		Experimental
27	Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range	Code/Flag Table 4.10	Experimental
28	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Experimental
29	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
30-33	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Experimental
34	Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
35-38	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Note 2)	Experimental

4.1002

Product definition template 4.1002 - cross-section of analysis and forecast, averaged or otherwise statistically processed over latitude or longitude

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Experimental
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Experimental
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Experimental
13	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
14	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	Experimental
17	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Experimental
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Experimental
23	Horizontal dimension processed	Code/Flag Table 4.220	Experimental
24	Treatment of missing data (e.g. below ground)	Code/Flag Table 4.221	Experimental
25	Type of statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.10	Experimental
26-29	Start of range		Experimental
30-33	End of range		Experimental
34-35	Number of values		Experimental

4.1100

Product definition template 4.1100 - Hovmöller-type grid with no averaging or other statistical processing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Experimental
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Experimental
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Experimental
13	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
14	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note)	Experimental
17	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Experimental
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18		Experimental
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Experimental
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Experimental
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Experimental
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Experimental
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Experimental
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Experimental

4.1101

Product definition template 4.1101 - Hovmöller-type grid with averaging or other statistical processing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Experimental
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Experimental
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Experimental
13	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
14	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)		Experimental
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note 1)	Experimental
17	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time		Experimental
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by octet 18	(see Note 2)	Experimental
23	Type of first fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Experimental
24	Scale factor of first fixed surface		Experimental
25-28	Scaled value of first fixed surface		Experimental
29	Type of second fixed surface	Code/Flag Table 4.5	Experimental
30	Scale factor of second fixed surface		Experimental
31-34	Scaled value of second fixed surface		Experimental
35-38	Total number of data values missing in the statistical process		Experimental
39	Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range	Code/Flag Table 4.10	Experimental
40	Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing	Code/Flag Table 4.11	Experimental
41	Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
42-45	Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet		Experimental
46	Indicator of unit of time for increment between the successive fields used	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Experimental
47-50	Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet	(see Note 3)	Experimental

5.0

Data representation template 5.0 - Grid point data - simple packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12-15	Reference value (R) (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)		Operational
16-17	Binary scale factor (E)		Operational
18-19	Decimal scale factor (D)		Operational
20	Number of bits used for each packed value for simple packing, or for each group reference value for complex packing or spatial differencing		Operational
21	Type of original field values	Code/Flag Table 5.1	Operational

5.1

Data representation template 5.1 - Matrix values at grid point - simple packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12-21	Same as data representation template 5.0		Experimental
22	0, no matrix bit maps present; 1-matrix bit maps present		Experimental
23-26	Number of data values encoded in Section 7		Experimental
27-28	NR - first dimension (rows) of each matrix		Experimental
29-30	NC - second dimension (columns) of each matrix		Experimental
31	First dimension coordinate value definition	Code/Flag Table 5.2	Experimental
32	NC1 - number of coefficients or values used to specify first dimension coordinate function		Experimental
33	Second dimension coordinate value definition	Code/Flag Table 5.2	Experimental
34	NC2 - number of coefficients or values used to specify second dimension coordinate function		Experimental
35	First dimension physical significance	Code/Flag Table 5.3	Experimental
36	Second dimension physical significance	Code/Flag Table 5.3	Experimental
37-(36+NC1x4)	Coefficients to define first dimension coordinate values in functional form, or the explicit coordinate values (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)		Experimental
(37+NC1x4)-(36+4(NC1+NC2))	Coefficients to define second dimension coordinate values in functional form, or the explicit coordinate values (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)		Experimental

5.2

Data representation template 5.2 - Grid point data - complex packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12-21	Same as data representation template 5.0		Operational
22	Group splitting method used	Code/Flag Table 5.4	Operational
23	Missing value management used	Code/Flag Table 5.5	Operational
24-27	Primary missing value substitute		Operational
28-31	Secondary missing value substitute		Operational
32-35	NG - number of groups of data values into which field is split		Operational
36	Reference for group widths	(see Note 12)	Operational
37	Number of bits used for the group widths (after the reference value in octet 36 has been removed)		Operational
38-41	Reference for group lengths	(see Note 13)	Operational
42	Length increment for the group lengths	(see Note 14)	Operational
43-46	True length of last group		Operational
47	Number of bits used for the scaled group lengths (after subtraction of the reference value given in octets 38-41 and division by the length increment given in octet 42)		Operational

5.3

Data representation template 5.3 - Grid point data - complex packing and spatial differencing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12-47	Same as data representation template 5.2		Operational
48	Order of spatial differencing	Code/Flag Table 5.6	Operational
49	Number of octets required in the data section to specify extra descriptors needed for spatial differencing (octets 6-ww in data template 7.3)		Operational

5.4

Data representation template 5.4 - Grid point data - IEEE floating point data

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12	Precision	Code/Flag Table 5.7	Operational

5.40

Data representation template 5.40 - Grid point data - JPEG 2000 code stream format

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12-15	Reference value (R) (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)		Operational
16-17	Binary scale factor (E)		Operational
18-19	Decimal scale factor (D)		Operational
20	Number of bits required to hold the resulting scaled and referenced data values (i.e. depth of the grayscale image)	(see Note 2)	Operational
21	Type of original field values (see Code table 5.1)		Operational
22	Type of compression used (see Code table 5.40)		Operational
23	Target compression ratio, M:1 (with respect to the bit-depth specified in octet 20), when octet 22 indicates lossy compression. Otherwise, set to missing	(see Note 3)	Operational

5.41

Data representation template 5.41 - Grid point data - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12-15	Reference value (R) (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)		Operational
16-17	Binary scale factor (E)		Operational
18-19	Decimal scale factor (D)		Operational
20	Number of bits required to hold the resulting scaled and referenced data values (i.e. depth of the image)	(see Note 2)	Operational
21	Type of original field values	Code/Flag Table 5.1	Operational

5.50

Data representation template 5.50 - Spectral data - simple packing

Octet Number	Description	Status
12-15	Reference value (R) (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)	Operational
16-17	Binary scale factor (E)	Operational
18-19	Decimal scale factor (D)	Operational
20	Number of bits used for each packed value (field width)	Operational
21-24	Real part of (0.0) coefficient (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)	Operational

5.51

Data representation template 5.51 - Spherical harmonics data - complex packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
12-20	Same as data representation template 5.50		Operational
21-24	P - Laplacian scaling factor (expressed in 10-6 units)		Operational
25-26	JS - pentagonal resolution parameter of the unpacked subset	(see Note 1)	Operational
27-28	KS - pentagonal resolution parameter of the unpacked subset	(see Note 1)	Operational
29-30	MS - pentagonal resolution parameter of the unpacked subset	(see Note 1)	Operational
31-34	TS - total number of values in the unpacked subset	(see Note 1)	Operational
35	Precision of the unpacked subset	Code/Flag Table 5.7	Operational

5.61

Data representation template 5.61 - Grid point data - simple packing with logarithm pre-processing

Octet Number	Description	Status
12-15	Reference value (R) (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)	Experimental
16-17	Binary scale factor (E)	Experimental
18-19	Decimal scale factor (D)	Experimental
20	Number of bits used for each packed value	Experimental
21-24	Pre-processing parameter (B) (IEEE 32-bit floating-point value)	Experimental

5.200

Data representation template 5.200 - Grid point data - run length packing with level values

Octet Number	Description	Status
12	Number of bits used for each packed value in the run length packing with level values	Operational
13-14	MV - maximum value within the levels that are used in the packing	Operational
15-16	MVL - maximum value of level (predefined)	Operational
17	Decimal scale factor of representative value of each level	Operational
18-(19+2(lv-1))	List of MVL scaled representative values of each level from lv=1 to MVL	Operational

7.0

Data template 7.0 - Grid point data - simple packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-nn	Binary data values - binary string, with each (scaled) data value		Operational

7.1

Data template 7.1 - Matrix values at grid point - simple packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-nn	Binary data values - binary string, with each (scaled) data value		Experimental

7.2

Data template 7.2 - Grid point data - complex packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-xx	NG group reference values (X1 in the decoding formula), each of which is encoded using the number of bits specified in octet 20 of data representation template 5.0. Bits set to zero shall be appended as necessary to ensure this sequence of numbers ends on		Operational
[xx+1]-yy	NG group widths, each of which is encoded using the number of bits specified in octet 37 of data representation template 5.2. Bits set to zero shall be appended as necessary to ensure this sequence of numbers ends on an octet boundary		Operational
[yy+1]-zz	NG scaled group lengths, each of which is encoded using the number of bits specified in octet 47 of data representation template 5.2. Bits set to zero shall be appended as necessary to ensure this sequence of numbers ends on an octet boundary	Code/Flag Table 5.2	Operational
[zz+1]-nn	Packed values (X2 in the decoding formula), where each value is a deviation from its respective group reference value		Operational

7.3

Data template 7.3 - Grid point data - complex packing and spatial differencing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-ww	First value(s) of original (undifferenced) scaled data values, followed by the overall minimum of the differences. The number of values stored is 1 greater than the order of differentiation, and the field width is described at octet 49 of data representation template 5.3	(see Note 1)	Operational
[ww+1]-xx	NG group reference values (X1 in the decoding formula), each of which is encoded using the number of bits specified in octet 20 of data representation template 5.0. Bits set to zero shall be appended where necessary to ensure this sequence of numbers ends on an octet boundary		Operational
[xx+1]-nn	Same as for data representation template 7.2		Operational

7.4

Data template 7.4 - Grid point data - IEEE floating point data

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-nn	Binary data values		Operational

7.40

Data template 7.40 - Grid point data - JPEG 2000 code stream format

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-nn	JPEG 2000 code stream as described in Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 standard (ISO/IEC 15444-1:2000)		Operational

7.41

Data template 7.41 - Grid point data - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-nn	PNG encoded image		Operational

7.50

Data template 7.50 - Spectral data - simple packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-nn	Binary data values - binary string, with each (scaled) data value		Operational

7.51

Data template 7.51 - Spherical harmonics - complex packing

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
6-(5+IxTS)	Data values from the unpacked subset (IEEE floating-point values on I octets)		Operational
(6+IxTS)-nn	Binary data values - binary string, with each (scaled) data value out of the unpacked subset		Operational

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