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 |