| 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 |