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 |