VM - GRIB - WMO version 37 Table Code/Flag

Values

Code table 0.0 - Discipline of processed data in the GRIB message, number of GRIB Master table

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Meteorological products	Operational
1	Hydrological products	Operational
2	Land surface products	Operational
3	Satellite remote sensing products (formerly "Space products")	Operational
4	Space weather products	Operational
5-9	Reserved	Operational
10	Oceanographic products	Operational
11-19	Reserved	Operational
20	Health and socioeconomic impacts	Operational
21-190	Reserved	Operational
191	Computational parameters	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

1.0

Code table 1.0 - GRIB master tables version number

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Experimental	Deprecated
1	Version implemented on 7 November 2001	Deprecated
2	Version implemented on 4 November 2003	Deprecated
3	Version implemented on 2 November 2005	Deprecated
4	Version implemented on 7 November 2007	Deprecated
5	Version implemented on 4 November 2009	Deprecated
6	Version implemented on 15 September 2010	Deprecated
7	Version implemented on 4 May 2011	Deprecated
8	Version implemented on 2 November 2011	Deprecated
9	Version implemented on 2 May 2012	Deprecated
10	Version implemented on 7 November 2012	Deprecated
11	Version implemented on 8 May 2013	Deprecated
12	Version implemented on 14 November 2013	Deprecated
13	Version implemented on 7 May 2014	Deprecated
14	Version implemented on 5 November 2014	Deprecated
15	Version implemented on 6 May 2015	Deprecated
16	Version implemented on 11 November 2015	Deprecated
17	Version implemented on 4 May 2016	Deprecated
18	Version implemented on 2 November 2016	Deprecated
19	Version implemented on 3 May 2017	Deprecated
20	Version implemented on 8 November 2017	Deprecated
21	Version implemented on 2 May 2018	Deprecated
22	Version implemented on 7 November 2018	Deprecated
23	Pre-operational to be implemented by next amendment	Deprecated
24-254	Future versions	Deprecated
255	Missing	Deprecated

1.1

Code table 1.1 - GRIB local tables version number

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Local tables not used. Only table entries and templates from the current master table are valid	Operational
1-254	Number of local tables version used	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

1.2

Code table 1.2 - Significance of reference time

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Analysis	Operational
1	Start of forecast	Operational
2	Verifying time of forecast	Operational
3	Observation time	Operational
4	Local time	Operational
5	Simulation start	Operational
6	Start of data assimilation	Operational
7-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

1.3

Code table 1.3 - Production status of data

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Operational products	Operational
1	Operational test products	Operational
2	Research products	Operational
3	Re-analysis products	Operational
4	THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE)	Operational
5	THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE) test	Operational
6	S2S operational products	Operational
7	S2S test products	Operational
8	Uncertainties in Ensembles of Regional ReAnalyses project (UERRA)	Operational
9	Uncertainties in Ensembles of Regional ReAnalyses project (UERRA) test	Operational
10	Copernicus regional reanalysis	Operational
11	Copernicus regional reanalysis test	Operational
12	Destination Earth	Operational
13	Destination Earth test	Operational
14	Lead Centre for Global Climate Reanalyses (LC-GCR)	Operational
15	Lead Centre for Global Climate Reanalyses (LC-GCR) test	Operational
16	Machine Learning Model Intercomparison Project (MLMIP)	Operational
17	Machine Learning Model Intercomparison Project (MLMIP) test	Operational
18-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

1.4

Code table 1.4 - Type of data

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Analysis products	Operational
1	Forecast products	Operational
2	Analysis and forecast products	Operational
3	Control forecast products	Operational
4	Perturbed forecast products	Operational
5	Control and perturbed forecast products	Operational
6	Processed satellite observations	Operational
7	Processed radar observations	Operational
8	Event probability	Operational
9	Experimental data	Operational
10	ML based forecast	Operational
11-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

1.5

Code table 1.5 - Identification template number

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Calendar definition	Operational
1	Paleontological offset	Operational
2	Calendar definition and paleontological offset	Operational
3-32767	Reserved	Operational
32768-65534	Reserved for local use	Operational
65535	Missing	Operational

1.6

Code table 1.6 - Type of calendar

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Gregorian	Operational
1	360-day	Operational
2	365-day	Operational
3	Proleptic Gregorian	Operational
4-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

3.0

Code table 3.0 - Source of grid definition

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Specified in Code table 3.1	Operational
1	Predetermined grid definition	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	A grid definition does not apply to this product	Operational

3.1

Code table 3.1 - Grid definition template number

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Latitude/longitude	Operational
1	Rotated latitude/longitude	Operational
2	Stretched latitude/longitude	Operational
3	Stretched and rotated latitude/longitude	Operational
4	Variable resolution latitude/longitude	Operational
5	Variable resolution rotated latitude/longitude	Operational
6-9	Reserved	Operational
10	Mercator	Operational
11	Reserved	Operational
12	Transverse Mercator	Operational
13	Mercator with modelling subdomains definition	Operational
14-19	Reserved	Operational
20	Polar stereographic projection	Operational
21-22	Reserved	Operational
23	Polar stereographic with modelling subdomains definition	Operational
24-29	Reserved	Operational
30	Lambert conformal	Operational
31	Albers equal area	Operational
32	Reserved	Operational
33	Lambert conformal with modelling subdomains definition	Operational
34-39	Reserved	Operational
40	Gaussian latitude/longitude	Operational
41	Rotated Gaussian latitude/longitude	Operational
42	Stretched Gaussian latitude/longitude	Operational
43	Stretched and rotated Gaussian latitude/longitude	Operational
44-49	Reserved	Operational
50	Spherical harmonic coefficients	Operational
51	Rotated spherical harmonic coefficients	Operational
52	Stretched spherical harmonic coefficients	Operational
53	Stretched and rotated spherical harmonic coefficients	Operational
54-60	Reserved	Operational
61	Spectral Mercator with modelling subdomains definition	Operational
62	Spectral polar stereographic with modelling subdomains definition	Operational
63	Spectral Lambert conformal with modelling subdomains definition	Operational
64-89	Reserved	Operational
90	Space view perspective or orthographic	Operational
91-99	Reserved	Operational
100	Triangular grid based on an icosahedron	Operational
101	General unstructured grid	Operational
102-109	Reserved	Operational
110	Equatorial azimuthal equidistant projection	Operational
111-119	Reserved	Operational
120	Azimuth-range projection	Operational
121-139	Reserved	Operational
140	Lambert azimuthal equal area projection	Operational
141-149	Reserved	Operational
150	Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization grid (HEALPix)	Operational
151-999	Reserved	Operational
1000	Cross-section grid with points equally spaced on the horizontal	Experimental
1001-1099	Reserved	Operational
1100	Hovmöller diagram grid with points equally spaced on the horizontal	Experimental
1101-1199	Reserved	Operational
1200	Time section grid	Experimental
1201-32767	Reserved	Operational
32768-65534	Reserved for local use	Operational
65535	Missing	Operational

3.2

Code table 3.2 - Shape of the reference system

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Earth assumed spherical with radius = 6 367 470.0 m		Operational
1	Earth assumed spherical with radius specified (in m) by data producer		Operational
2	Earth assumed oblate spheroid with size as determined by IAU in 1965 (major axis = 6 378 160.0 m, minor axis = 6 356 775.0 m, f = 1/297.0)		Operational
3	Earth assumed oblate spheroid with major and minor axes specified (in km) by data producer		Operational
4	Earth assumed oblate spheroid as defined in IAG-GRS80 model (major axis = 6 378 137.0 m, minor axis = 6 356 752.314 m, f = 1/298.257 222 101)		Operational
5	Earth assumed represented by WGS-84 (as used by ICAO since 1998)	Code/Flag Table 117	Operational
6	Earth assumed spherical with radius of 6 371 229.0 m		Operational
7	Earth assumed oblate spheroid with major or minor axes specified (in m) by data producer		Operational
8	Earth model assumed spherical with radius of 6 371 200 m, but the horizontal datum of the resulting latitude/longitude field is the WGS-84 reference frame		Operational
9	Earth represented by the Ordnance Survey Great Britain 1936 Datum, using the Airy 1830 Spheroid, the Greenwich meridian as 0 longitude, and the Newlyn datum as mean sea level, 0 height		Operational
10	Earth model assumed WGS84 with corrected geomagnetic coordinates (latitude and longitude) defined by Gustafsson et al., 1992		Operational
11	Sun assumed spherical with radius = 695 990 000 m (Allen, C.W., Astrophysical Quantities, 3rd ed.; Athlone: London, 1976) and Stonyhurst latitude and longitude system with origin at the intersection of the solar central meridian (as seen from Earth) and the solar equator (Thompson, W., Coordinate systems for solar image data, Astron. Astrophys. 2006, 449, 791-803)		Operational
12-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

3.3

Flag table 3.3 - Resolution and component flags

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Status
1-2		Reserved	Operational
3	0	i direction increments not given	Operational
3	1	i direction increments given	Operational
4	0	j direction increments not given	Operational
4	1	j direction increments given	Operational
5	0	Resolved u- and v- components of vector quantities relative to easterly and northerly directions	Operational
5	1	Resolved u- and v- components of vector quantities relative to the defined grid in the direction of increasing x and y (or i and j) coordinates, respectively	Operational
6-8		Reserved - set to zero	Operational

3.4

Flag table 3.4 - Scanning mode

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Status
1	0	Points of first row or column scan in the +i (+x) direction	Operational
1	1	Points of first row or column scan in the -i (-x) direction	Operational
2	0	Points of first row or column scan in the -j (-y) direction	Operational
2	1	Points of first row or column scan in the +j (+y) direction	Operational
3	0	Adjacent points in i (x) direction are consecutive	Operational
3	1	Adjacent points in j (y) direction are consecutive	Operational
4	0	All rows scan in the same direction	Operational
4	1	Adjacent rows scan in the opposite direction	Operational
5	0	Points within odd rows are not offset in i (x) direction	Operational
5	1	Points within odd rows are offset by Di/2 in i (x) direction	Operational
6	0	Points within even rows are not offset in i (x) direction	Operational
6	1	Points within even rows are offset by Di/2 in i (x) direction	Operational
7	0	Points are not offset in j (y) direction	Operational
7	1	Points are offset by Dj/2 in j (y) direction	Operational
8	0	Rows have Ni grid points and columns have Nj grid points	Operational
8	1	Rows have Ni grid points if points are not offset in i direction Rows have Ni-1 grid points if points are offset by Di/2 in i direction Columns have Nj grid points if points are not offset in j direction Columns have Nj-1 grid points if points are offset by Dj/2 in j direction	Operational

3.5

Flag table 3.5 - Projection centre

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Status
1	0	North Pole is on the projection plane	Operational
1	1	South Pole is on the projection plane	Operational
2	0	Only one projection centre is used	Operational
2	1	Projection is bipolar and symmetric	Operational

3.6

Code table 3.6 - Spectral data representation type

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Unit	Status
1		(see separate doc or pdf file)		Operational
2		Bi-Fourier representation		Operational

3.7

Code table 3.7 - Spectral data representation mode

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	(see separate doc or pdf file)	Operational
2-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

3.8

Code table 3.8 - Grid point position

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Grid points at triangle vertices	Operational
1	Grid points at centres of triangles	Operational
2	Grid points at midpoints of triangle sides	Operational
3	Grid points at shape vertices	Operational
4	Grid points at centre of shapes	Operational
5	Grid points at midpoints of shape sides	Operational
6-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

3.9

Flag table 3.9 - Numbering order of diamonds as seen from the corresponding pole

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Status
1	0	Clockwise orientation	Operational
1	1	Anti-clockwise (i.e. counter-clockwise) orientation	Operational
2-8		Reserved	Operational

3.10

Flag table 3.10 - Scanning mode for one diamond

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Status
1	0	Points scan in +i direction, i.e. from pole to Equator	Operational
1	1	Points scan in -i direction, i.e. from Equator to pole	Operational
2	0	Points scan in +j direction, i.e. from west to east	Operational
2	1	Points scan in -j direction, i.e. from east to west	Operational
3	0	Adjacent points in i direction are consecutive	Operational
3	1	Adjacent points in j direction are consecutive	Operational
4-8		Reserved	Operational

3.11

Code table 3.11 - Interpretation of list of numbers at end of section 3

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	There is no appended list	Operational
1	Numbers define number of points corresponding to full coordinate circles (i.e. parallels), coordinate values on each circle are multiple of the circle mesh, and extreme coordinate values given in grid definition (i.e. extreme longitudes) may not be reached in all rows	Operational
2	Numbers define number of points corresponding to coordinate lines delimited by extreme coordinate values given in grid definition (i.e. extreme longitudes) which are present in each row	Operational
3	Numbers define the actual latitudes for each row in the grid. The list of numbers are integer values of the valid latitudes in microdegrees (scaled by 10-6) or in unit equal to the ratio of the basic angle and the subdivisions number for each row, in the same order as specified in the "scanning mode flag" (bit no. 2)	Operational
4-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

3.12

Code table 3.12 - HEALPix rhomboids or points ordering

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Ring ordering	Operational
1	Nested ordering	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

3.13

Flag table 3.13 - HEALPix scanning mode

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Status
1	0	Points scan in +i (+x) direction	Operational
1	1	Points scan in -i (-x) direction	Operational
2	0	Points scan in -j (-y) direction	Operational
2	1	Points scan in +j (+y) direction	Operational
3	0	Adjacent points in i (x) direction are consecutive	Operational
3	1	Adjacent points in j (y) direction are consecutive	Operational
4-8		Reserved	Operational

3.15

Code table 3.15 - Physical meaning of vertical coordinate

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0-19	Reserved		Operational
20	Temperature	K	Operational
21-99	Reserved		Operational
100	Pressure	Pa	Operational
101	Pressure deviation from mean sea level	Pa	Operational
102	Altitude above mean sea level	m	Operational
103	Height above ground	m	Operational
104	Sigma coordinate		Operational
105	Hybrid coordinate		Operational
106	Depth below land surface	m	Operational
107	Potential temperature (theta)	K	Operational
108	Pressure deviation from ground to level	Pa	Operational
109	Potential vorticity	K m2 kg-1 s-1	Operational
110	Geometrical height	m	Operational
111	Eta coordinate		Operational
112	Geopotential height	gpm	Operational
113	Logarithmic hybrid coordinate		Operational
114-159	Reserved		Operational
160	Depth below sea level	m	Operational
161-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

3.20

Code table 3.20 - Type of horizontal line

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Rhumb	Operational
1	Great circle	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

3.21

Code table 3.21 - Vertical dimension coordinate values definition

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Explicit coordinate values set	Operational
1	Linear coordinates f(1) = C1, f(n) = f(n-1) + C2	Operational
2-10	Reserved	Operational
11	Geometric coordinates f(1) = C1, f(n) = C2 × f(n-1)	Operational
12-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

3.25

Code table 3.25 - Type of bi-Fourier truncation

Bit No.	Description	Status
0-76	Reserved	Operational
77	Rectangular	Operational
78-87	Reserved	Operational
88	Elliptic	Operational
89-98	Reserved	Operational
99	Diamond	Operational
100-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.0

Code table 4.0 - Product definition template number

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
1	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
2	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
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	Operational
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	Operational
5	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
6	Percentile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
7	Analysis or forecast error at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
8	Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
9	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
10	Percentile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Experimental
11	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval	Operational
12	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval	Operational
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 interval	Operational
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 interval	Operational
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	Operational
16-19	Reserved	Operational
20	Radar product	Operational
21-29	Reserved	Operational
30	Satellite product (deprecated)	Deprecated
31	Satellite product	Operational
32	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for simulated (synthetic) satellite data	Operational
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	Operational
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	Operational
35	Satellite product with or without associated quality values	Operational
36-39	Reserved	Operational
40	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
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	Operational
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	Operational
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	Operational
44	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol (deprecated)	Deprecated
45	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol	Operational
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	Operational
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	Operational
48	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
49	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
50	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol	Operational
51	Categorical forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
52	Reserved	Operational
53	Partitioned parameters at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
54	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for partitioned parameters	Operational
55	Spatio-temporal changing tiles at a horizontal level or horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
56	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for spatio-temporal changing tile parameters (deprecated)	Deprecated
57	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents based on a distribution function	Operational
58	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents based on a distribution function	Operational
59	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for spatio-temporal changing tile parameters (corrected version of template 4.56)	Operational
60	Individual ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
61	Individual ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
62	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 spatio-temporal changing tiles at a horizontal level or horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
63	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for spatio-temporal changing tiles	Operational
64-66	Reserved	Operational
67	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 based on a distribution function	Operational
68	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 based on a distribution function	Operational
69	Reserved	Operational
70	Post-processing analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
71	Post-processing individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
72	Post-processing average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
73	Post-processing individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
74-75	Reserved	Operational
76	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
77	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
78	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 with source or sink	Operational
79	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 with source or sink	Operational
80	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
81	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
82	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 with source or sink	Operational
83	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 with source or sink	Operational
84	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 with source or sink	Operational
85	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	Operational
86	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
87	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
88	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
89	Post-processed quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
90	Post-processed quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
91	Categorical forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
92	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
93	Post-processing analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
94	Post-processing individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
95	Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed value at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
96	Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values of an individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
97	Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values of post-processing analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
98	Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values of a post-processing individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a specified local time	Operational
99	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with explicit list of frequencies and directions	Operational
100	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with explicit list of frequencies and directions	Operational
101	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with frequencies and directions defined by formulae	Operational
102	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with frequencies and directions defined by formulae	Operational
103	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range	Operational
104	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range	Operational
105	Anomalies, significance and other derived products from an analysis or forecast in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
106	Anomalies, significance and other derived products from an individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
107	Anomalies, significance and other derived products from derived forecasts based on all ensemble members in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
108	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for generic optical products	Operational
109	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for generic optical products	Operational
110	Average, accumulation, 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 generic optical products	Operational
111	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval for generic optical products	Operational
112	Anomalies, significance and other derived products as probability forecasts in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
113	Generalized tiles at a horizontal level or horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
114	Average, accumulation, and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values on generalized tiles at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
115	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed on generalized tiles at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
116	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed on generalized tiles at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
117	Individual large ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
118	Individual large ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval	Operational
119	Probability forecasts from large ensembles at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
120	Probability forecasts from large ensembles at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
121	Probability forecasts from large ensembles with spatiotemporal processing based on focal (moving window) statistics at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
122	Probability forecasts from large ensembles with spatiotemporal processing based on focal (moving window) statistics at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
123	Probability forecasts from large ensembles with spatiotemporal processing based on focal (moving window) statistics in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
124	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for radionuclides	Operational
125	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for radionuclides	Operational
126	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 radionuclides	Operational
127	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for radionuclides	Operational
128	Anomalies significance and other derived products from an analysis or forecast in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
129	Anomalies significance and other derived products from an individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
130	Anomalies significance and other derived products from derived forecasts based on all ensemble members in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
131	Anomalies significance and other derived products as probability forecasts in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
132	Quantile forecasts of anomalies, significance and other derived products in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
133	Post-processed quantile forecasts of anomalies, significance and other derived products in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
134	Quantile forecasts of anomalies, significance and other derived products in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
135	Post-processed quantile forecasts of anomalies, significance and other derived products in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
136	Probability forecasts of anomalies, significance and other derived products in relation to a reference period with spatiotemporal processing based on focal (moving window) statistics in relation to a reference period at a horizontal level or in at a point in time	Operational
137	Derived reforecast based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
138	Derived reforecast based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
139	Reforecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range	Operational
140	Individual ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range	Operational
141	Reforecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with explicit list of frequencies and directions	Operational
142	Individual ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for wave 2D spectra with explicit list of frequencies and directions	Operational
143	Random fields used in an ensemble forecast, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operatinal
144	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for waves selected by period range	Operational
145	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for waves selected by period range	Operational
146	Verification scores for analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
147	Verification scores for 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	Operational
148	Verification scores for individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
149	Verification scores for individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
150	Verification scores for derived forecast based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
151	Verification scores for derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
152	Individual large ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
153	Individual large ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
154	Individual large ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
155	Individual large ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
156	Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
157	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
158	Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values at a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
159	Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
160	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range	Operational
161	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for waves selected by period range	Operational
162	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range	Operational
163	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for waves selected by period range	Operational
164	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for waves selected by period range	Operational
165	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for waves selected by period range	Operational
166	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
167	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
168	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol	Operational
169	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
170	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
171	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
172	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
173	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol with source or sink	Operational
174	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol	Operational
175	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
176	Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
177	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
178	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
179	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol	Operational
180	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
181	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
182	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
183	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
184	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol with source or sink	Operational
185	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol	Operational
186	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
187	Quantile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
188	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
189	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
190	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol	Operational
191	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
192	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
193	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink	Operational
194	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
195	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol with source or sink	Operational
196	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol	Operational
197	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol	Operational
198	Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink	Operational
199	Derived products of post-processed forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
200	Derived products of post-processed forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer  in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
201	Probability of post-processed forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time	Operational
202	Probability of post-processed forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval	Operational
203	Satellite product with channel, bandwidth and polarization	Operational
204	Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for simulated (synthetic) satellite data with channel, bandwidth and polarization	Operational
205	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 with channel, bandwidth and polarization	Operational
206	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 with channel, bandwidth and polarization	Operational
207	Satellite product with or without associated quality values with channel, bandwidth and polarization	Operational
208-253	Reserved	Operational
254	CCITT IA5 character string	Operational
255-999	Reserved	Operational
1000	Cross-section of analysis and forecast at a point in time	Experimental
1001	Cross-section of averaged or otherwise statistically processed analysis or forecast over a range of time	Experimental
1002	Cross-section of analysis and forecast, averaged or otherwise statistically processed over latitude or longitude	Experimental
1003-1099	Reserved	Operational
1100	Hovmöller-type grid with no averaging or other statistical processing	Experimental
1101	Hovmöller-type grid with averaging or other statistical processing	Experimental
1102-32767	Reserved	Operational
32768-65534	Reserved for local use	Operational
65535	Missing	Operational

4.1.0

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Temperature	Operational
1	Moisture	Operational
2	Momentum	Operational
3	Mass	Operational
4	Short-wave radiation	Operational
5	Long-wave radiation	Operational
6	Cloud	Operational
7	Thermodynamic stability indices	Operational
8	Kinematic stability indices	Deprecated
9	Temperature probabilities	Deprecated
10	Moisture probabilities	Deprecated
11	Momentum probabilities	Deprecated
12	Mass probabilities	Deprecated
13	Aerosols	Operational
14	Trace gases (e.g. ozone, CO2)	Operational
15	Radar	Operational
16	Forecast radar imagery	Operational
17	Electrodynamics	Operational
18	Nuclear/radiology	Operational
19	Physical atmospheric properties	Operational
20	Atmospheric chemical constituents	Operational
21	Thermodynamic properties	Operational
22	Drought indices	Operational
23-189	Reserved	Operational
190	CCITT IA5 string	Operational
191	Miscellaneous	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.1.1

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 1 - Hydrological products

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Hydrology basic products	Operational
1	Hydrology probabilities	Operational
2	Inland water and sediment properties	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.1.2

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 2 - Land surface products

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Vegetation/biomass	Operational
1	Agri-/aquacultural special products	Operational
2	Transportation-related products	Operational
3	Soil products	Operational
4	Fire weather products	Operational
5	Glaciers and inland ice	Operational
6	Urban areas	Operational
7	Thermodynamic properties	Operational
8-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.1.3

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 3 - Satellite remote sensing products (formerly "Space products")

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Image format products	Operational
1	Quantitative products	Operational
2	Cloud properties	Operational
3	Flight rule conditions	Operational
4	Volcanic ash	Operational
5	Sea-surface temperature	Operational
6	Solar radiation	Operational
7-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.1.4

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Temperature	Operational
1	Momentum	Operational
2	Charged particle mass and number	Operational
3	Electric and magnetic fields	Operational
4	Energetic particles	Operational
5	Waves	Operational
6	Solar electromagnetic emissions	Operational
7	Terrestrial electromagnetic emissions	Operational
8	Imagery	Operational
9	Ion-neutral coupling	Operational
10	Space weather indices	Operational
11-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.1.10

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 10 - Oceanographic products

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Waves	Operational
1	Currents	Operational
2	Ice	Operational
3	Surface properties	Operational
4	Subsurface properties	Operational
5-190	Reserved	Operational
191	Miscellaneous	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.1.20

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 20 - Health and socioeconomic impacts

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Health indicators	Operational
1	Epidemiology	Operational
2	Socioeconomic indicators	Operational
3	Renewable energy sector	Operational
4	Meteorological and hydrological hazard indices	Operational
5	Environmental hazard indices	Operational
6-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.1.191

Code table 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline # Product discipline 191 - Computational parameters

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Stochastic parametrizations	Operational
1-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.2.0.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 0: temperature

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Temperature	K	Operational
1	Virtual temperature	K	Operational
2	Potential temperature	K	Operational
3	Pseudo-adiabatic potential temperature or equivalent potential temperature	K	Operational
4	Maximum temperature	K	Deprecated
5	Minimum temperature	K	Deprecated
6	Dewpoint temperature	K	Operational
7	Dewpoint depression (or deficit)	K	Operational
8	Lapse rate	K/m	Operational
9	Temperature anomaly	K	Operational
10	Latent heat net flux	W m-2	Operational
11	Sensible heat net flux	W m-2	Operational
12	Heat index	K	Operational
13	Wind chill factor	K	Operational
14	Minimum dewpoint depression	K	Deprecated
15	Virtual potential temperature	K	Operational
16	Snow phase change heat flux	W m-2	Operational
17	Skin temperature	K	Operational
18	Snow temperature (top of snow)	K	Operational
19	Turbulent transfer coefficient for heat	Numeric	Operational
20	Turbulent diffusion coefficient for heat	m2/s	Operational
21	Apparent temperature	K	Operational
22	Temperature tendency due to short-wave radiation	K s-1	Operational
23	Temperature tendency due to long-wave radiation	K s-1	Operational
24	Temperature tendency due to short-wave radiation, clear sky	K s-1	Operational
25	Temperature tendency due to long-wave radiation, clear sky	K s-1	Operational
26	Temperature tendency due to parameterization	K s-1	Operational
27	Wet-bulb temperature	K	Operational
28	Unbalanced component of temperature	K	Operational
29	Temperature advection	K s-1	Operational
30	Latent heat net flux due to evaporation	W m-2	Operational
31	Latent heat net flux due to sublimation	W m-2	Operational
32	Wet-bulb potential temperature	K	Operational
33-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.1

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 1: moisture

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Specific humidity	kg/kg	Operational
1	Relative humidity	%	Operational
2	Humidity mixing ratio	kg/kg	Operational
3	Precipitable water	kg m-2	Operational
4	Vapour pressure	Pa	Operational
5	Saturation deficit	Pa	Operational
6	Evaporation	kg m-2	Operational
7	Precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Deprecated
8	Total precipitation	kg m-2	Deprecated
9	Large-scale precipitation (non-convective)	kg m-2	Deprecated
10	Convective precipitation	kg m-2	Deprecated
11	Snow depth	m	Operational
12	Snowfall rate water equivalent	kg m-2 s-1	Deprecated
13	Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth	kg m-2	Deprecated
14	Convective snow	kg m-2	Deprecated
15	Large-scale snow	kg m-2	Deprecated
16	Snow melt	kg m-2	Operational
17	Snow age	d	Operational
18	Absolute humidity	kg m-3	Operational
19	Precipitation type	Code/Flag Table 4.201	Operational
20	Integrated liquid water	kg m-2	Operational
21	Condensate	kg/kg	Operational
22	Cloud mixing ratio	kg/kg	Operational
23	Ice water mixing ratio	kg/kg	Operational
24	Rain mixing ratio	kg/kg	Operational
25	Snow mixing ratio	kg/kg	Operational
26	Horizontal moisture convergence	kg kg-1 s-1	Operational
27	Maximum relative humidity	%	Deprecated
28	Maximum absolute humidity	kg m-3	Deprecated
29	Total snowfall	m	Deprecated
30	Precipitable water category	Code/Flag Table 4.202	Operational
31	Hail	m	Operational
32	Graupel (snow pellets)	kg/kg	Operational
33	Categorical rain	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
34	Categorical freezing rain	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
35	Categorical ice pellets	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
36	Categorical snow	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
37	Convective precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
38	Horizontal moisture divergence	kg kg-1 s-1	Operational
39	Per cent frozen precipitation	%	Operational
40	Potential evaporation	kg m-2	Operational
41	Potential evaporation rate	W m-2	Operational
42	Snow cover	%	Operational
43	Rain fraction of total cloud water	Proportion	Operational
44	Rime factor	Numeric	Operational
45	Total column integrated rain	kg m-2	Operational
46	Total column integrated snow	kg m-2	Operational
47	Large scale water precipitation (non-convective)	kg m-2	Deprecated
48	Convective water precipitation	kg m-2	Deprecated
49	Total water precipitation	kg m-2	Deprecated
50	Total snow precipitation	kg m-2	Deprecated
51	Total column water (Vertically integrated total water (vapour + cloud water/ice))	kg m-2	Operational
52	Total precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
53	Total snowfall rate water equivalent	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
54	Large scale precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
55	Convective snowfall rate water equivalent	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
56	Large scale snowfall rate water equivalent	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
57	Total snowfall rate	m/s	Operational
58	Convective snowfall rate	m/s	Operational
59	Large scale snowfall rate	m/s	Operational
60	Snow depth water equivalent	kg m-2	Operational
61	Snow density	kg m-3	Operational
62	Snow evaporation	kg m-2	Operational
63	Reserved		Operational
64	Total column integrated water vapour	kg m-2	Operational
65	Rain precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
66	Snow precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
67	Freezing rain precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
68	Ice pellets precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
69	Total column integrated cloud water	kg m-2	Operational
70	Total column integrated cloud ice	kg m-2	Operational
71	Hail mixing ratio	kg/kg	Operational
72	Total column integrated hail	kg m-2	Operational
73	Hail precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
74	Total column integrated graupel	kg m-2	Operational
75	Graupel (snow pellets) precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
76	Convective rain rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
77	Large scale rain rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
78	Total column integrated water (all components including precipitation)	kg m-2	Operational
79	Evaporation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
80	Total condensate	kg/kg	Operational
81	Total column-integrated condensate	kg m-2	Operational
82	Cloud ice mixing-ratio	kg/kg	Operational
83	Specific cloud liquid water content	kg/kg	Operational
84	Specific cloud ice water content	kg/kg	Operational
85	Specific rainwater content	kg/kg	Operational
86	Specific snow water content	kg/kg	Operational
87	Stratiform precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
88	Categorical convective precipitation	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
89	Reserved		Operational
90	Total kinematic moisture flux	kg kg-1 m s-1	Operational
91	u-component (zonal) kinematic moisture flux	kg kg-1 m s-1	Operational
92	v-component (meridional) kinematic moisture flux	kg kg-1 m s-1	Operational
93	Relative humidity with respect to water	%	Operational
94	Relative humidity with respect to ice	%	Operational
95	Freezing or frozen precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
96	Mass density of rain	kg m-3	Operational
97	Mass density of snow	kg m-3	Operational
98	Mass density of graupel	kg m-3	Operational
99	Mass density of hail	kg m-3	Operational
100	Specific number concentration of rain	kg-1	Operational
101	Specific number concentration of snow	kg-1	Operational
102	Specific number concentration of graupel	kg-1	Operational
103	Specific number concentration of hail	kg-1	Operational
104	Number density of rain	m-3	Operational
105	Number density of snow	m-3	Operational
106	Number density of graupel	m-3	Operational
107	Number density of hail	m-3	Operational
108	Specific humidity tendency due to parameterization	kg kg-1 s-1	Operational
109	Mass density of liquid water coating on hail expressed as mass of liquid water per unit volume of air	kg m-3	Operational
110	Specific mass of liquid water coating on hail expressed as mass of liquid water per unit mass of moist air	kg kg-1	Operational
111	Mass mixing ratio of liquid water coating on hail expressed as mass of liquid water per unit mass of dry air	kg kg-1	Operational
112	Mass density of liquid water coating on graupel expressed as mass of liquid water per unit volume of air	kg m-3	Operational
113	Specific mass of liquid water coating on graupel expressed as mass of liquid water per unit mass of moist air	kg kg-1	Operational
114	Mass mixing ratio of liquid water coating on graupel expressed as mass of liquid water per unit mass of dry air	kg kg-1	Operational
115	Mass density of liquid water coating on snow expressed as mass of liquid water per unit volume of air	kg m-3	Operational
116	Specific mass of liquid water coating on snow expressed as mass of liquid water per unit mass of moist air	kg kg-1	Operational
117	Mass mixing ratio of liquid water coating on snow expressed as mass of liquid water per unit mass of dry air	kg kg-1	Operational
118	Unbalanced component of specific humidity	kg kg-1	Operational
119	Unbalanced component of specific cloud liquid water content	kg kg-1	Operational
120	Unbalanced component of specific cloud ice water content	kg kg-1	Operational
121	Fraction of snow cover	Proportion	Operational
122	Precipitation intensity index	Code/Flag Table 4.247	Operational
123	Dominant precipitation type	Code/Flag Table 4.201	Operational
124	Presence of showers	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
125	Presence of blowing snow	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
126	Presence of blizzard	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
127	Ice pellets (non-water equivalent) precipitation rate	m/s	Operational
128	Total solid precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
129	Effective radius of cloud water	m	Operational
130	Effective radius of rain	m	Operational
131	Effective radius of cloud ice	m	Operational
132	Effective radius of snow	m	Operational
133	Effective radius of graupel	m	Operational
134	Effective radius of hail	m	Operational
135	Effective radius of subgrid liquid clouds	m	Operational
136	Effective radius of subgrid ice clouds	m	Operational
137	Effective aspect ratio of rain	-	Operational
138	Effective aspect ratio of cloud ice	-	Operational
139	Effective aspect ratio of snow	-	Operational
140	Effective aspect ratio of graupel	-	Operational
141	Effective aspect ratio of hail	-	Operational
142	Effective aspect ratio of subgrid ice clouds	-	Operational
143	Potential evaporation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
144	Specific rain water content (convective)	kg kg-1	Operational
145	Specific snow water content (convective)	kg kg-1	Operational
146	Cloud ice precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
147	Character of precipitation	Code/Flag Table 4.249	Operational
148	Snow evaporation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
149	Cloud water mixing ratio	kg kg-1	Operational
150	Column integrated eastward water vapour mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
151	Column integrated northward water vapour mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
152	Column integrated eastward cloud liquid water mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
153	Column integrated northward cloud liquid water mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
154	Column integrated eastward cloud ice mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
155	Column integrated northward cloud ice mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
156	Column integrated eastward rain mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
157	Column integrated northward rain mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
158	Column integrated eastward snow mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
159	Column integrated northward snow mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
160	Column integrated divergence of water vapour mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
161	Column integrated divergence of cloud liquid water mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
162	Column integrated divergence of cloud ice mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
163	Column integrated divergence of rain mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
164	Column integrated divergence of snow mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
165	Column integrated divergence of total water mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
166	Column integrated water vapour flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
167	Total column supercooled liquid water	kg m-2	Operational
168	Saturation specific humidity with respect to water	kg m-3	Operational
169	Total column integrated saturation specific humidity with respect to water	kg m-2	Operational
170	Mean mass diameter of hail	m	Operational
171	Estimated maximum diameter of hail	m	Operational
172-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.2

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 2: momentum

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Wind direction (from which blowing)	degree true	Operational
1	Wind speed	m/s	Operational
2	u-component of wind	m/s	Operational
3	v-component of wind	m/s	Operational
4	Stream function	m2/s	Operational
5	Velocity potential	m2/s	Operational
6	Montgomery stream function	m2 s-2	Operational
7	Sigma coordinate vertical velocity	/s	Operational
8	Vertical velocity (pressure)	Pa/s	Operational
9	Vertical velocity (geometric)	m/s	Operational
10	Absolute vorticity	/s	Operational
11	Absolute divergence	/s	Operational
12	Relative vorticity	/s	Operational
13	Relative divergence	/s	Operational
14	Potential vorticity	K m2 kg-1 s-1	Operational
15	Vertical u-component shear	/s	Operational
16	Vertical v-component shear	/s	Operational
17	Momentum flux, u-component	N m-2	Operational
18	Momentum flux, v-component	N m-2	Operational
19	Wind mixing energy	J	Operational
20	Boundary layer dissipation	W m-2	Operational
21	Maximum wind speed	m/s	Deprecated
22	Wind speed (gust)	m/s	Operational
23	u-component of wind (gust)	m/s	Operational
24	v-component of wind (gust)	m/s	Operational
25	Vertical speed shear	/s	Operational
26	Horizontal momentum flux	N m-2	Operational
27	u-component storm motion	m/s	Operational
28	v-component storm motion	m/s	Operational
29	Drag coefficient	Numeric	Operational
30	Frictional velocity	m/s	Operational
31	Turbulent diffusion coefficient for momentum	m2/s	Operational
32	Eta coordinate vertical velocity	/s	Operational
33	Wind fetch	m	Operational
34	Normal wind component	m/s	Operational
35	Tangential wind component	m/s	Operational
36	Amplitude function for Rossby wave envelope for meridional wind	m/s	Operational
37	Northward turbulent surface stress	N m-2 s	Deprecated
38	Eastward turbulent surface stress	N m-2 s	Deprecated
39	Eastward wind tendency due to parameterization	m s-2	Operational
40	Northward wind tendency due to parameterization	m s-2	Operational
41	u-component of geostrophic wind	m s-1	Operational
42	v-component of geostrophic wind	m s-1	Operational
43	Geostrophic wind direction	degree true	Operational
44	Geostrophic wind speed	m s-1	Operational
45	Unbalanced component of divergence	s-1	Operational
46	Vorticity advection	s-2	Operational
47	Surface roughness for heat	m	Operational
48	Surface roughness for moisture	m	Operational
49	Wind stress	N m-2	Operational
50	Eastward wind stress	N m-2	Operational
51	Northward wind stress	N m-2	Operational
52	u-component of wind stress	N m-2	Operational
53	v-component of wind stress	N m-2	Operational
54	Natural logarithm of surface roughness length for heat	Numeric	Operational
55	Natural logarithm of surface roughness length for moisture	Numeric	Operational
56	u-component of neutral wind	m s-1	Operational
57	v-component of neutral wind	m s-1	Operational
58	Magnitude of turbulent surface stress	N m-2	Operational
59	Vertical divergence	s-1	Operational
60	Drag thermal coefficient	Numeric	Operational
61	Drag evaporation coefficient	Numeric	Operational
62	Eastward turbulent surface stress	N m-2	Operational
63	Northward turbulent surface stress	N m-2	Operational
64	Eastward turbulent surface stress due to orographic form drag	N m-2	Operational
65	Northward turbulent surface stress due to orographic form drag	N m-2	Operational
66	Eastward turbulent surface stress due to surface roughness	N m-2	Operational
67	Northward turbulent surface stress due to surface roughness	N m-2	Operational
68	Convective gust	m s-1	Operational
69	Turbulent gust	m s-1	Operational
70	Wind speed threshold for wind erosion	m s-1	Operational
71-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.3

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 3: mass

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Pressure	Pa	Operational
1	Pressure reduced to MSL	Pa	Operational
2	Pressure tendency	Pa/s	Operational
3	ICAO Standard Atmosphere Reference Height	m	Operational
4	Geopotential	m2 s-2	Operational
5	Geopotential height	gpm	Operational
6	Geometric height	m	Operational
7	Standard deviation of height	m	Operational
8	Pressure anomaly	Pa	Operational
9	Geopotential height anomaly	gpm	Operational
10	Density	kg m-3	Operational
11	Altimeter setting	Pa	Operational
12	Thickness	m	Operational
13	Pressure altitude	m	Operational
14	Density altitude	m	Operational
15	5-wave geopotential height	gpm	Operational
16	Zonal flux of gravity wave stress	N m-2	Operational
17	Meridional flux of gravity wave stress	N m-2	Operational
18	Planetary boundary layer height	m	Operational
19	5-wave geopotential height anomaly	gpm	Operational
20	Standard deviation of subgrid-scale orography	m	Operational
21	Angle of subgrid-scale orography	rad	Operational
22	Slope of subgrid-scale orography	Numeric	Operational
23	Gravity wave dissipation	W m-2	Operational
24	Anisotropy of subgrid-scale orography	Numeric	Operational
25	Natural logarithm of pressure in Pa	Numeric	Operational
26	Exner pressure	Numeric	Operational
27	Updraught mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
28	Downdraught mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
29	Updraught detrainment rate	kg m-3 s-1	Operational
30	Downdraught detrainment rate	kg m-3 s-1	Operational
31	Unbalanced component of logarithm of surface pressure	-	Operational
32	Saturation water vapour pressure	Pa	Operational
33	Geometric altitude above mean sea level	m	Operational
34	Geometric height above ground level	m	Operational
35	Column integrated divergence of total mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
36	Column integrated eastward total mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
37	Column integrated northward total mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
38	Standard deviation of filtered subgrid orography	m	Operational
39	Column integrated mass of atmosphere	kg m-2	Operational
40	Column integrated eastward geopotential flux	W m-1	Operational
41	Column integrated northward geopotential flux	W m-1	Operational
42	Column integrated divergence of water geopotential flux	W m-2	Operational
43	Column integrated divergence of geopotential flux	W m-2	Operational
44	Height of zero-degree wet-bulb temperature	m	Operational
45	Height of one-degree wet-bulb temperature	m	Operational
46	Pressure departure from hydrostatic state	Pa	Operational
47-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.4

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 4: short-wave radiation

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Net short-wave radiation flux (surface)	W m-2	Deprecated
1	Net short-wave radiation flux (top of atmosphere)	W m-2	Deprecated
2	Short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Deprecated
3	Global radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
4	Brightness temperature	K	Operational
5	Radiance (with respect to wave number)	W m-1 sr-1	Operational
6	Radiance (with respect to wavelength)	W m-3 sr-1	Operational
7	Downward short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
8	Upward short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
9	Net short wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
10	Photosynthetically active radiation	W m-2	Operational
11	Net short-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
12	Downward UV radiation	W m-2	Operational
13	Direct short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
14	Diffuse short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
15	Upward UV radiation emitted/reflected from the Earth's surface	W m-2	Operational
16-49	Reserved		Operational
50	UV index (under clear sky)	Numeric	Operational
51	UV index	Numeric	Operational
52	Downward short-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
53	Upward short-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
54	Direct normal short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
55	UV visible albedo for diffuse radiation	%	Operational
56	UV visible albedo for direct radiation	%	Operational
57	UV visible albedo for direct radiation, geometric component	%	Operational
58	UV visible albedo for direct radiation, isotropic component	%	Operational
59	UV visible albedo for direct radiation, volumetric component	%	Operational
60	Photosynthetically active radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
61	Direct short-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
62	Direct normal short-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
63	Diffuse short-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
64-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.5

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 5: long-wave radiation

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Net long-wave radiation flux (surface)	W m-2	Deprecated
1	Net long-wave radiation flux (top of atmosphere)	W m-2	Deprecated
2	Long-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Deprecated
3	Downward long-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
4	Upward long-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
5	Net long-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
6	Net long-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
7	Brightness temperature	K	Operational
8	Downward long-wave radiation flux, clear sky	W m-2	Operational
9	Near IR albedo for diffuse radiation	%	Operational
10	Near IR albedo for direct radiation	%	Operational
11	Near IR albedo for direct radiation, geometric component	%	Operational
12	Near IR albedo for direct radiation, isotropic component	%	Operational
13	Near IR albedo for direct radiation, volumetric component	%	Operational
14-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.6

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 6: cloud

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Cloud ice	kg m-2	Operational
1	Total cloud cover	%	Operational
2	Convective cloud cover	%	Operational
3	Low cloud cover	%	Operational
4	Medium cloud cover	%	Operational
5	High cloud cover	%	Operational
6	Cloud water	kg m-2	Operational
7	Cloud amount	%	Operational
8	Cloud type	Code/Flag Table 4.203	Operational
9	Thunderstorm maximum tops	m	Operational
10	Thunderstorm coverage	Code/Flag Table 4.204	Operational
11	Cloud base	m	Operational
12	Cloud top	m	Operational
13	Ceiling	m	Operational
14	Non-convective cloud cover	%	Operational
15	Cloud work function	J/kg	Operational
16	Convective cloud efficiency	Proportion	Operational
17	Total condensate	kg/kg	Deprecated
18	Total column-integrated cloud water	kg m-2	Deprecated
19	Total column-integrated cloud ice	kg m-2	Deprecated
20	Total column-integrated condensate	kg m-2	Deprecated
21	Ice fraction of total condensate	Proportion	Operational
22	Cloud cover	%	Operational
23	Cloud ice mixing ratio	kg/kg	Deprecated
24	Sunshine	Numeric	Operational
25	Horizontal extent of cumulonimbus (CB)	%	Operational
26	Height of convective cloud base	m	Operational
27	Height of convective cloud top	m	Operational
28	Number of cloud droplets per unit mass of air	/kg	Operational
29	Number of cloud ice particles per unit mass of air	/kg	Operational
30	Number density of cloud droplets	m-3	Operational
31	Number density of cloud ice particles	m-3	Operational
32	Fraction of cloud cover	Numeric	Operational
33	Sunshine duration	s	Operational
34	Surface long-wave effective total cloudiness	Numeric	Operational
35	Surface short-wave effective total cloudiness	Numeric	Operational
36	Fraction of stratiform precipitation cover	Proportion	Operational
37	Fraction of convective precipitation cover	Proportion	Operational
38	Mass density of cloud droplets	kg m-3	Operational
39	Mass density of cloud ice	kg m-3	Operational
40	Mass density of convective cloud water droplets	kg m-3	Operational
41-46	Reserved		Operational
47	Volume fraction of cloud water droplets	Numeric	Operational
48	Volume fraction of cloud ice particles	Numeric	Operational
49	Volume fraction of cloud (ice and/or water)	Numeric	Operational
50	Fog	%	Operational
51	Sunshine duration fraction	Proportion	Operational
52-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.7

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 7: thermodynamic stability indices

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Parcel lifted index (to 500 hPa)	K	Operational
1	Best lifted index (to 500 hPa)	K	Operational
2	K index	K	Operational
3	KO index	K	Operational
4	Total totals index	K	Operational
5	Sweat index	Numeric	Operational
6	Convective available potential energy	J/kg	Operational
7	Convective inhibition	J/kg	Operational
8	Storm relative helicity	J/kg	Operational
9	Energy helicity index	Numeric	Operational
10	Surface lifted index	K	Operational
11	Best (4-layer) lifted index	K	Operational
12	Richardson number	Numeric	Operational
13	Showalter index	K	Operational
14	Reserved		Operational
15	Updraught helicity	m2 s-2	Operational
16	Bulk Richardson number	Numeric	Operational
17	Gradient Richardson number	Numeric	Operational
18	Flux Richardson number	Numeric	Operational
19	Convective available potential energy - shear	m2 s-2	Operational
20	Thunderstorm intensity index	Code/Flag Table 4.246	Operational
21	Storm severity index	Numeric	Operational
22	Reciprocal Obukhov length	m-1	Operational
23	Storm relative helicity – right moving storm	J/kg	Operational
24	Storm relative helicity – left moving storm	J/kg	Operational
25	Effective storm relative helicity – mean flow	J/kg	Operational
26	Effective storm relative helicity – right moving storm	J/kg	Operational
27	Effective storm relative helicity – left moving storm	J/kg	Operational
28-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.13

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 13: aerosols

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Aerosol type	Code/Flag Table 4.205	Operational
1-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.14

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 14: trace gases

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Total ozone	DU	Operational
1	Ozone mixing ratio	kg/kg	Operational
2	Total column integrated ozone	DU	Operational
3-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.15

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 15: radar

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Base spectrum width	m/s	Operational
1	Base reflectivity	dB	Operational
2	Base radial velocity	m/s	Operational
3	Vertically integrated liquid water (VIL)	kg m-2	Operational
4	Layer-maximum base reflectivity	dB	Operational
5	Precipitation	kg m-2	Deprecated
6	Radar spectra (1)	-	Operational
7	Radar spectra (2)	-	Operational
8	Radar spectra (3)	-	Operational
9	Reflectivity of cloud droplets	dB	Operational
10	Reflectivity of cloud ice	dB	Operational
11	Reflectivity of snow	dB	Operational
12	Reflectivity of rain	dB	Operational
13	Reflectivity of graupel	dB	Operational
14	Reflectivity of hail	dB	Operational
15	Hybrid scan reflectivity	dB	Operational
16	Hybrid scan reflectivity height	m	Operational
17	Precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
18	Radar data quality index	proportion	Operational
19	Radar data quality flag	Code/Flag Table 4.106	Operational
20	Layer-maximum precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
21-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.16

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 16: forecast radar imagery

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Equivalent radar reflectivity factor for rain	mm6 m-3	Operational
1	Equivalent radar reflectivity factor for snow	mm6 m-3	Operational
2	Equivalent radar reflectivity factor for parameterized convection	mm6 m-3	Operational
3	Echo top	m	Operational
4	Reflectivity	dB	Operational
5	Composite reflectivity	dB	Operational
6	Precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
7	Layer-maximum precipitation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
8	Layer-maximum reflectivity	dB	Operational
9-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.17

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 17: electrodynamics

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Lightning strike density	m-2 s-1	Operational
1	Lightning potential index (LPI)	J kg-1	Operational
2	Cloud-to-ground lightning flash density	km-2 day-1	Operational
3	Cloud-to-cloud lightning flash density	km-2 day-1	Operational
4	Total lightning flash density	km-2 day-1	Operational
5	Subgrid-scale lightning potential index	J kg-1	Operational
6-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.18

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 18: nuclear/radiology

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Air activity concentration of caesium 137	Bq m-3	Operational
1	Air activity concentration of iodine 131	Bq m-3	Operational
2	Air activity concentration of radioactive pollutant	Bq m-3	Operational
3	Ground deposition activity of caesium 137	Bq m-2	Operational
4	Ground deposition activity of iodine 131	Bq m-2	Operational
5	Ground deposition activity of radioactive pollutant	Bq m-2	Operational
6	Time-integrated air activity concentration of caesium pollutant	Bq s m-3	Operational
7	Time-integrated air activity concentration of iodine pollutant	Bq s m-3	Operational
8	Time-integrated air activity concentration of radioactive pollutant	Bq s m-3	Operational
9	Reserved		Operational
10	Air activity concentration	Bq m-3	Operational
11	Wet deposition activity	Bq m-2	Operational
12	Dry deposition activity	Bq m-2	Operational
13	Total deposition activity (wet + dry)	Bq m-2	Operational
14	Specific activity concentration	Bq kg-1	Operational
15	Maximum of air activity concentration in layer	Bq m-3	Operational
16	Height of maximum air activity concentration	m	Operational
17	Column-integrated air activity concentration	Bq m-2	Operational
18	Column-averaged air activity concentration in layer	Bq m-3	Operational
19	Deposition activity arrival	s	Operational
20	Deposition activity ended	s	Operational
21	Cloud activity arrival	s	Operational
22	Cloud activity ended	s	Operational
23	Effective dose rate	nSv h-1	Operational
24	Thyroid dose rate (adult)	nSv h-1	Operational
25	Gamma dose rate (adult)	nSv h-1	Operational
26	Activity emission	Bq s-1	Operational
27-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.19

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 19: physical atmospheric properties

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Visibility	m	Operational
1	Albedo	%	Operational
2	Thunderstorm probability	%	Operational
3	Mixed layer depth	m	Operational
4	Volcanic ash	Code/Flag Table 4.206	Operational
5	Icing top	m	Operational
6	Icing base	m	Operational
7	Icing	Code/Flag Table 4.207	Operational
8	Turbulence top	m	Operational
9	Turbulence base	m	Operational
10	Turbulence	Code/Flag Table 4.208	Operational
11	Turbulent kinetic energy	J/kg	Operational
12	Planetary boundary-layer regime	Code/Flag Table 4.209	Operational
13	Contrail intensity	Code/Flag Table 4.210	Operational
14	Contrail engine type	Code/Flag Table 4.211	Operational
15	Contrail top	m	Operational
16	Contrail base	m	Operational
17	Maximum snow albedo	%	Deprecated
18	Snow free albedo	%	Operational
19	Snow albedo	%	Operational
20	Icing	%	Operational
21	In-cloud turbulence	%	Operational
22	Clear air turbulence (CAT)	%	Operational
23	Supercooled large droplet probability	%	Operational
24	Convective turbulent kinetic energy	J/kg	Operational
25	Weather	Code/Flag Table 4.225	Operational
26	Convective outlook	Code/Flag Table 4.224	Operational
27	Icing scenario	Code/Flag Table 4.227	Operational
28	Mountain wave turbulence (eddy dissipation rate)	m2/3 s-1	Operational
29	Clear air turbulence (CAT)	m2/3 s-1	Operational
30	Eddy dissipation parameter	m2/3 s-1	Operational
31	Maximum of eddy dissipation parameter in layer	m2/3 s-1	Operational
32	Highest freezing level	m	Operational
33	Visibility through liquid fog	m	Operational
34	Visibility through ice fog	m	Operational
35	Visibility through blowing snow	m	Operational
36	Presence of snow squalls	Code/Flag Table 4.222	Operational
37	Icing severity	Code/Flag Table 4.228	Operational
38	Sky transparency index	Code/Flag Table 4.214	Operational
39	Seeing index	Code/Flag Table 4.214	Operational
40	Snow level	m	Operational
41	Duct base height	m	Operational
42	Trapping layer base height	m	Operational
43	Trapping layer top height	m	Operational
44	Mean vertical gradient of refractivity inside trapping layer	m-1	Operational
45	Minimum vertical gradient of refractivity inside trapping layer	m-1	Operational
46	Net radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
47	Global irradiance on tilted surfaces	W m-2	Operational
48	Top of persistent contrails	m	Operational
49	Base of persistent contrails	m	Operational
50	Convectively-induced turbulence (CIT) (eddy dissipation rate)	m2/3 s-1	Operational
51	Visibility through precipitation	m	Operational
52	Hail kinetic energy flux	J m-2 s-1	Operational
53-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.20

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 20: atmospheric chemical constituents

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Mass density (concentration)	kg m-3	Operational
1	Column-integrated mass density	kg m-2	Operational
2	Mass mixing ratio (mass fraction in air)	kg/kg	Operational
3	Atmosphere emission mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
4	Atmosphere net production mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
5	Atmosphere net production and emission mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
6	Surface dry deposition mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
7	Surface wet deposition mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
8	Atmosphere re-emission mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
9	Wet deposition by large-scale precipitation mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
10	Wet deposition by convective precipitation mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
11	Sedimentation mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
12	Dry deposition mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
13	Transfer from hydrophobic to hydrophilic	kg kg-1 s-1	Operational
14	Transfer from SO2 (sulphur dioxide) to SO4 (sulphate)	kg kg-1 s-1	Operational
15	Dry deposition velocity	m/s	Operational
16	Mass mixing ratio with respect to dry air	kg/kg	Operational
17	Mass mixing ratio with respect to wet air	kg/kg	Operational
18	Potential of hydrogen (pH)	pH	Operational
19	Loss rate due to reaction with hydroxyl radical (OH)	kg kg-1 s-1	Operational
20	Photolysis rate	s-1	Operational
21	Emisssion potential	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
22-49	Reserved		Operational
50	Amount in atmosphere	mol	Operational
51	Concentration in air	mol m-3	Operational
52	Volume mixing ratio (fraction in air)	mol/mol	Operational
53	Chemical gross production rate of concentration	mol m-3 s-1	Operational
54	Chemical gross destruction rate of concentration	mol m-3 s-1	Operational
55	Surface flux	mol m-2 s-1	Operational
56	Changes of amount in atmosphere	mol/s	Operational
57	Total yearly average burden of the atmosphere	mol	Operational
58	Total yearly averaged atmospheric loss	mol/s	Operational
59	Aerosol number concentration	m-3	Operational
60	Aerosol specific number concentration	kg-1	Operational
61	Maximum of mass density in layer	kg m-3	Operational
62	Height of maximum mass density	m	Operational
63	Column-averaged mass density in layer	kg m-3	Operational
64	Mole fraction with respect to dry air	mol/mol	Operational
65	Mole fraction with respect to wet air	mol/mol	Operational
66	Column-integrated in-cloud scavenging rate by precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
67	Column-integrated below-cloud scavenging rate by precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
68	Column-integrated release rate from evaporating precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
69	Column-integrated in-cloud scavenging rate by large-scale precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
70	Column-integrated below-cloud scavenging rate by large-scale precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
71	Column-integrated release rate from evaporating large-scale precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
72	Column-integrated in-cloud scavenging rate by convective precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
73	Column-integrated below-cloud scavenging rate by convective precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
74	Column-integrated release rate from evaporating convective precipitation	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
75	Wildfire flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
76	Emission rate	kg kg-1 s-1	Operational
77	Surface emission flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
78	Column integrated eastward mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
79	Column integrated northward mass flux	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
80	Column integrated divergence of mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
81	Column integrated net source	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
82	Sink mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
83	Source mass flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
84	Volume-mean total column mixing ratio	mol mol-1	Operational
85-99	Reserved		Operational
100	Surface area density (aerosol)	m-1	Operational
101	Vertical visual range	m	Operational
102	Aerosol optical thickness	Numeric	Operational
103	Single scattering albedo	Numeric	Operational
104	Asymmetry factor	Numeric	Operational
105	Aerosol extinction coefficient	m-1	Operational
106	Aerosol absorption coefficient	m-1	Operational
107	Aerosol lidar backscatter from satellite	m-1 sr-1	Operational
108	Aerosol lidar backscatter from the ground	m-1 sr-1	Operational
109	Aerosol lidar extinction from satellite	m-1	Operational
110	Aerosol lidar extinction from the ground	m-1	Operational
111	Angstrom exponent	Numeric	Operational
112	Absorption aerosol optical thickness	Numeric	Operational
113	Aerosol backscatter coefficient	m-1 sr-1	Operational
114-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.21

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 21: thermodynamic properties

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Column integrated potential + internal energy	J m-2	Operational
1	Column integrated kinetic energy	J m-2	Operational
2	Column integrated total energy	J m-2	Operational
3	Column integrated enthalpy	J m-2	Operational
4	Column integrated water enthalpy	J m-2	Operational
5	Column integrated eastward enthalpy flux	W m-1	Operational
6	Column integrated northward enthalpy flux	W m-1	Operational
7	Column integrated eastward potential energy flux	W m-1	Operationaal
8	Column integrated northward potential energy flux	W m-1	Operational
9	Column integrated eastward kinetic energy flux	W m-1	Operational
10	Column integrated northward kinetic energy flux	W m-1	Operational
11	Column integrated eastward total energy flux	W m-1	Operational
12	Column integrated northward total energy flux	W m-1	Operational
13	Divergence of column integrated enthalpy flux	W m-2	Operational
14	Divergence of column integrated potential energy flux	W m-2	Operational
15	Divergence of column integrated water potential energy flux	W m-2	Operational
16	Divergence of column integrated kinetic energy flux	W m-2	Operational
17	Divergence of column integrated total energy flux	W m-2	Operational
18	Divergence of column integrated water enthalpy flux	W m-2	Operational
19	Column integrated eastward heat flux	W m-1	Operational
20	Column integrated northward heat flux	W m-1	Operational
21	Column integrated potential+internal+latent energy	J m-2	Operational
22	Eady growth rate	day-1	Operational
23-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.22

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 22: drought indices

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Standard Precipitation Index (SPI)	dimensionless	Operational
1	Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI)	dimensionless	Operational
2	Standardized Streamflow Index (SSFI)	dimensionless	Operational
3	Standardized Reservoir Supply Index (SRSI)	dimensionless	Operational
4	Standardized Water-level Index (SWI)	dimensionless	Operational
5	Standardized Snowmelt and Rain Index (SMRI)	dimensionless	Operational
6	Streamflow Drought Index (SDI)	dimensionless	Operational
7-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.190

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 190: CCITT IA5 string

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Arbitrary text string	CCITT IA5	Operational
1-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.0.191

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 0 - Meteorological products, parameter category 191: miscellaneous

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Seconds prior to initial reference time (defined in Section 1)	s	Operational
1	Geographical latitude	deg N	Operational
2	Geographical longitude	deg E	Operational
3	Days since last observation	d	Operational
4	Tropical cyclone density track	Numeric	Operational
5	Hurricane track in spatiotemporal vicinity	boolean	Operational
6	Tropical storm track in spatiotemporal vicinity	boolean	Operational
7	Tropical depression track in spatiotemporal vicinity	boolean	Operational
8-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.1.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 1 - Hydrological products, parameter category 0: hydrology basic products

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Flash flood guidance (Encoded as an accumulation over a floating subinterval of time between the reference time and valid time)	kg m-2	Operational
1	Flash flood runoff (Encoded as an accumulation over a floating subinterval of time)	kg m-2	Operational
2	Remotely-sensed snow cover	Code/Flag Table 4.215	Operational
3	Elevation of snow-covered terrain	Code/Flag Table 4.216	Operational
4	Snow water equivalent per cent of normal	%	Operational
5	Baseflow-groundwater runoff	kg m-2	Operational
6	Storm surface runoff	kg m-2	Operational
7	Discharge from rivers or streams	m3/s	Operational
8	Groundwater upper storage	kg m-2	Operational
9	Groundwater lower storage	kg m-2	Operational
10	Side flow into river channel	m3 s-1 m-1	Operational
11	River storage of water	m3	Operational
12	Floodplain storage of water	m3	Operational
13	Water on soil surface	kg m-2	Operational
14	Upstream accumulated precipitation	kg m-2	Operational
15	Upstream accumulated snow melt	kg m-2	Operational
16	Percolation rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
17	River outflow of water	m3 s-1	Operational
18	Floodplain outflow of water	m3 s-1	Operational
19	Floodpath outflow of water	m3 s-1	Operational
20	Water on surface	kg m-2	Operational
21	Water surface elevation	m	Operational
22	Groundwater return flow rate	m3 s-1	Operational
23	River and floodplain storage	m3	Operational
24	Depth averaged river velocity	m s-1	Operational
25-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.1.1

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 1 - Hydrological products, parameter category 1: hydrology probabilities

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Conditional per cent precipitation amount fractile for an overall period (Encoded as an accumulation)	kg m-2	Operational
1	Per cent precipitation in a sub-period of an overall period (Encoded as per cent accumulation over the sub-period)	%	Operational
2	Probability of 0.01 inch of precipitation (POP)	%	Operational
3-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.1.2

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 1 - Hydrological products, parameter category 2: inland water and sediment properties

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Water depth	m	Operational
1	Water temperature	K	Operational
2	Water fraction	Proportion	Operational
3	Sediment thickness	m	Operational
4	Sediment temperature	K	Operational
5	Ice thickness	m	Operational
6	Ice temperature	K	Operational
7	Ice cover	Proportion	Operational
8	Land cover (0 = water, 1 = land)	Proportion	Operational
9	Shape factor with respect to salinity profile	-	Operational
10	Shape factor with respect to temperature profile in thermocline	-	Operational
11	Attenuation coefficient of water with respect to solar radiation	m-1	Operational
12	Salinity	kg/kg	Operational
13	Cross-sectional area of flow in channel	m2	Operational
14	Snow temperature	K	Operational
15	Lake depth	m	Operational
16	River depth	m	Operational
17	Floodplain depth	m	Operational
18	Floodplain flooded fraction	proportion	Operational
19	Floodplain flooded area	m2	Operational
20	River fraction	proportion	Operational
21	River area	m2	Operational
22	Fraction of river coverage plus river related flooding	proportion	Operational
23	Area of river coverage plus river related flooding	m2	Operational
24-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.2.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 2 - Land surface products, parameter category 0: vegetation/biomass

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Land cover (0 = sea, 1 = land)	Proportion	Operational
1	Surface roughness	m	Operational
2	Soil temperature	K	Deprecated
3	Soil moisture content	kg m-2	Deprecated
4	Vegetation	%	Operational
5	Water runoff	kg m-2	Operational
6	Evapotranspiration	kg-2 s-1	Operational
7	Model terrain height	m	Operational
8	Land use	Code/Flag Table 4.212	Operational
9	Volumetric soil moisture content	Proportion	Deprecated
10	Ground heat flux	W m-2	Deprecated
11	Moisture availability	%	Operational
12	Exchange coefficient	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
13	Plant canopy surface water	kg m-2	Operational
14	Blackadar’s mixing length scale	m	Operational
15	Canopy conductance	m/s	Operational
16	Minimal stomatal resistance	s/m	Operational
17	Wilting point	Proportion	Deprecated
18	Solar parameter in canopy conductance	Proportion	Operational
19	Temperature parameter in canopy	Proportion	Operational
20	Humidity parameter in canopy conductance	Proportion	Operational
21	Soil moisture parameter in canopy conductance	Proportion	Operational
22	Soil moisture	kg m-3	Deprecated
23	Column-integrated soil water	kg m-2	Deprecated
24	Heat flux	W m-2	Operational
25	Volumetric soil moisture	m3 m-3	Operational
26	Wilting point	kg m-3	Operational
27	Volumetric wilting point	m3 m-3	Operational
28	Leaf area index	Numeric	Operational
29	Evergreen forest cover	Proportion	Operational
30	Deciduous forest cover	Proportion	Operational
31	Normalized differential vegetation index (NDVI)	Numeric	Operational
32	Root depth of vegetation	m	Operational
33	Water runoff and drainage	kg m-2	Operational
34	Surface water runoff	kg m-2	Operational
35	Tile class	Code/Flag Table 4.243	Operational
36	Tile fraction	Proportion	Operational
37	Tile percentage	%	Operational
38	Soil volumetric ice content (water equivalent)	m3 m-3	Operational
39	Evapotranspiration rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
40	Potential evapotranspiration rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
41	Snow melt rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
42	Water runoff and drainage rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
43	Drainage direction	Code/Flag Table 4.250	Operational
44	Upstream area	m2	Operational
45	Wetland cover	Proportion	Operational
46	Wetland type	Code/Flag Table 4.239	Operational
47	Irrigation cover	Proportion	Operational
48	C4 crop cover	Proportion	Operational
49	C4 grass cover	Proportion	Operational
50	Skin reservoir content	kg m-2	Operational
51	Surface runoff rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
52	Subsurface runoff rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
53	Low-vegetation cover	Proportion	Operational
54	High-vegetation cover	Proportion	Operational
55	Leaf area index, low-vegetation	m2 m-2	Operational
56	Leaf area index, high-vegetation	m2 m-2	Operational
57	Type of low-vegetation	Code/Flag Table 4.234	Operational
58	Type of high-vegetation	Code/Flag Table 4.234	Operational
59	Net ecosystem exchange flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
60	Gross primary production flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
61	Ecosystem respiration flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
62	Emissivity	Proportion	Operational
63	Canopy air temperature	K	Operational
64-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.2.3

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 2 - Land surface products, parameter category 3: soil products

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Soil type	Code/Flag Table 4.213	Operational
1	Upper layer soil temperature	K	Deprecated
2	Upper layer soil moisture	kg m-3	Deprecated
3	Lower layer soil moisture	kg m-3	Deprecated
4	Bottom layer soil temperature	K	Deprecated
5	Liquid volumetric soil moisture (non-frozen)	Proportion	Deprecated
6	Number of soil layers in root zone	Numeric	Operational
7	Transpiration stress-onset (soil moisture)	Proportion	Deprecated
8	Direct evaporation cease (soil moisture)	Proportion	Deprecated
9	Soil porosity	Proportion	Deprecated
10	Liquid volumetric soil moisture (non-frozen)	m3 m-3	Operational
11	Volumetric transpiration stress-onset (soil moisture)	m3 m-3	Operational
12	Transpiration stress-onset (soil moisture)	kg m-3	Operational
13	Volumetric direct evaporation cease (soil moisture)	m3 m-3	Operational
14	Direct evaporation cease (soil moisture)	kg m-3	Operational
15	Soil porosity	m3 m-3	Operational
16	Volumetric saturation of soil moisture	m3 m-3	Operational
17	Saturation of soil moisture	kg m-3	Operational
18	Soil temperature	K	Operational
19	Soil moisture	kg m-3	Operational
20	Column-integrated soil moisture	kg m-2	Operational
21	Soil ice	kg m-3	Operational
22	Column-integrated soil ice	kg m-2	Operational
23	Liquid water in snow pack	kg m-2	Operational
24	Frost index	K day-1	Operational
25	Snow depth at elevation bands	kg m-2	Operational
26	Soil heat flux	W m-2	Operational
27	Soil depth	m	Operational
28	Snow temperature	K	Operational
29	Ice temperature	K	Operational
30	Soil wetness index	Numeric	Operational
31-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.2.4

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 2 - Land surface products, parameter category 4: fire weather products

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Fire outlook	Code/Flag Table 4.224	Operational
1	Fire outlook due to dry thunderstorm	Code/Flag Table 4.224	Operational
2	Haines index	Numeric	Operational
3	Fire burned area	%	Operational
4	Fosberg index	Numeric	Operational
5	Forest Fire Weather Index (as defined by the Canadian Forest Service)	Numeric	Operational
6	Fine Fuel Moisture Code (as defined by the Canadian Forest Service)	Numeric	Operational
7	Duff Moisture Code (as defined by the Canadian Forest Service)	Numeric	Operational
8	Drought Code (as defined by the Canadian Forest Service)	Numeric	Operational
9	Initial Fire Spread Index (as defined by the Canadian Forest Service)	Numeric	Operational
10	Fire Buildup Index (as defined by the Canadian Forest Service)	Numeric	Operational
11	Fire Daily Severity Rating (as defined by the Canadian Forest Service)	Numeric	Operational
12	Keetch-Byram drought index	Numeric	Operational
13	Drought factor (as defined by the Australian forest service )	Numeric	Operational
14	Rate of spread (as defined by the Australian forest service )	m/s	Operational
15	Fire danger index (as defined by the Australian forest service )	Numeric	Operational
16	Spread component (as defined by the US Forest Service National Fire Danger Rating System)	Numeric	Operational
17	Burning index (as defined by the US Forest Service National Fire Danger Rating System)	Numeric	Operational
18	Ignition component (as defined by the US Forest Service National Fire Danger Rating System)	%	Operational
19	Energy release component (as defined by the US Forest Service National Fire Danger Rating System)	Joule/m2	Operational
20	Burning area	%	Operational
21	Burnable area	%	Operational
22	Unburnable area	%	Operational
23	Fuel load	kg m-2	Operational
24	Combustion completeness	%	Operational
25	Fuel moisture content	kg kg-1	Operational
26	Wildfire potential (as defined by the US NOAA Global Systems Laboratory)	Numeric	Operational
27	Live leaf fuel load	kg m-2	Operational
28	Live wood fuel load	kg m-2	Operational
29	Dead leaf fuel load	kg m-2	Operational
30	Dead wood fuel load	kg m-2	Operational
31	Live fuel moisture content	kg kg-1	Operational
32	Fine dead leaf moisture content	kg kg-1	Operational
33	Dense dead leaf moisture content	kg kg-1	Operational
34	Fine dead wood moisture content	kg kg-1	Operational
35	Dense dead wood moisture content	kg kg-1	Operational
36	Fire radiative power	W	Operational
37	Live fuel moisture content in low vegetation	kg kg-1	Operational
38	Live fuel moisture content in high vegetation	kg kg-1	Operational
39	Mean height of maximum injection	m	Operational
40	Injection height	m	Operational
41	Plume bottom height	m	Operational
42	Plume top height	m	Operational
43	Probability of fire detection	%	Operation
44	Probability of ignition from lightning	%	Operational
45-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.2.5

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 2 - Land surface products, parameter category 5: glaciers and inland ice

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Glacier cover	Proportion	Operational
1	Glacier temperature	K	Operational
2-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.2.6

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 2 - Land surface products, parameter category 6: urban areas

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Urban cover	Proportion	Operational
1	Road cover	Proportion	Operational
2	Building cover	Proportion	Operational
3	Building height	m	Operational
4	Vertical-to-horizontal area fraction	m2 m-2	Operational
5	Standard deviation of building height	m	Operational
6	Distance downward from roof surface	m	Operational
7	Distance inward from outer wall surface	m	Operational
8	Distance downward from road surface	m	Operational
9-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.2.7

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 2 - Land surface products, parameter category 7: thermodynamic properties

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Heat net flux	W m-2	Operational
1	Latent heat net flux	W m-2	Operational
2	Sensible heat net flux	W m-2	Operational
3-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.3.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 3 - Space products, parameter category 0: image format products

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Scaled radiance	Numeric	Operational
1	Scaled albedo	Numeric	Operational
2	Scaled brightness temperature	Numeric	Operational
3	Scaled precipitable water	Numeric	Operational
4	Scaled lifted index	Numeric	Operational
5	Scaled cloud top pressure	Numeric	Operational
6	Scaled skin temperature	Numeric	Operational
7	Cloud mask	Code/Flag Table 4.217	Operational
8	Pixel scene type	Code/Flag Table 4.218	Operational
9	Fire detection indicator	Code/Flag Table 4.223	Operational
10-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.3.1

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 3 - Space products, parameter category 1: quantitative products

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Estimated precipitation	kg m-2	Operational
1	Instantaneous rain rate	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
2	Cloud top height	m	Operational
3	Cloud top height quality indicator	Code/Flag Table 4.219	Operational
4	Estimated u-component of wind	m/s	Operational
5	Estimated v-component of wind	m/s	Operational
6	Number of pixel used	Numeric	Operational
7	Solar zenith angle	deg	Operational
8	Relative azimuth angle	deg	Operational
9	Reflectance in 0.6 micron channel	%	Operational
10	Reflectance in 0.8 micron channel	%	Operational
11	Reflectance in 1.6 micron channel	%	Operational
12	Reflectance in 3.9 micron channel	%	Operational
13	Atmospheric divergence	/s	Operational
14	Cloudy brightness temperature	K	Operational
15	Clear-sky brightness temperature	K	Operational
16	Cloudy radiance (with respect to wave number)	W m-1 sr-1	Operational
17	Clear-sky radiance (with respect to wave number)	W m-1 sr-1	Operational
18	Reserved		Operational
19	Wind speed	m/s	Operational
20	Aerosol optical thickness at 0.635 μm		Operational
21	Aerosol optical thickness at 0.810 μm		Operational
22	Aerosol optical thickness at 1.640 μm		Operational
23	Angstrom coefficient		Operational
24	Cosine of the solar zenith angle	Numeric	Operational
25-26	Reserved		Operational
27	Bidirectional reflectance factor	Numeric	Operational
28	Brightness temperature	K	Operational
29	Scaled radiance	Numeric	Operational
30	Reflectance in 0.4 micron channel	%	Operational
31	Cloudy reflectance	%	Operational
32	Clear reflectance	%	Operational
33-97	Reserved		Operational
98	Correlation coefficient between MPE rain-rates for the co-located IR data and the microwave data rain-rates	Numeric	Operational
99	Standard deviation between MPE rain-rates for the co-located IR data and the microwave data rain-rates	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
100-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.3.2

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 3 - Space products, parameter category 2: cloud properties

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Clear sky probability	%	Operational
1	Cloud top temperature	K	Operational
2	Cloud top pressure	Pa	Operational
3	Cloud type	Code/Flag Table 4.218	Operational
4	Cloud phase	Code/Flag Table 4.218	Operational
5	Cloud optical depth	Numeric	Operational
6	Cloud particle effective radius	m	Operational
7	Cloud liquid water path	kg m-2	Operational
8	Cloud ice water path	kg m-2	Operational
9	Cloud albedo	Numeric	Operational
10	Cloud emissivity	Numeric	Operational
11	Effective absorption optical depth ratio	Numeric	Operational
30	Measurement cost	Numeric	Operational
31	Upper layer cloud optical depth	Numeric	Deprecated
32	Upper layer cloud top pressure	Pa	Deprecated
33	Upper layer cloud effective radius	m	Deprecated
34	Error in upper layer cloud optical depth	Numeric	Deprecated
35	Error in upper layer cloud top pressure	Pa	Deprecated
36	Error in upper layer cloud effective radius	m	Deprecated
37	Lower layer cloud optical depth	Numeric	Deprecated
38	Lower layer cloud top pressure	Pa	Deprecated
39	Error in lower layer cloud optical depth	Numeric	Deprecated
40	Error in lower layer cloud top pressure	Pa	Deprecated
41-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.3.3

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 3 - Space products, parameter category 3: flight rule conditions

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Probability of encountering marginal visual flight rule conditions	%	Operational
1	Probability of encountering low instrument flight rule conditions	%	Operational
2	Probability of encountering instrument flight rule conditions	%	Operational
3-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.3.4

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 3 - Space products, parameter category 4: volcanic ash

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Volcanic ash probability	%	Operational
1	Volcanic ash cloud top temperature	K	Operational
2	Volcanic ash cloud top pressure	Pa	Operational
3	Volcanic ash cloud top height	m	Operational
4	Volcanic ash cloud emissivity	Numeric	Operational
5	Volcanic ash effective absorption optical depth ratio	Numeric	Operational
6	Volcanic ash cloud optical depth	Numeric	Operational
7	Volcanic ash column density	kg m-2	Operational
8	Volcanic ash particle effective radius	m	Operational
9-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.3.5

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 3 - Space products, parameter category 5: sea-surface temperature

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Interface sea-surface temperature	K	Operational
1	Skin sea-surface temperature	K	Operational
2	Sub-skin sea-surface temperature	K	Operational
3	Foundation sea-surface temperature	K	Operational
4	Estimated bias between sea-surface temperature and standard	K	Operational
5	Estimated standard deviation between sea surface temperature and standard	K	Operational
6-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.3.6

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 3 - Space products, parameter category 6: solar radiation

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Global solar irradiance	W m-2	Operational
1	Global solar exposure	J m-2	Operational
2	Direct solar irradiance	W m-2	Operational
3	Direct solar exposure	J m-2	Operational
4	Diffuse solar irradiance	W m-2	Operational
5	Diffuse solar exposure	J m-2	Operational
6-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 0: temperature

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Temperature	K	Operational
1	Electron temperature	K	Operational
2	Proton temperature	K	Operational
3	Ion temperature	K	Operational
4	Parallel temperature	K	Operational
5	Perpendicular temperature	K	Operational
6-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.1

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 1: momentum

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Velocity magnitude (speed)	m s-1	Operational
1	1st vector component of velocity (coordinate system dependent)	m s-1	Operational
2	2nd vector component of velocity (coordinate system dependent)	m s-1	Operational
3	3rd vector component of velocity (coordinate system dependent)	m s-1	Operational
4-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.2

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 2: charged particle mass and number

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Particle number density	m-3	Operational
1	Electron density	m-3	Operational
2	Proton density	m-3	Operational
3	Ion density	m-3	Operational
4	Vertical total electron content	TECU	Operational
5	HF absorption frequency	Hz	Operational
6	HF absorption	dB	Operational
7	Spread F	m	Operational
8	h'F	m	Operational
9	Critical frequency	Hz	Operational
10	Maximal usable frequency (MUF)	Hz	Operational
11	Peak height (hm)	m	Operational
12	Peak density (Nm)	m-3	Operational
13	Equivalent slab thickness (tau)	km	Operational
14-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.3

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 3: electric and magnetic fields

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Magnetic field magnitude	T	Operational
1	1st vector component of magnetic field	T	Operational
2	2nd vector component of magnetic field	T	Operational
3	3rd vector component of magnetic field	T	Operational
4	Electric field magnitude	V m-1	Operational
5	1st vector component of electric field	V m-1	Operational
6	2nd vector component of electric field	V m-1	Operational
7	3rd vector component of electric field	V m-1	Operational
8-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.4

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 4: energetic particles

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Proton flux (differential)	(m2 s sr eV)-1	Operational
1	Proton flux (integral)	(m2 s sr )-1	Operational
2	Electron flux (differential)	(m2 s sr eV)-1	Operational
3	Electron flux (integral)	(m2 s sr)-1	Operational
4	Heavy ion flux (differential)	(m2 s sr eV/nuc)-1	Operational
5	Heavy ion flux (integral)	(m2 s sr)-1	Operational
6	Cosmic ray neutron flux	h-1	Operational
7-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.5

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 5: waves

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Amplitude	dB	Operational
1	Phase	rad	Operational
2	Frequency	Hz	Operational
3	Wavelength	m	Operational
4-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.6

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 6: solar electromagnetic emissions

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Integrated solar irradiance	W m-2	Operational
1	Solar X-ray flux (XRS long)	W m-2	Operational
2	Solar X-ray flux (XRS short)	W m-2	Operational
3	Solar EUV irradiance	W m-2	Operational
4	Solar spectral irradiance	W m-2 nm-1	Operational
5	F10.7	W m-2 Hz-1	Operational
6	Solar radio emissions	W m-2 Hz-1	Operational
7-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.7

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 7: terrestrial electromagnetic emissions

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Limb intensity	J m-2 s-1	Operational
1	Disk intensity	J m-2 s-1	Operational
2	Disk intensity day	J m-2 s-1	Operational
3	Disk intensity night	J m-2 s-1	Operational
4-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.8

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 8: imagery

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	X-ray radiance	W sr-1 m-2	Operational
1	EUV radiance	W sr-1 m-2	Operational
2	H-alpha radiance	W sr-1 m-2	Operational
3	White light radiance	W sr-1 m-2	Operational
4	CaII-K radiance	W sr-1 m-2	Operational
5	White light coronagraph radiance	W sr-1 m-2	Operational
6	Heliospheric radiance	W sr-1 m-2	Operational
7	Thematic mask	Numeric	Operational
8	Solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence	W m-2 sr-1 m-1	Operational
9-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.9

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 9: ion-neutral coupling

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Pedersen conductivity	S m-1	Operational
1	Hall conductivity	S m-1	Operational
2	Parallel conductivity	S m-1	Operational
3-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.4.10

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 4 - Space weather products, parameter category 10: space weather indices

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Scintillation index (sigma phi)	rad	Operational
1	Scintillation index S4	Numeric	Operational
2	Rate of change of TEC index (ROTI)	TECU/min	Operational
3	Disturbance ionosphere index spatial gradient (DIXSG)	Numeric	Operational
4	Along arc TEC rate (AATR)	TECU/min	Operational
5	Kp	Numeric	Operational
6	Equatorial disturbance storm time index (Dst)	nT	Operational
7	Auroral electrojet (AE)	nT	Operational
8-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.10.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 10 - Oceanographic products, parameter category 0: waves

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Wave spectra (1)	-	Operational
1	Wave spectra (2)	-	Operational
2	Wave spectra (3)	-	Operational
3	Significant height of combined wind waves and swell	m	Operational
4	Direction of wind waves	degree true	Operational
5	Significant height of wind waves	m	Operational
6	Mean period of wind waves	s	Operational
7	Direction of swell waves	degree true	Operational
8	Significant height of swell waves	m	Operational
9	Mean period of swell waves	s	Operational
10	Primary wave direction	degree true	Operational
11	Primary wave mean period	s	Operational
12	Secondary wave direction	degree true	Operational
13	Secondary wave mean period	s	Operational
14	Mean direction of combined wind waves and swell	degree true	Operational
15	Mean period of combined wind waves and swell	s	Operational
16	Coefficient of drag with waves	-	Operational
17	Friction velocity	m/s	Operational
18	Wave stress	N m-2	Operational
19	Normalized wave stress	-	Operational
20	Mean square slope of waves	-	Operational
21	u-component surface Stokes drift	m/s	Operational
22	v-component surface Stokes drift	m/s	Operational
23	Period of maximum individual wave height	s	Operational
24	Maximum individual wave height	m	Operational
25	Inverse mean wave frequency	s	Operational
26	Inverse mean frequency of wind waves	s	Operational
27	Inverse mean frequency of total swell	s	Operational
28	Mean zero-crossing wave period	s	Operational
29	Mean zero-crossing period of wind waves	s	Operational
30	Mean zero-crossing period of total swell	s	Operational
31	Wave directional width	-	Operational
32	Directional width of wind waves	-	Operational
33	Directional width of total swell	-	Operational
34	Peak wave period	s	Operational
35	Peak period of wind waves	s	Operational
36	Peak period of total swell	s	Operational
37	Altimeter wave height	m	Operational
38	Altimeter corrected wave height	m	Operational
39	Altimeter range relative correction	-	Operational
40	10-metre neutral wind speed over waves	m/s	Operational
41	10-metre wind direction over waves	deg	Operational
42	Wave energy spectrum	m2 s rad-1	Operational
43	Kurtosis of the sea-surface elevation due to waves	-	Operational
44	Benjamin-Feir index	-	Operational
45	Spectral peakedness factor	/s	Operational
46	Peak wave direction	deg	Operational
47	Significant wave height of first swell partition	m	Operational
48	Significant wave height of second swell partition	m	Operational
49	Significant wave height of third swell partition	m	Operational
50	Mean wave period of first swell partition	s	Operational
51	Mean wave period of second swell partition	s	Operational
52	Mean wave period of third swell partition	s	Operational
53	Mean wave direction of first swell partition	deg	Operational
54	Mean wave direction of second swell partition	deg	Operational
55	Mean wave direction of third swell partition	deg	Operational
56	Wave directional width of first swell partition	-	Operational
57	Wave directional width of second swell partition	-	Operational
58	Wave directional width of third swell partition	-	Operational
59	Wave frequency width of first swell partition	-	Operational
60	Wave frequency width of second swell partition	-	Operational
61	Wave frequency width of third swell partition	-	Operational
62	Wave frequency width	-	Operational
63	Frequency width of wind waves	-	Operational
64	Frequency width of total swell	-	Operational
65	Peak wave period of first swell partition	s	Operational
66	Peak wave period of second swell partition	s	Operational
67	Peak wave period of third swell partition	s	Operational
68	Peak wave direction of first swell partition	degree true	Operational
69	Peak wave direction of second swell partition	degree true	Operational
70	Peak wave direction of third swell partition	degree true	Operational
71	Peak direction of wind waves	degree true	Operational
72	Peak direction of total swell	degree true	Operational
73	Whitecap fraction	fraction	Operational
74	Mean direction of total swell	degree	Operational
75	Mean direction of wind waves	degree	Operational
76	Charnock	Numeric	Operational
77	Wave Spectral Skewness	Numeric	Operational
78	Wave energy flux magnitude	W m-1	Operational
79	Wave energy flux mean direction	degree true	Operational
80	Ratio of wave angular and frequency width	Numeric	Operational
81	Free convective velocity over the oceans	m s-1	Operational
82	Air density over the oceans	kg m-3	Operational
83	Normalized energy flux into waves	Numeric	Operational
84	Normalized stress into ocean	Numeric	Operational
85	Normalized energy flux into ocean	Numeric	Operational
86	Surface elevation variance due to waves (over all frequencies and directions)	m2 s rad-1	Operational
87	Wave induced mean sea level correction	m	Operational
88	Spectral width index	Numeric	Operational
89	Number of events in freak waves statistics	Numeric	Operational
90	u-component of surface momentum flux into ocean	N m-2	Operational
91	v-component of surface momentum flux into ocean	N m-2	Operational
92	Wave turbulent energy flux into ocean	W m-2	Operational
93	Envelop maximum individual wave height	m	Operational
94	Time domain maximum individual crest height	m	Operational
95	Time domain maximum individual wave height	m	Operational
96	Space time maximum individual crest height	m	Operational
97	Space time maximum individual wave height	m	Operational
98	Goda peakedness factor	Numeric	Operational
99	Benjamin-Feir index 2D (BFI2D)	Numeric	Operational
100	Crest-trough correlation	Numeric	Operational
101	X component of the wave radiative stress to sea-ice	N m-2	Operational
102	Y component of the wave radiative stress to sea-ice	N m-2	Operational
103	u-component of atmospheric surface momentum flux	N m-2	Operational
104	v-component of atmospheric surface momentum flux	N m-2	Operational
105-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.10.1

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 10 - Oceanographic products, parameter category 1: currents

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Current direction	degree true	Operational
1	Current speed	m/s	Operational
2	u-component of current	m/s	Operational
3	v-component of current	m/s	Operational
4	Rip current occurrence probability	%	Operational
5	Eastward current	m s-1	Operational
6	Northward current	m s-1	Operational
7-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.10.2

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 10 - Oceanographic products, parameter category 2: ice

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Ice cover	Proportion	Operational
1	Ice thickness	m	Operational
2	Direction of ice drift	degree true	Operational
3	Speed of ice drift	m/s	Operational
4	u-component of ice drift	m/s	Operational
5	v-component of ice drift	m/s	Operational
6	Ice growth rate	m/s	Operational
7	Ice divergence	/s	Operational
8	Ice temperature	K	Operational
9	Module of ice internal pressure	Pa m	Operational
10	Zonal vector component of vertically integrated ice internal pressure	Pa m	Operational
11	Meridional vector component of vertically integrated ice internal pressure	Pa m	Operational
12	Compressive ice strength	N/m	Operational
13	Snow temperature (over sea ice)	K	Operational
14	Albedo	Numeric	Operational
15	Sea ice volume per unit area	m3 m-2	Operational
16	Snow volume over sea ice per unit area	m3 m-2	Operational
17	Sea ice heat content	J m-2	Operational
18	Snow over sea ice heat content	J m-2	Operational
19	Ice freeboard thickness	m	Operational
20	Ice melt pond fraction	fraction	Operational
21	Ice melt pond depth	m	Operational
22	Ice melt pond volume per unit area	m3 m-2	Operational
23	Sea ice fraction tendency due to parameterization	s-1	Operational
24	x-component of ice drift	m s-1	Operational
25	y-component of ice drift	m s-1	Operational
26	Sea ice salinity	g kg-1	operational
27	Freezing/melting potential	W m-2	Operational
28	Melt onset date	Numeric	Operational
29	Freeze onset date	Numeric	Operational
30	Sea-ice breakup memory	Numeric	Oprational
31	Downward short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
32-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.10.3

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 10 - Oceanographic products, parameter category 3: surface properties

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Water temperature	K	Operational
1	Deviation of sea level from mean	m	Operational
2	Heat exchange coefficient	-	Operational
3	Practical salinity	Numeric	Operational
4	Downward heat flux	W m-2	Operational
5	Eastward surface stress	N m-2	Operational
6	Northward surface stress	N m-2	Operational
7	x-component surface stress	N m-2	Operational
8	y-component surface stress	N m-2	Operational
9	Thermosteric change in sea surface height	m	Operational
10	Halosteric change in sea surface height	m	Operational
11	Steric change in sea surface height	m	Operational
12	Sea salt flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
13	Net upward water flux	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
14	Eastward surface water velocity	m s-1	Operational
15	Northward surface water velocity	m s-1	Operational
16	x-component of surface water velocity	m s-1	Operational
17	y-component of surface water velocity	m s-1	Operational
18	Heat flux correction	W m-2	Operational
19	Sea surface height tendency due to parameterization	m s-1	Operational
20	Deviation of sea level from mean with inverse barometer correction	m	Operational
21	Salinity	kg kg-1	Operational
22	Downward short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
23-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.10.4

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 10 - Oceanographic products, parameter category 4: subsurface properties

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Main thermocline depth	m	Operational
1	Main thermocline anomaly	m	Operational
2	Transient thermocline depth	m	Operational
3	Salinity	kg/kg	Operational
4	Ocean vertical heat diffusivity	m2/s	Operational
5	Ocean vertical salt diffusivity	m2/s	Operational
6	Ocean vertical momentum diffusivity	m2/s	Operational
7	Bathymetry	m	Operational
8-10	Reserved		Operational
11	Shape factor with respect to salinity profile	-	Operational
12	Shape factor with respect to temperature profile in thermocline	-	Operational
13	Attenuation coefficient of water with respect to solar radiation	/m	Operational
14	Water depth	m	Operational
15	Water temperature	K	Operational
16	Water density (rho)	kg m-3	Operational
17	Water density anomaly (sigma)	kg m-3	Deprecated
18	Water potential temperature (theta)	K	Operational
19	Water potential density (rho theta)	kg m-3	Operational
20	Water potential density anomaly (sigma theta)	kg m-3	Operational
21	Practical salinity	Numeric	Operational
22	Water column-integrated heat content	J m-2	Operational
23	Eastward water velocity	m s-1	Operational
24	Northward water velocity	m s-1	Operational
25	x-component water velocity	m s-1	Operational
26	y-component water velocity	m s-1	Operational
27	Upward water velocity	m s-1	Operational
28	Vertical eddy diffusivity	m2 s-1	Operational
29	Bottom pressure equivalent height	m	Operational
30	Fresh water flux into sea water from rivers	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
31	Fresh water flux correction	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
32	Virtual salt flux into sea water	g kg-1 m-2 s-1	Operational
33	Virtual salt flux correction	g kg-1 m-2 s-1	Operational
34	Seawater temperature tendency due to Newtonian relaxation	K s-1	Operational
35	Seawater salinity tendency due to Newtonian relaxation	g kg-1 s-1	Operational
36	Seawater temperature tendency due to parameterization	K s-1	Operational
37	Seawater salinity tendency due to parameterization	g kg-1 s-1	Operational
38	Eastward sea water velocity tendency due to parameterization	m s-2	Operational
39	Northward sea water velocity tendency due to parameterization	m s-2	Operational
40	Seawater temperature tendency due to direct bias correction	K s-1	Operational
41	Seawater salinity tendency due to direct bias correction	g kg-1 s-1	Operational
42	Seawater meridional volume transport	m3 m-2 s-1	Operational
43	Seawater zonal volume transport	m3 m-2 s-1	Operational
44	Seawater column integrated meridional volume transport	m3 m-1 s-1	Operational
45	Seawater column integrated zonal volume transport	m3 m-1 s-1	Operational
46	Seawater meridional mass transport	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
47	Seawater zonal mass transport	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
48	Seawater column integrated meridional mass transport	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
49	Seawater column integrated zonal mass transport	kg m-1 s-1	Operational
50	Seawater column integrated practical salinity	g kg-1 m	Operational
51	Seawater column integrated salinity	kg kg-1 m	Operational
52	Mixed layer depth	m	Operational
53	Normal component of water velocity	m s-1	Operational
54	Tangential component of water velocity	m s-1	Operational
55	Sea water upward volume transport	m3 m-2 s-1	Operational
56	Sea water upward mass transport	kg m-2 s-1	Operational
57	Sea water age since surface contact	s	Operational
58	Sea water downward short-wave radiation flux	W m-2	Operational
59-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.10.191

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 10 - Oceanographic products, parameter category 191: miscellaneous

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Seconds prior to initial reference time (defined in Section 1)	s	Operational
1	Meridional overturning stream function	m3/s	Operational
2	Reserved		Operational
3	Days since last observation	d	Operational
4	Barotropic stream function	m3 s-1	Operational
5-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.20.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 20 - Health and socioeconomic impacts, parameter category 0: health indicators

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Universal thermal climate index	K	Operational
1	Mean radiant temperature	K	Operational
2	Wet-bulb globe temperature	K	Operational
3	Globe temperature	K	Operational
4	Humidex	K	Operational
5	Effective temperature	K	Operational
6	Normal effective temperature	K	Operational
7	Standard effective temperature	K	Operational
8	Physiological equivalent temperature	K	Operational
9	UV biologically effective dose	W m-2	Operational
10	UV biologically effective dose, clear-sky	W m-2	Operational
11	Excess heat factor	K2	Operational
12	Excess cold factor	K2	Operational
13-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.20.1

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 20 - Health and socioeconomic impacts, parameter category 1: epidemiology

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Malaria cases	Fraction	Operational
1	Malaria circumsporozoite protein rate	Fraction	Operational
2	Plasmodium falciparum entomological inoculation rate	Bites per day per person	Operational
3	Human bite rate by anopheles vectors	Bites per day per person	Operational
4	Malaria immunity	Fraction	Operational
5	Falciparum parasite rates	Fraction	Operational
6	Detectable falciparum parasite ratio (after day 10)	Fraction	Operational
7	Anopheles vector to host ratio	Fraction	Operational
8	Anopheles vector number	Number m-2	Operational
9	Fraction of malarial vector reproductive habitat	Fraction	Operational
10-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.20.2

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 20 - Health and socioeconomic impacts, parameter category 2: socioeconomic indicators

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Population density	Person m-2	Operational
1-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.20.3

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 20 - Health and socioeconomic impacts, parameter category 3: renewable energy sector

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Renewable power capacity	W	Operational
1	Renewable power production rate	W	Operational
2	Wind power capacity	W	Operational
3	Wind power production rate	W	Operational
4	Solar photovoltaic (PV) power capacity	W	Operational
5	Solar photovoltaic (PV) power production rate	W	Operational
6	Solar non-photovoltaic (PV) power capacity	W	Operational
7	Solar non-photovoltaic (PV) power production rate	W	Operational
8	Concentrated solar power (CSP) power capacity	W	Operational
9	Concentrated solar power (CSP) power production rate	W	Operational
10-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.2.20.4

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 20 - Health and socioeconomic impacts, parameter category 4: meteorological and hydrological hazard indices

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Reserved	-	Operational
1	Downburst	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
2	Lightning (electrical storm)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
3	Thunderstorm	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
4	Coastal flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
5	Estuarine (coastal) flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
6	Flash flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
7	Fluvial (riverine) flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
8	Groundwater flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
9	Ice-jam flood including debris	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
10	Ponding (drainage) flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
11	Snowmelt flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
12	Surface water flooding	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
13	Glacial lake outburst flood	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
14	Black carbon (brown clouds)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
15	Dust storm or sandstorm	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
16	Fog	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
17	Haze	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
18	Polluted air	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
19	Sand haze	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
20	Smoke	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
21	Ocean acidification	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
22	Rogue wave	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
23	Sea water intrusion	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
24	Sea ice (ice bergs)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
25	Ice flow	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
26	Seiche	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
27	Storm surge	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
28	Storm tides	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
29	Tsunami	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
30	Depression or cyclone (low pressure area) (pressure-related)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
31	Extra-tropical cyclone (pressure-related)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
32	Sub-tropical cyclone (pressure-related)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
33	Acid rain	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
34	Blizzard	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
35	Drought	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
36	Hail	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
37	Ice storm	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
38	Snow	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
39	Snowstorm	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
40	Cold wave	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
41	Dzud	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
42	Freeze	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
43	Frost (hoar frost)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
44	Freezing rain (supercooled rain)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
45	Glaze	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
46	Ground frost	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
47	Heatwave	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
48	Icing (including ice)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
49	Thaw	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
50	Avalanche	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
51	Mud flow	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
52	Rock slide	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
53	Derecho	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
54	Gale (strong gale)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
55	Squall	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
56	Subtropical storm	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
57	Tropical cyclone (cyclonic wind, rain [storm] surge) (wind-related)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
58	Tropical storm (wind-related)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
59	Tornado	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
60	Wind	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
61-190	Reserved		Operational
191-254	Reserved for local use	-	Operational
255	Missing	-	Operational

4.2.20.5

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 20 - Health and socioeconomic impacts, parameter category 5: environmental hazard indices

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Reserved		Operational
1	Household air pollution	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
2	Air pollution (point source)	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
3	Ambient (outdoor) air pollution	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
4	Land degradation	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
5	Soil degradation	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
6	Runoff / nonpoint source pollution	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
7	Salinity	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
8	Biodiversity loss	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
9	Deforestation	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
10	Forest declines and diebacks	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
11	Forest disturbances	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
12	Forest invasive species	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
13	Wildfires	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
14	Desertification	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
15	Loss of mangroves	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
16	Wetland loss/degradation	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
17	Coral bleaching	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
18	Compressive soils	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
19	Soil erosion	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
20	Coastal erosion and shoreline change	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
21	Permafrost loss	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
22	Sand mining	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
23	Sea level rise	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
24	Eutrophication	Code/Flag Table 4.253	Operational
25-190	Reserved		Operational
191-254	Reserved for local use	-	Operational
255	Missing	-	Operational

4.2.191.0

Code table 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category # Product discipline 191 - Computational parameters, parameter category 0: stochastic parametrizations

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Stochastically Perturbed Parametrization Tendency (SPPT)	Numeric	Operational
1	Stochastically Perturbed Parameterizations (SPP)	Numeric	Operational
2	Stochastic Kinetic Energy Backscatter (SKEB)	Numeric	Operational
3	Stochastic Trigger of Convection (STC)	Numeric	Operational
4	Stochastic boundary-layer Humidity (SHUM)	Numeric	Operational
5	Stochastic Total Tendency Perturbations (STTP)	Numeric	Operational
6-191	Reserved		Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.3

Code table 4.3 - Type of generating process

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Analysis	Operational
1	Initialization	Operational
2	Forecast	Operational
3	Bias corrected forecast	Operational
4	Ensemble forecast	Operational
5	Probability forecast	Operational
6	Forecast error	Operational
7	Analysis error	Operational
8	Observation	Operational
9	Climatological	Operational
10	Probability-weighted forecast	Operational
11	Bias-corrected ensemble forecast	Operational
12	Post-processed analysis	Operational
13	Post-processed forecast	Operational
14	Nowcast	Operational
15	Hindcast	Operational
16	Physical retrieval	Operational
17	Regression analysis	Operational
18	Difference between two forecasts	Operational
19	First guess	Operational
20	Analysis increment	Operational
21	Initialization increment for analysis	Operational
22	Blended forecast	Operational
23	Anomaly	Operational
24-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.4

Code table 4.4 - Indicator of unit of time range

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Minute	Operational
1	Hour	Operational
2	Day	Operational
3	Month	Operational
4	Year	Operational
5	Decade (10 years)	Operational
6	Normal (30 years)	Operational
7	Century (100 years)	Operational
8-9	Reserved	Operational
10	3 hours	Operational
11	6 hours	Operational
12	12 hours	Operational
13	Second	Operational
14-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.5

Code table 4.5 - Fixed surface types and units

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Reserved		Operational
1	Ground or water surface	-	Operational
2	Cloud base level	-	Operational
3	Level of cloud tops	-	Operational
4	Level of 0 °C isotherm	-	Operational
5	Level of adiabatic condensation lifted from the surface	-	Operational
6	Maximum wind level	-	Operational
7	Tropopause	-	Operational
8	Nominal top of the atmosphere	-	Operational
9	Sea bottom	-	Operational
10	Entire atmosphere	-	Operational
11	Cumulonimbus (CB) base	m	Operational
12	Cumulonimbus (CB) top	m	Operational
13	Lowest level where vertically integrated cloud cover exceeds the specified percentage (cloud base for a given percentage cloud cover)	%	Operational
14	Level of free convection (LFC)	-	Operational
15	Convective condensation level (CCL)	-	Operational
16	Level of neutral buoyancy or equilibrium level (LNB)	-	Operational
17	Departure level of the most unstable parcel of air (MUDL)	-	Operational
18	Departure level of a mixed layer parcel of air with specified layer depth	Pa	Operational
19	Lowest level where cloud cover exceeds the specified percentage	%	Operational
20	Isothermal level	K	Operational
21	Lowest level where mass density exceeds the specified value (base for a given threshold of mass density)	kg m-3	Operational
22	Highest level where mass density exceeds the specified value (top for a given threshold of mass density)	kg m-3	Operational
23	Lowest level where air concentration exceeds the specified value (base for a given threshold of air concentration)	Bq m-3	Operational
24	Highest level where air concentration exceeds the specified value (top for a given threshold of air concentration)	Bq m-3	Operational
25	Highest level where radar reflectivity exceeds the specified value (echo top for a given threshold of reflectivity)	dBZ	Operational
26	Convective cloud layer base	m	Operational
27	Convective cloud layer top	m	Operational
28	Effective inflow layer base		Operational
29	Effective inflow layer top		Operational
30	Specified radius from the centre of the Sun	m	Operational
31	Solar photosphere		Operational
32	Ionospheric D-region level		Operational
33	Ionospheric E-region level		Operational
34	Ionospheric F1-region level		Operational
35	Ionospheric F2-region level		Operational
36	Stratopause		Operational
37	Hygropause		Operational
38-99	Reserved		Operational
100	Isobaric surface	Pa	Operational
101	Mean sea level		Operational
102	Specific altitude above mean sea level	m	Operational
103	Specified height level above ground	m	Operational
104	Sigma level	"sigma" value	Operational
105	Hybrid level	-	Operational
106	Depth below land surface	m	Operational
107	Isentropic (theta) level	K	Operational
108	Level at specified pressure difference from ground to level	Pa	Operational
109	Potential vorticity surface	K m2 kg-1 s-1	Operational
110	Reserved		Operational
111	Eta level	-	Operational
112	Reserved		Operational
113	Logarithmic hybrid level		Operational
114	Snow level	Numeric	Operational
115	Sigma height level	-	Operational
116	Reserved		Operational
117	Mixed layer depth	m	Operational
118	Hybrid height level	-	Operational
119	Hybrid pressure level	-	Operational
120-149	Reserved		Operational
150	Generalized vertical height coordinate		Operational
151	Soil level	Numeric	Operational
152	Sea-ice level	Numeric	Operational
153-159	Reserved		Operational
160	Depth below sea level	m	Operational
161	Depth below water surface	m	Operational
162	Lake or river bottom	-	Operational
163	Bottom of sediment layer	-	Operational
164	Bottom of thermally active sediment layer	-	Operational
165	Bottom of sediment layer penetrated by thermal wave	-	Operational
166	Mixing layer	-	Operational
167	Bottom of root zone	-	Operational
168	Ocean model level	Numeric	Operational
169	Ocean level defined by water density (sigma-theta) difference from near-surface to level	kg m-3	Operational
170	Ocean level defined by water potential temperature difference from near-surface to level	K	Operational
171	Ocean level defined by vertical eddy diffusivity difference from near-surface to level	m2 s-1	Operational
172	Ocean level defined by water density (rho) difference from near-surface to level	m	Operational
173	Top of snow over sea ice on sea, lake or river	-	Operational
174	Top surface of ice on sea, lake or river	-	Operational
175	Top surface of ice, under snow cover, on sea, lake or river	-	Operational
176	Bottom surface (underside) ice on sea, lake or river	-	Operational
177	Deep soil (of indefinite depth)	-	Operational
178	Reserved	-	Operational
179	Top surface of glacier ice and inland ice	-	Operational
180	Deep inland or glacier ice (of indefinite depth)	-	Operational
181	Grid tile land fraction as a model surface	-	Operational
182	Grid tile water fraction as a model surface	-	Operational
183	Grid tile ice fraction on sea, lake or river as a model surface	-	Operational
184	Grid tile glacier ice and inland ice fraction as a model surface	-	Operational
185	Roof level	-	Operational
186	Wall level	-	Operational
187	Road level	-	Operational
188	Melt pond top surface	-	Operational
189	Melt pond bottom surface	-	Operational
190	Reserved		Operational
191	Abstract level with no vertical localization	-	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.6

Code table 4.6 - Type of ensemble forecast

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Unperturbed high-resolution control forecast	Operational
1	Unperturbed low-resolution control forecast	Operational
2	Negatively perturbed forecast	Operational
3	Positively perturbed forecast	Operational
4	Multi-model forecast	Operational
5	Unperturbed forecast	Operational
6	Perturbed forecast	Operationaal
7	Initial conditions perturbations	Operational
8	Model physics perturbations	Operational
9	Initial conditions and model physics perturbations	Operational
10-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.7

Code table 4.7 - Derived forecast

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Unweighted mean of all members	Operational
1	Weighted mean of all members	Operational
2	Standard deviation with respect to cluster mean	Operational
3	Standard deviation with respect to cluster mean, normalized	Operational
4	Spread of all members	Operational
5	Large anomaly index of all members	Operational
6	Unweighted mean of the cluster members	Operational
7	Interquartile range (range between the 25th and 75th quantile)	Operational
8	Minimum of all ensemble members	Operational
9	Maximum of all ensemble members	Operational
10	Variance of all ensemble members	Operational
11-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.8

Code table 4.8 - Clustering method

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Anomaly correlation	Operational
1	Root mean square	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.9

Code table 4.9 - Probability type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Probability of event below lower limit	Operational
1	Probability of event above upper limit	Operational
2	Probability of event between lower and upper limits (the range includes the lower limit but not the upper limit)	Operational
3	Probability of event above lower limit	Operational
4	Probability of event below upper limit	Operational
5	Probability of event equal to lower limit	Operational
6	Probability of event in above normal category	Operational
7	Probability of event in near normal category	Operational
8	Probability of event in below normal category	Operational
9	Probability based on counts of categorical boolean	Operational
10	Probability of event within the quantile of the probability distribution function	Operational
11-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.10

Code table 4.10 - Type of statistical processing

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Average	Operational
1	Accumulation	Operational
2	Maximum	Operational
3	Minimum	Operational
4	Difference (value at the end of time range minus value at the beginning)	Operational
5	Root mean square	Operational
6	Standard deviation	Operational
7	Covariance (temporal variance)	Operational
8	Difference (value at the start of time range minus value at the end)	Operational
9	Ratio	Operational
10	Standardized anomaly	Operational
11	Summation	Operational
12	Return period	Operational
13	Median	Operational
14-99	Reserved	Operational
100	Severity	Operational
101	Mode	Operational
102	Index processing	Operational
103-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.11

Code table 4.11 - Type of time intervals

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	Successive times processed have same forecast time, start time of forecast is incremented	Operational
2	Successive times processed have same start time of forecast, forecast time is incremented	Operational
3	Successive times processed have start time of forecast incremented and forecast time decremented so that valid time remains constant	Operational
4	Successive times processed have start time of forecast decremented and forecast time incremented so that valid time remains constant	Operational
5	Floating subinterval of time between forecast time and end of overall time interval	Operational
6-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.12

Code table 4.12 - Operating mode

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Maintenance mode	Operational
1	Clear air	Operational
2	Precipitation	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.13

Code table 4.13 - Quality control indicator

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No quality control applied	Operational
1	Quality control applied	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.14

Code table 4.14 - Clutter filter indicator

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No clutter filter used	Operational
1	Clutter filter used	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.15

Code table 4.15 - Type of spatial processing used to arrive at given data value from the source data

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Data is calculated directly from the source grid with no interpolation	Operational
1	Bilinear interpolation using the 4 source grid grid-point values surrounding the nominal grid-point	Operational
2	Bicubic interpolation using the 4 source grid grid-point values surrounding the nominal grid-point	Operational
3	Using the value from the source grid grid-point which is nearest to the nominal grid-point	Operational
4	Budget interpolation using the 4 source grid grid-point values surrounding the nominal grid-point	Operational
5	Spectral interpolation using the 4 source grid grid-point values surrounding the nominal grid-point	Operational
6	Neighbor-budget interpolation using the 4 source grid grid-point values surrounding the nominal grid-point	Operational
7-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.16

Code table 4.16 - Quality value associated with parameter

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Confidence index	Operational
1	Quality indicator	Operational
2	Correlation of product with used calibration product	Operational
3	Standard deviation	Operational
4	Random error	Operational
5	Probability	Operational
6-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.91

Code table 4.91 - Type of Interval

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Smaller than first limit	Operational
1	Greater than second limit	Operational
2	Between first and second limit. The range includes the first limit but not the second limit	Operational
3	Greater than first limit	Operational
4	Smaller than second limit	Operational
5	Smaller or equal first limit	Operational
6	Greater or equal second limit	Operational
7	Between first and second. The range includes the first limit and the second limit	Operational
8	Greater or equal first limit	Operational
9	Smaller or equal second limit	Operational
10	Between first and second limit. The range includes the second limit but not the first limit	Operational
11	Equal to first limit	Operational
12-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.100

Code table 4.100 - Type of reference dataset

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Analysis	Operational
1	Forecast	Operational
2	Reforecast (Hindcast)	Operational
3	Reanalysis	Operational
4	Climate projection	Operational
5	Gridded observations	Operational
6-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.101

Code table 4.101 - Type of relationship to reference dataset

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Anomaly	Operational
1	Standardized anomaly	Operational
2	Significance (Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney)	Operational
3	Climatology	Operational
4-19	Reserved	Operational
20	Extreme Forecast Index (EFI)	Operational
21	Shift of Tails (SOT)	Operational
22	Anomaly of probabilities	Operational
23	Standardized Drought Index	Operational
24	Crossing Point Forecast (CPF)	Operational
25-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.102

Code table 4.102 - Statistical processing of reference period

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Average	Operational
1	Accumulation	Operational
2	Maximum	Operational
3	Minimum	Operational
4	Median	Operational
5-19	Reserved	Operational
20	Model Climate	Operational
21	Index based on normal distribution	Operational
22	Index based on log-normal distribution	Operational
23	Index based on generalized log-normal distribution	Operational
24	Index based on gamma distribution	Operational
25	Index based on logistic distribution	Operational
26	Index based on log-logistic distribution	Operational
27	Index based on generalized logistic distribution	Operational
28	Index based on Weibull distribution	Operational
29	Index based on generalized extreme value distribution	Operational
30	Index based on Pearson III distribution	Operational
31	Index based on empirical distribution	Operational
32-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.103

Code table 4.103 - Spatial vicinity type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Circle [m]	Operational
1	Rectangle [m,m]	Operational
2	Square [m]	Operational
3	Wedge [m,degree,degree]	Operational
4	Span of grid boxes centered around grid box i,j [x,y]	Operational
5-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.104

Code table 4.104 - Spatial and temporal vicinity processing

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Average	Operational
1	Reserved	Operational
2	Maximum	Operational
3	Minimum	Operational
4	Range	Operational
5	Reserved	Operational
6	Standard deviation	Operational
7-10	Reserved	Operational
11	Sum	Operational
12-189	Reserved	Operational
190	Quantile	Opertional
191	Categorical (boolean)	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.105

Code table 4.105 - Spatial and temporal vicinity missing data

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Ignore missing data	Operational
1	No data	Operational
2-189	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.106

Code table 4.106 - Radar data quality flags

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Normal operating data	Operational
1	No data	Operational
2	Undetected	Operational
3	Implausible data/outliers	Operational
4	Beam overshooting	Operational
5	Beam blocking	Operational
6	Ground clutter	Operational
7	Sea clutter	Operational
8	Beam attenuation	Operational
9	Wet radome attenuation	Operational
10	Wind turbines	Operational
11	Insects/birds	Operational
12	Ships/aircrafts	Operational
13-189	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.120

Code table 4.120 - Verification scores

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Mean error	Operational
1	Root mean squared error	Operational
2	Continuous ranked probability score (CRPS)	Operational
3	Fair continuous ranked probability score	Operational
4	Continuous logarithmic ignorance score	Operational
5	Fair continuous logarithmic ignorance score	Operational
6	Ranked probability score	Operational
7-99	Reserved for future use	Operational
100	Contingency Table (deterministic) - hits	Operational
101	Contingency Table (deterministic) - false alarms	Operational
102	Contingency Table (deterministic) - misses	Operational
103	Contingency Table (deterministic) - correct negatives	Operational
104	Contingency Table (probabilistic) - Forecast-by-n-members and observed	Operational
105	Contingency Table (probabilistic) - Forecast-by-n-members and not observed	Operational
106-62999	Reserved	Operational
63000-65534	Reserved for local use	Operational
65535	Missing	Operational

4.121

Code table 4.121 - Type of reference dataset for verification

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Analysis interpolated on forecast grid	Operational
1	Analysis with forecast interpolated on analysis grid	Operational
2	Analysis interpolated on a common grid with the forecast but different to original grid	Operational
3	Gridded observation on forecast grid	Operational
4	Gridded observation with forecast interpolated on observation grid	Operational
5-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.122

Code table 4.122 - Type of additional arguments for verification score

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Fixed threshold value	Operational
1	Threshold specified as a quantile of the climatology	Operational
2	Threshold specified as a multiple of the standard deviation	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.201

Code table 4.201 - Precipitation type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No precipitation	Operational
1	Rain	Operational
2	Thunderstorm	Operational
3	Freezing rain	Operational
4	Mixed/ice	Operational
5	Snow	Operational
6	Wet snow	Operational
7	Mixture of rain and snow	Operational
8	Ice pellets	Operational
9	Graupel	Operational
10	Hail	Operational
11	Drizzle	Operational
12	Freezing drizzle	Operational
13	Hail (less than 5 mm)	Operational
14	Hail (greater than or equal to 5 mm)	Operational
15-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.202

Code table 4.202 - Precipitable water category

Bit No.	Description	Status
0-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.203

Code table 4.203 - Cloud type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Clear	Operational
1	Cumulonimbus	Operational
2	Stratus	Operational
3	Stratocumulus	Operational
4	Cumulus	Operational
5	Altostratus	Operational
6	Nimbostratus	Operational
7	Altocumulus	Operational
8	Cirrostratus	Operational
9	Cirrocumulus	Operational
10	Cirrus	Operational
11	Cumulonimbus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
12	Stratus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
13	Stratocumulus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
14	Cumulus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
15	Altostratus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
16	Nimbostratus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
17	Altocumulus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
18	Cirrostratus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
19	Cirrocumulus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
20	Cirrus - ground-based fog beneath the lowest layer	Operational
21-190	Reserved	Operational
191	Unknown	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.204

Code table 4.204 - Thunderstorm coverage

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	None	Operational
1	Isolated (1-2%)	Operational
2	Few (3-5%)	Operational
3	Scattered (6-45%)	Operational
4	Numerous (> 45%)	Operational
5-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.205

Code table 4.205 - Presence of aerosol

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Aerosol not present	Operational
1	Aerosol present	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.206

Code table 4.206 - Volcanic ash

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Not present	Operational
1	Present	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.207

Code table 4.207 - Icing

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	None	Operational
1	Light	Operational
2	Moderate	Operational
3	Severe	Operational
4	Trace	Operational
5	Heavy	Operational
6-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.208

Code table 4.208 - Turbulence

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	None (smooth)	Operational
1	Light	Operational
2	Moderate	Operational
3	Severe	Operational
4	Extreme	Operational
5-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.209

Code table 4.209 - Planetary boundary-layer regime

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	Stable	Operational
2	Mechanically driven turbulence	Operational
3	Forced convection	Operational
4	Free convection	Operational
5-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.210

Code table 4.210 - Contrail intensity

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Contrail not present	Operational
1	Contrail present	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.211

Code table 4.211 - Contrail engine type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Low bypass	Operational
1	High bypass	Operational
2	Non-bypass	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.212

Code table 4.212 - Land use

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	Urban land	Operational
2	Agriculture	Operational
3	Range land	Operational
4	Deciduous forest	Operational
5	Coniferous forest	Operational
6	Forest/wetland	Operational
7	Water	Operational
8	Wetlands	Operational
9	Desert	Operational
10	Tundra	Operational
11	Ice	Operational
12	Tropical forest	Operational
13	Savannah	Operational
14-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.213

Code table 4.213 - Soil type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	Sand	Operational
2	Loamy sand	Operational
3	Sandy loam	Operational
4	Silt loam	Operational
5	Organic (redefined)	Operational
6	Sandy clay loam	Operational
7	Silt clay loam	Operational
8	Clay loam	Operational
9	Sandy clay	Operational
10	Silty clay	Operational
11	Clay	Operational
12-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.214

Code table 4.214 - Environmental Factor Qualifier

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Worst	Operational
1	Very poor	Operational
2	Poor	Operational
3	Average	Operational
4	Good	Operational
5	Excellent	Operational
6-190	Reserved	Operational
191	Unknown	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.215

Code table 4.215 - Remotely sensed snow coverage

Bit No.	Description	Status
0-49	Reserved	Operational
50	No-snow/no-cloud	Operational
51-99	Reserved	Operational
100	Clouds	Operational
101-249	Reserved	Operational
250	Snow	Operational
251-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.216

Code table 4.216 - Elevation of snow-covered terrain

Bit No.	Description	Status
0-90	Elevation in increments of 100 m	Operational
91-253	Reserved	Operational
254	Clouds	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.217

Code table 4.217 - Cloud mask type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Clear over water	Operational
1	Clear over land	Operational
2	Cloud	Operational
3	No data	Operational
4-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.218

Code table 4.218 - Pixel scene type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No scene identified	Operational
1	Green needle-leafed forest	Operational
2	Green broad-leafed forest	Operational
3	Deciduous needle-leafed forest	Operational
4	Deciduous broad-leafed forest	Operational
5	Deciduous mixed forest	Operational
6	Closed shrub-land	Operational
7	Open shrub-land	Operational
8	Woody savannah	Operational
9	Savannah	Operational
10	Grassland	Operational
11	Permanent wetland	Operational
12	Cropland	Operational
13	Urban	Operational
14	Vegetation/crops	Operational
15	Permanent snow/ice	Operational
16	Barren desert	Operational
17	Water bodies	Operational
18	Tundra	Operational
19	Warm liquid water cloud	Operational
20	Supercooled liquid water cloud	Operational
21	Mixed-phase cloud	Operational
22	Optically thin ice cloud	Operational
23	Optically thick ice cloud	Operational
24	Multilayered cloud	Operational
25-96	Reserved	Operational
97	Snow/ice on land	Operational
98	Snow/ice on water	Operational
99	Sun-glint	Operational
100	General cloud	Operational
101	Low cloud/fog/stratus	Operational
102	Low cloud/stratocumulus	Operational
103	Low cloud/unknown type	Operational
104	Medium cloud/nimbostratus	Operational
105	Medium cloud/altostratus	Operational
106	Medium cloud/unknown type	Operational
107	High cloud/cumulus	Operational
108	High cloud/cirrus	Operational
109	High cloud/unknown	Operational
110	Unknown cloud type	Operational
111	Single layer water cloud	Operational
112	Single layer ice cloud	Operational
113-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.219

Code table 4.219 - Cloud top height quality indicator

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Nominal cloud top height quality	Operational
1	Fog in segment	Operational
2	Poor quality height estimation	Operational
3	Fog in segment and poor quality height estimation	Operational
4-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.220

Code table 4.220 - Horizontal dimension processed

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Latitude	Operational
1	Longitude	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.221

Code table 4.221 - Treatment of missing data

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Not included	Operational
1	Extrapolated	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.222

Code table 4.222 - Categorical result

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No	Operational
1	Yes	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.223

Code table 4.223 - Fire detection indicator

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No fire detected	Operational
1	Possible fire detected	Operational
2	Probable fire detected	Operational
3	Missing	Operational

4.224

Code table 4.224 - Categorical outlook

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No risk area	Operational
1	Reserved	Operational
2	General thunderstorm risk area	Operational
3	Reserved	Operational
4	Slight risk area	Operational
5	Reserved	Operational
6	Moderate risk area	Operational
7	Reserved	Operational
8	High risk area	Operational
9-10	Reserved	Operational
11	Dry thunderstorm (dry lightning) risk area	Operational
12-13	Reserved	Operational
14	Critical risk area	Operational
15-17	Reserved	Operational
18	Extremely critical risk area	Operational
19-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.225

Code table 4.225 - Weather

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Unit	Status
		(see FM 94 BUFR/FM 95 CREX Code table 0 20 003 - Present weather)		Operational

4.227

Code table 4.227 - Icing scenario (weather/cloud classification)

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	None	Operational
1	General	Operational
2	Convective	Operational
3	Stratiform	Operational
4	Freezing	Operational
5-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing value	Operational

4.228

Code table 4.228 - Icing severity

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	None	Operational
1	Trace	Operational
2	Light	Operational
3	Moderate	Operational
4	Severe	Operational
5-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing value	Operational

4.230

Code table 4.230 - Atmospheric chemical constituent type

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Unit	Status
		(See Common Code table C-14)		Operational

4.233

Code table 4.233 - Aerosol type

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Unit	Status
		(See Common Code table C-14)		Operational

4.234

Code table 4.234 - Canopy cover fraction (to be used as partitioned parameter in product definition template 4.53 or 4.54)

Bit No.	Description	Status
1	Crops, mixed farming	Operational
2	Short grass	Operational
3	Evergreen needleleaf trees	Operational
4	Deciduous needleleaf trees	Operational
5	Deciduous broadleaf trees	Operational
6	Evergreen broadleaf trees	Operational
7	Tall grass	Operational
8	Desert	Operational
9	Tundra	Operational
10	Irrigated crops	Operational
11	Semidesert	Operational
12	Ice caps and glaciers	Operational
13	Bogs and marshes	Operational
14	Inland water	Operational
15	Ocean	Operational
16	Evergreen shrubs	Operational
17	Deciduous shrubs	Operational
18	Mixed forest	Operational
19	Interrupted forest	Operational
20	Water and land mixtures	Operational

4.236

Code table 4.236 - Soil texture fraction (to be used as partitioned parameter in product definition template 4.53 or 4.54)

Bit No.	Description	Status
1	Coarse	Operational
2	Medium	Operational
3	Medium-fine	Operational
4	Fine	Operational
5	Very-fine	Operational
6	Organic	Operational
7	Tropical-organic	Operational

4.238

Code table 4.238 - Source or sink

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Other	Operational
1	Aviation	Operational
2	Lightning	Operational
3	Biogenic sources	Operational
4	Anthropogenic sources	Operational
5	Wild fires	Operational
6	Natural sources	Operational
7	Volcanoes	Operational
8	Bio-fuel	Operational
9	Fossil-fuel	Operational
10	Wetlands	Operational
11	Oceans	Operational
12	Elevated anthropogenic sources	Operational
13	Surface anthropogenic sources	Operational
14	Agriculture livestock	Operational
15	Agriculture soils	Operational
16	Agriculture waste burning	Operational
17	Agriculture (all)	Operational
18	Residential, commercial and other combustion	Operational
19	Power generation	Operational
20	Super power stations	Operational
21	Fugitives	Operational
22	Industrial process	Operational
23	Solvents	Operational
24	Ships	Operational
25	Wastes (solid and water)	Operational
26	Road transportation	Operational
27	Off-road transportation	Operational
28	Nuclear power plant	Operational
29	Nuclear weapon	Operational
30	Commercial building heating	Operational
31	Residential heating	Operational
32	Oil refineries and transformation industry	Operational
33	Gas production	Operational
34	Vegetation	Operational
35	Biomass burning	Operational
36	Settlements	Operational
37	Soil	Operational
38	Wild animals	Operational
39	Savannah	Operational
40	Tropical forest	Operational
41	Boreal forest	Operational
42	Peatland	Operational
43	Deforestation	Operational
44-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.239

Code table 4.239 - Wetland Type

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	Bog	Operational
2	Drained	Operational
3	Fen	Operational
4	Floodplain	Operational
5	Mangrove	Operational
6	Marsh	Operational
7	Rice	Operational
8	Riverine	Operational
9	Salt marsh	Operational
10	Swamp	Operational
11	Upland	Operational
12	Wet tundra	Operational
13-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.240

Code table 4.240 - Type of distribution function

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No specific distribution function given	Operational
1	Delta functions with spatially variable concentration and fixed diameters Dl (p1) in metre	Operational
2	Delta functions with spatially variable concentration and fixed masses Ml (p1) in kg	Operational
3	Gaussian (normal) distribution with spatially variable concentration and fixed mean diameter Dl (p1) and variance σ (p2)	Operational
4	Gaussian (normal) distribution with spatially variable concentration, mean diameter and variance	Operational
5	Log-normal distribution with spatially variable number density, mean diameter and variance	Operational
6	Log-normal distribution with spatially variable number density, mean diameter and fixed variance σ (p1)	Operational
7	Log-normal distribution with spatially variable number density and mass density and fixed variance σ (p1) and fixed particle density ρ (p2)	Operational
8	No distribution function. The encoded variable is derived from variables characterized by type of distribution function of type No. 7 (see above) with fixed variance σ (p1) and fixed particle density ρ (p2)	Operational
9-49151	Reserved	Operational
49152-65534	Reserved for local use	Operational
65535	Missing value	Operational

4.241

Code table 4.241 - Coverage attributes

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Undefined	Operational
1	Unmodified	Operational
2	Snow covered	Operational
3	Flooded	Operational
4	Ice covered	Operational
5	With intercepted water	Operational
6	With intercepted snow	Operational
7	Aggregated	Operational
8-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing value	Operational

4.242

Code table 4.242 - Tile classification

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	Land use classes according to ESA-GlobCover GCV2009	Operational
2	Land use classes according to European Commission-Global Land Cover Project GLC2000	Operational
3	Land use classes according to ECOCLIMAP	Operational
4	Land use classes according to ECOCLIMAP-SG	Operational
5	Land use classes according to USGS EROS Global Land Cover Characterization (GLCC) v2.0 BATS Classification	Operational
6-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing value	Operational

4.243

Code table 4.243 - Tile class

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	Evergreen broadleaved forest	Operational
2	Deciduous broadleaved closed forest	Operational
3	Deciduous broadleaved open forest	Operational
4	Evergreen needle-leaf forest	Operational
5	Deciduous needle-leaf forest	Operational
6	Mixed leaf trees	Operational
7	Freshwater flooded trees	Operational
8	Saline water flooded trees	Operational
9	Mosaic tree/natural vegetation	Operational
10	Burnt tree cover	Operational
11	Evergreen shrubs closed-open	Operational
12	Deciduous shrubs closed-open	Operational
13	Herbaceous vegetation closed-open	Operational
14	Sparse herbaceous or grass	Operational
15	Flooded shrubs or herbaceous	Operational
16	Cultivated and managed areas	Operational
17	Mosaic crop/tree/natural vegetation	Operational
18	Mosaic crop/shrub/grass	Operational
19	Bare areas	Operational
20	Water	Operational
21	Snow and ice	Operational
22	Artificial surface	Operational
23	Ocean	Operational
24	Irrigated croplands	Operational
25	Rainfed croplands	Operational
26	Mosaic cropland (50%-70%) - vegetation (20%-50%)	Operational
27	Mosaic vegetation (50%-70%) - cropland (20%-50%)	Operational
28	Closed broadleaved evergreen forest	Operational
29	Closed needle-leaved evergreen forest	Operational
30	Open needle-leaved deciduous forest	Operational
31	Mixed broadleaved and needle-leaved forest	Operational
32	Mosaic shrubland (50%-70%) - grassland (20%-50%)	Operational
33	Mosaic grassland (50%-70%) - shrubland (20%-50%)	Operational
34	Closed to open shrubland	Operational
35	Sparse vegetation	Operational
36	Closed to open forest regularly flooded	Operational
37	Closed forest or shrubland permanently flooded	Operational
38	Closed to open grassland regularly flooded	Operational
39	Undefined	Operational
40-32767	Reserved	Operational
32768-	Reserved for local use	Operational

4.244

Code table 4.244 - Quality indicator

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No quality information available	Operational
1	Failed	Operational
2	Passed	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.246

Code table 4.246 - Thunderstorm intensity

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No thunderstorm occurrence	Operational
1	Weak thunderstorm	Operational
2	Moderate thunderstorm	Operational
3	Severe thunderstorm	Operational
4-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.247

Code table 4.247 - Precipitation intensity

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No precipitation occurrence	Operational
1	Light precipitation	Operational
2	Moderate precipitation	Operational
3	Heavy precipitation	Operational
4-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.248

Code table 4.248 - Method used to derive data values for a given local time

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Nearest forecast or analysis time to specified local time	Operational
1	Interpolated to be valid at the specified local time	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.249

Code table 4.249 - Character of precipitation

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	None	Operational
1	Showers	Operational
2	Intermittent	Operational
3	Continuous	Operational
4-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.250

Code table 4.250 - Drainage direction

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	South-west	Operational
2	South	Operational
3	South-east	Operational
4	West	Operational
5	No direction	Operational
6	East	Operational
7	North-west	Operational
8	North	Operational
9	North-east	Operational
10-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.251

Code table 4.251 - Wave direction and frequency formulae

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Undefined sequence	Operational
1	Geometric sequence	Operational
2	Arithmetic sequence	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

4.252

Code table 4.252 - Tile classes and groupings

Bit No.	Flag Value	Description	Status
0		Reserved	Operational
1	SEOC	Seas and oceans	Operational
2	INWB	Inland water bodies	Operational
3	BARE	Bare areas	Operational
4	HIV	High vegetation	Operational
5	LOV	Low vegetation	Operational
6	URBAN	Urban	Operational
7-1000		Reserved for intercomparison tile classes/groupings	Operational
1001	SEAO	Sea and oceans	Operational
1002	LAKE	Lakes	Operational
1003	RIVE	Rivers	Operational
1004	NO	Bare land	Operational
1005	ROCK	Bare rock	Operational
1006	SNOW	Permanent snow	Operational
1007	BOBD	Boreal broadleaf deciduous	Operational
1008	TEBD	Temperate broadleaf deciduous	Operational
1009	TRBD	Tropical broadleaf deciduous	Operational
1010	TEBE	Temperate broadleaf evergreen	Operational
1011	TRBE	Tropical broadleaf evergreen	Operational
1012	BONE	Boreal needleleaf evergreen	Operational
1013	TENE	Temperate needleleaf evergreen	Operational
1014	BOND	Boreal needleleaf deciduous	Operational
1015	SHRB	Shrubs	Operational
1016	BOGR	Boreal grassland	Operational
1017	GRAS	Temperate grassland	Operational
1018	TROG	Tropical grassland	Operational
1019	C3W	Winter C3 crops	Operational
1020	C3S	Summer C3 crops	Operational
1021	C4	C4 crops	Operational
1022	FLTR	Flooded trees	Operational
1023	FLGR	Flooded grassland	Operational
1024	LCZ1	Local climate zone 1: compact high-rise (buildings)	Operational
1025	LCZ2	Local climate zone 2: compact midrise (buildings)	Operational
1026	LCZ3	Local climate zone 3: compact low-rise (buildings)	Operational
1027	LCZ4	Local climate zone 4: open high-rise (buildings)	Operational
1028	LCZ5	Local climate zone 5: open midrise (buildings)	Operational
1029	LCZ6	Local climate zone 6: open low-rise (buildings)	Operational
1030	LCZ7	Local climate zone 7: lightweight low-rise (buildings)	Operational
1031	LCZ8	Local climate zone 8: large low-rise (buildings)	Operational
1032	LCZ9	Local climate zone 9: sparsely built (buildings)	Operational
1033	LCZ10	Local climate zone 10: heavy industry (buildings)	Operational
1034	TEBDU	Urban temperate broadleaf deciduous	Operational
1035	TRBDU	Urban tropical broadleaf deciduous	Operational
1036	TEBEU	Urban temperate broadleaf evergreen	Operational
1037	TRBEU	Urban tropical broadleaf evergreen	Operational
1038	BONEU	Urban boreal needleleaf evergreen	Operational
1039	TENEU	Urban temperate needleleaf evergreen	Operational
1040	BONDU	Urban boreal needleleaf deciduous	Operational
1041-1500		Reserved for tile class entries for tile models using the ECOCLIMAP-SG land cover survey	Operational
1501		Nature grouping (NO + ROCK + SNOW + BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + TEBE + TRBE + BONE + TENE + BOND + SHRB + BOGR + GRAS + TROG + C3W + C3S + C4 + FLTR + FLGR)	Operational
1502		Non-forest grouping (NO + ROCK + SNOW + BOGR + GRAS + TROG + C3W + C3S + C4 + FLTR + FLGR)	Operational
1503		Forest grouping (BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + TEBE + TRBE + BONE + TENE + BOND + SHRB)	Operational
1504		Non-vegetated grouping (NO + ROCK + SNOW)	Operational
1505		Trees grouping (BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + TEBE + TRBE + BONE + TENE + BOND + SHRB + FLTR)	Operational
1506		Low vegetation grouping (BOGR + GRAS + TROG + C3W + C3S + C4 + FLGR)	Operational
1507		Non-flooded low vegetation grouping (BOGR + GRAS + TROG + C3W + C3S + C4)	Operational
1508		Crops grouping (C3W + C3S + C4)	Operational
1509		Grassland grouping (BOGR + GRAS + TROG)	Operational
1510		Bare and rock grouping (NO + ROCK)	Operational
1511		C3 crops grouping (C3W + C3S)	Operational
1512		Broadleaf forest grouping (BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + TEBE + TRBE + SHRB)	Operational
1513		Needleleaf forest grouping (BONE + TENE + BOND)	Operational
1514		Deciduous broadleaf forest grouping (BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + TEBE + SHRB)	Operational
1515		Temperate grassland grouping (BOGR + GRAS)	Operational
1516		Non-forest (no FLTR) grouping (NO + ROCK + SNOW + BOGR + GRAS + TROG + C3W + C3S + C4 + FLGR)	Operational
1517		Broadleaf forest (with FLTR) grouping (BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + TEBE + TRBE + SHRB + FLTR)	Operational
1518		Broadleaf trees grouping (BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + TEBE + TRBE + FLTR)	Operational
1519		C3/C4 grasslands grouping (BOGR + GRAS + FLGR)	Operational
1520		Broadleaf deciduous trees grouping (BOBD + TEBD + TRBD + FLTR)	Operational
1521		Broadleaf evergreen trees grouping (TEBE + TRBE)	Operational
1522		Needleleaf evergreen trees grouping (BONE + TENE)	Operational
1523		LCZ or urban grouping (LCZ1 + LCZ2 + LCZ3 + LCZ4 + LCZ5 + LCZ6 + LCZ7 + LCZ8 + LCZ9 + LCZ10)	Operational
1524		Inland water grouping (LAKE + RIVE)	Operational
1525		Urban parks and gardens TEBD grouping (NO + GRAS + TEBDU)	Operational
1526		Urban parks and gardens TRBD grouping (NO + GRAS + TRBDU)	Operational
1527		Urban parks and gardens TEBE grouping (NO + GRAS + TEBEU)	Operational
1528		Urban parks and gardens TRBE grouping (NO + GRAS + TRBEU)	Operational
1529		Urban parks and gardens BONE grouping (NO + GRAS + BONEU)	Operational
1530		Urban parks and gardens TENE grouping (NO + GRAS + TENEU)	Operational
1531		Urban parks and gardens BOND grouping (NO + GRAS + BONDU)	Operational
1532-2000		Reserved for tile grouping entries for tile models using the ECOCLIMAP-SG land cover survey	Operational
2001	CRMF	Crops, mixed farming	Operational
2002	SHGR	Short grass	Operational
2003	EVNE	Evergreen needleleaf trees	Operational
2004	DENE	Deciduous needleleaf trees	Operational
2005	DEBR	Deciduous broadleaf trees	Operational
2006	EVBR	Evergreen broadleaf trees	Operational
2007	TAGR	Tall grass	Operational
2008	DESE	Desert	Operational
2009	TUND	Tundra	Operational
2010	IRCR	Irrigated crops	Operational
2011	SEDE	Semidesert	Operational
2012	ICGL	Ice caps and glaciers	Operational
2013	BOMA	Bogs and marshes	Operational
2014	INWA	Inland water	Operational
2015	OCEA	Ocean	Operational
2016	EVSH	Evergreen shrubs	Operational
2017	DESH	Deciduous shrubs	Operational
2018	MFWO	Mixed forest/woodland	Operational
2019	INFO	Interrupted forest	Operational
2020	WLMI	Water and land mixtures	Operational
2021	BASO	Bare soil	Operational
2022	URBA	Urban	Operational
2023	LORI	Low-rise building	Operational
2024	HIRI	High-rise building	Operational
2025-2500		Reserved for tile class entries for tile models using the GLCC v2.0 BATS Classification survey	Operational
2501		Low vegetation grouping (CRMF + SHGR + TAGR + TUND + IRCR + SEDE + BOMA + EVSH + DESH + WLMI)	Operational
2502		High vegetation grouping (EVNE + DENE + DEBR + EVBR + MFWO + INFO)	Operational
2503-3000		Reserved for tile grouping entries for tile models using the GLCC v2.0 BATS Classification survey	Operational
3001	PFIC	Post-flooding or irrigated croplands	Operational
3002	RACR	Rainfed croplands	Operational
3003	MCVE	Mosaic cropland (50%-70%)/vegetation (grassland, shrubland, forest) (20-50%)	Operational
3004	MVCR	Mosaic vegetation (grassland, shrubland, forest) (50%-70%)/cropland (20%-50%)	Operational
3005	COBS	Closed to open (>15%) broadleaved evergreen and/or semi-deciduous forest (>5m)	Operational
3006	CLBD	Closed (>40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)	Operational
3007	OPBD	Open (15-40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)	Operational
3008	CLNE	Closed (>40%) needleleaved evergreen forest (>5m)	Operational
3009	ONDE	Open (15-40%) needleleaved deciduous or evergreen forest (>5m)	Operational
3010	COBN	Closed to open (>15%) mixed broadleaved and needleleaved forest (>5m)	Operational
3011	MFSG	Mosaic forest/shrubland (50%-70%)/grassland (20%-50%)	Operational
3012	MGFS	Mosaic grassland (50%-70%)/forest/shrubland (20%-50%)	Operational
3013	COSH	Closed to open (>15%) shrubland (<5m)	Operational
3014	COHV	Closed to open (>15%) herbaceous vegetation	Operational
3015	SPVE	Sparse (<15%) vegetation (woody vegetation, shrubs, grassland)	Operational
3016	COBFF	Closed to open (>15%) broadleaved forest regularly flooded (semi-permanently or temporarily) - fresh or brackish water	Operational
3017	CLBFF	Closed (>40%) broadleaved forest or shrubland permanently flooded - saline or brackish water	Operational
3018	COVEF	Closed to open (>15%) vegetation (grassland, shrubland, woody vegetation) on regularly flooded or waterlogged soil - fresh, brackish or saline water	Operational
3019	ASAA	Artificial surfaces and associated areas (urban areas >50%)	Operational
3020	BAAR	Bare areas	Operational
3021	WABO	Water bodies	Operational
3022	PESI	Permanent snow and ice	Operational
3023-3500		Reserved for tile class entries for tile models using the ESA-GlobCover GCV2009 survey	Operational
3501		Grouping using the dominant tiles approach (dominant tile varies per gridbox)	Operational
3502-4000		Reserved for tile grouping entries for tile models using the ESA-GlobCover GCV2009 survey	Operational
4001	TBECO	Tree cover, broadleaved evergreen, closed to open (>15%)	Operational
4002	TBDC	Tree cover, broadleaved deciduous, closed (>40%)	Operational
4003	TBDO	Tree cover, broadleaved deciduous, open (15-40%)	Operational
4004	TNECO	Tree cover, needleleaved evergreen, closed to open (>15%)	Operational
4005	TNDCO	Tree cover, needleleaved decidous, closed to open (>15%)	Operational
4006	TMLCO	Tree cover, mixed leaftype, closed to open (>15%)	Operational
4007	TCOFF	Tree cover, closed to open (>15%), regularly flooded, fresh or brackish water: swamp forests	Operational
4008	TCOFS	Tree cover, closed to open (>15%), regularly flooded, saline water: mangrove forests	Operational
4009	MTVG	Mosaic of tree cover and other natural vegetation (crop component possible)	Operational
4010	TBURN	Tree cover, burnt (mainly boreal forests)	Operational
4011	SCOE	Shrubcover, closed to open (>15%), evergreen (broadleaved or needleleaved)	Operational
4012	SCOD	Shrubcover, closed to open (>15%), deciduous (broadleaved)	Operational
4013	HCCO	Herbaceous cover, closed to open (>15%)	Operational
4014	SHSC	Sparse herbaceous or sparse shrub cover	Operational
4015	FSHCO	Regularly flooded (>2 month) shrub or herbaceous cover, closed to open	Operational
4016	CROP	Cropland (upland crops or inundated/ flooded crops)	Operational
4017	MCTNV	Mosaic of cropland / tree cover/ other natural vegetation	Operational
4018	MCSH	Mosaic of cropland / shrub or herbaceous cover	Operational
4019	BAARE	Bare areas	Operational
4020	WBNA	Water bodies (natural or artificial)	Operational
4021	SINA	Snow or ice (natural or artificial)	Operational
4022	URAR	Urban areas	Operational
4023-4500		Reserved for tile class entries for tile models using the European Commission-Global Land Cover Project GLC2000 survey	Operational
4501-5000		Reserved for tile grouping entries for tile models using the European Commission-Global Land Cover Project GLC2000 survey	Operational
5001-32767		Reserved for additional land cover surveys	Operational
32768-65534		Reserved for local use	Operational
65535		Missing	Operational

4.253

Code table 4.253 - Hazard index

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Undefined	Operational
1-65534	Reserved	Operational
65535	Missing	Operational

4.254

Code table 4.254 - Polarization of satellite band

Bit No.	Description	Unit	Status
0	Unpolarized	-	Operational
1	Quasi-horizontal (QH)	-	Operational
2	Quasi-vertical (QV)	-	Operational
3	Horizontal (H)	-	Operational
4	Vertical (V)	-	Operational
5	Right-Hand Circular Polarization (RHCP)	-	Operational
6	Left-Hand Circular Polarization (LHCP)	-	Operational
7-254	Reserved		Operational
255	Missing		Operational

4.333

Code table 4.333 - Transport dispersion model

Bit No.	Description	Status
1	DERMA (Danish Emergency Response Model of the Atmosphere)	Operational
2	E-EMEP (Emergency EMEP model)	Operational
3	FLEXPART (Particle dispersion model)	Operational
4	MLDP (Modèle lagrangien de dispersion de particules)	Operational
5	MATCH (Multi-scale Atmospheric Transport Model)	Operational
6	SILAM (System for Integrated modeLling of Atmospheric composition)	Operational
7	SNAP (Severe Nuclear Accident Program)	Operational
8	WRF-Chem (Weather Research and Forecasting Chemical model)	Operational
9	Trajectoire (Trajectory model)	Operational
10-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing value	Operational

4.335

Code table 4.335 - Emission scenario origin

Bit No.	Description	Status
1	ARGOS (Accident Reporting and Guiding Operational System)	Operational
2	JRODOS (Java version of Real time Online Decision SuppOrt System)	Operational
3	Assimilated (Scenario retrieved from measurements)	Operational
4	Centre (scenario by originating centre)	Operational
5-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing value	Operational

4.336

Code table 4.336 - NWP model

Bit No.	Description	Status
1	AROME (Meso scale NWP, Meteo-France)	Operational
2	ARPEGE (Global scale NWP, Meteo-France)	Operational
3	GFS (Global forecast system, NCEP)	Operational
4	HARMONIE (HIRLAM-ALADIN Research on Mesoscale Operational NWP)	Operational
5	HIRLAM (HIgh resolution Limited Area Model)	Operational
6	IFS (Integrated Forecast System)	Operational
7	GEM GDPS (Canadian Global Deterministic Prediction System)	Operational
8	GEM RDPS (Canadian Regional Deterministic Prediction System)	Operational
9	GEM HRDPS (Canadian High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System)	Operational
10	WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting)	Operational
11-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing value	Operational

5.0

Code table 5.0 - Data representation template number

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Grid point data - simple packing	Operational
1	Matrix value at grid point - simple packing	Experimental
2	Grid point data - complex packing	Operational
3	Grid point data - complex packing and spatial differencing	Operational
4	Grid point data - IEEE floating point data	Operational
5-39	Reserved	Operational
40	Grid point data - JPEG 2000 code stream format	Operational
41	Grid point data - Portable Network Graphics (PNG)	Operational
42	Grid point data - CCSDS recommended lossless compression	Operational
43-49	Reserved	Operational
50	Spectral data - simple packing	Operational
51	Spherical harmonics data - complex packing	Operational
52	Reserved	Operational
53	Spectral data for limited area models - complex packing	Operational
54-60	Reserved	Operational
61	Grid point data - simple packing with logarithm pre-processing	Experimental
62-199	Reserved	Operational
200	Run length packing with level values	Operational
201-49151	Reserved	Operational
49152-65534	Reserved for local use	Operational
65535	Missing	Operational

5.1

Code table 5.1 - Type of original field values

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Floating point	Operational
1	Integer	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.2

Code table 5.2 - Matrix coordinate value function definition

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Explicit coordinate values set	Operational
1	Linear coordinates f(1) = C1, f(n) = f(n-1) + C2	Operational
2-10	Reserved	Operational
11	Geometric coordinates f(1) = C1, f(n) = C2 × f(n-1)	Operational
12-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.3

Code table 5.3 - Matrix coordinate parameter

Bit No.	Description	Status
1	Direction degrees true	Operational
2	Frequency (s-1)	Operational
3	Radial number (2pi/lambda) (m-1)	Operational
4-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.4

Code table 5.4 - Group splitting method

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Row by row splitting	Operational
1	General group splitting	Operational
2-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.5

Code table 5.5 - Missing value management for complex packing

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	No explicit missing values included within data values	Operational
1	Primary missing values included within data values	Operational
2	Primary and secondary missing values included within data values	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.6

Code table 5.6 - Order of spatial differencing

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	First-order spatial differencing	Operational
2	Second-order spatial differencing	Operational
3-191	Reserved	Operational
192-254	Reserved for local use	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.7

Code table 5.7 - Precision of floating-point numbers

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Reserved	Operational
1	IEEE 32-bit (I=4 in section 7)	Operational
2	IEEE 64-bit (I=8 in section 7)	Operational
3	IEEE 128-bit (I=16 in section 7)	Operational
4-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.25

Code table 5.25 - type of bi-Fourier subtruncation

Bit No.	Description	Status
0-76	Reserved	Operational
77	Rectangular	Operational
78-87	Reserved	Operational
88	Elliptic	Operational
89-98	Reserved	Operational
99	Diamond	Operational
100-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.26

Code table 5.26 - packing mode for axes

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Spectral coefficients for axes are packed	Operational
1	Spectral coefficients for axes included in the unpacked subset	Operational
2-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

5.40

Code table 5.40 - Type of compression

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	Lossless	Operational
1	Lossy	Operational
2-254	Reserved	Operational
255	Missing	Operational

6.0

Code table 6.0 - Bit map indicator

Bit No.	Description	Status
0	A bit map applies to this product and is specified in this Section	Operational
1-253	A bit map predetermined by the originating/generating centre applies to this product and is not specified in this Section	Operational
254	A bit map defined previously in the same "GRIB" message applies to this product	Operational
255	A bit map does not apply to this product	Operational

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