| Octet Number |
Description |
Note |
Status |
| None |
65-76 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done |
None |
Operational |
| None |
77-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 64 + 12 x n |
None |
Operational |
| None |
The next entry repeats nsv=1:NSV times |
None |
Operational |
| nn + 1 |
Spatial vicinity type |
Code/Flag Table 4.103 |
Operational |
| nn + 2 |
Number of spatial vicinity values (NSV) |
None |
Operational |
| (nn + 3+(nsv-1)*4)-(nn + 6+(nsv-1)*4) |
Spatial vicinity value |
None |
Operational |
| nn + 7+(nsv-1)*4 |
Spatial vicinity processing |
Code/Flag Table 4.104 |
Operational |
| (nn + 8+(nsv-1)*4)-(nn + 9+(nsv-1)*4) |
Spatial vicinity processing argument 1 (e.g., if previous is quantile) |
None |
Operational |
| 10 |
Parameter category |
Code/Flag Table 4.1 |
Operational |
| (nn + 10+(nsv-1)*4)-(nn + 11+(nsv-1)*4) |
Spatial vicinity processing argument 2 (e.g., if previous is quantile) |
None |
Operational |
| 11 |
Parameter number |
Code/Flag Table 4.2 |
Operational |
| 12 |
Type of generating process |
Code/Flag Table 4.3 |
Operational |
| nn + 12+(nsv-1)*4 |
Spatial vicinity missing data |
Code/Flag Table 4.105 |
Operational |
| 13 |
Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
None |
Operational |
| (nn + 13+(nsv-1)*4) |
Temporal vicinity processing |
Code/Flag Table 4.104 |
Operational |
| 14 |
Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
None |
Operational |
| (nn + 14+(nsv-1)*4) |
Temporal vicinity unit |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 15-16 |
Hours after reference time of data cut-off |
(see Note 1) |
Operational |
| (nn + 15+(nsv-1)*4)-(nn + 18+(nsv-1)*4) |
Temporal vicinity towards past |
None |
Operational |
| 17 |
Minutes after reference time of data cut-off |
None |
Operational |
| 18 |
Indicator of unit of time range |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 19-22 |
Forecast time in units defined by octet 18 |
(see Note 2) |
Operational |
| (nn + 19+(nsv-1)*4)-(nn + 22+(nsv-1)*4) |
Temporal vicinity towards future |
None |
Operational |
| 23 |
Type of first fixed surface |
Code/Flag Table 4.5 |
Operational |
| 24 |
Scale factor of first fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 25-28 |
Scaled value of first fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 29 |
Type of second fixed surface |
Code/Flag Table 4.5 |
Operational |
| 30 |
Scale factor of second fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 31-34 |
Scaled value of second fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 35 |
Type of ensemble forecast |
Code/Flag Table 4.6 |
Operational |
| 36-39 |
Number of forecasts in ensemble |
None |
Operational |
| 40 |
Forecast probability number |
None |
Operational |
| 41 |
Total number of forecast probabilities |
None |
Operational |
| 42 |
Probability type |
Code/Flag Table 4.9 |
Operational |
| 43 |
Scale factor of lower limit |
None |
Operational |
| 44-47 |
Scaled value of lower limit |
None |
Operational |
| 48 |
Scale factor of upper limit |
None |
Operational |
| 49-52 |
Scaled value of upper limit |
None |
Operational |
| 53-54 |
Year of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 55 |
Month of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 56 |
Day of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 57 |
Hour of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 58 |
Minute of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 59 |
Second of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 60 |
n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field |
None |
Operational |
| 61-64 |
Total number of data values missing in the statistical process |
None |
Operational |
| 65 |
Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range |
Code/Flag Table 4.10 |
Operational |
| 66 |
Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing |
Code/Flag Table 4.11 |
Operational |
| 67 |
Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 68-71 |
Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet |
None |
Operational |
| 72 |
Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 73-76 |
Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet |
(see Notes 3 and 4) |
Operational |
| 77-88 |
As octets 65 to 76, next innermost step of processing |
None |
Operational |
| 89-nn |
Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 65 to 76, repeated as necessary. |
None |
Operational |