VM - GRIB - WMO version 37 Template

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Product definition template 4.123 - 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

Octet Number	Description	Note	Status
None	The next six entries are repeated NT times nt=1:NT	None	Operational
None	End of sequence repeated NT times	None	Operational
None	The next two entries are repeated NA times na=0:NA - can be 0 times if no parameters are necessary	None	Operational
None	End of repeated NA sequence	None	Operational
None	The next three entries are repeated NR times nr=1:NR	None	Operational
None	End of repeated NR sequence	None	Operational
None	The next entry repeats nsv=1:NSV times	None	Operational
10	Parameter category	Code/Flag Table 4.1	Operational
11	Parameter number	Code/Flag Table 4.2	Operational
12	Type of generating process	Code/Flag Table 4.3	Operational
13	Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)	None	Operational
14	Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)	None	Operational
15-16	Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time	(see Note 1)	Operational
17	Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time	None	Operational
18	Indicator of unit of time range	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
19-22	Forecast time in units defined by previous octet	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
35-36	Year of end of overall time interval	None	Operational
37	Month of end of overall time interval	None	Operational
38	Day of end of overall time interval	None	Operational
39	Hour of end of overall time interval	None	Operational
40	Minute of end of overall time interval	None	Operational
41	Second of end of overall time interval	None	Operational
42	Number of time range (NT)	None	Operational
43-46	Number of missing in statistical process	None	Operational
47+(nt-1)*12	Type of statistical processing	None	Operational
48+(nt-1)*12	Type of time increment	None	Operational
49+(nt-1)*12	Indicator of unit for time range	None	Operational
(50+(nt-1)12)-(53+(nt-1)12)	Length of time range	None	Operational
54+(nt-1)*12	Indicator of unit for time increment	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
(55+(nt-1)12)-(58+(nt-1)12)	Time increment	None	Operational
59+(NT-1)*12	Type of ensemble forecast	Code/Flag Table 4.6	Operational
(60+(NT-1)12)-(63+(NT-1)12)	Number of forecasts in ensemble	None	Operational
64+(NT-1)*12	Forecast probability number	None	Operational
65+(NT-1)*12	Total number of forecast probabilities	None	Operational
66+(NT-1)*12	Probability type	Code/Flag Table 4.9	Operational
67+(NT-1)*12	Scale factor of lower limit	None	Operational
(68+(NT-1)12)-(71+(NT-1)12)	Scaled value of lower limit	None	Operational
72+(NT-1)*12	Scale factor of lower limit	None	Operational
(73+(NT-1)12)-(76+(NT-1)12)	Scaled value of lower limit	None	Operational
77+(NT-1)*12	Type of reference dataset	Code/Flag Table 4.100	Operational
78+(NT-1)*12	Type of relation to reference dataset	Code/Flag Table 4.101	Operational
79+(NT-1)*12	Number of additional parameterss for reference period (NA)	(see Note 2)	Operational
80+(NT-1)12+(na-1)5	Scale factor of additional parameterss for reference period	None	Operational
(80+(NT-1)12+NA5)-(81+(NT-1)12+NA5)	Year of start of reference period	None	Operational
(81+(NT-1)12+(na-1)5)-(84+(NT-1)12+(na-1)5)	Scaled value of additional parameterss for reference period	None	Operational
82+(NT-1)12+NA5	Month of start of reference period	None	Operational
83+(NT-1)12+NA5	Day of start of reference period	None	Operational
84+(NT-1)12+NA5	Hour of start of reference period	None	Operational
85+(NT-1)12+NA5	Minute of start of reference period	None	Operational
86+(NT-1)12+NA5	Second of start of reference period	None	Operational
(87+(NT-1)12+NA5)-(90+ (NT-1)12+NA5)	Sample size of reference period	None	Operational
91+(NT-1)12+NA5	Number of reference period time range (NR)	(see Note 3)	Operational
92+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)*6	Type of statistical processing for time range for reference period	Code/Flag Table 4.102	Operational
93+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)*6	Indicator of unit of time range for reference period	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
(94+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)-(97+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)	Length of time range for reference period	None	Operational
98+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)*6	Spatial vicinity type	Code/Flag Table 4.103	Operational
99+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)*6	Number of spatial vicinity values (NSV)	None	Operational
(100+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)-(103+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)	Spatial vicinity value	None	Operational
104+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6	Spatial vicinity processing	Code/Flag Table 4.104	Operational
(105+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)-(106+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)	Spatial vicinity processing argument 1 (e.g., if previous is quantile)	None	Operational
(107+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)-(108+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)	Spatial vicinity processing argument 2 (e.g., if previous is quantile)	None	Operational
109+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6	Spatial vicinity missing data	Code/Flag Table 4.105	Operational
110+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6	Temporal vicinity processing	Code/Flag Table 4.104	Operational
111+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6	Temporal vicinity unit	Code/Flag Table 4.4	Operational
(112+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)-(115+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)	Temporal vicinity towards past	None	Operational
(116+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)-(119+(nsv-1)4+(NT-1)12+NA5+(nr-1)6)	Temporal vicinity towards future	None	Operational

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