| Octet Number |
Description |
Note |
Status |
| None |
51-62 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done |
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 |
| 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 |
Forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
None |
Operational |
| 15-16 |
Hours after reference time of data cut-off |
(see Note 1) |
Operational |
| 17 |
Minutes after reference time for 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 previous octet |
(see Note 2) |
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 |
Total number of quantiles q |
None |
Operational |
| 37-38 |
Quantile value (between 0 and q) |
None |
Operational |
| 39-40 |
Year of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 41 |
Month of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 42 |
Day of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 43 |
Hour of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 44 |
Minute of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 45 |
Second of end of overall time interval |
None |
Operational |
| 46 |
n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field |
None |
Operational |
| 47-50 |
Total number of data values missing in the statistical process |
None |
Operational |
| 51+(nt-1)*12 |
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 |
| 52+(nt-1)*12 |
Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing |
Code/Flag Table 4.11 |
Operational |
| 53+(nt-1)*12 |
Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 54+(nt-1)*12-57+(nt-1)*12 |
Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done in units defined by the previous octet |
None |
Operational |
| 58+(nt-1)*12 |
Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 59+(nt-1)*12-62+(nt-1)*12 |
Time increment between successive fields in units defined by the previous octet |
(see Note 3) |
Operational |
| 63+(NT-1)*12 |
Type of reference dataset |
Code/Flag Table 4.100 |
Operational |
| 64+(NT-1)*12 |
Type of relation to reference dataset |
Code/Flag Table 4.101 |
Operational |
| 65+(NT-1)*12 |
Number of additional parameters for reference period (NA) |
(see Note 2) |
Operational |
| 66+(NT-1)*12+(na-1)*5 |
Scale factor of additional parameters for reference period |
None |
Operational |
| (66+(NT-1)*12+NA*5)-(67+(NT-1)*12+NA*5) |
Year of start of reference period |
None |
Operational |
| (67+(NT-1)*12+(na-1)*5)-(70+(NT-1)*12+(na-1)*5) |
Scaled value of additional parameters for reference period |
None |
Operational |
| 68+(NT-1)*12+NA*5 |
Month of start of reference period |
None |
Operational |
| 69+(NT-1)*12+NA*5 |
Day of start of reference period |
None |
Operational |
| 70+(NT-1)*12+NA*5 |
Hour of start of reference period |
None |
Operational |
| 71+(NT-1)*12+NA*5 |
Minute of start of reference period |
None |
Operational |
| 72+(NT-1)*12+NA*5 |
Second of start of reference period |
None |
Operational |
| (73+(NT-1)*12+NA*5)-(76+(NT-1)*12+NA*5) |
Sample size of reference period |
None |
Operational |
| 77+(NT-1)*12+NA*5 |
Number of reference period time range (NR) |
(see Note 3) |
Operational |
| 78+(NT-1)*12+NA*5+(nr-1)*6 |
Type of statistical processing for time range for reference period |
Code/Flag Table 4.102 |
Operational |
| 79+(NT-1)*12+NA*5+(nr-1)*6 |
Indicator of unit of time range for reference period |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| (80+(NT-1)*12+NA*5+(nr-1)*6)-(83+(NT-1)*12+NA*5+(nr-1)*6) |
Length of time range for reference period |
None |
Operational |