| Octet Number |
Description |
Note |
Status |
| None |
Octets 41-58 Specification of the analysis or forecast used in the processing (n = 1) |
None |
Operational |
| None |
Octets 59-nn are included only if n > 1 where nn = 40 + 18 x n |
None |
Operational |
| 10 |
Parameter category |
Code/Flag Table 4.1 |
Operational |
| 11 |
Parameter number |
Code/Flag Table 4.2 |
Operational |
| 12-13 |
Input process identifier |
(see Note 1) |
Operational |
| 14-15 |
Input originating centre |
(see Note 2 and Common Code table C-11) |
Operational |
| 16 |
Type of post-processing |
(see Note 3) |
Operational |
| 17 |
Type of generating process |
Code/Flag Table 4.3 |
Operational |
| 18 |
Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
None |
Operational |
| 19 |
Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
None |
Operational |
| 20 |
Type of first fixed surface |
Code/Flag Table 4.5 |
Operational |
| 21 |
Scale factor of first fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 22-25 |
Scaled value of first fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 26 |
Type of second fixed surface |
Code/Flag Table 4.5 |
Operational |
| 27 |
Scale factor of second fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 28-31 |
Scaled value of second fixed surface |
None |
Operational |
| 32 |
Statistical process used to calculate the fields that will be used in the local time processing |
Code/Flag Table 4.10 |
Operational |
| 33 |
Indicator of unit of time range over which statistical processing is done |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 34-37 |
Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done in units defined by the previous octet |
(see Note 4) |
Operational |
| 38 |
Number of statistically processed fields used in the local time composite field |
(see Note 5) |
Operational |
| 39 |
Method used to derive the data field values at the local time specified in section 1 |
Code/Flag Table 4.248 |
Operational |
| 40 |
n - number of analyses or forecasts used to create the composite data field at the local time specified in section 1 (n >= 1) |
(see Note 6) |
Operational |
| 41-42 |
Year of the analysis or forecast used in the processing |
None |
Operational |
| 43 |
Month of the analysis or forecast used in the processing |
None |
Operational |
| 44 |
Day of the analysis or forecast used in the processing |
None |
Operational |
| 45 |
Hour of the analysis or forecast used in the processing |
None |
Operational |
| 46 |
Minute of the analysis or forecast used in the processing |
None |
Operational |
| 47 |
Second of the analysis or forecast used in the processing |
None |
Operational |
| 48 |
Indicator of units of forecast time (set to missing if analysis) |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 49-52 |
Forecast time |
(see Notes 7 and 9) |
Operational |
| 53 |
Number of time increments of the forecast used in the processing |
None |
Operational |
| 54 |
Indicator of units of time for the time increments |
Code/Flag Table 4.4 |
Operational |
| 55-58 |
Time increments between successive forecast times |
(see Note 8) |
Operational |
| 59-nn |
(n-1) repetitions of sequence of octets 41-58 describing the next analyses or forecasts used in the processing |
None |
Operational |