ON388 - TABLE 8

SCANNING MODE FLAG
(GDS Octet 28)

Revised 3/10/98


BITVALUEMEANING
1
0
 Points scan in +i direction
1
 Points scan in -i direction
2
0
 Points scan in -j direction
1
 Points scan in +j direction
3
0
 Adjacent points in i direction are consecutive
(FORTRAN: (I,J))
1
 Adjacent points in j direction are consecutive
(FORTRAN: (J,I))
4-8
0
reserved; set = 0


Note:
i direction is defined as west to east along a parallel of latitude, or left to right along an x axis.

j direction is defined as south to north along a meridian of longitude, or bottom to top along a y axis.


Office Note 388 - GRIB