GRIB2 - GRID DEFINITION TEMPLATE 3.140

Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area Projection

Created 07/09/2013


Octet No. Contents
15 Shape of the Earth (See Table 3.2)
16
Scale factor of radius of spherical Earth
17-20
Scaled value of radius of spherical Earth
21
Scale factor of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth
22-25
Scaled value of major axis of oblate spheroid Earth
26
Scale factor of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth
27-30
Scaled value of minor axis of oblate spheroid Earth
31-34 Nx ‐ number of points along x-axis
35-38
Ny ‐ number of points along y-axis
39-42
La1 ‐ latitude of first grid point
43-46 Lo1 ‐ longitude of first grid point
47-50 Standard parallel
51-54 Central longitude
55 Resolution and component flags (see Flag Table 3.3)
56-59
Dx ‐ x-direction grid length (see Note)
60-63
Dy ‐ y-direction grid length (see Note)
64 Scanning mode (see Flag Table 3.4)


Notes:

Grid lengths are using in units of 10-3 m, at the latitude specified by the standard parallel.


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