| Octet No. | Contents |
|---|---|
| 10 |
Parameter category (see Code table 4.1) |
| 11 |
Parameter number (see Code table 4.2) |
| 12-13 |
Atmospheric chemical constituent type (see Code table 4.230) |
| 14 |
Source or sink (see Code table 4.238) |
| 15-16 |
Transport model used (see Code table 4.333) |
| 17-18 |
Requested by entity (see Common Code table C-11) |
| 19-20 |
Scenario origin (see Code table 4.335) |
| 21-22 |
NWP used (see Code table 4.336) |
| 23-24 |
Release start year |
| 25 |
Release start month |
| 26 |
Release start day |
| 27 |
Release start hour |
| 28 |
Release start minute |
| 29 |
Release start second |
| 30-31 |
Wall clock initial time of execution (Year) |
| 32 |
Wall clock initial time of execution (month) |
| 33 |
Wall clock initial time of execution (day) |
| 34 |
Wall clock initial time of execution (hour) |
| 35 |
Wall clock initial time of execution (minute) |
| 36 |
Wall clock initial time of execution (second) |
| 37 |
Type of generating process (see Code table 4.3) |
| 38 |
Background generating process identifier (defined by originating center) |
| 39 |
Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating center) |
| 40-41 |
Hours of observational data cut-off after reference time (see Note) |
| 42 |
Minutes of observational data cut-off after reference time |
| 43 |
Indicator of unit of time range (see Code table 4.4) |
| 44-47 |
Forecast time in units defined by octet 43 |
| 48 |
Type of first fixed surface (see Code table 4.5) |
| 49 |
Scale factor of first fixed surface |
| 50-53 |
Scaled value of first fixed surface |
| 54 |
Type of second fixed surface (see Code table 4.5) |
| 55 |
Scale factor of second fixed surface |
| 56-59 |
Scaled value of second fixed surface |
| 60-61 |
Year of end of overall time interval |
| 62 |
Month of end of overall time interval |
| 63 |
Day of end of overall time interval |
| 64 |
Hour of end of overall time interval |
| 65 |
Minute of end of overall time interval |
| 66 |
Second of end of overall time interval |
| 67 |
n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically processed field |
| 68-71 |
Total number of data values missing in statistical process |
| 72-83 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done |
|
| 72 |
Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range
(see Code table 4.10) |
| 73 |
Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing
(see Code table 4.11) |
| 74 |
Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done
(see Code table 4.4) |
| 75-78 |
Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet |
| 79 |
Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used
(see Code table 4.4) |
| 80-83 |
Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet |
| 84-nn These octets are included only if n > 1, where nn = 72 + 12 x n |
|
| 84-95 |
As octets 72 to 83, next innermost step of processing |
| 96-nn |
Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 72 to 83, repeated as necessary |
| Notes: (1) Hours greater than 65534 will be coded as 65534 (2) The reference time in section 1 and the forecast time together define the beginning of the overall time interval. |