GRIB2 - PRODUCT DEFINITION TEMPLATE 4.51

Categorical forecasts at a horizontal level
or in a horizontal layer at a point in time

Created 12/06/2011


Octet No. Contents
10
Parameter category (see Code table 4.1)
11
Parameter number (see Code table 4.2)
12
Type of generating process (see Code table 4.3)
13
Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre)
14
Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (see Code ON388 Table A)
15-16
Hours after reference time of data cutoff (see Note)
17
Minutes after reference time of data cutoff (see Note)
18
Indicator of unit of time range (see Code table 4.4)
19-22
Forecast time in units defined by octet 18
23
Type of first fixed surface (see Code table 4.5)
24
Scale factor of first fixed surface
25-28
Scaled value of first fixed surface
29
Type of second fixed surfaced (see Code table 4.5)
30
Scale factor of second fixed surface
31-34
Scaled value of second fixed surfaces
35
NC - Number of Categories

36 - Repeat the following 12 octets for each category (i=1,NC)
(36+12(i-1))
Code figure
(37+12(i-1))
Type of interval for first and second limit (see Code table 4.91)
(38+12(i-1))
Scale factor of first limit
(39+12(i-1)) - (42+12(i-1))
Scale value of first limit
(43+12(i-1))
Scale factor of second limit
(44+12(i-1)) - (47+12(i-1))
Scale value of second limit


Note:

  Hours greater than 65534 will be coded as 65534


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