Section - Code Table 4 : Scanning mode

Code Meaning
0 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
1 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
2 Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
3 Derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a rectangular area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
4 Derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a circular area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
5 Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
6 Percentile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
7 Analysis or forecast error at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
8 Average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
9 Probability forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
10 Percentile forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
11 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval
12 Derived forecasts based on all ensemble members at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval
13 Derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a rectangular area, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval
14 Derived forecasts based on a cluster of ensemble members over a circular area, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval
15 Average, accumulation, extreme values, or other statistically processed values over a spatial area at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
20 Radar product
30 Satellite product (deprecated)
31 Satellite product
32 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for simulated (synthetic) satellite data
33 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for simulated (synthetic) satellite data
34 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous interval for simulated (synthetic) satellite data
35 Satellite product with or without associated quality values
40 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents
41 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents
42 Average, accumulation and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents
43 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents
44 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol
45 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for aerosol
46 Average, accumulation, and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol
47 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol
48 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol
49 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol
51 Categorical forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
53 Partitioned parameters at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
54 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for partitioned parameters
55 Spatio-temporal changing tiles at a horizontal level or horizontal layer at a point in time
56 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for spatio-temporal changing tile parameters (deprecated)
57 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents based on a distribution function
58 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents based on a distribution function
59 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for spatio-temporal changing tile parameters (corrected version of template 4.56)
60 Individual ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
61 Individual ensemble reforecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
62 Average, accumulation and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for spatio-temporal changing tiles at a horizontal level or horizontal layer at a point in time
63 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for spatio-temporal changing tiles
67 Average, accumulation and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents based on a distribution function
68 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents based on a distribution function
70 Post-processing analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
71 Post-processing individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time
72 Post-processing average, accumulation, extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
73 Post-processing individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer, in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
76 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink
77 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink
78 Average, accumulation, and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink
79 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for atmospheric chemical constituents with source or sink
80 Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink
81 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for optical properties of aerosol with source or sink
82 Average, accumulation, and/or extreme values or other statistically processed values at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol with source or sink
83 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol with source or sink
84 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol with source or sink
85 Individual ensemble forecast, control and perturbed, at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval for aerosol
91 Categorical forecasts at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer in a continuous or non-continuous time interval
254 CCITT IA5 character string
1000 Cross-section of analysis and forecast at a point in time
1001 Cross-section of averaged or otherwise statistically processed analysis or forecast over a range of time
1002 Cross-section of analysis and forecast, averaged or otherwise statistically processed over latitude or longitude
1100 Hovmoller-type grid with no averaging or other statistical processing
1101 Hovmoller-type grid with averaging or other statistical processing
65535 Missing