Section 3 - Template 1200 : Time section grid Preliminary Note: This template is simply experimental, was not validated at the time of publication and should be used only for bi-lateral previously agreed tests.

Octets Key Type Content
15-18 numberOfTimeSteps unsigned NT - Number of time steps
19 unitOfOffsetFromReferenceTime codetable Unit of offset from reference time (see Code Table 4.4)
20-23 offsetFromReferenceOfFirstTime unsigned Offset from reference of first time (negative value when first bit set)
24 typeOfTimeIncrement codetable Type of time increment (see Code Table 4.11)
25 unitOfTimeIncrement codetable Unit of time increment (see Code Table 4.4)
26-29 timeIncrement unsigned Time increment (negative value when first bit set)
30-36 Last date/time
30-31 year unsigned Year
32 month unsigned Month
33 day unsigned Day
34 hour unsigned Hour
35 minute unsigned Minute
36 second unsigned Second
37-38 numberOfVerticalPoints unsigned Number of vertical points
39 physicalMeaningOfVerticalCoordinate codetable Physical meaning of vertical coordinate (see Code Table 3.15)
40 verticalDimensionCoordinateValuesDefinition codetable Vertical dimension coordinate values definition (see Code Table 3.21)
41-42 NC unsigned NC - Number of coefficients or values used to specify vertical coordinates
43-(42+NC*4) Coefficients to define vertical dimension coordinate values in functional form, or the explicit coordinate values (IEEE 32-bit floating-point values)