Section 4 - Template 31 : Satellite Product.

Octets Key Type Content
10 parameterCategory codetable Parameter category (see Code Table 4.1)
11 parameterNumber codetable Parameter number (see Code Table 4.2)
12 typeOfGeneratingProcess codetable Type of generating process (see Code Table 4.3)
13 observationGeneratingProcessIdentifier unsigned Observation generating process identifier (defined by originating Centres)
14 NB unsigned Number of contributing spectral bands (NB)
15- Repeat the following 11 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1,NB)
(15+11(nb-1)) - (16+11(nb-1)) satelliteSeries unsigned Satellite series of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating Centre)
(17+11(nb-1)) - (18+11(nb-1)) satelliteNumber unsigned Satellite number of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating Centre)
(19+11(nb-1)) – (20+11(nb-1)) instrumentType unsigned Instrument type of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating Centre)
(21+11(nb-1)) scaleFactorOfCentralWaveNumber unsigned Scale factor of central wave number of band nb
(22+11(nb-1)) - (25+11(nb-1)) scaledValueOfCentralWaveNumber unsigned Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1)

( 1) For "satellite series of band number", "satellite numbers of band number" and "instrument type of band number", it is recommended to encode the values as per BUFR code tables 0 02 020, 0 01 007 (common Code table C-5) and 0 02 019 (common Code table C-8), respectively.