Section 4 - Template 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

Octets Key Type Content
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 identified
15-16 Hours of observational data cutoff after reference time (see Note)
17 Minutes of observational data cutoff after reference time (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 Number of contributing spectral bands (NB)
24- Repeat the following 11 octets for each contributing band (nb = 1, NB)
(24+11(nb-1)) - (25+11(nb-1)) Satellite series of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)
(26+11(nb-1)) - (27+11(nb-1)) Satellite number of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)
(28+11(nb-1)) - (29+11(nb-1)) Instrument types of band nb (code table defined by originating/generating centre)
(30 +11(nb-1)) Scale factor of central wave number of band nb
(31+11(nb-1)) - (34+11(nb-1)) Scaled value of central wave number of band nb (units: m-1)
(35+11(nb-1)) Type of ensemble forecast (see Code Table 4.6)
(36+11(nb-1)) Perturbation number
(37+11(nb-1)) Number of forecasts in ensemble