Section 4 - Template 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

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
(38+11(nb-1))-(39+11(nb-1)) Year of end of overall time interval
(40+11(nb-1)) Month of end of overall time interval
(41+11(nb-1)) Day of end of overall time interval
(42+11(nb-1)) Hour of end of overall time interval
(43+11(nb-1)) Minute of end of overall time interval
(44+11(nb-1)) Second of end of overall time interval
(45+11(nb-1)) n - number of time range specifications describing the time intervals used to calculate the statistically-processed field
(46+11(nb-1))-(49+11(nb-1)) Total number of data values missing in statistical process
62-73 Specification of the outermost (or only) time range over which statistical processing is done
62 Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range (see Code table 4.10)
63 Type of time increment between successive fields used in the statistical processing (see Code table 4.11)
64 Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done (see Code table 4.4)
65-68 Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet
69 Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used (see Code table 4.4)
70-73 Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet (see Note 3)
74-nn These octets are included only if n>1, where nn = 61 + 12 * n
74-85 As octets 62 to 73, next innermost step of processing
74-nn Additional time range specifications, included in accordance with the value of n. Contents as octets 62 to 73, repeated as necessary