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 <h2>GRIB section 2, the grid description section</h2> 
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  <li> <a href="latLongGrid.html">Latitude/longitude or equidistant cylindrical or plate carree grids</a> </li> 
  <li><a href="gaussianGrid.html">Gaussian grids</a> </li> 
  <li><a href="reducedGaussianGridSubArea.html">Sub-area of a quasi-regular gaussian grid</a> (ECMWF convention) </li> 
  <li><a href="sphericalHarmonics.html">Spherical harmonic coefficients</a> </li> 
  <li><a href="polarStereoGrid.html">Polar stereographic</a> </li> 
  <li><a href="mercatorGrid.html">Mercator</a> </li> 
  <li><a href="lambertEtcGrid.html">Lambert conformal, secant or tangent, conical or bi-polar (normal or oblique) or Albers equal-area, secant or tangent, conical or bi-polar (normal or oblique)</a> </li> 
  <li><a href="spaceView.html">Space view perspective or orthographic</a> </li> 
  <li><a href="oceanData.html">ECMWF ocean data</a> </li> 
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