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The fields are stored on the model O1280 octahedral reduced Gaussian grid.  Any MARS post-processing keywords, such as AREA or GRID can be applied to the request to interpolate the fields to lower resolutions or geographical sub-areas.

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• Hocking, J., Rayer, P., Rundle, D., Saunders, R., Matricardi, M., Geer, A., Brunel, P. and Vidot J., 2013: RTTOV v11 Users Guide , NWP SAF report, Met Office, 107 pp.
• Lupu C. and A. J. Geer, 2015: Evaluation and operational implementation of the RTTOV-11 in the IFS, ECMWF Tech. Memo., 748, ECMWF, Reading, UK.

• Lupu, C. and T. Wilhelmsson, 2016: A guide to simulated satellite images in the IFS, ECMWF Research Department Memorandum RD16-064, 10 pp

Technical information

The simulated satellite data are specified using the satellite identifier, instrument, channel number and central wavelength as given in the WMO Manual on codes:

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