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This example represents a  6-hour maximum of a field valid on 20120103 00Z produced by a forecast started on 20120101 00Z 

 

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. In this example, the maximum is the 6-hourly maximum in the time interval: steps 42 to 48.


  • In bold, the values are fixed. They are meant to be used by all partners
  • In green, these are the values for the example.
=13-14  20121518= 119-22 45-46  201247= 48= 49= 52= 53-56= 0= 2= 59= 160-63= 64= 165-68= 0
Time (Maximum over the last 6 hours )
Start of forecast ( section 1 )

Octetsreforecast

 

Octets

real time

 

Fixed values

to be used by

all the partners

 

Example

 values

Meaning of valuesGrib_api keys
1212Significance of Reference Time1Start of forecast= 1 
13-14Year (four digits)2012year of start of forecast

 

dataDate=

20120101

dataTime=0

15Month 01month of start of forecast= 0116
16Day 01day of start of forecast= 01
1717Hour 00hour of start of forecast= 00
Maximum ( section e.g. Template 4.11)
18Indicator of unit of time range 1Hour= 1 
19-22Forecast time42Step at the beginning of the 6-hourly intervalstartStep=42
38-39year of end of overall time interval2012

 

End of maximum period

 

endStep=

48

40month of end of overall time interval 01
41day of end of overall time interval 03
42hour of end of overall time interval 00
45number of time ranges1Only one time statistics applied (maximum)

= 1

 
46-49total number of data values missing in statistical process 0 = 0 
5750

Statistical process used to calculate the processed field

from the field at each time increment during the time range

 2MaximumstepType= 2max
5851

Type of time increment between successive fields

used in the statistical processing

2

Successive times processed have

same start time of forecast, forecast time is incremented

= 2 
52

Indicator of unit of time for time range

over which statistical processing is done

 1HourindicatorOfUnitForTimeRange=1
53-56

Length of the time range over which statistical

processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet

66-hourly maximumlengthOfTimeRange=6
57

Indicator of unit of time for the increment between

the successive fields used

 1Hour

indicatorOfUnitForTimeIncrement=1

58-61

Time increment between successive fields,

in units defined by the previous octet

 0Maximum computed continuously in the 6 hourly intervaltimeIncrement=0

 

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