KSEC1 element Contents GRIB octet Recommended GRIB_API key Coded GRIB_API keys Comments
37
ECMWF local GRIB use definition identifier.
191 = Free format data descriptor
41 localDefinitionNumber localDefinitionNumber
38 Class: 121 = general member state data 42 class marsClass
39 Type 43 type marsType
40 Stream 44-45 stream marsStream
41
Version number or experiment identifier.
(4 ASCII characters, right justified)
46-49 expver experimentVersionNumber
42 Zero, for compatibility with Mars labelling 50


43 Zero, for compatibility with Mars labelling 51


44 Format version major number 52 formatVersionMajorNumber
formatVersionMajorNumber
45 Format version minor number 53 formatVersionMinorNumber
formatVersionMinorNumber
46 Original sub-centre identifier 54 originalSubCentreIdentifier
originalSubCentreIdentifier
47-50 Set to zero 55-58


51 Number of bytes of free format data descriptor (N, say) 59-60 numberOfBytesOfFreeFormatData
numberOfBytesOfFreeFormatData
52-(51+N/J)
Data descriptor bytes packed in integer array elements
(J= the number of bytes in an integer = 4 or 8)
61-(60+N) freeFormData
freeFormData numberOfBytesOfFreeFormatData values.
- The section is padded with zeroes to make the overall length of the section = 60 + 80*M for some M > 0 (61+N)-(60+80*M)