KSEC1 element Contents GRIB octet Recommended GRIB_API keys
Coded GRIB_API keys
Comments
37
ECMWF local GRIB use definition identifier
2 = Cluster means and standard deviations.
41 localDefinitionNumber localDefinitionNumber
38 Class 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 Cluster number. 50 number
clusterNumber

43 Total number of clusters. 51 totalNumberOfClusters
totalNumberOfClusters

- Spare (set to zero) 52


44
Clustering method:
1 = Maximum linkage method
2 = Mixed method
3 = Small linkage method
53 clusteringMethod
clusteringMethod
45 Start time step considered when clustering. (Same units of time as forecast timesteps.) 54-55 startTimeStep
startTimeStep
46 End time step considered when clustering. (Same units of time as forecast timesteps.) 56-57 endTimeStep
endTimeStep
47 Northern latitude of the domain of clustering. 58-60 northernLatitudeOfDomain
northernLatitudeOfDomain Key "domain" can be used. It contains the 4 coordinates.
48 Western longitude of the domain of clustering. 61-63 westernLongitudeOfDomain
westernLongitudeOfDomain
49 Southern latitude of the domain of clustering. 64-66 southernLatitudeOfDomain
southernLatitudeOfDomain
50 Eastern longitude of the domain of clustering. 67-69 easternLongitudeOfDomain
easternLongitudeOfDomain
51 Number of cluster to which the operational forecast belongs. 70 operationalForecastCluster
operationalForecastCluster
52 Number of cluster to which the control forecast belongs. 71 controlForecastCluster
controlForecastCluster
53 Number of forecasts belonging to the cluster, including the control forecast (N). 72 numberOfForecastsInCluster
numberOfForecastsInCluster
54-53+N List of N ensemble forecast numbers. 73 -72+N ensembleForecastNumbers
ensembleForecastNumbers list of numberOfForecastsInCluster numbers
- Spare to ensure fixed length for section. 73+N-328