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Polar stereographic
Element Contents GRIB API keys
1 Data representation type (see WMO code table 6). 5 for polar stereographic gridType
2 Number of points along X-axis. Nx
Ni
3 Number of points along Y-axis. Ny
Nj
4 Latitude of the first grid point. latitudeOfFirstGridPointInDegrees*1000
5 Longitude of the first grid point. longitudeOfFirstGridPointInDegrees*1000
6 Reserved. Set to 0. (Resolution flag is not applicable to polar stereographic.)
7 Orientation of the grid, ie the longitude of the meridian which is parallel to the Y-axis along which latitude increases as the Y-coordinate increases. orientationOfTheGrid
8 Reserved. Set to 0.
9 X-direction grid length. xDirectionGridLengthInMetres
10 Y-direction grid length. yDirectionGridLengthInMetres
11 Scanning mode flag (see WMO code table 8)
12 Zero
13
Projection centre flag:
0 North pole is on projection plane.
128 South pole is on projection plane.
projectionCenterFlag
14-16 Reserved. Set to 0.
17 0 Regular grid. gridType
18
Earth flag:
0 Earth assumed spherical with radius 6367.47 km.
64 Earth assumed oblate spheroidal with size as determined by IAU in 1965:
6378.160km, 6356.775km, f=1/297.0
earthIsOblate
19
Components flag. Valid values are:
0 Resolved u and v components of vector quantities relative to easterly
and northerly directions.
8 Resolved u and v components of vector quantities relative to the
defined grid in the direction of increasing x and y (or i and j)
coordinates respectively.
uvRelativeToGrid
20-22 Reserved. Set to 0.

Grid lengths are in metres, at the 60-degree parallel nearest to the pole on the projection plane.
 

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