KSEC1 element Contents GRIB octet Recommended GRIB_API keys Coded GRIB_API keys Comments
37
ECMWF local GRIB use definition identifier.
14 = Brightness temperature.
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 As for MARS labelling (eg set to zero, or ensemble forecast number if appropriate) 50 number
perturbationNumber

43 As for MARS labelling (eg set to zero, or total number in ensembles if appropriate) 51 numberOfForecastsInEnsemble
numberOfForecastsInEnsemble

44 Channel number 52 channel
channelNumber

45 Integer scaling factor applied to frequencies in following list of frequency definitions (4-byte integer) 53-56 scalingFactorForFrequencies
scalingFactorForFrequencies

46 Total number of frequencies (Nf) 57 numberOfFrequencies
numberOfFrequencies

- Spare (set to zero) 58-60


47->(46+Nf) List of Nf scaled frequencies (4-byte integers) 61->(60+Nf*4) listOfScaledFrequencies
listOfScaledFrequencies
numberOfFrequencies values.
- Spare (set to zero) (61+Nf*4)->1080