This example represents a 6-hour maximum of a field valid on 20120103 00Z produced by a forecast started on 20120101 00Z . 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.
Time (Maximum over the last 6 hours ) | ||||||||
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Start of forecast ( section 1 ) | ||||||||
Octetsreforecast | Octets real time | Fixed values to be used by all the partners | Example | values | Meaning of values | |||
12 | 12 | 12 | Significance of Reference Time | =1 | Start of forecast | = 1 | ||
13-14 | 13-14 | Year (four digits) | 2012 | year of start of forecast | = 2012 | 15 | ||
15 | Month | 01 | month of start of forecast | = 01 | 16 | |||
16 | Day | 01 | day of start of forecast | = 01 | ||||
17 | 17 | Hour | 00 | hour of start of forecast | = 00||||
Maximum ( section 4 ) | 18||||||||
18 | Indicator of unit of time range | = 11 | Hour | = 1 | ||||
19-22 | 19-22 | Forecast time | 42 | Step at the beginning of the 6-hourly interval | = 42 | |||
45-46 | 38-39 | year of end of overall time interval | 2012 |
End of maximum period | = 2012||||
47 | 40 | month of end of overall time interval | = | 01 | 48||||
41 | day of end of overall time interval | = | 03 | 49|||||
42 | hour of end of overall time interval | = | 00 | 52|||||
45 | number of time ranges | =1 | Only one time statistics applied (maximum) | = 1 | 53-56||||
46-49 | total number of data values missing in statistical process | = 00 | = 0 | |||||
57 | 50 | Statistical process used to calculate the processed field from the field at each time increment during the time range | = 22 | Maximum | = 2 | 58|||
51 | 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 | ||||
59 | 52 | Indicator of unit of time for time range over which statistical processing is done | = 11 | Hour | = 1 | |||
60-63 | 53-56 | Length of the time range over which statistical processing is done, in units defined by the previous octet | = 6 | 6-hourly maximum | = 6 | |||
64 | 57 | Indicator of unit of time for the increment between the successive fields used | = 11 | Hour | = 1 | 65-68|||
58-61 | Time increment between successive fields, in units defined by the previous octet | = 00 | Maximum computed continuously in the 6 hourly interval | = 0