GRIB2 Keys for Indicator Section

GRIB2 Meta Data and grib_api Keys for Section 0: Indicator Section

Last updated: January 2013

This table lists the GRIB2 meta data and associated grib_api keys for the Indicator Section of GRIB2 messages. The most important values of according Code Tables are also listed in the comments for a reference.

Octets Key Name Comments

1-4 - "GRIB": coded according to the International Alphabet No. 5

5-6 - Reserved

discipline

Discipline: according to GRIB Master Table Number (Code Table 0.0):

0	Meteorological products: most COSMO-Model products are from this discipline
1	Hydrological products: the FLake products are from the hydrological discipline
2	Land surface products: surface and soil products
3	Space products
4-9	Reserved
10	Oceanic products
11-191	Reserved
192-254	Reserved for local use
255	Missing

8 editionNumber GRIB edition number (currently 2)

9-16 - Total length of GRIB message in octets (including Section 0)

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