GRIB2 Meta Data and grib_api Keys for Section 7: Data Section

Last updated: January 2013

The following table lists the GRIB2 meta data and associated grib_api keys for the Data Section of GRIB2 messages.


Octets Key Name Comments
1-4 section7Length Length of section in octets (nn)
5 numberOfSection Number of section (7)
6-nn Data in a format described by Data Template 7.x, where x is the Data Representation Template number given in octets 10-11 of Section 5.
Here we give the values for Template 7.0: grid point data - simple packing
6-nn Binary data values - binary string, with each (scaled) data value


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