GRIB2 - GRID TEMPLATE 3.1200
Time Section Grid
Created 8/09/2005
Preliminary note: This template is simply experimental, was not validated at the time of publication and should be used only for
bilateral previously-agreed tests.

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15-18 | NT―number of time steps
19 | Unit of offset from reference time (see Code table 4.4)
20-23 | Offset from reference of first time (negative value when first bit set)
24 | Type of time increment (see Code table 4.11)
25 | Unit of time increment (see Code table 4.4)
26-29 | Time increment (negative value when first bit set) 30-36 Last date/time
30-31 | Year
32 | Month
33 | Day
34 | Hour
35 | Minute
36 | Second
37-38 | Number of vertical points
39 | Physical meaning of vertical coordinate (see Code table 3.15)
40 | Vertical dimension coordinate values definition (see Code table 3.21)
41-42 | NC ― number of coefficients or values used to specify vertical coordinates
43-(42+NCx4) | Coefficients to define vertical dimension coordinate values in functional form, or the explicit coordinate values (IEEE 32-bit floating-point values)

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