## ON388 - TABLE 8
SCANNING MODE FLAG
(GDS Octet 28)

Revised 3/10/98

BIT | VALUE | MEANING
--- | --- | ---
1 | 0 | Points scan in +i direction
1 | Points scan in -i direction
2 | 0 | Points scan in -j direction
1 | Points scan in +j direction
3 | 0 | Adjacent points in i direction are consecutive (FORTRAN: (I,J))
1 | Adjacent points in j direction are consecutive (FORTRAN: (J,I))
4-8 | 0 | reserved; set = 0

Note: i direction is defined as west to east along a parallel of latitude, or left to right along an x axis. j direction is defined as south to north along a meridian of longitude, or bottom to top along a y axis.

Office Note 388 - GRIB