Section 4 - Template 40 : Analysis or forecast at a horizontal level or in a horizontal layer at a point in time for atmospheric chemical constituents
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| Octets | Key | Type | Content |
| 10 | parameterCategory | codetable | Parameter category (see Code Table 4.1) |
| 11 | parameterNumber | codetable | Parameter number (see Code Table 4.2) |
| 12-13 | constituentType | codetable | Atmospheric chemical constituent type (see Code Table 4.230) |
| 14 | typeOfGeneratingProcess | codetable | Type of generating process (see Code Table 4.3) |
| 15 | backgroundProcess | unsigned | Background generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
| 16 | generatingProcessIdentifier | unsigned | Analysis or forecast generating process identifier (defined by originating centre) |
| 17-18 | hoursAfterDataCutoff | unsigned | Hours of observational data cutoff after reference time (see Note 1) |
| 19 | minutesAfterDataCutoff | unsigned | Minutes of observational data cutoff after reference time |
| 20 | indicatorOfUnitOfTimeRange | codetable | Indicator of unit of time range (see Code Table 4.4) |
| 21-24 | forecastTime | signed | Forecast time in units defined by octet 20 |
| 25 | typeOfFirstFixedSurface | codetable | Type of first fixed surface (see Code Table 4.5) |
| 26 | scaleFactorOfFirstFixedSurface | signed | Scale factor of first fixed surface |
| 27-30 | scaledValueOfFirstFixedSurface | unsigned | Scaled value of first fixed surface |
| 31 | typeOfSecondFixedSurface | codetable | Type of second fixed surface (see Code Table 4.5) |
| 32 | scaleFactorOfSecondFixedSurface | signed | Scale factor of second fixed surface |
| 33-36 | scaledValueOfSecondFixedSurface | unsigned | Scaled value of second fixed surface |
( 1) Hours greater than 65534 will be coded as 65534.