GRIB2 - GRIB1

QuikSCAT Parameter Conversion Table



            The following table contains a list of QuikSCAT-related GRIB1 locally defined NCEP parameters and their GRIB2 equivelents.


GRIB2

Parameter Name

GRIB1

Product Discipline

Category

Parameter number

 

Parameter Table #

Parameter number

Sect 0 Octet 7

Sect 4 Octet 10

Sect 4 Octet 11

  

Sect 1 Octet 4

Sect 1 Octet 9

0

1

192

Categorical Rain (WXTR)

2

140

0

191

194

Seconds prior to initial reference time (TSEC)

129

171

3

1

192

Scatterometer Estimated U Wind (USCT)

129

190

3

1

193

Scatterometer Estimated V Wind (VSCT)

129

191