Description of the format of grids from the RAF family ====================================================== Header: ------- 6 numeric values, 2 by row: 42.0000000000000 51.5000000000000 -5.50000000000000 8.50000000000000 0.0250000000000000 0.0333333333333333 corresponding to: latitude_limit_south latitude_limit_north longitude_limit_west longitude_limit_east step_in_latitude step_in_longitude Values are in decimal degrees. Grid description: ----------------- by latitude from north to south for each latitude, by longitude from west to east. Physically: for each latitude, 52 rows of 8 values, 1 row of 5 values. Logically: grid of 381 rows (latitudes) by 421 columns (longitude). Values (height of the altitude reference surface above the ellipsoid) are in meters.