COMMON CODE TABLES C-6, C-7

BUFR Tables Version 13 – 11/07/2007

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COMMON CODE TABLE C-6: List of Units for BUFR Table B

Base SI Units (1)	Conventional abbreviation	Abbreviation in IA5/ASCII (5)	Abbreviation in ITA2  (5)	Definition in Base Units (2)
Meter	m	m	M
Kilogram	kg	kg	KG
Second	s	s	S
Ampere	A	A	A
Kelvin	K	K	K
Mole	mol	mol	MOL
Candela	cd	cd	CD
Supplementary SI Units (1)
Radian	rad	rad	RAD
Steradian	sr	sr	SR
Derived SI Units with special names (1)
Hertz	Hz	Hz	HZ	s^-1
Newton	N	N	N	kg m s^-2
Pascal	Pa	Pa	PAL	kg m^-1 s^-2
Joule	J	J	J	kg m^2 s^-2
Watt	W	W	W	kg m^2 s^-3
Coulomb	C	C	C	A s
Volt	V	V	V	kg m^2 s^-3 A^-1
Farad	F	F	F	kg^-1 m^-2 s^4 A^2
Ohm	Ω	Ohm	OHM	kg m^2 s^-3 A^-2
Siemens	S	S	SIE	kg^-1 m^-2 s^3 A^2
Weber	Wb	Wb	WB	kg m^2 s^-2 A^-1
Tesla	T	T	T	kg s^-2 A^-1
henry	H	H	H	kg m^2 s^-2 A^-2
degree Celsius	°C	Cel	CEL	K+273.15
lumen	lm	lm	LM	cd sr
lux	lx	lx	LX	cd sr m^-2
becquerel	Bq	Bq	BQ	s^-1
gray	Gy	Gy	GY	m^2 s^-2
sievert	Sv	Sv	SV	m^2 s^-2
SI Unit prefixes (1) (3) ( 4)