Table 1.a   List of valid BUFR data types (last revised 06/09/2008).


  Key for INDICATOR ("IND.") column::
     A - data type is in BUFR /dcom database and is available for dumping (in boldface)
     A - data type is temporarily not available for dumping (in italics)
     F - future data type, currently not available for dumping (also in italics)
    
O - data type obsolete, not available for dumping (also in italics)
    
P - data type is in /pcom database
     U - data type is in BUFR /dcom database but currently cannot be dumped
    
    



BUFR TYPE 0 : SURFACE DATA - LAND
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE
IND. DESCRIPTION
synopr
000
A
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Resolution 40) manual and automatic
synop 001
A
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic
synopm
002
A
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic
metar 007
A
Aviation - METAR
prflrs 008 A
Surface data from NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) and Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) sites
shefcm
010
A
Products (originally in SHEF format) which are not found in any other SHEF-format BUFR type/subtype
sheff 011
A
AFOS products (precipitation) (originally in SHEF format)
scd 012
A
Aviation - supplementary climatological data (SCD)

 
BUFR TYPE 1 : SURFACE DATA - SEA
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE
IND. DESCRIPTION
ships 001
A
Ship - manual and automatic
dbuoy 002
A
Buoy in FM-18 format (moored or drifting)
mbuoy 003
A
Buoy in FM-13 format (moored)
lcman 004
A
CMAN station (originally in CMAN format)
tideg 005
A
Tide gauge reports (originally in CREX format)
slpbg 006
A
Sea level pressure bogus
cstgd 007
F U.S. Coast Guard reports
tidgcm
008
A
Tide gauge reports (originally in CMAN format)
river
009
A
USGS River/Stream data
cmansh 010 A C-MAN station (originally in SHEF format)
buoysh 011 A Buoy (moored or drifting) (originally in SHEF format) - Note: usually empty
tidgsh 012 A Tide gauge reports (originally in SHEF format) - Note: usually empty

 
BUFR TYPE 2 : VERTICAL SOUNDINGS (OTHER THAN SATELLITE)
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE
IND. DESCRIPTION
raobf 001 A Rawinsonde - fixed land 
raobm 002 A Rawinsonde - mobile land
raobs 003 A Rawinsonde - ship
dropw 004 A Dropwinsonde
pibal 005 A Pibal
ozonlo
006
F
Ozone soundings, low-resolution (from Met Office)
prflr 007 A NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds
nxrdw 008 A NEXRAD Vertical Azimuth Display (VAD) winds
prflrp 009 A Profiler winds originating from PILOT (Pibal) bulletins
prflrm 010 A NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) and Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) spectral moments
prflrb 011 A Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) winds
rass
012
A
RASS temperatures from NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) and Cooperative Agency Profilers (CAP)
prflrj
013
A
Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) profiler winds
prflrh
014
A
Hong Kong profiler winds
ozonhi
015
F
Ozone soundings, high-resolution (originally in ASCII format)
prflre
016
A
European profiler winds

 
BUFR TYPE 3 : VERTICAL SOUNDINGS (SATELLITE)
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE
IND. DESCRIPTION
geost 001 A GOES/NESDIS-processed 5x5 field-of-view soundings/brightness temperatures
geosth 002 A GOES/NESDIS-processed 1x1 field-of-view cloud data
geost1 003 A GOES/NESDIS-processed 1x1 field-of-view soundings/brightness temperatures
gpsro
010
A
GRACE, CHAMP and COSMIC GPS radio occultation data
tovs 101 O POES/NESDIS-processed TOVS soundings/brightness temperatures
rtovs 102 O POES/NESDIS-processed RTOVS soundings/brightness temperatures
atovs 104 A POES/NESDIS-processed ATOVS soundings/brightness temperatures

 
BUFR TYPE 4 : SINGLE LEVEL UPPER-AIR DATA (OTHER THAN SATELLITE)
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE
IND. DESCRIPTION
airep  001 A Manual AIREP format aircraft data
pirep 002 A Manual PIREP format aircraft data
asdar 003 A Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data
acars 004 A Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC)
recco 005 A Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data
eadas 006 A European ASDAR/ACARS Data Acquisition System (E-ADAS) aircraft data (originally in BUFR)
acarsa 007 A Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC via AFWA)
tamdar
008
A
Automated TAMDAR aircraft data (from NOAA/ERSL/GSD MADIS) (originally in netCDF format)
camdar
009
A
Automated Canadian ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data (originally in BUFR)
tmdara 010 A Automated TAMDAR aircraft data (from AirDAT) (originally in BUFR)
kamdar 011 A Automated Korean ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data (originally in BUFR)

 
BUFR TYPE 5 : SINGLE LEVEL UPPER-AIR DATA (SATELLITE)
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE
IND. DESCRIPTION
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001 O GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion - low density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
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002 O GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion - low density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
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003 O GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion - low density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
------ 004 O GOES/NESDIS picture triplet derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
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005 O GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion - high density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
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006 O GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
visuw 008 O GOES/UW-CIMSS visible derived cloud motion
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009 O GOES/NESDIS picture triplet derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in modified OPARCH format)
infus 010 A GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR)
h2ius 011 A GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR)
visus 012 A GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR)
ptrus 013 O GOES/NESDIS picture triplet derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR)
h2sus 014 A GOES/NESDIS water vapor sounder derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR)
(tbd) 015
A
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
(tbd)
016
A
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
(tbd)
017
A
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
(tbd)
018
A
GOES/NESDIS water vapor sounder derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
3p9us
019
F
GOES/NESDIS 3.9 micron (nighttime) channel derived cloud motion
infin 021 A INSAT/KALPANA/India infrared derived cloud motion
visin 022 F INSAT/KALPANA/India visible derived cloud motion
h20in 023 F INSAT/KALPANA/India water vapor derived cloud motion
------ 041 O GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion - low density (originally in SATOB format)
------ 042 O GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion - low density (originally in SATOB format)
------ 043 O GMS/MTSAT.JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion - low density (originally in SATOB format)
infja
044
A
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
visja
045
A
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
h20ja
046
A
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
infjan 050 O
GMS/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
h2ijan  051 O GMS/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
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061 O METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency (originally in SATOB format)
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062 O METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency (originally in SATOB format)
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063 O METEOSAT/EUMETSAT water vapor imager derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency (originally in SATOB format)
infeu 064 A METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
viseu 065 A METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
h20eu 066 A METEOSAT/EUMETSAT water vapor imager derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
infmo
070
A
AQUA/TERRA MODIS infrared derived cloud motion
h20mo
071
A
AQUA/TERRA MODIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion

 
BUFR TYPE 6 : RADAR DATA
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE
IND. DESCRIPTION
radw30 001 A NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level III - NIDS)
radw25
002
A
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level II.5 - ORPG)
rd2w00
010
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0000-0059 UTC
rd2w01
011
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0100-0159 UTC
rd2w02
012
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0200-0259 UTC
rd2w03
013
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0300-0359 UTC
rd2w04
014
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0400-0459 UTC
rd2w05
015
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0500-0559 UTC
rd2w06
016
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0600-0659 UTC
rd2w07
017
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0700-0759 UTC
rd2w08
018
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0800-0859 UTC
rd2w09
019
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0900-0959 UTC
rd2w10
020
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1000-1059 UTC
rd2w11
021
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1100-1159 UTC
rd2w12
022
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1200-1259 UTC
rd2w13
023
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1300-1359 UTC
rd2w14
024
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1400-1459 UTC
rd2w15
025
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1500-1559 UTC
rd2w16
026
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1600-1659 UTC
rd2w17
027
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1700-1759 UTC
rd2w18
028
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1800-1859 UTC
rd2w19
029
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1900-1959 UTC
rd2w20
030
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2000-2059 UTC
rd2w21
031
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2100-2159 UTC
rd2w22
032
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2200-2259 UTC
rd2w23
033
A
NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2300-2359 UTC
rd2r00
040
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0000-0059 UTC
rd2r01
041
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0100-0159 UTC
rd2r02
042
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0200-0259 UTC
rd2r03
043
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0300-0359 UTC
rd2r04
044
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0400-0459 UTC
rd2r05
045
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0500-0559 UTC
rd2r06
046
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0600-0659 UTC
rd2r07
047
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0700-0759 UTC
rd2r08
048
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0800-0859 UTC
rd2r09
049
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0900-0959 UTC
rd2r10
050
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1000-1059 UTC
rd2r11
051
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1100-1159 UTC
rd2r12
052
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1200-1259 UTC
rd2r13
053
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1300-1359 UTC
rd2r14
054
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1400-1459 UTC
rd2r15
055
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1500-1559 UTC
rd2r16
056
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1600-1659 UTC
rd2r17
057
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1700-1759 UTC
rd2r18
058
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1800-1859 UTC
rd2r19
059
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1900-1959 UTC
rd2r20
060
A
NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 2000-2059 UTC
rd2r21
061
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