Key:
In the "Report Type" column, a GREEN report type means that report type can be found in the PREPBUFR file. A RED report type means that report type is currently never found in the PREPBUFR file. An "R" after the report type means this type is restricted with respect to redistribution outside of NCEP for some amount of time.
In the "Description" and "Note" columns, observation types are designated as follows:| MASS REPORTS | |||
| Report Type | PREPBUFR Message Type | Description | Note |
| 111 | SYNDAT | SYNTHETIC (BOGUS) TROPICAL CYCLONE STORM CENTER - q, Pstn | q,
Pstn monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read
by NAM-GSI Added to PREPBUFR file by later program SYNDAT_SYNDATA. |
| 120 | ADPUPA | RAWINSONDE - Tv, q, Pstn, sst | Tv, q, Pstn used
by assimilation sst monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI |
| 122 | ADPUPA | CLASS SOUNDING - Tv, q, Pstn | Entire report tossed by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards |
| 126 | RASSDA | RASS [FROM NOAA PROFILER NETWORK (NPN) OR MULTI-AGENCY PROFILER (MAP) NETWORK] - Tv | Tv used by assimilation |
| 130 | AIRCFT | AIREP AND PIREP AIRCRAFT - Ts | Ts used by assimilation |
| 131 R |
AIRCFT | AMDAR AIRCRAFT - Ts | Ts used by assimilation |
| 132 | ADPUPA | FLIGHT-LEVEL RECONNAISSANCE AND PROFILE DROPSONDE - Tv, q, Pstn | q (non-U.S. drops, all levels), Pstn (all drops) [and surface
level Tv (all drops), surface level q (all drops)] flagged for non-use by assimilation by
switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards Tv (all drops, above surface; reccos), q [U.S. (NOAA Gulf Stream and P-3 and USAF) drops, above surface; reccos] used by assimilation q (non-U.S. drops, all levels), Tv (all drops, at surface), q (all drops, at surface) and Pstn (all drops) monitored by assimilation due to their being flagged by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards |
| 133 R |
AIRCAR | MDCRS ACARS AIRCRAFT - Ts, q | Ts,
q
used by assimilation |
| 134 R |
AIRCFT | TAMDAR (Mesaba, PenAir, Chautauqua) AIRCRAFT - Ts, q | Ts, q
used by assimilation As of November 18, 2011, the NWS contract with AirDat for TAMDAR data ended and was not renewed due to cost increases. As a result these data are no longer available. |
| 135 R |
AIRCFT | CANADIAN AMDAR AIRCRAFT - Ts | Ts used by assimilation |
| 150 | SPSSMI | SSM/I SUPEROBED (1 DEGREE LAT/LON) FNMOC (OPERATIONAL) RAIN RATE (DMSP) - rr | Not dumped |
| 151 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V CLOUD TOP PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE; CLOUD AMOUNT (GOES) | Not dumped |
| 152 | SPSSMI | SSM/I SUPEROBED (1 DEGREE LAT/LON) FNMOC (OPERATIONAL) PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER OCEAN (DMSP) - PWt | PWt
monitored by assimilation by switch
in convinfo text file read
by NAM-GSI The SSM/I F-13 satellite went bad in November 2009 resulting in no data being processed. The empty dumps were turned off and the PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards were set to no longer process these data in October 2010. |
| 153 | GPSIPW | GPS-INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER (GPS-IPW) - PWt | PWt used by assimilation |
| 156 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V 4-LAYER PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER LAND - CLEAR (GOES) - PWl | Not
dumped |
| 157 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V 4-LAYER PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER LAND - CLOUDY (GOES) - PWl | Not dumped |
| 158 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V 4-LAYER PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER OCEAN - CLEAR (GOES) - PWl | Not dumped |
| 159 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V 4-LAYER PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER OCEAN - CLOUDY (GOES) - PWl | Not dumped |
| 164 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V RADIANCES OVER LAND - CLEAR (GOES) - Tb | Not dumped |
| 165 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V RADIANCES OVER LAND - CLOUDY (GOES) - Tb | Not dumped |
| 174 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V RADIANCES OVER OCEAN - CLEAR (GOES) - Tb | Not
dumped |
| 175 | GOESND | NESDIS 1x1 F-O-V RADIANCES OVER OCEAN - CLOUDY (GOES) - Tb | Not dumped |
| 180 (R - U.S. & JMA SHIPS) |
SFCSHP | SURFACE MARINE WITH REPORTED STATION PRESSURE (SHIP, BUOY, C-MAN, TIDE GAUGE) - Tv, q, Pstn, sst | Tv,
q, Pstn used by assimilation sst monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI |
| 181 (R - WMO Res 40 SYNOPS) |
ADPSFC | SURFACE LAND (SYNOPTIC, METAR) WITH REPORTED STATION PRESSURE - Tv, q, Pstn, sst | Tv,
q, Pstn used by assimilation sst monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI |
| 182 | SFCSHP | SPLASH-LEVEL DROPSONDE OVER OCEAN - Tv, q, Pstn | Tv, q, Pstn used by assimilation |
| 183 (R - WMO Res 40 SYNOPS, U.S. & JMA SHIPS) |
ADPSFC, SFCSHP |
SURFACE MARINE (SHIP, BUOY, C-MAN, TIDE GAUGE) OR LAND (SYNOPTIC, METAR) WITH MISSING STATION PRESSURE - Tv, q, Pstn, sst | Tv, q used by assimilation Pstn, sst monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI Altimeter setting is also missing (always the case for synoptic). Station pressure calculated from reported mean sea-level pressure and elevation via U.S. Standard Atmosphere approximation. Elevation is greater than 7.5 meters (if less than 7.5 meters, station pressure set equal to sea-level pressure and report type set to 181). |
| 187 | ADPSFC | SURFACE LAND (METAR) WITH MISSING STATION PRESSURE - Tv, q, Pstn, sst | Tv,
q, Pstn used by assimilation sst monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI Altimeter setting is reported (never the case for synoptic). Station pressure calculated from reported altimeter setting and elevation. |
| 188 R |
MSONET | SURFACE MESONET - Tv, q, Pstn | Tv,
q used by assimilation (based on both static "uselist" and
dynamic reject list constructed from RTMA) Pstn used by assimilation at sites where either it is directly reported (these sites have a blank in character 8 of report id), or is missing and generated from the reported altimeter setting and elevation (these sites have an "a" in character 8 of report id) (based on both static "uselist" and dynamic reject list constructed from RTMA) Pstn not used by assimilation at sites where both it and altimeter setting are missing, in which case Pstn is estimated from U.S. Standard Atmosphere Pmsl (Pmsl is always missing for mesonet reports) and reported temperature and elevation (these site have an "x" in character 8 of report id), based on logic in NAM-GSI read_prepbufr routine |
| 191 | SFCBOG | AUSTRALIAN PAOB MEAN SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE BOGUS OVER OCEAN - Pstn | No longer produced |
| WIND REPORTS | |||
| Report Type | PREPBUFR Message Type | Description | Note |
| 210 | SYNDAT | SYNTHETIC (BOGUS) TROPICAL CYCLONE - u, v | u, v used by assimilation Added to PREPBUFR file by later program SYNDAT_SYNDATA. |
| 220 | ADPUPA | RAWINSONDE - u, v (all levels), z (winds-by-height levels) | u, v used by assimilation p (vertical coordinate) calculated from z on winds-by-height levels. |
| 221 | ADPUPA | PIBAL - u, v, z | u, v used by assimilation p (vertical coordinate) calculated from z. |
| 222 | ADPUPA | CLASS SOUNDING - u, v | Entire report tossed by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards |
| 223 | PROFLR | NOAA PROFILER NETWORK (NPN) WIND PROFILER - u, v, z | u, v used by assimilation p (vertical coordinate) calculated from z. |
| 224 | VADWND | NEXRAD VERTICAL AZIMUTH DISPLAY (VAD) - u, v, z | u, v used by assimilation p (vertical coordinate) calculated from z. |
| 227 | PROFLR | MULTI-AGENCY PROFILER (MAP) AND ACOUSTIC SOUNDER (SODAR) - u, v, z | u, v at and below 400 mb
used by assimilation u,v above 400 mb monitored by assimilation based on logic in NAM-GSI read_prepbufr routine |
| 228 | PROFLR | JAPANESE METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (JMA) WIND PROFILER - u, v, z | Not dumped |
| 229 | PROFLR | WIND PROFILER DECODED FROM PILOT (PIBAL) BULLETINS - u, v, z | u, v used by assimilation p (vertical coordinate) calculated from z. |
| 230 | AIRCFT | AIREP AND PIREP AIRCRAFT - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 231 R |
AIRCFT | AMDAR AIRCRAFT - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 232 | ADPUPA | FLIGHT-LEVEL RECONNAISSANCE AND PROFILE DROPSONDE - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 233 R |
AIRCAR | MDCRS ACARS AIRCRAFT - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 234 R |
AIRCFT | TAMDAR (Mesaba, PenAir, Chautauqua) AIRCRAFT - u, v | u, v used by assimilation As of November 18, 2011, the NWS contract with AirDat for TAMDAR data ended and was not renewed due to cost increases. As a result these data are no longer available. |
| 235 R |
AIRCFT | CANADIAN AMDAR AIRCRAFT - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 241 | SATWND | INDIA IR AND VISIBLE CLOUD DRIFT (ALL LEVELS) (INSAT, KALPANA) - u, v | Not dumped |
| 242 | SATWND | JMA IR AND VISIBLE CLOUD DRIFT AT LEVELS BELOW 850 MB (GMS, MTSAT) - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 243 | SATWND | EUMETSAT IR AND VISIBLE CLOUD DRIFT AT LEVELS BELOW 850 MB (METEOSAT) - u, v | u, v (from METEOSAT-7 only) used by
assimilation u, v from METEOSAT-9 flagged for non-use by assimilation by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards u, v (from METEOSAT-9 only) monitored by assimilation due to its being flagged by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards |
| 245 | SATWND | NESDIS IR CLOUD DRIFT (ALL LEVELS) (GOES) - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 246 | SATWND | NESDIS IMAGER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - CLOUD TOP (GOES) - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 247 | SATWND | NESDIS IMAGER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - DEEP LAYER (GOES) - u, v | Entire report tossed by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards |
| 248 | SATWND | NESDIS SOUNDER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - CLOUD TOP (GOES) - u, v | Not dumped |
| 249 | SATWND | NESDIS SOUNDER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - DEEP LAYER (GOES) - u, v | Not dumped |
| 250 | SATWND | JMA IMAGER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - CLOUD TOP & DEEP LAYER (GMS, MTSAT) - u, v | u, v monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI |
| 251 | SATWND | NESDIS VISIBLE CLOUD DRIFT (ALL LEVELS) (GOES) - u, v | u, v monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI |
| 252 | SATWND | JMA IR AND VISIBLE CLOUD DRIFT AT LEVELS ABOVE 850 MB (GMS, MTSAT) - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 253 | SATWND | EUMETSAT IR AND VISIBLE CLOUD DRIFT AT LEVELS ABOVE 850 MB (METEOSAT) - u, v | u,
v (from METEOSAT-7 only) used by assimilation u, v from METEOSAT-9 flagged for non-use by assimilation by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards u, v (from METEOSAT-9 only) monitored by assimilation due to its being flagged by switch in PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards |
| 254 | SATWND | EUMETSAT IMAGER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - CLOUD TOP & DEEP LAYER (METEOSAT) - u, v | u, v monitored by assimilation by switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI |
| 255 | SATWND | NESDIS PICTURE TRIPLET CLOUD DRIFT (LOW LEVELS) (GOES) | No longer produced by NESDIS |
| 256 | SATWND | INDIA IMAGER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) (INSAT, KALPANA) - u, v | Not yet available from India |
| 257 | SATWND | MODIS/POES IR CLOUD DRIFT (ALL LEVELS) (AQUA, TERRA) - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 258 | SATWND | MODIS/POES IMAGER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - CLOUD TOP (AQUA, TERRA) - u, v | u,v at
and below 600 mb flagged for non-use by assimilation
due to missing obs error u, v above 600 mb used by assimilation u,v at and below 600 mb monitored by assimilation due to its having a missing obs error |
| 259 | SATWND | MODIS/POES IMAGER WATER VAPOR (ALL LEVELS) - DEEP LAYER (AQUA, TERRA) - u, v | u,v at
and below 600 mb flagged for non-use by assimilation
due to missing obs error u, v above 600 mb used by assimilation u,v at and below 600 mb monitored by assimilation due to its having a missing obs error |
| 280 (R - U.S. & JMA SHIPS) |
SFCSHP | SURFACE MARINE WITH REPORTED STATION PRESSURE (SHIP, BUOY, C-MAN, TIDE GAUGE) - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 281 (R - WMO Res 40 SYNOPS) |
ADPSFC | SURFACE LAND (SYNOPTIC, METAR) WITH REPORTED STATION PRESSURE - u, v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 282 | SFCSHP | ATLAS BUOY - u, v (see % below) | u, v used by assimilation Reported station pressure and mean sea-level pressure BOTH missing. Station pressure is set to 1013 mb. Elevation is less than or equal to 7.5 meters. |
| 283 | SPSSMI | SSM/I SUPEROBED (1 DEGREE LAT/LON) FNMOC (OPERATIONAL) WIND SPEED OVER OCEAN - u, v | wspd monitored by
assimilation by
switch in convinfo text file read by NAM-GSI Only wspd available so direction set to ZERO in PREPBUFR file. Reported station pressure and mean sea-level pressure BOTH missing. Station pressure is set to 1013 mb. Elevation is less than or equal to 7.5 meters. The SSM/I F-13 satellite went bad in November 2009 resulting in no data being processed. The empty dumps were turned off and the PREPOBS_PREPDATA parm cards were set to no longer process these data in October 2010. |
| 284 (R - WMO Res 40 SYNOPS, U.S. & JMA SHIPS) |
ADPSFC, SFCSHP |
SURFACE MARINE (SHIP, BUOY, C-MAN, TIDE GAUGE) OR LAND (SYNOPTIC, METAR) WITH MISSING STATION PRESSURE - u, v | u, v used by assimilation Altimeter setting is also missing (always the case for synoptic). Station pressure calculated from reported mean sea-level pressure and elevation via U.S. Standard Atmosphere approximation. Elevation is greater than 7.5 meters (if less than 7.5 meters, station pressure set equal to sea-level pressure and report type set to 281). |
| 285 | QKSWND | SUPEROBED (0.5 DEGREE LAT/LON) SCATTEROMETER WINDS OVER OCEAN (QUIKSCAT) - u, v | No longer produced |
| 286 | ERS1DA | SCATTEROMETER WINDS OVER OCEAN (ERS) - u, v | No longer produced |
| 287 | ADPSFC | SURFACE LAND (METAR) WITH MISSING STATION PRESSURE - u, v | u, v used by assimilation Altimeter setting is reported (never the case for synoptic). Station pressure calculated from reported altimeter setting and elevation. |
| 288 R |
MSONET | SURFACE MESONET - u, v | u, v used by assimilation (based on both static "uselist" and dynamic reject list constructed from RTMA) |
| 289 | WDSATR | NON-SUPEROBED SCATTEROMETER WINDS OVER OCEAN (WINDSAT) - u,v | u, v used by assimilation |
| 290 | ASCATW | NON-SUPEROBED SCATTEROMETER WINDS OVER OCEAN (ASCAT) - u,v | u, v used by assimilation |
% - ATLAS buoys are defined as follows (each of these must be true):
- reported station pressure
is missing
- reported mean sea-level
pressure is missing
- valid (non-missing) wind
data
- report is a drifting or
moored buoy coming in in WMO FM18 format
- report is within boundary
10.00 S latitude to 10.00 N latitude, inclusive
- report is within boundary
120.00 E longitude to 280.00 E longitude, inclusive
- the first two characters of
the report id are either '32', '51' or '52' -- or -- the full report id
is either '43001' or '43301'
- the third character of the
report id is either '0' or '3'