LOCAL
(NCEP) CODE/FLAG TABLES
ASSOCIATED
WITH BUFR TABLE B
(INCLUDES
CODE/FLAG TABLES
AWAITING
VALIDATION BY THE WMO)
LATEST REVISION IS 06/26/2008
(NOTE: TABLES IN ITALICS STILL NEED TO BE CHECKED FOR ACCURACY)
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COLOR CODE:
ORANGE - CONFLICT: This descriptor is associated with two or more mnemonics, depending upon the NCEP BUFR table.
PURPLE - For WMO Table B descriptors: This is awaiting validation by the WMO (last updated by the WMO 11/14/2007).
For local Table B descriptors: This will become active soon.
RED - Either: 1) This local Table B descriptor is being phased out because it is now defined as either a WMO Table B
descriptor or a different local Table B descriptor (this does not apply to local descriptors defined as Code or
Flag tables, these will always be retained); or 2) This local Table B descriptor is being phased out because it
was never actually used (it had only been proposed).
GREEN - This local Table B descriptor is being phased out because it is not, or will soon not be, found in any
NCEP BUFR tables. This does not apply to local descriptors defined as Code or Flag tables, these will
always be retained (unless the descriptor was never used).
BLUE - This WMO Table B descriptor currently has, or previously had, an incorrect attribute in NCEP BUFR tables.
GRAY - This local Table B descriptor is reserved for TDL which does not use the mnemonic-based NCEP BUFR library
interface.
LINKS:
BUFR TABLE B - THE CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF DATA ELEMENTS
0-01-032 - GNAP
Generating application defined by local generating center
Code table defined for "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-031) - GCLONG = 7 - NOAA/NWS/NCEP
or "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-033) - OGCE = 7 - NOAA/NWS/NCEP
See GRIB Table A.
Code table defined for "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-031) - GCLONG = 34 - JMA
or "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-033) - OGCE = 34 - JMA
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0-100 Reserved
101 Quality values derived from the EUMETSAT QI (Quality Indicator) method, with the forecast consistency test
102 Quality values derived from the EUMETSAT QI (Quality Indicator) method, excluding the forecast consistency test
103 Quality values derived from the NESDIS RFF (Recursive Filter Function) method
104-254 Reserved
255 Missing value
Code table defined for "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-031) - GCLONG = 98 - ECMWF
or "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-033) - OGCE = 98 - ECMWF
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0-60 Reserved
61 3DVAR analysis
62-64 Reserved
65 4DVAR analysis
66-254 Reserved
255 Missing value
Code table defined for "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-031) - GCLONG = 160 - NOAA/NESDIS
or "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-033) - OGCE = 160 - NOAA/NESDIS
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 Quality values derived from the EUMETSAT QI (Quality Indicator) method, excluding the forecast consistency test
2 Quality values derived from the NESDIS RFF (Recursive Filter Function) method
3 Quality values derived from the EUMETSAT QI (Quality Indicator) method, with the forecast consistency test
4 Quality values derived from the NESDIS EE (Expected Error) method
5-254 Reserved
255 Missing value
Code table defined for "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-031) - GCLONG = 254 - EUMETSAT
or "Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-033) - OGCE = 254 - EUMETSAT
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 Quality values derived from the EUMETSAT QI (Quality Indicator) method, with the forecast consistency test
2 Quality values derived from the EUMETSAT QI (Quality Indicator) method, excluding the forecast consistency test
3 Quality values derived from the NESDIS RFF (Recursive Filter Function) method
4-254 Reserved
255 Missing value
0-01-098 - TYPR
Type of product
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 Total power, 1 byte (DB_DBT)
2 Reflectivity corrected for ground clutter, 1 byte (DB_DBZ)
3 Velocity, 1 byte (DB_VEL)
4 Width, 1 byte (DB_WIDTH)
5 Differential reflectivity, 1 byte (DB_ZDR)
6 Corrected reflectivity, 1 byte (DB_DBZC)
7 Total power, 2 byte (DB_DBT2)
8 Reflectivity, 2 byte (DB_DBZ2)
9 Velocity, 2 byte (DB_VEL2)
10 Width, 2 byte (DB_WIDTH2)
11 Differential reflectivity, 2 byte (DB_ZDR2)
12 Rainfall rate, 2 byte (DB_RAINRATE2)
13 KDP (Differential phase), 1 byte (DB_KDP)
14 KDP (Differential phase), 2 byte (DB_KDP2)
15 PhiDP(Differential phase), 1 byte (DB_PHIDP)
16 Corrected velocity, 1 byte (DB_VELC)
17 SQI, 1 byte (DB_SQI)
18 RhoHV, 1 byte (DB_RHOHV)
19 RhoHV, 2 byte (DB_RHOHV2)
20 Corrected Reflectivity, 2 byte (DB_DBZC2)
21 Corrected velocity, 2 byte (DB_VELC2)
22 SQI, 2 byte (DB_SQI2)
23-4094 Reserved
4095 Missing value
0-01-193 - TDMP
Direction of motion of ship during last 3 hours
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Stationary
1 NE
2 E
3 SE
4 S
5 SW
6 W
7 NW
8 N
9 Unknown
10-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-01-195 - SACO
Country/agency operating satellite
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 European Union
1 Japan
2-3 Reserved
4 India
5-254 Reserved
255 Missing value
Note: This now applies only to satellites from India which still use the old (pre 1997) code form for SATOB. Thus only the
values 4 and 255 are valid. This is set to 255 (missing) for satellites from countries which adhere to the new
regulations (e.g. Japan and the European Union) and for which "Satellite identifier" (0-01-007) - SAID and
"Identification of originating/generating center" (0-01-033) - OGCE are used instead to give similar information.
0-01-197 - RSML
Radiosonde ship, drop, or mobile land station id
THE RADIOSONDE SHIP, DROP, OR MOBILE LAND STATION ID IS CONSTRUCTED AS FOLLOWS:
Note 1: All report identifiers are left justified with blank trailing characters if less than eight characters are used.
Note 2: All alphabetic characters are upper-case unless otherwise noted.
- For mobile land rawinsonde reports (BUFR type 002, subtype 002) or ship rawinsonde reports (BUFR type 002, subtype
003): An alphanumeric character ID, ranging from four to eight characters, constructed from the station ID group in the raw
bulletin.
- For dropwinsonde reports (BUFR type 002, subtype 004): A six character ID, where alphanumeric characters one through
three contain the last three characters in the aircraft flight identifier, numeric characters four and five contain the
observation number and character six is A. Both the aircraft flight identifier and the observation number are found in the raw
raw bulletin. Reports with missing aircraft flight identifier or missing observation number get id DRP99A.
- For PIBAL reports (BUFR type 002, subtype 005): A five numeric character ID, where characters one and two contain the
WMO block number and characters three through five contain the WMO station number.
- For wind profiler reports from outside U.S. (BUFR type 002, subtype 009): Either a five numeric character ID, where
characters one and two contain the WMO block number and characters three through five contain the WMO station number; or a five
character ID, where characters one and two are PS and alphabetic characters three through five are constructed from the station ID
group in the raw bulletin.
0-01-198 - RPID
Report identifier
THE REPORT IDENTIFIER IS CONSTRUCTED AS FOLLOWS:
Note 1: All report identifiers are left justified with blank trailing characters if less than eight characters are used.
Note 2: All alphabetic characters are upper-case unless otherwise noted.
- For synoptic surface land reports (BUFR type 000, subtype 001), fixed land rawinsonde reports (BUFR type 002,
subtype 001), PIBAL reports (BUFR type 002, subtype 005) or wind profiler reports from NOAA/FSL (BUFR type 002, subtypes 007):
A five numeric character ID, where characters one and two contain the WMO block number and characters three through five
contain the WMO station number.
- For METAR surface land reports (BUFR type 000, subtype 007): A four character ID (usually alphabetic), constructed
from the raw METAR bulletin. Character one identifies the country/region as follows:
A - Tropical Pacific islands {including New Guinea (AY--)}
B - Greenland (BG--) and Iceland (BI--)
C - Canada
D - North-central Africa {including Algeria (DA--), Nigeria (DN--), Tunisia (DT--)}
E - Northern Europe {including Belgium (EB--), Germany (ED--, ET--), Finland (EF--), United Kingdom (EG--),
Denmark (EK--), Norway (EN--), Sweden (ES--)}
F - Southern Africa {including South Africa (FA--)}
G - Northwestern Africa and eastern Atlantic {including Canary Islands (GC--), Morocco (GM--)}
H - Northeastern Africa {including Egypt (HE--), Kenya (HK--), Tanzania (HT--), Uganda (HU--)}
K - United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii)
L - Southern Europe {including Spain (LE--), France (LF--), Greece (LG--), Italy (LI--), Turkey (LT--)}
M - Central America {including Honduras (MH--), Mexico (MM--), Cuba (MU--), Bahamas (MY--)}
N - South Pacific {including New Caledonia (NW--) New Zealand (NZ--)}
O - Middle East {including Saudi Arabia (OE--), Iran (OI--), Pakistan (OP--), Syria (OS--), Yemen (OY--)}
P - Alaska (PA--), Hawaii (PH--), northern and central Pacific
R - Eastern Asia {including Taiwan (RC--), Japan (RJ--, RO--), South Korea (RK--), Philippines (RP--))
S - South America {including Argentina (SA--), Brazil (SB--), Columbia (SK--), Bolivia (SL--), Peru (SP--),
Venezuela (SV--)}
T - Caribbean and western Atlantic {including Puerto Rico (TJ--)}
U - Former U.S.S.R.
V - South-central and southeastern Asia {including India (VA--, VE--, VI--, VO--), Thailand (VT--),
Vietnam (VV--)}
W - Extreme southeastern Asia {including Indonesia (WA--, WI--, WR--), Malaysia (WM--), Singapore (WS--)}
Y - Australia
Z - eastern Asia {including China (ZB--, ZG--, ZH--, ZL--, ZP--, ZS--, ZU--, ZW--, ZY--), North Korea (ZK--),
Mongolia (ZM--)}
- For surface shef reports (BUFR type 000, subtype 011): Normally either a three character ID consisting of the alphabetic
surface airways ID (call letters), or a five character ID consisting of the NWS River Forecast Center site name {alphabetic
characters one to three contain the name of the city or region, alphabetic character four contains the first letter of the state
in which the site is located, and numeric character five contains the order of the state, alphabetically, based the first letter of
the state (e.g., IN is Indiana). Some sites contain a report ID similar to the second case except a sixth alphabetic character C,
G or D is added (reason unknown).
- For surface supplementary climatological data reports (BUFR type 000, subtype 012): A four alphabetic character ID,
constructed from the raw SCD bulletin. Currently only U.S. reports are available (character one is K).
- For surface marine ship reports (BUFR type 001, subtype 001): An alphanumeric character ID, ranging from four to
eight characters, constructed from the ship call sign. Reports with missing ship call sign get report id and ship call sign
set to SHIP.
- For surface marine drifting buoy reports (BUFR type 001, subtype 002) or surface marine fixed buoy reports (BUFR
type 001, subtype 003): A five numeric character ID, constructed from the buoy/platform identifier.
- For surface marine C-MAN platform reports (BUFR type 001, subtype 004): Four alphabetic characters followed by one
numeric character, constructed from the stationary buoy platform identifier.
- For surface marine tide gauge reports (BUFR type 001, subtype 005): A five character ID, where alphabetic characters
one and two contain the U.S. state post office ID and numeric characters three through five contain an index count unique to
each state. The ID is read from the NCEP tide gauge dictionary.
- For surface marine sea-level pressure bogus reports (BUFR type 001, subtype 006): A five character ID, where
character one is P and numeric characters two through five contain a unique index count.
- For surface marine coast guard reports (BUFR type 001, subtype 007): A four character ID, where character one is K
and alphanumeric characters two through four are constructed from the raw bulletin.
- For mobile land rawinsonde reports (BUFR type 002, subtype 002) or ship rawinsonde reports (BUFR type 002, subtype
003): An alphanumeric character ID, ranging from four to eight characters, constructed from the station ID group in the raw
bulletin.
- For dropwinsonde reports (BUFR type 002, subtype 004) or aircraft reconnaissance reports (BUFR type 004, subtype
005): A six character ID, where alphanumeric characters one through three contain the last three characters in the aircraft
flight identifier, numeric characters four and five contain the observation number and character six is A. Both the aircraft
flight identifier and the observation number are found in the raw bulletin. Reports with missing aircraft flight identifier or
missing observation number get report id DRP99A.
- For NEXRAD Vertical Azimuth Display (VAD) winds (BUFR type 002, subtype 008): A seven character ID, where numeric
characters one through four contain the product source identifier and alphabetic characters five through seven contain the radar
coded message identifier. Both the product source identifier and the radar coded message identifier are found in the raw
bulletin.
- For non-NOAA/FSL wind profiler reports from outside U.S. (BUFR type 002, subtype 009): Either a five numeric character
ID, where characters one and two contain the WMO block number and characters three through five contain the WMO station number; or
a five character ID, where characters one and two are PS and alphabetic characters three through five are constructed from the
station ID group in the raw bulletin.
- For GOES low-resolution (5x5 FOV) sounding/radiance reports (BUFR type 003, subtype 001) or GOES high-resolution
(single FOV) sounding/radiance reports (BUFR type 003, subtype 002): The report ID is constructed in the data dumping process (see
Satellite Historical Documentation, Section III on NESDIS GOES Satellite Retrieval/Sounding/Radiance Data).
- For AIREP aircraft reports (BUFR type 004, subtype 001) or AMDAR/ASDAR aircraft reports (BUFR type 004, subtype 003):
An alphanumeric ID, ranging from one to eight characters, constructed from the aircraft flight number.
- For PIREP aircraft reports (BUFR type 004, subtype 002): A six character ID, where character one is P, numeric
characters two through five are a unique index count and character six is P.
- For NESDIS-generated satellite wind reports (BUFR type 005; subtypes 001-014, 050, 051): The report ID is constructed in
the data dumping process (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section II on NESDIS Satellite Wind Data).
- For India-generated satellite wind reports (BUFR type 005, subtypes 021-023): The report ID is constructed in the data
dumping process (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section VII on Indian Satellite Wind Data).
- For JMA-generated satellite wind reports (BUFR type 005, subtypes 041-043): The report ID is constructed in the data
dumping process (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section VI on Japanese Satellite Wind Data).
- For EUMETSAT-generated satellite wind reports (BUFR type 005, subtypes 061-066): The report ID is constructed in the
dumping process (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section V on EUMETSAT Satellite Wind Data).
- For SSM/I brightness temperature reports (BUFR type 012, subtype 001), SSM/I operational derived product reports (BUFR
type 012, subtype 002) or SSM/I NeuralNet 3 derived product reports (BUFR type 012, subtype 103): The report ID is constructed in
the reprocessing of the data dump (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section IV on DMSP SSM/I Data).
- For ERS scatterometer wind reports (BUFR type 012, subtype 008): The report ID is constructed in the reprocessing of
the data dump (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section VIII on ERS Scatterometer Data).
- For NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) reports (BUFR type 012, subtype 013): The report ID is constructed
in the reprocessing of the data dump (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section X on Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) Data).
- For quikSCAT scatterometer wind reports (BUFR type 012, subtype 137): The report ID is constructed in the reprocessing
of the data dump (see Satellite Historical Documentation, Section IX on QUIKSCAT Scatterometer Data).
- For oceanographic bathythermal reports (BUFR type 031, subtype 001) or oceanographic TESAC reports (BUFR type 031,
subtype 002): Either an alphanumeric character ID, ranging from four to eight characters, constructed from the ship call sign; a
character ID, constructed from the buoy/platform identifier; or four alphabetic characters followed by one numeric character
from the stationary buoy platform identifier.
- For oceanographic TRAKOB reports (BUFR type 031, subtype 003): An alphanumeric character ID, ranging from four to
characters, constructed from the ship call sign.
- For oceanographic NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry (NLSA) ERS-2 high-resolution regional altimeter reports (BUFR
031, subtype 011), oceanographic NLSA TOPEX high-resolution regional altimeter reports (BUFR type 031, subtype 012),
oceanographic NLSA TOPEX low-resolution global altimeter reports (BUFR type 031, subtype 013), or oceanographic NLSA GOES
follow-on (GFO) altimeter high-resolution regional altimeter reports (BUFR type 031, subtype 014): The report ID is currently
missing.
- For ETA BUFR model soundings: An alphanumeric ID, ranging from 3 to four characters. The ID is read from the ETA station
profile dictionary.
0-01-024 - WSPDS
Wind speed source
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 No wind speed data available
1 AMSR-E data
2 TMI data
3 NWP: ECMWF
4 NWP: UK Met Office
5 NWP: NCEP
6 Reference climatology
7 ERS_Scatterometer
8-30 Reserved
31 Missing value
0-01-028 - AODS
Aerosol optical Depth (AOD) source
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 No AOD data available
1 NESDIS
2 NAVOCEANO
3 NAAPS
4 MERIS
5 AATSR
6-30 Reserved
31 Missing value
0-01-029 - SSIS
SSI (Surface Solar Irradiance) source
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 No SSI data available
1 MSG_SEVIRI
2 GOES East
3 GOES West
4 ECMWF
5 NCEP
6 UK Met Office
7-30 Reserved
31 Missing value
0-01-038 - SSIF
Source of sea ice fraction
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 No sea ice set
1 NSIDC SSM/I Cavalieri et al (1992)
2 AMSR-E
3 ECMWF
4 CMS (France) cloud mask used by Medspiration
5 EUMETSAT OSI-SAF
6-30 Reserved
31 Missing value
0-01-101 - STID
State identifier
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0-99 Reserved
100 Algeria
101 Angola
102 Benin
103 Botswana
104 Burkina Faso
105 Burundi
106 Cameroon
107 Cape Verde
108 Central African Republic
109 Chad
110 Comoros
111 Congo
112 Cote d'Ivoire
113 Democratic Republic of the Congo
114 Djibouti
115 Egypt
116 Eritrea
117 Ethiopia
118 France (RA I)
119 Gabon
120 Gambia
121 Ghana
122 Guinea
123 Guinea-Bissau
124 Kenya
125 Lesotho
126 Liberia
127 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
128 Madagascar
129 Malawi
130 Mali
131 Mauritania
132 Mauritius
133 Morocco
134 Mozambique
135 Namibia
136 Niger
137 Nigeria
138 Portugal (RA I)
139 Rwanda
140 Sao Tom and Prince
141 Senegal
142 Seychelles
143 Sierra Leone
144 Somalia
145 South Africa
146 Spain
147 Sudan
148 Swaziland
149 Togo
150 Tunisia
151 Uganda
152 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (RA I)
153 United Republic of Tanzania
154 Zambia
155 Zimbabwe
156-199 Reserved for Region I (Africa)
200 Afghanistan
201 Bahrain
202 Bangladesh
203 Bhutan
204 Cambodia
205 China
206 Democratic People's Republic of Korea
207 Hong Kong, China
208 India
209 Iran, Islamic Republic of
210 Iraq
211 Japan
212 Kazakhstan
213 Kuwait
214 Kyrgyz Republic
215 Lao People's Democratic Republic
216 Macao, China
217 Maldives
218 Mongolia
219 Myanmar
220 Nepal
221 Oman
222 Pakistan
223 Qatar
224 Republic of Korea
225 Republic of Yemen
226 Russian Federation (RA II)
227 Saudi Arabia
228 Sri Lanka
229 Tajikistan
230 Thailand
231 Turkmenistan
232 United Arab Emirates
233 Uzbekistan
234 Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of
235-299 Reserved for Region II (Asia)
300 Argentina
301 Bolivia
302 Brazil
303 Chile
304 Colombia
305 Ecuador
306 France
307 Guyana
308 Paraguay
309 Peru
310 Suriname
311 Uruguay
312 Venezuela
313-399 Reserved for Region III (South America)
400 Antigua and Barbuda
401 Bahamas
402 Barbados
403 Belize
404 British Caribbean Territories
405 Canada
406 Colombia
407 Costa Rica
408 Cuba
409 Dominica
410 Dominican Republic
411 El Salvador
412 France (RA IV)
413 Guatemala
414 Haiti
415 Honduras
416 Jamaica
417 Mexico
418 Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
419 Nicaragua
420 Panama
421 Saint Lucia
422 Trinidad and Tobago
423 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (RA IV)
424 United States of America (RA IV)
425 Venezuela
426-499 Reserved for Region IV (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
500 Australia
501 Brunei Darussalam
502 Cook Islands
503 Fiji
504 French Polynesia
505 Indonesia
506 Kiribati
507 Malaysia
508 Micronesia, Federated States of
509 New Caledonia
510 New Zealand
511 Niue
512 Papua New Guinea
513 Philippines
514 Samoa
515 Singapore
516 Solomon Islands
517 Tonga
518 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (RA V)
519 United States of America (RA V)
520 Vanuatu
521–599 Reserved for Region V (South-West Pacific)
600 Albania
601 Armenia
602 Austria
603 Azerbaijan
604 Belarus
605 Belgium
606 Bosnia and Herzegovina
607 Bulgaria
608 Croatia
609 Cyprus
610 Czech Republic
611 Denmark
612 Estonia
613 Finland
614 France (RA VI)
615 Georgia
616 Germany
617 Greece
618 Hungary
619 Iceland
620 Ireland
621 Israel
622 Italy
623 Jordan
624 Kazakhstan
625 Latvia
626 Lebanon
627 Lithuania
628 Luxembourg
629 Malta
630 Monaco
631 Montenegro
632 Netherlands
633 Norway
634 Poland
635 Portugal (RA VI)
636 Republic of Moldova
637 Romania
638 Russian Federation (RA VI)
639 Serbia
640 Slovakia
641 Slovenia
642 Spain
643 Sweden
644 Switzerland
645 Syrian Arab Republic
646 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
647 Turkey
648 Ukraine
649 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (RA VI)
650-699 Reserved for Region VI (Europe)
700–999 Reserved
1000–1022 Not used
1023 Missing value
0-01-199 - THRPT
Type of hourly report
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 METAR report
1 SPECI report
2 LWIS report
3 Missing value
0-01-200 - ASMP
Average speed of motion of ship during last 3 hours
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 0 knots
1 1 to 5 knots
2 6 to 10 knots
3 11 to 15 knots
4 16 to 20 knots
5 21 to 25 knots
6 26 to 30 knots
7 31 to 35 knots
8 36 to 40 knots
9 over 40 knots
10-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-01-204 - SWPR
Satellite wind producer
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 USA/NOAA/NESDIS
2-3 Reserved
4 USA/NOAA/NWS
5 USA/university
6 USA/commercial
7 USA/DOD/NAVY
8 USA/DOD/USAF
9 USA/NASA
10-11 Reserved
12 EUMETSAT/METEOSAT
13 GMS/MSC
14 India/INSAT
15-254 Reserved for future use
255 Missing value
0-02-007 - TGIT
Tide-gauge instrument type
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 Floating
2 Ultrasonic
3 Radar
4 Pressure
5-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-02-038 - MSST
Method of water temperature and/or salinity measurement
{NOTE: Prior to 23 July 2002, this descriptor was incorrectly using a direct copy of WMO FM12/13 Code Table 3850 (indicated here).
After 23 July 2002, this descriptor is correctly using WMO BUFR Code Table 0-02-038.}
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Positive or zero intake
1 Negative intake
2 Positive or zero bucket
3 Negative bucket
4 Positive or zero hull contact sensor
5 Negative hull contact sensor
6 Positive or zero other (neither intake, bucket or hull)
7 Negative other (neither intake, bucket or hull)
8-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-02-039 - MWBT
Method of wet-bulb temperature measurement
{NOTE: Prior to 23 July 2002, this descriptor was incorrectly using a direct copy of WMO FM12/13 Code Table 3855 for Code Figures
0-6 (indicated here). Code Figure 7 in Code Table 3855 (iced bulb computed wet-bulb temperature) could not be represented
here due to the bit width of 3. After 23 July 2002, this descriptor is correctly using WMO BUFR Code Table 0-02-039.}
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Positive or zero measured wet-bulb temperature
1 Negative measured wet-bulb temperature
2 Iced bulb measured wet-bulb temperature
3-4 Reserved
5 Positive or zero computed wet-bulb temperature
6 Negative computed wet-bulb temperature
7 Missing value
0-02-042 - ISCS
Indicator for sea surface current speed
0 Value originally reported in m/s
1 Value originally reported in knots
2 No sea current data available
3 Missing value
0-02-137 - RDPR
Radar dual PRF ratio
0 Reserved
1 3:2
2 4:3
3 5:4
4-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-02-138 - ANRD
Antenna rotation direction
0 Reserved
1 Clockwise rotation
2 Counterclockwise rotation
3 Missing value
0-02-160 - WLOR
Wavelength of the radar
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 10 to less than 20 mm
2 Reserved
3 20 to less than 40 mm
4 Reserved
5 40 to less than 60 mm
6 Reserved
7 60 to less than 90 mm
8 90 to less than 110 mm
9 110 mm and greater
10-14 Not used
15 Missing value
0-02-191 - GHTC
Geopotential height calculation
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 Geopotential height calculated from pressure
2 Geopotential height calculated from GPS Height
3-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-02-193 - ITSO
Indicator for type of station operation and past/present weather
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Manned station operation; past/present weather included
1 Manned station operation; past/present weather omitted (no significant phenomenon to report)
2 Manned station operation; past/present weather omitted (no observation, data not available)
3 Automatic station operation; past/present weather included using code tables 4677 and 4561
4 Automatic station operation; past/present weather omitted (no significant phenomenon to report)
5 Automatic station operation; past/present weather omitted (no observation, data not available)
6 Automatic station operation; past/present weather included using code tables 4680 and 4631
7 Missing value
0-02-194 - AUTO
Automated station type
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Either SAO report or METAR/SPECI report, and 'AUTO' found in report
1 METAR/SPECI report with both 'AUTO' and 'A01' found in report
2 METAR/SPECI report with both 'AUTO' and 'A02' found in report
3 METAR/SPECI report with 'A01' found in report, but 'AUTO' not found in report
4 METAR/SPECI report with 'A02' found in report, but 'AUTO' not found in report
5-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-02-195 - ITP
PREPBUFR: Instrument type
For all PREPBUFR report types in PREPBUFR message type ADPUPA: Radiosonde type (see WMO BUFR Code Table 0-02-011/Common Code Table C-2)
For all PREPBUFR report types in PREPBUFR message type SATWND: NESDIS satellite wind type (see local BUFR Code Table 0-02-201)
For all PREPBUFR report types in PREPBUFR message type AIRCFT: Aircraft navigational system ....
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0-96 Reserved
97 Inertial navigation system
98 OMEGA
99-254 Reserved
255 Missing value
For all PREPBUFR report types in PREPBUFR message type GOESND: Clear or cloudy sounding indicator ....
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0-20 Reserved
21 Clear sounding
22 Reserved
23 Cloudy sounding
24-254 Reserved
255 Missing value
For ALL other PREPBUFR report types: Value is set to 255 (missing)
0-02-196 - CLSS
Class of profile output
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0-02-197 - GSPC
GOES-I/M soundings parameter characteristics
BIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
1 Parameter derived using observed sounder brightness temperatures
2 Parameter derived using observed imager brightness temperatures
3 Parameter derived using first guess information
4 Parameter derived using NMC/NCEP analysis information
5 Parameter derived using radiosonde information
6-7 Reserved
All 8 Missing value
0-02-198 - GBTC
GOES-I/M brightness temperature characteristics
BIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
1 Observed brightness temperature
2 Brightness temperature with bias correction applied
3 Brightness temperature calculated from first guess
4 Brightness temperature calculated from sounding
5-7 Reserved
All 8 Missing value
0-02-199 - ROLF
FSL aircraft roll angle flag
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Roll greater than 5 degrees
1 Roll less than or equal to 5 degrees
2 Not reported
3-6 Reserved for future use
7 Missing value
0-02-200 - AVHC
TOVS AVHRR channel combination
BIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
1-5 Beginning with first bit position (high order bit),
if bit position is set to 1, then channel is present
if bit position is set to 0, then channel is not present
All 6 Missing value
0-02-200 -
Objective forecast technique used (TDL)
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 MOS
2 Perfect prog
3 Calibrated MOS
4 Calibrated perfect prog
5-14 Reserved
15 Missing value
0-02-201 - SWTP
NESDIS satellite wind type
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Reserved
1 IR automated winds (low density)
2 IR manual winds
3 Picture triplet (low density)
4 Water vapor automated (low density)
5 Visible manual
6 Visible automated (low density)
7 Gradient winds
8 Picture pair
9 Reserved
10 AMSU/SSMI microwave winds
11 Scatterometer
12 Altimeter
13 LAWS
14 High-density water vapor sounder, channel 10
15 High-density water vapor sounder, channel 11
16 High-density ir imager automated winds
17 High-density visible imager automated winds
18 High-density water vapor imager
19-254 Reserved for future use
255 Missing value
0-02-207 - PLTTYP
Platform type for NWS Cooperative Observer sites
CODE FIGURE DESCRIPTION
0 Phase II site (regional hub)
1 Phase II site (GOES/HADS)
2 Phase I site (direct/connect)
3 Phase I site (GOES/HADS)
4-6 Reserved
7 Missing value
The modernized NWS Cooperative Observer sites can provide different variables, and on different schedules, dependent both on the type of site
(Phase I or II) and on the processing done as part of reformatting the data sent over the various communications systems in use. Here are
the primary differences:
- Phase I sites only report a single temperature observation per hour, valid at minute 0.
- Phase II GOES/HADS sites only report once per hour, but the reports contain 5-minute observations from the last hour.