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1 BUFR Table D List of common sequences F X Category of sequences Identifier NONE
2 Category 01 Location and identification sequences (Temperature and humidity instrumentation) Generic type of humidity instrument Configuration of sensors Type of shield or screen Horizontal width of screen or shield (x) Horizontal depth of screen or shield (y) Vertical height of screen or shield (z) Artificially ventilated screen or shield Amount of forced ventilation at time of reading (DRMM-II)
3 Category 04 Meteorological sequences common to satellite observations (2 May 2018) (BUFR sequence for describing satellites contributing to an observed geophysical quantity) Delayed replication of 8 descriptors Time significance = 28 Start of scan Year, month, day Hour, minute, second Time significance = 29 End of scan Year, month, day Hour, minute, second Satellite identifier Satellite instruments Time significance Set to missing (cancel) (CM-I)
4 Category 06 Meteorological or oceanographic sequences common to oceanographic observations (Chlorophyll-A (fluorescence) profile data) Delayed replication of 9 descriptors Extended delayed descriptor replication factor Gives number of depths Depth below sea/water surface Set to missing Qualifier for quality class Set to missing Set to missing Water pressure (DRMM-IV) Qualifier for quality class Set to 10 (pressure at a level) Fluorescence Chlorophyll-A In kg l-1 (= 109 mg m-3) Qualifier for quality class Set to 21 (Chlorophyll-A at a level) (Dissolved nitrate profile data) (DRMM-IV) Delayed replication of 9 descriptors Extended delayed descriptor replication factor Number of depths Depth below sea/water surface Set to missing Qualifier for quality class Set to missing Set to missing Water pressure Qualifier for quality class Set to 10 (pressure at a level) Dissolved nitrate In μmol kg Qualifier for quality class Set to 22 (nitrate at a level) (ph profile data) (DRMM-IV) Delayed replication of 9 descriptors Extended delayed descriptor replication factor Number of depths Depth below sea/water surface Set to missing Qualifier for quality class Set to missing Set to missing Water pressure Qualifier for quality class Set to 10 (pressure at a level) ph scale ph Dimensionless Qualifier for quality class Set to 23 (ph at a level) (Backscatter profile data) (DRMM-IV) Spectrographic wavelength In m Delayed replication of 9 descriptors Extended delayed descriptor replication factor Number of depths Depth below sea/water surface Set to missing Qualifier for quality class Set to missing Set to missing Water pressure
5 Qualifier for quality class Set to 10 (pressure at a level) Backscattering m Qualifier for quality class Set to 24 (backscatter at a level)
6 Category 07 Surface report sequences (land) WIGOS identifier (BUFR template for surface observations from n-minute period) Station or site name Type of station Year, month, day Hour, minute Station identification, time, horizontal and vertical coordinates Latitude/longitude (high accuracy) Height of station ground above mean sea level Height of barometer above mean sea level Observation sequence number Pressure Pressure Pressure reduced to mean sea level Pressure (standard level) Geopotential height of the standard level Wind Delayed replication of 18 descriptors Height of sensor above local ground (or deck of marine platform) Type of instrumentation for wind measurement Time significance = 2 Time averaged (CM-I) Time period or displacement = -10 minutes, or number of minutes after a significant change of wind Wind direction Wind speed Time significance Set to missing Maximum wind gust direction Maximum wind gust speed Extreme counterclockwise wind direction of a variable wind Extreme clockwise wind direction of a variable wind Time period or displacement = 0 minutes Temperature and humidity data Delayed replication of 11 descriptors Height of sensor above local ground (or deck of marine platform) Surface qualifier (temperature data) Temperature/air temperature Scale Dewpoint temperature Scale 2
7 Relative humidity Original measured value Relative humidity Height of sensor above local ground (or deck of Set to missing (cancel) marine platform) Surface qualifier (temperature data) Set to missing (cancel) Soil temperature and soil moisture Delayed replication of 7 descriptors Depth below land surface Soil temperature Soil moisture Depth below land surface Set to missing (cancel) Visibility Delayed replication of 7 descriptors Height of sensor above local ground (or deck of marine platform) Attribute of following value (2 May 2018) Horizontal visibility Or, (Meteorological optical range) Height of sensor above local ground (or deck of Set to missing (cancel) marine platform) Cloud Delayed replication of 2 descriptors Cloud data Vertical significance (surface observations) Set to missing Ice and State of the ground Delayed replication of 5 descriptors Ice deposit (thickness) Rate of ice accretion (estimated) Delayed replication of 4 descriptors State of ground and snow depth measurement Present weather Delayed replication of 14 descriptors Time period or displacement = - n minutes Present weather
8 Time increment = -n minutes Time period or displacement = -1 minutes Short time increment = 1 minutes Delayed replication of 4 descriptors n Present weather Precipitation Delayed replication of 2 descriptors Precipitation measurement Height of sensor above local ground (or deck of Set to missing (cancel) marine platform) Evaporation Delayed replication of 1 descriptor Evaporation measurement Sunshine and radiation Delayed replication of 1 descriptor Total sunshine data Delayed replication of 1 descriptor Radiation data Lightning Delayed replication of 5 descriptors Time period or displacement = -n minutes Number of flashes (thunderstorm)
9 Category 08 Surface report sequences (sea) NONE
10 Category 09 Vertical sounding sequences (conventional data) WIGOS identifier (Sequence for representation of radiosonde descent data) Radiosonde type Solar and infrared radiation correction Tracking technique/status of system used Type of measuring equipment used Additional information on radiosonde ascent Valid also for decent Date/time of launch Coordinates significance = 2 Start of observation Latitude/longitude (high accuracy) (CM-I) Height Begin of descending of radiosonde above mean sea level Coordinates significance Set to missing (cancel) Delayed replication of 1 descriptor Extended delayed descriptor replication factor Temperature, dewpoint and wind data at a pressure level with radiosonde position Delayed replication of 1 descriptor Wind shear data at a pressure level with radiosonde position
11 Category 10 Vertical sounding sequences (satellite data) NONE
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