270 270 270 GOES 16 271 271 271 GOES 17 272 272 272 GOES 18 273 273 273 GOES 19 523 523 523 FY-3D 812 812 812 SCISAT-1 813 813 813 ODIN in common code table C-8, Code Agency Type Short name Long name 92 CSA Limb-scanning sounder ACE-FTS Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment - Fourier Transform Spectrometer 151 ESA Imaging radar SAR-C Synthetic Aperture Radar (C-band) 152 ESA Cross-nadir scanning SW Sounder TROPOMI Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument 959 SNSB Limb-scanning sounder SMR Sub-millimetre radiometer ANNEX TO PARAGRAPH 2016-3.2.4 [Validation with FT2016-2 option] Add entries: in BUFR table B, Class 03 – BUFR/CREX Instrumentation TABLE ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REF. VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Char.) Description 0 03 025 Cross-track estimation area size m 0 5000 16 m 0 5 Ground range size of the estimation area [m]. 0 03 026 Along-track estimation area size m 0 5000 16 m 0 5 Azimuth size of the estimation area [m]. Class 05 – BUFR/CREX Location (horizontal – 1) TABLE REF. ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REF. VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Char.) Description 0 05 071 Stripmap identifier Numeric 0 0 16 Numeric 0 5 In the case of SM mode the product contained in a single netCDF file will be split in several BUFR messages. We need to have an identifier to rebuild the original product and to mark the single parts to belong to the same product. This is the function of Stripmat identifier 0 05 072 Number of spectra in range direction Numeric 0 0 8 Numeric 0 3 Number of range swell wave spectra cells. For WV mode this dimension is set to 1 as there is 1 swell wave spectra per WV vignette. For SM this dimension is set to the
measurement 0 02 097 Type of humidity sensor Cancel (set to missing) 0 03 021 Hygrometer heating Cancel (set to missing) 0 03 024 Psychrometric coefficient Cancel (set to missing) Category 03 – BUFR/CREX Meteorological sequences common to vertical soundings data Table reference Table references Element name Element description F XX YYY F XX YYY (Metadata common to temperature/humidity sensors) 3 03 099 0 03 005 Horizontal width of screen or shield (x) 0 03 006 Horizontal depth of screen or shield (y) 0 03 007 Vertical height of screen or shield (z) 0 02 096 Type of thermometer 0 03 022 Instrument owner 0 03 003 Thermometer/hygrometer housing 0 03 020 Material for thermometer/hygrometer housing 0 03 004 Type of screen/shelter/radiation shield 0 03 023 Configuration of louvers for thermometer/hygrometer screen 0 03 008 Artificially ventilated screen or shield 0 03 009 Amount of forced ventilation at time of reading Category 06 – BUFR/CREX Meteorological or oceanographic sequences common to oceanographic observations Table reference Table references Element name Element description F XX YYY F XX YYY 3 06 043 (Marine bio-geochemical and radiation observations) 0 41 001 pCO2 0 08 043 Atmospheric chemical or physical constituent type set to 3 (carbon dioxide) 0 15 028 Mole fraction of atmospheric constituent / pollutant in dry air 0 08 043 Atmospheric chemical or physical constituent type Cancel 0 13 080 pH 0 41 005 Turbidity 0 41 003 Dissolved nitrates 0 22 188 Dissolved oxygen 0 41 002 Fluorescence 1 06 000 Delayed replication of 6 descriptors 0 31 000 Short delayed replication factor 0 04 024 Time period or displacement (hours) Set to -1 (preceding hour) 0 14 002 Long-wave radiation, integrated over period specified Downwelling longwave radiation 0 14 002 Long-wave radiation, integrated over period specified Upwelling longwave radiation 0 14 012 Net long-wave radiation, integrated over period specified 0 14 004 Short-wave radiation, integrated over period specified 0 04 024 Time period or displacement (hours) Cancel Category 08 – BUFR/CREX Surface report sequences (sea)
following WMO 8 for low level (< 50m) stations 1 Pressure adjusted to mean sea level following WMO 8 for stations below 750 m 2 Pressure adjusted to sea level following national practice 3 Pressure adjusted to local water level following national practice 4 Pressure not corrected for height 5–14 Reserved 15 Missing value Add an entry: In Common Code table C-6, Code figure Conventional abbreviation Abbreviation in IA5/ASCII Abbreviation in IA2 Definition in base units 843 Nephelometric turbidity units NTU NTU ANNEX TO PARAGRAPH 2016-3.2.7 [Validation with FT2017-1 option] Add entries: in BUFR/CREX Table B, Class 13 – Hydrographic and hydrological elements Table reference Element name BUFR CREX F XX YYY Unit Scale Ref. value Data width (bits) Units Scale Data width (characters) 0 13 161 pH scale Code table 0 0 3 Code table 0 1 Class 41 – Marine bio-geochemical data Table reference Element name BUFR CREX F XX YYY Unit Scale Ref. value Data width (bits) Units Scale Data width (characters) 0 41 006 m-1 5 0 19 m-1 5 6 in BUFR Table D, Sequence 3-06-044 for chlorophyll-A profile data Table Reference Table References Element Name F X Y 3 06 044 (Chlorophyll-A (fluorescence) profile data) 1 09 000 Delayed replication of 9
Coefficient 0 15 067 Particle Extinction Coefficient m1 Sr1 8 0 20 m1 .Sr1 0? 6 (7?) 0 15 068 Uncertainty in Particle Extinction Coefficient m1 Sr1 8 0 20 m1 .Sr1 0? 6 (7?) 0 15 069 Particle LIDAR Ratio Sr 2 0 14 Sr 0? 4 (5?) 0 15 070 Uncertainty in LIDAR Ratio Sr 2 0 14 Sr 0? 4 (5?) 0 15 071 Particle Depolarization Ratio % 2 0 14 % 0? 4 (5?) 0 15 072 Uncertainty in Depolarization Ratio % 2 0 14 % 0? 4 (5?) 0 27 079 Horizontal Width of sampled volume. m 0 0 18 m 0 6 0 10 071 Vertical resolution m 0 0 14 m 0 4 (5?) Add entries: (To be confirmed) in code table 0 02 003, 10 Doppler radar wind profiler 11 Doppler lidar wind profiler 12 Backscatter lidar 13 Spaced antenna wind profiler Following should be shown in the Element description column of Table D or somewhere? The descriptor 0 08 002 for “Vertical significance” refers a code table of which the relevant entries are shown below. To report the general cloud information the vertical significance is set to 5 or 20. the lowest cloud base (ceiling) or no clouds, respectively. The vertical significance of the individual cloud layers is set to 20 – 24.
17 Invalid and/or missed data time limits exceeded Add an element description to 0 35 035 “Reason for termination” [FT2016-2]: in Table D for 3 01 128, Reason for ascent termination Add entries [Validation with FT2017-1 option]: in BUFR/CREX Table B, FXY Element Name BUFR Unit BUFR Scale BUFR reference value BUFR width (bits) CREX Unit CREX Scale CREX width (characters) 0 02 088 Volume of gas used in balloon m3 3 0 13 m3 3 4 0 08 037 Baseline check significance Code table 0 0 5 Code table 0 2 0 08 038 Instrument data significance Code table 0 0 8 Code table 0 3 0 03 027 Type of flight rig Code table 0 0 4 Code table 0 2 Add Code tables [Validation with FT2017-1 option]: 0 08 037 Baseline check significance Code figure 0 Manufacturer’s baseline check unit 1 Weather screen 2 GRUAN Standard humidity chamber 3-30 Reserved 31 Missing value 0 08 038 Instrument data significance Code figure 0 Verified instrument reading 1 Reference instrument reading 2-254 Reserved 255 Missing value
Figure 19 Warm liquid water cloud 20 Supercooled liquid water cloud 21 Mixed phase cloud 22 Optically thin ice cloud 23 Optically thick ice cloud 24 Multi-layered cloud In Code table 4.3, Code Figure Meaning 16 Physical retrieval 17 Regression analysis 2015-2.2.8(DRMM-III) New parameters in GRIB2 Code Table 4.2 for moisture, radiation and clouds [FT2015-2 except for Code table 4.5 (FT2016-1)] <> Add entries: In Code table 4.2, Domain Parameter Category Parameter Number Description Units Comment or note 0 0 027 Wet bulb temperature K 0 4 013 Direct short wave radiation flux W m-2 0 4 014 Diffuse short wave radiation flux W m-2 0 6 040 Mass density of convective cloud water droplets kg m-3 0 6 047 Volume fraction of cloud water droplets Numeric Note x 0 6 048 Volume fraction of cloud ice particles Numeric Note x 0 6 049 Volume fraction of cloud (ice and/or water) Numeric Note x Note: (x) The sum of the water and ice fractions may exceed the total due to overlap between the volumes containing ice and those containing liquid water. Add an entry to GRIB2 Code table 4.5 Fixed surface type for cloud base fields [FT2016-1] Code figure Meaning Unit 013 Lowest level where vertically integrated cloud cover exceeds the specified percentage (cloud base for a given percentage cloud cover) % 2015-2.2.9(DRMM-III) New GRIB2 Parameters in Code table 4.2 [FT2015-2] <> Add entries: In Code table 4.2, Product Discipline 0 – Meteorological products, Parameter category 2: momentum Number Parameter Units 41 u-component of geostrophic wind m s-1 42 v-component of geostrophic wind m s-1 43 Geostrophic wind direction degree true 44 Geostrophic wind speed m s-1
In BUFR/CREX table B, Class 05 - BUFR/CREX Location (horizontal) TABLE REFERENCE ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REFERENCE VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Characters) 0 05 068 Profile number Numeric 0 0 32 Numeric 0 10 0 05 069 Observation identifier Numeric 0 0 32 Numeric 0 10 0 05 070 Receiver channel Code table 0 0 2 Code table 0 1 Class 07 - BUFR/CREX Location (vertical) TABLE REFERENCE ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REFERENCE VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Characters) 0 07 071 Height (high resolution) m 3 -10000000 26 m 3 8 Class 08 – BUFR/CREX Significance qualifiers TABLE REFERENCE ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REFERENCE VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Characters) 0 08 091 Coordinates significance Code table 0 0 8 Code table 0 3 Editorial note: This is operational as of 11 November 2015 (FT2015-2). Class 25 - BUFR/CREX Processing information TABLE REFERENCE ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REFERENCE VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Characters) 0 25 187 Confidence flag Code table 0 0 4 Code table 0 2 Class 40 – BUFR/CREX Satellite data TABLE ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REFERENCE VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH 0 40 029 Horizontal observation integration length m 0 0 26 m 0 8 0 40 030 Horizontal line of sight wind m s-1 2 -32767 16 m s-1 2 5 0 40 031 Error estimate of horizontal line of sight wind m s-1 2 0 15 m s-1 2 5 0 40 032 Derivative wind to pressure m s-1 Pa-1 3 -100000 18 m s-1 Pa-1 3 6 0 40 033 Derivative wind to temperature m s-1 K-1 3 -100000 18 m s-1 K-1 3 6
Editorial note: Names should be consistent with the table B descriptors. Notes: Refer to notes for template 3 08 015. 2015-3.2.7(DRMM-III) New entry in BUFR Code and Flag tables [FT2015-2] <> Add entries: In BUFR/CREX Table B, class 33 (quality information) TABLE REFERENCE ELEMENT NAME BUFR CREX F X Y UNIT SCALE REFERENCE VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Characters) 0 33 089 Noise equivalent delta temperature (NEdT) quality indicators for warm target calibration K 2 0 12 K 2 4 0 33 090 Noise equivalent delta temperature (NEdT) quality indicators for cold target calibration K 2 0 12 K 2 4 0 33 091 Noise equivalent delta temperature (NEdT) quality indicators for overall calibration K 2 0 12 K 2 4 2015-3.2.8(DRMM-III) New Descriptor for radar data products [Validation] <> Class 29 – BUFR/CREX Map data TABLE REFERENCE BUFR CREX F X Y ELEMENT NAME UNIT SCALE REFERENCE VALUE DATA WIDTH (Bits) UNIT SCALE DATA WIDTH (Char) 0 29 10 Semi-major axis of rotation ellipsoid m 2 0 33 m 0 11 0 29 11 Semi-minor axis of rotation ellipsoid m 2 0 33 m 0 11 0 29 12 Longitude origin degree 5 -18000000 26 degree 5 10 0 29 13 Latitude origin degree 5 -9000000 25 degree 5 9 0 29 14 Latitude of true scale degree 5 -9000000 25 degree 5 9 0 29 15 X-offset (see Note 1) m 2 -3355443200 33 m 0 12 0 29 16 Y-offset (see Note 1) m 2 -3355443200 33 m 0 12
Code figure Name Code figure Name 0 Surface data - land 8 Radiation observations from one-hour period 9 Radiation observations from n-minute period 8 Physical/chemical constituents 3 Acid rain 2015-3.2.15(DRMM-III) Synoptic reports from sea stations suitable for VOS observation data [FT2016-2 with pre-operational option except for 3 02 064 (FT2015-2)] <> Editorial note: Text shaded grey has previously been approved for validation but has not yet been validated. Text in red is either new, awaiting validation status or undergone significant change since last approval for validation status. BUFR/CREX Table B Class 01 – BUFR/CREX Identification Add Table Reference Element name BUFR CREX F XX YYY Unit Scale Ref. value Data width (bits) Unit Scale Data width (char) 0 01 114 Encrypted ship or mobile land station identifier CCITT IA5 0 0 352 CCITT IA5 0 44 Class 3 – BUFR/CREX Instrumentation Add Table Reference Element name BUFR CREX F XX YYY Unit Scale Ref. value Data width (bits) Unit Scale Data width (char) 0 03 001 Surface station type Code table 0 0 5 Code table 0 2 0 03 002 Type of humidity sensor Code table 0 0 5 Code table 0 2 0 03 003 Thermometer / hygrometer housing Code table 0 0 4 Code table 0 2 0 03 004 Type of screen / shelter / radiation shield Code table 0 0 4 Code table 0 2 0 03 005 Horizontal width of screen or shield (x) m 3 0 16 m 3 5 0 03 006 Horizontal depth of screen or shield (y) m 3 0 16 m 3 5 0 03 007 Vertical height of screen or shield (z) m 3 0 16 m 3 5 0 03 008 Artificially ventilated screen or shield Code table 0 0 3 Code table 0 1 0 03 009 Amount of forced ventilation at time of reading m s-1 1 0 9 m s-1 1 3 0 03 013 Type of thermometer Code table 0 0 3 Code table 0 1 0 03 020 Material for thermometer / hygrometer housing Code table 0 0 3 Code table 0 1 0 03 021 Hygrometer heating Code table 0 0 2 Code table 0 1 0 03 022 Instrument owner Code table 0 0 3 Code table 0 1