  $Revision: 1.17a $ $Date: 2004/05/11 $ by D.OFFILER for RO/V2-v1.4 $

 001003 WMO REGION OR GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
0  ANTARCTICA
1  AFRICA
2  ASIA
3  S AMERICA
4  N AMERICA
5  SW PACIFIC
6  EUROPE

   001007 SATELLITE IDENTIFIER
  1   ERS 1
  2   ERS 2
  3   METOP-1
  4   METOP-2
  5   METOP-3
  20  SPOT 1
  21  SPOT 2
  22  SPOT 3
  23  SPOT 4
  40  OERSTED                                                      !1.17a
  41  CHAMP                                                        !1.17a
  50  METEOSAT 3
  51  METEOSAT 4
  52  METEOSAT 5
  53  METEOSAT 6
  54  METEOSAT 7
  55  METEOSAT 8                                                   !1.17a
  56  METEOSAT 9                                                   !1.17a
  57  METEOSAT 10                                                  !1.17a
  58  METEOSAT 1                                                   !1.17a
  59  METEOSAT 2                                                   !1.9
  60  ENVISAT                                                      !1.17a
  70  METEOSAT 11                                                  !1.17a
  120 ADEOS-2                                                      !1.13
  150 GMS 3
  151 GMS 4
  152 GMS 5
  171 MTSAT-1R                                                     !1.11
  200 NOAA 8
  201 NOAA 9
  202 NOAA 10
  203 NOAA 11
  204 NOAA 12
  205 NOAA 14
  206 NOAA 15
  207 NOAA 16
  208 NOAA 17
  209 NOAA 18
  220 LANDSAT 5                                                    !1.9
  221 LANDSAT 4                                                    !1.9
  222 LANDSAT 7
  240 DMSP 7
  241 DMSP 8
  242 DMSP 9
  243 DMSP 10
  244 DMSP 11
  245 DMSP 12
  246 DMSP 13                                                      !1.9
  247 DMSP 14                                                      !1.9
  248 DMSP 15                                                      !1.9
  249 DMSP 16                                                      !1.9
  250 GOES 6
  251 GOES 7
  252 GOES 8
  253 GOES 9
  254 GOES 10
  255 GOES 11
  256 GOES 12
  260 JASON-1                                                      !1.14
  261 JASON-2                                                      !1.14
  281 QUIKSCAT                                                     !1.9
  310 GOMS 1
  311 GOMS 2
  320 METEOR 2-21
  321 METEOR 3-5
  322 METEOR 3M-1
  323 METEOR 3M-2
  341 RESURS 01-4
  430 INSAT 1B
  431 INSAT 1C
  432 INSAT 1D
  450 INSAT 2A
  451 INSAT 2B
  452 INSAT 2E
  470 INSAT 3A
  471 INSAT 3D
  472 INSAT 3E
  500 FY-1C
  501 FY-1D
  510 FY-2
  700 TIROS M (ITOS 1)
  701 NOAA 1
  702 NOAA 2
  703 NOAA 3
  704 NOAA 4
  705 NOAA 5
  706 NOAA 6
  707 NOAA 7
  708 TIROS-N
  710 GOES (SMS 1)
  711 GOES (SMS 2)
  720 TOPEX                                                        !1.14
  721 GFO           (GEOSAT follow-on)                             !1.14
  722 GRACE A                                                      !1.17a
  723 GRACE B                                                      !1.17a
  731 GOES 1
  732 GOES 2
  733 GOES 3
  734 GOES 4
  735 GOES 5
  740 COSMIC-1                                                     !1.17a
  741 COSMIC-2                                                     !1.17a
  742 COSMIC-3                                                     !1.17a
  743 COSMIC-4                                                     !1.17a
  744 COSMIC-5                                                     !1.17a
  745 COSMIC-6                                                     !1.17a
  763 NIMBUS 3                                                     !1.17a
  764 NIMBUS 4                                                     !1.17a
  765 NIMBUS 5                                                     !1.17a
  766 NIMBUS 6                                                     !1.17a
  767 NIMBUS 7                                                     !1.17a
  780 ERBS                                                         !1.17a
  781 UARS                                                         !1.17a
  782 EARTH PROBE                                                  !1.17a
  783 TERRA                                                        !1.17a
  784 AQUA                                                         !1.17a
  800 SUNSAT                                                       !1.13
  820 SAC-C                                                        !1.13

  001031 ORIGINATING/GENERATING CENTRE                             !1.17
1   AMMC MELBOURNE
2        MELBOURNE
4   RUMS MOSCOW
5        MOSCOW
7   KWBC WASHINGTON (NCEP)
8   KWXX US W/SERVICE (NWSTG)
10  HECA CAIRO  RMC
11       CAIRO  RMC
12  GOOY DAKAR  RMC
13       DAKAR  RMC
14  HKNA NAIROBI RMC
15       NAIROBI RMC
16  FMMD ANTANANARIVO       (not in Manual)
17       ANTANANARIVO       (not in Manual)
18  DTTV TUNIS-CASABLANCA
19       TUNIS-CASABLANCA
20  SPLP LAS PALMAS
21  DAMM ALGIERS
22  LPLG LAGOS  RMS         (not in Manual)
23       LAGOS  RMS         (not in Manual)
24  FAPR PRETORIA                                                  !1.17
25  FME  LA REUNION                                                !1.17
26  RUKH KHABAROVSK
27       KHABAROVSK
28  DEMS NEW DELHI
29       NEW DELHI
30  UNNN NOVOSIBIRSK
31       NOVOSIBIRSK
32  RUTK TASHKENT
33       JEDDAH
34  RJTD TOKYO
35       TOKYO RMC
36  VTBB BANGKOK
37  MNUB ULAN BATOR
38  BABJ BEIJING
39       BEIJING
40  RKSL SEOUL
41  SABM BUENOS AIRES
42       BUENOS AIRES
43  SBBR BRASILIA
44       BRASILIA
45  SCSC SANTIAGO
46       BRAZILIAN SA - INPE
51  KMIA MIAMI
52       MIAMI  HURRICANE CENTRE
53  CWAO MONTREAL RMC
54       MONTREAL RMC
55  KSFO SANFRANCISCO
57  KARS US AIR FORCE (ARGOS COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE, LANDOVER, MD)
58  KMRY US NAVY, MONTEREY
59  KBOU BOULDER (NOAA FORECAST LAB)
60  KNCR NCAR                                                      !1.17a
61       Service ARGOS (Landover)                                  !1.11
62       US Naval Oceanographic Office                             !1.17
64  PHNL HONOLULU
65  ADRM DARWIN
66       DARWIN
67  AMMC MELBOURNE
69  NZKL WELLINGTON
70       WELLINGTON
71  NFFN NADI (FIJI)                                               !1.17
74  EGRR UK MET OFFICE
75       UK MET OFFICE
76       MOSCOW
78  EDZW OFFENBACH
79       OFFENBACH
80  LIIB ROME   RMC
81       ROME   RMC
82  BGSF SONDRE/STROMFJORD GREENLAND ??? (Manual says Norrkoping)  !1.17
83  ESWI NORRKOPING RMC
84       Toulouse                                                  !1.11
85  LFPW TOULOUSE
86  EFKL HELSINKI
87  LYMB BELGRADE
88  ENMI OSLO
89  LKPR PRAGUE
90  LCRO EPISKOPI
91  LTAA ANKARA
92  EDDZ FRANKFURT/MAIN
93  EGRB LONDON WAFC
94  EKCH COPENHAGEN
95  LERT ROTA
96  LGAT ATHENS
97  EESA ESA
98  ECMF ECMWF
99  EHDB DE BILT
110 VHHH HONG KONG                                                 !1.17
160      NOAA/NESDIS                                               !1.17
210      FRASCATI (ESA/ESRIN)                                      !1.17
211 LFRO LANNION                                                   !1.17
212 LPPT LISBOA                                                    !1.17
213 BIRK REYKJAVIK                                                 !1.17
214      MADRID                                                    !1.17
215 LSZH ZURICH                                                    !1.17
216      ARGOS (Toulouse)                                          !1.17
217 LZIB BRATISLAVA                                                !1.17
218 LHBP BUDAPEST                                                  !1.17
219 LJLJ LJUBLJANA                                                 !1.17
220 EPWA WARSAW                                                    !1.17
221 LDZA ZAGREB                                                    !1.17
254      EUMETSAT                                                  !1.17

 001033 ORIGINATING/GENERATING CENTRE (SEE 001031)

 001090 Technique for making up initial perturbations             !1.14
0  Lagged-average forecasting
1  Breeding
2  Singular vectors
3  Multiple analysis cycles

 001092 Type of ensemble forecast                                 !1.14
0  High-resolution unperturbed control forecast
1  Low-resolution unperturbed control forecast
2  Negatively perturbed forecast
3  Positively perturbed forecast

 001193 SFERICS SELECTOR STATION
0
1  TARGET SYSTEM (BEAUFORT PARK)
2  HEMSBY
3  CAMBORNE
4  STORNOWAY
5  LERWICK
6  CYPRUS
7
8  B-MODEL     (BEAUFORT PARK)
9  GIBRALTAR

 001212 TAF/METAR PARALLEL RUNWAY INDICATORS
0  FAR LEFT
1  LEFT
2  CENTRE
3  RIGHT
4  FAR RIGHT
5  ALL

 001213 TAKE-OFF/LANDING RUNWAY INDICATOR
0
1  TAKE-OFF
2  LANDING

 001224 SOURCE OF DATA USED IN CHECK
0  NOT UKMO
1  UKMO NWP
2  UKMO NOT NWP

 002001 TYPE OF STATION
0  AUTOMATIC
1  MANNED
2  HYBRID

 002002 TYPE OF INSTRUMENTATION FOR WIND MEASUREMENT  (4-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  CERTIFIED
2  WAS IN KNOTS
3  WAS IN KM/H

 002003 TYPE OF MEASURING EQUIPMENT USED (PILOTS ONLY)
0  PRESSURE
1  OPTIC THEOD
2  RADAR THEOD
3  RADAR
4  VLF-OMEGA
5  LORAN-C
6  WIND PROFILE
7  SATELLITE NAVIGATION
8  RASS         Radio-Acoustic Sounding System                     !1.9
9  SODAR                                                           !1.9
10
11
12
13
14 PRESS FAILED DURING ASCENT

 002004 INSTRUMENT FOR EVAPORATION OR CROP FOR EVAPOTRANSPIRATION REPORT
0  Open pan, no cover (USA)
1  Open pan, mesh-covered (USA)
2  GGI-3000EVAP
3  20 MXX2 TANK
4  OTHERS
5  RICE
6  WHEAT
7  MAIZE
8  SORGHUM
9  OTHER CROPS

 002011 RADIOSONDE TYPE
0
1
2  REFLECTOR   OR OTHER PASSIVE TARGET
3  TRANSPONDER OR OTHER ACTIVE TARGET
4  PASSIVE T-RH  TEMP-HUMIDITY PROFILER
5  ACTIVE T-RH   TEMP-HUMIDITY PROFILER
6  RADIO-ACOUSTIC SOUNDER
7
8
9  NO SONDE    SYSTEM UNKNOWN
10 VIZ TYPE A  (USA)
11 VIZ TYPE B  (USA)
12 SDC         (SPACE DATA CORPORATION USA)
13 ASTOR       (NO LONGER MADE, AUSTRALIA)
14 VIZ MICROSONDE (USA)
15 EEC TYPE 23 (USA)
16 ELIN        (AUSTRIA)
17 GRAW G      (GERMANY)
18
19 GRAW M60    (GERMANY)
20 INDIAL MK3  (INDIA)
21 JINYANG     (SOUTH KOREA)
22 MEISEI SR2-80 (JAPAN)
23 FMO 1950A   MENSURAL (FRANCE)
24 FMO 1945A   MENSURAL (FRANCE)
25 MH73A       MENSURAL (FRANCE)
26 BASORA      (SWITZERLAND)
27 AVK-MRZ     (USSR)
28 MARZ2-1     METEORIT (USSR)
29 MARZ2-2     METEORIT (USSR)
30 OKI RS2-80  (JAPAN)
31 VIZ/VALCOM A TYPE (CANADA)
32 SHANGHAI RADIO (CHINA)
33 UK MK3      (UK)
34 VINOHRADY   (CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
35 VAISALA 18  (FINLAND)
36 VAISALA 21  (FINLAND)
37 VAISALA 80  (FINLAND)
38 VIZ LOCATE  (LORAN-C) (USA)
39 SPRENGER 76 (GERMANY)
40 SPRENGER 84 (GERMANY)
41 SPRENGER 85 (GERMANY)
42 SPRENGER 86 (GERMANY)
43 IS-4A-1680  (UK)
44 IS-4A-1680 X (UK)
45 RS MSS
46 IS-4A-403   (USA)
47 MEISEI RS2-91 (JAPAN)
48 VALCOM      (CANADA)
49 VIZ MARK II (USA)
50 GRAW DFM-90 (GERMANY)
51 VIZ-B2      (USA)
52 RS80-57H    (Vaisala)
53 AVK-RF95    (RUSSIA)                                            !1.9
54 GRAW DFM-97 (Germany)                                           !1.11
55
56
57
58
59
60 RS80/MICROCORA VAISALA (FINLAND)
61 RS80/Loran/Digicora I,II or Marwin (Vaisala, Finland)           !1.11
62 RS80/PCCORA    VAISALA (FINLAND)
63 RS80/STAR      VAISALA (FINLAND)
64 909-11-XX
65 VIZ 1499-520
66 RS80/Autosonde (Finland)                                        !1.11
67 RS80/DIGICORA III (Finland)                                     !1.11
68
69
70
71 RS90/Loran/Digicora I,II or Marwin (Vaisala, Finland)           !1.11
72 RS90/PC-CORA (Vaisala, Finland)                                 !1.11
73 RS90/Autosonde (Vaisala, Finland)                               !1.11
74 RS90/Star    (Vaisala, Finland)                                 !1.11
75 AVK-MRZ-ARMA  (RUSSIA)                                          !1.9
76 AVK-RF95-ARMA (RUSSIA)                                          !1.9
77 GL98 GEOLINK GPSonde (FRANCE)                                   !1.9
78 RS90/DIGICORA III (Finland)                                     !1.11
79
80
81
82 MK2 GPS/STAR (SIPPICAN, USA)                                    !1.11
83 MK2 GPS/W9000 (SIPPICAN, USA)                                   !1.11
84
85
86
87
88
89
90 Unknown
91 P-only
92 P-only + transponder
93 P-only + radar reflector
94 No P + transponder
95 No P + radar reflector
96 Descending

 002013 SOLAR AND INFRARED RADIATION CORRECTION
0  NONE
1  CIMO SOL I/R CIMO SOLAR CORRECTED AND CIMO INFRARED CORRECTED
2  I/R CIMO SOL CIMO SOLAR CORRECTED AND INFRARED CORRECTED
3  CIMO SOL     CIMO SOLAR CORRECTED ONLY
4  AUTO SOL I/R SOLAR AND I/R CORRECTED AUTOMATICALLY BY SONDE SYSTEM
5  AUTO SOL     SOLAR CORRECTED AUTOMATICALLY BY SONDE SYSTEM
6  SPEC SOL I/R SOLAR AND INFRARED CORRECTED AS SPECIFIED BY COUNTRY
7  SPEC SOL     SOLAR CORRECTED AS SPECIFIED BY COUNTRY

 002014 TRACKING TECHNIQUE/SYSTEM STATUS
0  NO WIND FINDING
1  AUTO OPTICAL  AUTOMATIC WITH AUXILIARY OPTICAL DIRECTION FINDING
2  AUTO RADIO    AUTOMATIC WITH AUXILIARY RADIO DIRECTION FINDING
3  AUTO RANGING  AUTOMATIC WITH AUXILIARY RANGING
4
5  AUTO VLF-OMEGA SIGNALS
6  AUTO LORAN-C  AUTOMATIC CROSS CHAIN LORAN-C
7  AUTO PROFILER AUTOMATIC WITH AUXILIARY WIND PROFILER
8  AUTO SAT NAV  AUTOMATIC SATELLITE NAVIGATION
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 SHIP STOPPED
21 SHIP DIVERTED
22 SHIP DELAYED
23 BOX DAMAGED
24 POWER FAILED
25
26
27
28
29 OTHER
30 POWER FAILED
31 UPS FAILED
32 REC HARDWARE
33 REC SOFTWARE
34 PROC HARDWARE
35 PROC SOFTWARE
36 NAVAID FAIL
37 GAS SHORTAGE
38
39 OTHER
40 MECH DEFECT
41 HAND LAUNCHER
42 POWER
43 CONTROL
44 PNEUMATIC
45 OTHER
46 COMPRESSOR
47 BALLOON
48 BALLOON RLSE
49 LAUNCHER
50 R/S ANTENNA
51 NAVAID ANTENNA
52 R/S CABLE
53 NAVAID CABLE
54
55
56
57
58
59 OTHER
60 ASAP DEFECT
61 DATA REJECTED
62 NO POWER
63 CABLE BROKEN
64 CABLE DEFECT
65 POWER LOW
66
67
68
69 OTHER
70 ALL NORMAL

 002015 RADIOSONDE COMPLETENESS
0
1  P-ONLY       PRESSURE-ONLY RADIOSONDE
2  P-ONLY,TRANS PRESSURE-ONLY RADIOSONDE PLUS TRANSPONDER
3  P-ONLY,RADAR PRESSURE-ONLY RADIOSONDE PLUS RADAR REFLECTOR
4  NO-P,TRANS   NO-PRESSURE RADIOSONDE PLUS TRANSPONDER
5  NO-P,RADAR   NO-PRESSURE RADIOSONDE PLUS RADAR REFLECTOR

 002016 Radiosonde configuration (5-BIT FLAG TABLE)                !1.14
1  Train regulator
2  Light unit
3  Parachute
4  Rooftop release

   002019 SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS                                    !1.12
  10  AATSR                                                        !1.12
  11  ATSR                                                         !1.12
  12  ATSR-2                                                       !1.12
  13  MWR                                                          !1.12
  30  ARGOS                                                        !1.12
  40  Laser reflectors                                             !1.12
  41  DORIS                                                        !1.12
  45  POSEIDON                                                     !1.12
  47  SSALT                                                        !1.12
  52  HRV                                                          !1.12
  53  HRVIR                                                        !1.12
  54  ScaRaB/MV2                                                   !1.12
  55  POLDER                                                       !1.12
  60  VEGETATION                                                   !1.12
  61  WINDII                                                       !1.12
  80  RADARSAT DTT                                                 !1.12
  81  RADARSAT TTC                                                 !1.12
  85  SAR (CSA)                                                    !1.12
  90  MOPITT                                                       !1.12
  97  Panchromatic imager                                          !1.12
  101 Imaging spectrometer                                         !1.12
  102 CHAMP GPS sounder                                            !1.12
  116 CHAMP gravity package (Accelerometer + GPS)                  !1.12
  117 CHAMP magnetometry package (1 scalar + 2 vector magnetometer)!1.13
  120 ENVISAT Comms                                                !1.12
  121 ERS Comms                                                    !1.12
  140 AMI/SAR/image                                                !1.12
  141 AMI/SAR/wave                                                 !1.12
  142 AMI/scatterometer                                            !1.12
  143 ASAR                                                         !1.12
  147 RA-2/MWR                                                     !1.12
  148 RA/MWR                                                       !1.12
  161 MIPAS                                                        !1.12
  172 GOMOS                                                        !1.12
  174 MERIS                                                        !1.12
  175 SCIAMACHY                                                    !1.12
  181 METEOSAT Comms                                               !1.12
  200 GERB                                                         !1.12
  202 GRAS                                                         !1.12
  203 MHS                                                          !1.12
  205 MVIRI                                                        !1.12
  207 SEVIRI                                                       !1.12
  220 GOME-2                                                       !1.12
  221 IASI                                                         !1.12
  240 DCP                                                          !1.12
  245 CCD                                                          !1.12
  250 WFI                                                          !1.12
  255 IRMSS                                                        !1.12
  260 BSS & FSS transponders                                       !1.12
  261 DRT-S&R                                                      !1.12
  262 INSAT Comms                                                  !1.12
  268 HR-PAN                                                       !1.12
  269 MSMR                                                         !1.12
  270 VHRR                                                         !1.12
  271 WiFS                                                         !1.12
  276 LISS-I                                                       !1.12
  277 LISS-II                                                      !1.12
  278 LISS-III                                                     !1.12
  279 LISS-IV                                                      !1.12
  284 PAN                                                          !1.12
  285 MOS                                                          !1.12
  290 MTSAT Comms                                                  !1.12
  295 IMAGER/MTSAT                                                 !1.12
  296 VISSR                                                        !1.12
  301 LRA                                                          !1.12
  302 MBLA                                                         !1.12
  312 NSCAT                                                        !1.12
  313 SeaWinds                                                     !1.12
  330 ACRIM                                                        !1.12
  334 BUV                                                          !1.12
  336 ALI                                                          !1.12
  347 ASTER                                                        !1.12
  348 CERES-2                                                      !1.12
  350 ETM+                                                         !1.12
  351 GPSDR                                                        !1.12
  353 HiRDLS                                                       !1.12
  354 HRDI                                                         !1.12
  356 LIS                                                          !1.12
  358 PEM                                                          !1.12
  359 SeaWiFS                                                      !1.12
  360 SUSIM (UARS)                                                 !1.12
  363 SBUV/1                                                       !1.12
  365 TMI                                                          !1.12
  366 JMR                                                          !1.12
  369 LIMS                                                         !1.12
  370 LRIR                                                         !1.12
  375 VIRS                                                         !1.12
  382 CLAES                                                        !1.12
  383 HALOE                                                        !1.12
  384 ISAMS                                                        !1.12
  385 MISR                                                         !1.12
  386 MLS                                                          !1.12
  387 MLS (EOS-CHEM)                                               !1.12
  389 MODIS                                                        !1.12
  395 Atmospheric corrector                                        !1.12
  396 Hyperion                                                     !1.12
  399 SAGE I                                                       !1.12
  400 SAGE II                                                      !1.12
  401 SAGE III                                                     !1.12
  402 SAMS                                                         !1.12
  403 SAM-II                                                       !1.12
  404 IRIS                                                         !1.12
  420 AIRS                                                         !1.12
  426 SOLSTICE                                                     !1.12
  430 TES                                                          !1.12
  431 TOMS                                                         !1.12
  450 ADEOS Comms                                                  !1.12
  451 DCS (NASDA)                                                  !1.12
  453 GMS Comms                                                    !1.12
  454 JERS-1 Comms                                                 !1.12
  460 RIS                                                          !1.12
  461 PR                                                           !1.12
  462 SAR                                                          !1.12
  482 AVNIR                                                        !1.12
  485 MESSR                                                        !1.12
  486 MSR                                                          !1.12
  487 OCTS                                                         !1.12
  488 OPS                                                          !1.12
  489 VISSR (GMS-5)                                                !1.12
  490 VTIR                                                         !1.12
  510 ILAS-I                                                       !1.12
  511 ILAS-II                                                      !1.12
  512 IMG                                                          !1.12
  540 DCS (NOAA)                                                   !1.12
  541 GOES Comms                                                   !1.12
  542 LANDSAT Comms                                                !1.12
  543 NOAA Comms                                                   !1.12
  544 S&R (GOES)                                                   !1.12
  545 S&R (NOAA)                                                   !1.12
  546 WEFAX                                                        !1.12
  547 WEM (GOES)                                                   !1.12
  560 HIRS/2 + SBUV/2                                              !1.12
  570 AMSU-A                                                       !1.12
  571 AMSU-A1-1                                                    !1.12
  574 AMSU-B                                                       !1.12
  580 ATOVS (HIRS/3 + AMSU + AVHRR/3)                              !1.12
  590 AVHRR/2                                                      !1.12
  591 AVHRR/3                                                      !1.12
  592 AVHRR/4                                                      !1.12
  600 ERBE                                                         !1.12
  601 ETM+                                                         !1.12
  605 HIRS/2                                                       !1.12
  606 HIRS/3                                                       !1.12
  607 HIRS/4                                                       !1.12
  615 IMAGER                                                       !1.12
  620 CrIRS/NP                                                     !1.12
  622 MSS                                                          !1.12
  623 MSU                                                          !1.12
  624 SBUV/2                                                       !1.12
  625 SBUV/3                                                       !1.12
  626 SOUNDER                                                      !1.12
  627 SSU                                                          !1.12
  628 TM                                                           !1.12
  629 TOVS (HIRS/2 + MSU + SSU)                                    !1.12
  630 VAS                                                          !1.12
  631 SSZ                                                          !1.12
  645 SEM                                                          !1.12
  650 MVIRSR (10 channel)                                          !1.12
  651 MVIRSR (3 channel)                                           !1.12
  652 MVIRSR (5 channel)                                           !1.12
  670 RLSBO                                                        !1.12
  682 RM-08                                                        !1.12
  685 TRASSER                                                      !1.12
  700 KONDOR-2                                                     !1.12
  701 BRK                                                          !1.12
  710 ALISSA                                                       !1.12
  712 Balkan-2 lidar                                               !1.12
  715 MK-4                                                         !1.12
  716 MK-4M                                                        !1.12
  730 Greben                                                       !1.12
  731 SAR-10                                                       !1.12
  732 SAR-3                                                        !1.12
  733 SAR-70                                                       !1.12
  740 SLR-3                                                        !1.12
  745 Travers SAR                                                  !1.12
  750 174-K                                                        !1.12
  751 BTVK                                                         !1.12
  752 Chaika                                                       !1.12
  753 DELTA-2                                                      !1.12
  755 IKAR-D                                                       !1.12
  756 IKAR-N                                                       !1.12
  757 IKAR-P                                                       !1.12
  760 ISP                                                          !1.12
  761 KFA-1000                                                     !1.12
  762 KFA-200                                                      !1.12
  763 KFA-3000                                                     !1.12
  770 Klimat                                                       !1.12
  771 Klimat-2                                                     !1.12
  775 MIRAS                                                        !1.12
  776 MIVZA                                                        !1.13
  777 MIVZA-M                                                      !1.12
  780 MR-2000                                                      !1.12
  781 MR-2000M                                                     !1.12
  785 MR-900                                                       !1.12
  786 MR-900B                                                      !1.12
  790 MSU-E                                                        !1.12
  791 MSU-E1                                                       !1.12
  792 MSU-E2                                                       !1.12
  793 MSU-M                                                        !1.12
  794 MSU-S                                                        !1.12
  795 MSU-SK                                                       !1.12
  796 MSU-V                                                        !1.12
  810 MTZA                                                         !1.12
  815 MZOAS                                                        !1.12
  820 R-225                                                        !1.12
  821 R-400                                                        !1.12
  822 R-600                                                        !1.12
  830 RMS                                                          !1.12
  835 TV camera                                                    !1.12
  836 SILVA                                                        !1.12
  840 SROSMO                                                       !1.12
  850 BUFS-2                                                       !1.12
  851 BUFS-4                                                       !1.12
  855 ISTOK-1                                                      !1.12
  856 SFM-2                                                        !1.12
  857 DOPI                                                         !1.12
  858 KGI-4                                                        !1.12
  859 Ozon-M                                                       !1.12
  860 RMK-2                                                        !1.12
  900 MAXIE                                                        !1.12
  901 OLS                                                          !1.12
  905 SSM/I                                                        !1.12
  906 SSM/T-1                                                      !1.12
  907 SSM/T-2                                                      !1.12
  910 SXI                                                          !1.12
  930 EHIC                                                         !1.12
  931 X-ray astronomy payload                                      !1.12

   002020 SATELLITE CLASSIFICATION
  0   NIMBUS
  1   VTPR
  2   TIROS 1 (TIROS, NOAA-6 TO NOAA-13)
  3   TIROS 2 (NOAA-14 ONWARDS)
  31  DMSP
  61  EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM (EPS)
  91  ERS
  121 ADEOS
  241 GOES
  261 JASON                                                        !1.14
  271 GMS
  301 INSAT
  331 METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME (MOP)
  332 METEOSAT TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMME (MTP)
  333 METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION PROGRAMME (MSG)
  351 GOMS
  381 FY-2
  401 GPS                                                          !1.14
  402 GLONASS                                                      !1.14
  403 GALILEO                                                      !1.14

 002021 SATELLITE INSTRUMENT USED  (9-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  HIRS
2  MSU
3  SSU
4  AMI WIND
5  AMI WAVE
6  AMI IMAGE
7  RADAR ALTIM
8  ATSR

 002022 SATELLITE DATA-PROCESSING TECHNIQUE USED  (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NOT DEFINED
2  REGRESSION
3  CLEAR PATH
4  PARTLY CLOUD
5  CLOUDY PATH

 002023 SATELLITE DERIVED WIND COMPUTATION METHOD                  !1.9
0
1  INFRARED     MOTION OBSERVED IN THE INFRARED CHANNEL
2  VISIBLE      MOTION OBSERVED IN THE VISIBLE CHANNEL
3  VAPOUR CLOUD MOTION OBSERVED IN THE WATER VAPOUR CHANNEL
4  COMBINATION  MOTION OBSERVED IN A COMBINATION OF SPECTRAL CHANNELS
5  VAPOUR CLEAR MOTION OBSERVED IN THE WATER VAPOUR CHANNEL IN CLEAR AIR
6  OZONE        MOTION OBSERVED IN THE OZONE CHANNEL
7  VAPOUR       MOTION OBSERVED IN WATER VAPOUR CHANNEL (CLOUD OR CLEAR)

 002024 INTEGRATED MEAN HUMIDITY COMPUTATIONAL METHOD
0
1  TABLE WITH FULL RANGE OF HUMIDITY VARIATION IN LAYER
2  REGRESSION TECHNIQUE ON 2 HUMIDITY VALUES IN LAYER

 002025 SATELLITE CHANNEL   (25-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  WATER: HIRS
3  WATER: MSU
4
5
6  TROP: HIRS
7  TROP: MSU
8
9
10 OZONE: 7HIRS
11 OZONE: 5HIRS
12 OZONE: MSU
13
14
15 TEMP A: HIRS
16 TEMP A:HIRS*
17 TEMP A: MSU
18 TEMP A: SKIN
19
20
21 TEMP C:HIRS*
22 TEMP C: SSU
23 TEMP C: MSU

 002030 METHOD OF CURRENT MEASUREMENT
0
1  ADCP          Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler                 !1.9
2  GEK           GEOMAGNETIC ELECTROKINETOGRAPH
3  3-6HR FIXES   SHIPS'S SET & DRIFT DETERMINED BY FIXES 3-6 HRS APART
4  7-11HR FIXES  SHIPS'S SET & DRIFT DETERMINED BY FIXES 7-11 HRS APART
5  Buoy's drift                                                   !1.13

 002031 DURATION AND TIME OF CURRENT MEASUREMENT
0
1  INSTANT, H-1
2  <3 MIN, H-1
3  3-6 MIN, H-1
4  6-12 MIN,H-1
5  INSTANT, H-2
6  <3 MIN, H-2
7  3-6 MIN, H-2
8  6-12 MIN,H-2
9
10
11 <1 HOUR
12 1-2 HOURS
13 2-4 HOURS
14 4-8 HOURS
15 8-12 HOURS
16 12-18 HOURS
17 18-24 HOURS
18
19 NOT BY DRIFT

 002032 INDICATOR FOR DIGITISATION
0  SELECT DEPTH
1  SIGNIF DEPTH

 002033 METHOD OF SALINITY/DEPTH MEASUREMENT
0  NOT MEASURED
1  SENSOR, <.02
2  SENSOR, >.02
3  SAMPLE

 002034 DROGUE TYPE                                               !1.13
0  Unspecified                                                    !1.13
1  Holey sock                                                     !1.13
2  TRISTAR                                                        !1.13
3  Window shade                                                   !1.13
4  Parachute                                                      !1.13
5  Sea anchor  (non-Lagrangian)                                   !1.13

 002036 BUOY TYPE
0  DRIFTING
1  FIXED
2  Sub-surface float (moving)                                     !1.13

 002037 METHOD OF TIDAL OBSERVATION
0
1  TIDE STAFF
2  MANUAL SINGLE
3  MANUAL MULTI
4  AUTO SINGLE
5  AUTO MULTI

 002038 METHOD OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
0  SHIP INTAKE
1  BUCKET
2  HULL CONTACT
3  REVERSING
4  STD/CTD
5  MECHANICAL
6  EXPENDABLE
7  DIGITAL
8  THERMISTOR
9  INFRARED
10 MICROWAVE

 002039 METHOD OF WET BULB TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
0  MEASURED
1  ICED MEASURED
2  COMPUTED
3  ICED COMPUTED

 002040 METHOD OF REMOVING VELOCITY AND MOTION OF PLATFORM FROM CURRENT
0  TRACK & AVGE  VELOCITY REMOVED BY BOTTOM TRACKING,MOTION BY AVERAGING
1  TRACK & COMP  VELOCITY REMOVED BY BOTTOM TRACKING, MOTION COMPENSATED
2  BOTTOM TRACK  VELOCITY REMOVED BY BOTTOM TRACKING, MOTION NOT REMOVED
3  NAVIG & AVGE  VELOCITY REMOVED BY NAVIGATION, MOTION BY AVERAGING
4  NAVIG & COMP  VELOCITY REMOVED BY NAVIGATION, MOTION COMPENSATED
5  NAVIGATION    VELOCITY REMOVED BY NAVIGATION, MOTION NOT REMOVED
6  NO PROFILING  DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILING METHOD NOT USED

 002041 METHOD OF ESTIMATING REPORTS RELATED TO SYNOPTIC FEATURES
0  MANUAL ANAL
1  COMPUT ANAL
2  DATA ASSIMIL
3  ANAL & ASSIM
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 Based on NWP                                                   !1.13

 002044 METHOD OF CALCULATION OF SPECTRAL WAVE DATA
0
1  1964 Longuet-Higgins                                           !1.13
2  F3 Longuet-Higgins                                             !1.13
3  MAX LIKELIHOOD
4  MAX ENTROPY

 002045 TYPE OF PLATFORM
0  SEA STATION
1  DATA BUOY
2  AIRCRAFT
3  SATELLITE

 002046 WAVE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATION
0
1  HEAVE SENSOR
2  SLOPE SENSOR

 002048 SATELLITE SENSOR
0  HIRS
1  MSU
2  SSU
3  AMSU-A
4  AMSU-B
5  AVHRR
6  SSMI
7  NSCAT                                                           !1.9
8  SEA WINDS                                                       !1.9
9  POSEIDON altimeter                                              !1.14
10 JASON microwave radiometer                                      !1.14

 002049 GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE DATA-PROCESSING TECHNIQUE (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NOT DEFINED
2  SIMULTANEOUS
3  CLEAR
4  CLOUDY

 002050 GEOSTATIONARY SOUNDER SATELLITE CHANNELS USED (20-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  14.71
2  14.37
3  14.06
4  13.64
5  13.37
6  12.66
7  12.02
8  11.03
9  9.71
10 7.43
11 7.02
12 6.51
13 4.57
14 4.52
15 4.45
16 4.13
17 3.98
18 3.74
19 0.969

 002051 INDICATOR TO SPECIFY OBSERVING METHOD FOR EXTREME TEMPERATURES
0
1  MAX/MIN
2  AUTOMATED
3  THERMOGRAPH

 002052 GEOSTATIONARY IMAGER SATELLITE CHANNELS USED (6-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  0.55-0.75
2  3.9
3  6.7
4  10.7
5  12.0

 002053 GOES-I/M BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTICS
0  OBSERVED
1  BIAS CORRECTED
2  FIRST GUESS
3  SOUNDING

 002054 GOES-I/M SOUNDINGS PARAMETER CHARACTERISTICS
0  SOUNDER BT'S
1  IMAGER BT'S
2  FIRST GUESS
3  NMC ANALYSIS
4  SONDE INFO

 002055 GEOSTATIONARY SOUNDINGS STATISTICAL PARAMETERS
0  RETRVL/SONDE
1  RETRVL/GUESS
2  SONDE/GUESS
3  OBS/RETRVL
4  OBS/GUESS
5  SONDE/IMAGER
6  SONDE/SOUNDR
7  SONDE
8  FIRST GUESS

 002056 GEOSTATIONARY SOUNDINGS ACCURACY STATISTICS
0  SUM OF DIFFS
1  DIFF**2 SUM
2  SAMPLE SIZE
3  MIN DIFF
4  MAX DIFF

 002057 ORIGIN OF FIRST GUESS INFORMATION FOR GOES-I/M SOUNDINGS
0  NGM         Nested Grid Model                                  !1.13
1  AVN         Aviation Model                                     !1.13
2  MRF         Medium-Range Forecast                              !1.13
3  GDAS        Global Data Assimilation System                    !1.13
4  OBS <3HRS
5  CLIMATOLOGY

 002058 VALIDITY TIMES OF FIRST GUESS INFORMATION FOR GOES-I/M SOUNDINGS
0  12-HR & 18-HR
1  18-HR & 24-HR
2  6-HR & 12-HR
3  >24 HOURS

 002059 ORIGIN OF ANALYSIS INFORMATION FOR GOES-I/M SOUNDINGS
0  NGM         Nested Grid Model                                  !1.13
1  AVN         Aviation Model                                     !1.13
2  MRF         Medium-Range Forecast                              !1.13
3  GDAS        Global Data Assimilation System                    !1.13

 002060 ORIGIN OF SURFACE INFORMATION FOR GOES-I/M SOUNDINGS
0  CURRENT SURFACE
1  CURRENT SHIP
2  CURRENT BUOY
3  1HR OLD SURFACE
4  1HR OLD SHIP
5  1HR OLD BUOY

 002061 AIRCRAFT NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM
0  INERTIAL
1  OMEGA

 002062 TYPE OF AIRCRAFT DATA RELAY SYSTEM
0  ASDAR
1  ASDAR-ACARS (ACARS ALSO AVAILABLE BUT NOT OPERATIVE)
2  ASDAR+ACARS (ACARS ALSO AVAILABLE AND OPERATIVE)
3  ACARS
4  ACARS-ASDAR (ASDAR ALSO AVAILABLE BUT NOT OPERATIVE)
5  ACARS+ASDAR (ASDAR ALSO AVAILABLE AND OPERATIVE)

 002064 AIRCRAFT ROLL ANGLE
0  GOOD (<5 DEG)
1  BAD (>5 DEG)

 002066 Radiosonde ground receiving system
0  TRS 2000
1  IMS 1500C

 002070 ORIGINAL SPECIFICATION OF LATITUDE/LONGITUDE
0  IN SECONDS
1  IN MINUTES
2  IN DEGREES
3  IN DECIDEGREES
4  IN CENTIDEGREES
5  ref seconds   REFERENCED TO CHECKPOINT IN SECONDS              !1.13
6  ref minutes   REFERENCED TO CHECKPOINT IN MINUTES              !1.13
7  ref degrees   REFERENCED TO CHECKPOINT IN DEGREES              !1.13
8  ref decidegs  REFERENCED TO CHECKPOINT IN DECIDEGREES          !1.13
9  ref centideg  REFERENCED TO CHECKPOINT IN CENTIDEGREES         !1.13
10 IN DECIMINS
11 ref decimins  REFERENCED TO CHECKPOINT IN DECIMINS             !1.13

 002080 Balloon manufacturer                                      !1.14
0  Kaysam
1  Totex
2  KKS

 002081 Type of balloon                                           !1.14
0  GP26
1  GP28
2  GP30
3  HM26
4  HM28
5  HM30
6  SV16

 002083 Type of balloon shelter                                   !1.14
0  High bay
1  Low bay
2  BILS
3  Rooftop BILS

 002084 Type of gas used in balloon                               !1.14
0  Hydrogen
1  Helium
2  Natural gas

 002095 Type of pressure sensor                                   !1.14
0  Capacitance aneroid
1  GPS-derived
2  Resistive strain gauge

 002096 Type of temperature sensor                                !1.14
0  Rod thermistor
1  Bead thermistor
2  Capacitance bead

 002097 Type of humidity sensor                                   !1.14
0  VIZ Mark II carbon hygristor
1  VIZ B2 hygristor
2  Vaisala A-Humicap
3  Vaisala H-Humicap
4  Capacitance sensor
5  Vaisala RS90
6  Sippican Mark IIA carbon hygristor

 002101 TYPE OF ANTENNA
0  CENTRE FRONT-FED PARABOLOID
1  OFFSET FRONT-FED PARABOLOID
2  CENTRE CASSEGRAIN PARABOLOID
3  OFFSET CASSEGRAIN PARABOLOID
4  PLANAR ARRAY
5  COAXIAL-COLLINEAR ARRAY
6  YAGI ELEMENTS ARRAY
7  MICROSTRIP

 002103 RADOME  (2-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  RADOME

 002104 ANTENNA POLARISATION
0  HORIZONTAL
1  VERTICAL
2  RIGHT CIRCULAR
3  LEFT CIRCULR
4  HORIZ & VERT
5  RIGHT & LEFT

 002115 Type of surface observing equipment                       !1.14
0  PDB
1  RSOIS
2  ASOS
3  Psychrometer
4  F420

 002119 RA-2 instrument operations                                !1.14
0  IF CAL      Intermediate frequency calibration mode
1  BITE DGT    Built-in test equipment digital
2  BITE RF     Built-in test equipment radio-frequency
3  PSET TRK    Preset tracking
4  LOOP OUT    Preset
5  Acquisition
6  Tracking

 002131 SENSITIVITY TIME CONTROL (STC)  (2-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  STC OPERATIONAL

 002143 OZONE INSTRUMENT TYPE
0
1  BREWER
2  CAVER TEICHERT
3  DOBSON
4  DOBSON JAPAN
5  EHMET
6  FECKER
7  HOELPER
8  JODMETER
9  FILTER M-83
10 MAST
11 OXFORD
12 PAETZOLD
13 REGENER
14
15 VASSY FILTER
16 CARBON IODIDE
17 BUBBLER
18 FILTER M-124
19 ECC SONDE

 002144 MEASUREMENT TYPE FOR BREWER INSTRUMENTS
0  DIRECT SUN#0
1  DIRECT SUN#1
2  DIRECT SUN#2
3  FOCUST MOON
4  FOCUST SUN
5  SUN & SKY
6  ZENITH SKY

 002145 WAVELENGTH SETTING FOR DOBSON INSTRUMENTS
0  AD ORDINARY
1  BD ORDINARY
2  CD ORDINARY
3  CC' ORDINARY
4  AD FOCUSSED
5  BD FOCUSSED
6  CD FOCUSSED
7  CC' FOCUSSED

 002146 SOURCE CONDITION FOR DOBSON INSTRUMENTS
0  DIRECT SUN
1  DIRECT MOON
2  BLUE ZENITH
3  LOW OPACITY
4  MED OPACITY
5  VERY OPAQUE
6  VARBL OPAC
7  ZENITH FOG
8  ZENITH HAZE                                                     !1.9
9  SUN THRU FOG  (on direct sun through thin cloud, fog or haze)   !1.9

 002148 DATA COLLECTION AND/OR LOCATION SYSTEM                     !1.9
0
1  ARGOS
2  GPS
3  GOES DCP
4  METEOSAT DCP

 002149 TYPE OF DATA BUOY                                          !1.9
0  drifting     unspecified
1  Lagrangian   standard drifter (Global Drifter Programme)
2  FGGE         standard FGGE-type drifting buoy (non-Lagrangian met...)
3  Wind FGGE    wind-measuring FGGE-type drifting buoy (non-Lagrangian
4  Ice float
5
6
7
8  sub-surface  unspecified
9  SOFAR
10 ALACE
11 MARVOR
12 RAFOS
13
14
15
16 moored       unspecified
17 Nomad
18 3m discus
19 10m discus   10-12 metre
20 ODAS 30      series
21 ATLAS        (e.g. TAO area)
22 TRITON
23
24 Omnidirectional waverider
25 Directional waverider
26 ARGO float   (sub-surface)                                     !1.13

 002150 TOVS/ATOVS/AVHRR INSTRUMENTATION CHANNEL NUMBER
0
1  HIRS 1
2  HIRS 2
3  HIRS 3
4  HIRS 4
5  HIRS 5
6  HIRS 6
7  HIRS 7
8  HIRS 8
9  HIRS 9
10 HIRS 10
11 HIRS 11
12 HIRS 12
13 HIRS 13
14 HIRS 14
15 HIRS 15
16 HIRS 16
17 HIRS 17
18 HIRS 18
19 HIRS 19
20 HIRS 20
21 MSU 1
22 MSU 2
23 MSU 3
24 MSU 4
25 SSU 1
26 SSU 2
27 SSU 3
28 AMSU-A 1
29 AMSU-A 2
30 AMSU-A 3
31 AMSU-A 4
32 AMSU-A 5
33 AMSU-A 6
34 AMSU-A 7
35 AMSU-A 8
36 AMSU-A 9
37 AMSU-A 10
38 AMSU-A 11
39 AMSU-A 12
40 AMSU-A 13
41 AMSU-A 14
42 AMSU-A 15
43 AMSU-B 1
44 AMSU-B 2
45 AMSU-B 3
46 AMSU-B 4
47 AMSU-B 5
48 AVHRR 1
49 AVHRR 2
50 AVHRR 3A
51 AVHRR 3B
52 AVHRR 4
53 AVHRR 5

 002151 RADIOMETER IDENTIFIER
0  HIRS
1  MSU
2  SSU
3  AMSU-A1-1
4  AMSU-A1-2
5  AMSU-A2
6  AMSU-B
7  AVHRR

 002152 SATELLITE INSTRUMENT DATA USED IN PROCESSING (31-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  HIRS        High Resolution Infrared Sounder                    !1.9
2  MSU         Microwave Sounding Unit                             !1.9
3  SSU         Stratospheric Sounding Unit                         !1.9
4  AMI wind    mode                                                !1.9
5  AMI wave    mode                                                !1.9
6  AMI image   mode                                                !1.9
7  Radar Altimeter                                                 !1.9
8  ATSR
9  Geo imager                                                      !1.9
10 Geo sounder                                                     !1.9
11 GERB        Geostationary Earth Radiation                       !1.9

 002158 RA-2 instrument (9-BIT FLAG TABLE)                        !1.14
1  Red Vec HPA mismatch
2  Red Vec RFSS mismatch
3  320 MHz (Ku) PTR calibration band
4  80 MHz (Ku) PTR calibration band
5  20 MHz (Ku) PTR calibration band
6  160 MHz (S) PTR calibration band
7  Ku flight calibration parameters available
8  S flight calibration parameters available

 002159 MWR instrument (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)                         !1.14
1  Temperature inconsistency
2  Data missing
3  Redundancy channel
4  Power bus protection
5  Overvoltage/overload protection

 002163 HEIGHT ASSIGNMENT METHOD
0  Auto Editor                                                     !1.14
1  IRW                                                             !1.9
2  WV                                                              !1.9
3  H2O intercept                                                   !1.9
4  CO2 slicing                                                     !1.9
5  Low pixel max gradient                                          !1.9
6  Higher pixel max gradient                                       !1.9
7  Primary                                                         !1.9
8  Layer thickness                                                 !1.9
9  10% height  (cumulative contribution function)                  !1.11
10 50% height  (cumulative contribution function)                  !1.11
11 90% height  (cumulative contribution function)                  !1.11
12 Ht of max gradient  (cumulative contribution function)          !1.11

 002164 TRACER CORRELATION METHOD
0  LP          Norms least square minimum                          !1.9
1  EN          Euclidean norm with radiance correlation            !1.9
2  CC          Cross Correlation                                   !1.9

 002166 RADIANCE TYPE
0  NOT DEFINED                                                    !1.13
1  AUTOMATED STATISTICAL REGRESSION
2  CLEAR PATH
3  PARTLY CLOUDY PATH
4  CLOUDY PATH

 002167 RADIANCE COMPUTATIONAL METHOD
0  NOT DEFINED                                                    !1.13
1  1B RAW RADIANCE
2  PROCESSED RADIANCE

 002169 ANEMOMETER TYPE                                            !1.9
0  Cup rotor
1  Propeller rotor
2  WOTAN         Wind Observation Through Ambient Noise

 002172 PRODUCT TYPE FOR RETRIEVED ATMOSPHERIC GASES               !1.9
0
1  Nadir        Retrieval from a nadir sounding
2  Limb         Retrieval from a limb sounding

 002175 Method of precipitation measurement                        !1.11
0  Manual
1  Tipping bucket
2  Weighing
3  Optical
4  Pressure
5  Float
6  Drop counter

 002176 Method of state of ground measurement                      !1.11
0  Manual
1  Video camera
2  Infra-red
3  Laser

 002177 Method of snow depth measurement                           !1.11
0  Manual
1  Ultrasonic
2  Video camera

 002178 Method of liguid content measurement of precipitation      !1.11
0  Manual
1  Optical
2  Capacitive

 002179 Type of sky condition algorithm                            !1.11
0  Manual
1  Vaisala
2  ASOS (FAA)
3  AWOS (Canada)

 002180 Main present weather detection system                      !1.11
0  Manual
1  Optical & precipitation sensing system
2  Visible scatter
3  IR scatter
4  IRED system
5  Doppler radar

 002181 Supplementary present weather sensor (21-BIT FLAG TABLE)   !1.11
1  Rain
2  Freezing rain
3  Ice
4  Hail/ice pellets

 002182 Visibility measurement system                              !1.11
0  Manual
1  >25m base transmissometer
2  <25m base transmissometer
3  Forward scatter
4  Back scatter

 002183 Cloud detection system                                     !1.11
0  Manual
1  Ceilometer
2  IR camera
3  Microwave visual camera
4  Sky imager
5  Video time-lapsed camera
6  Micropulse lidar

 002184 Type of lightning detection sensor                         !1.11
0  Manual
1  Lightning imaging sensor
2  Electrical storm identification sensor
3  Magnetic finder sensor
4  Lightning strike sensor
5  Flash counter

 002185 Method of evaporation measurement                          !1.11
0  Manual
1  Balanced floating
2  Pressure
3  Ultrasonic
4  Hydraulic

 002186 Capability to detect precipitation phenomena (SEE 020021)  !1.11

 002187 Capability to detect other weather phenomena (SEE 020023)  !1.11

 002188 Capability to detect obscuration (SEE 020025)              !1.11

 002189 Capability to discriminate strikes (12-BIT FLAG TABLE)     !1.11
1  Manual
2  All, without discrimination
3  Only cloud-to-ground
4  All, with discrimination between cloud-to-ground & cloud-to-cloud

 002193 POSITION ACCURACY FLAG
0  COARSE
1  FINE

 002195 WAVE MEASUREMENT METHOD
0  MEASURED WAVE GROUP
1  ESTIMATED WAVE GROUP

 002196 REMOVAL OF SHIP VELOCITY & MOTION FROM CURRENT (SEE 002040)

 002197 CLOUD CLEARING METHOD (JUL 1999)
0  DAYTIME METHOD
1  NIGHTTIME METHOD
2  TWILIGHT METHOD

 002217 CHANNEL NUMBER
0
1  1 HIRS
2  2 HIRS
3  3 HIRS
4  4 HIRS
5  5 HIRS
6  6 HIRS
7  7 HIRS
8  8 HIRS
9  9 HIRS
10 10 HIRS
11 11 HIRS
12 12 HIRS
13 13 HIRS
14 14 HIRS
15 15 HIRS
16 16 HIRS
17 17 HIRS
18 18 HIRS
19 19 HIRS
20 20 HIRS
21 1 MSU
22 2 MSU
23 3 MSU
24 4 MSU
25 1 SSU
26 2 SSU
27 3 SSU

 002223 SATELLITE INSTRUMENT USED (12-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  HIRS
2  MSU
3  SSU
4  AMI WIND
5  AMI WAVE
6  AMI IMAGE
7  RADAR ALTIM
8  ATSR
9  AMSU-A
10 AMSU-B
11 AVHRR

 004059 Times of obs used to compute means (6-BIT FLAG TABLE)     !1.14
1  00 UTC
2  06 UTC
3  12 UTC
4  18 UTC
5  others

 004192 FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE
0  NONE
1  OCCASIONAL
2  FREQUENT

 004225 DURATION AND TIME OF CURRENT MEASUREMENT (DOPPLER/VECTOR)
0
1  INSTANT, H-1
2  <3 MIN, H-1
3  3-6 MIN, H-1
4  6-12 MIN,H-1
5  INSTANT, H-2
6  <3 MIN, H-2
7  3-6 MIN, H-2
8  6-12 MIN,H-2
9  NOT USED    VECTOR OR DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILING METHOD NOT USED

 008001 VERTICAL SOUNDING SIGNIFICANCE (7-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  SURFACE
2  STANDARD
3  TROPOPAUSE
4  MAX WIND
5  SIG TEMP
6  SIG WIND

 008002 VERTICAL SIGNIFICANCE (SURFACE OBSERVATION)
0  LOWEST CLOUD FM 12SYNOP/13SHIP OBSERVING RULES, BASE OF LOWEST CLOUD
1  first non-Cb significant layer                                 !1.14
2  second non-Cb significant layer                                !1.14
3  third non-Cb significant layer                                 !1.14
4  CUNIM
5  CEILING
6  NO CLOUD <  NO CLOUD BELOW THE FOLLOWING HEIGHT(S)
7  LOW CLOUD
8  MEDIUM CLOUD
9  HIGH CLOUD
10 base below & top above station                                 !1.14
11 base & top below station                                       !1.14

 008003 VERTICAL SIGNIFICANCE (SATELLITE OBSERVATION)
0  SURFACE
1  SOUNDING BASE
2  CLOUD TOP
3  TROPOPAUSE
4  PRECIP WATER
5  RADIANCES
6  MEAN TEMPS
7  OZONE

 008004 PHASE OF AIRCRAFT FLIGHT
0
1
2  UNS          Unsteady                                          !1.13
3  LVR          Level flight, routine observation                 !1.13
4  LVW          Level flight, highest wind encountered            !1.13
5  ASC          Ascending                                         !1.13
6  DES          Descending                                        !1.13

 008005 METEOROLOGICAL ATTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANCE
0  Automatic                                                      !1.13
1  STORM CENTRE
2  STORM EDGE  OR OUTER LIMIT
3  MAXIMUM WIND

 008006 OZONE VERTICAL SOUNDING SIGNIFICANCE (9-BIT FLAG TABLE)    !1.9
1  Surface
2  Standard
3  Tropopause
4  Clear max
5  Clear min
6  Min pressure
7
8  Undetermined significance

 008007 DIMENSIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
0  POINT
1  LINE
2  AREA
3  VOLUME

 008008 RADIATION VERTICAL SOUNDING SIGNIFICANCE (9-BIT FLAG TABLE) !1.9
1  Surface
2  Standard
3  Tropopause
4  Max beta radiation
5  Max gamma radiation
6  Min pressure level
7
8  Undetermined significance

 008009 Detailed phase of aircraft flight                          !1.14
0  LVR UNS
1  LVW UNS
2  UNS          unsteady
3  LVR          level flight, routine observation
4  LVW          level flight, highest wind encountered
5  ASC          ascending
6  DES          descending
7  ASC time     observation intervals selected by time increments
8  ASC UNS time
9  ASC press    observation intervals selected by pressure increments
10 ASC UNS press
11 DES time     observation intervals selected by time increments
12 DES UNS time
13 DES press    observation intervals selected by pressure increments
14 DES UNS press

 008010 Surface qualifier (temperature data)                       !1.11
0
1  Bare soil
2  Bare rock
3  Land grass cover
4  Water (lake, sea)
5  Flood water underneath
6  Snow
7  Ice
8  Runway or road

 008011 METEOROLOGICAL FEATURE
0  QSTAT FRONT
1  QFRONT ALOFT
2  WARM FRONT
3  WFRONTALOFT
4  COLD FRONT
5  CFRONT ALOFT
6  OCCLUSION
7  INSTAB LINE
8  TROPIC FRONT
9  CONVERG LINE
10 JET STREAM
11 CLOUD CLEAR
12 CLOUD
13 TURBULENCE
14 STORM
15 AIRFRANE ICING
16 PHENOMENON
17 VOLCANO
18 ATMOSPHERICS                                                    !1.9
19
20 SPECIAL CLOUDS
21 Thunderstorm                                                    !1.14
22 Tropical cyclone                                                !1.14
23 Mountain Wave                                                   !1.14
24 Duststorm                                                       !1.14
25 Sandstorm                                                       !1.14

 008012 LAND/SEA
0  LAND
1  SEA
2  COAST

 008013 NIGHT/DAY
0  NIGHT
1  DAY

 008014 QUALIFIER FOR RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE
0  10-MIN MEAN
1  10-MIN P MEAN
2  10-MIN M MEAN
3  1-MIN MIN
4  1-MIN P MIN
5  1-MIN M MIN
6  1-MIN MAX
7  1-MIN P MAX
8  1-MIN M MAX

 008016 CHANGE QUALIFIERS OF A TEND-TYPE OR AERODROME FORECAST
0  NOSIG
1  BECMG
2  TEMPO
3  FM

 008017 QUALIFIERS OF THE TIME WHEN THE FORECAST CHANGE IS EXPECTED
0  FM
1  TL
2  AT

 008018 SEAWINDS LAND/ICE SURFACE TYPE (17-BIT FLAG TABLE)         !1.9
1  Land present
2  Ice present on surface ice map
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 No ice map data available
12 No attenuation map data available

 008019 Qualifier for following centre identifier                 !1.14
0
1  ATS          Air Traffic Service
2  FIR          Flight Information Region
3  UIR          Upper Information Region
4  CTA          Control Area
5  VAAC         Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre
6  MWO          Meteorological Watch Office

 008021 TIME SIGNIFICANCE
0
1  TIME SERIES
2  TIME AVERAGE
3  ACCUMULATED
4  FORECAST
5  F/C TIME SER
6  F/C TIME AVE
7  F/C ACCUM
8  ENSEMBL MEAN
9                 9-15 ARE AS 1-7 FOR ENSEMBLE MEAN
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 ANALYSED
17 START OF PHENOMENON
18 SONDE LAUNCH
19 ORBIT START
20 ORBIT END
21 ASC NODE
22 WIND SHIFT
23 Monitoring  period                                              !1.9
24 Agreed limit for report reception                               !1.9
25 Nominal reporting time                                          !1.9
26 Last known position time                                        !1.11
27 FIRST GUESS
28 START OF SCAN
29 END OF SCAN

 008023 SIGNIFICANCE OF FOLLOWING VALUE (FIRST ORDER STATISTICS)
0
1
2  MAXIMUM
3  MINIMUM
4  MEAN
5  MEDIAN
6  MODAL
7  MEAN ABS ERROR
8
9  STD DEV (N-1) BEST ESTIMATE
10 STD DEV (N)
11 HARMONIC MEAN
12 RMS VECTOR ERROR
13 Root mean square                                               !1.14
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32 VECTOR MEAN

 008024 FIRST ORDER DIFFERENCES - OBSERVED MINUS ..
0
1
2  OBS-MAXIMUM
3  OBS-MINIMUM
4  OBS-MEAN
5  OBS-MEDIAN
6  OBS-MODE
7
8
9
10 TOLERANCE        ***** NOT AN INTERNATIONAL ENTRY! *****
11 OBS-CLIMAT  MINUS CLIMATOLOGY
12 OBS-ANALYSIS
13 OBS-INIT    MINUS INITIALISED ANALYSED VALUE
14 OBS-FORECAST
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 OBS-INTERP  MINUS INTERPOLATED VALUE
22 OBS-HYDRO   MINUS HYDROSTATICALLY CALCULATED VALUE

 008025 TIME DIFFERENCE QUALIFIER
0  UTC-LST
1  LST         LOCAL STANDARD TIME
2  UTC-SATCLOCK
3
4
5  FROM EDGE OF PROCESSING SEGMENT                                 !1.9

 008029 Remotely sensed surface type                               !1.14
0  Open ocean or semi-enclosed sea
1  Enclosed sea or lake
2  Continental ice
3  Land

 008033 Method of percentage confidence derivation for radiances   !1.11
0
1  Cloud fraction
2  Standard deviation of temperature

 008035 TYPE OF MONITORING EXERCISE                                !1.9
0  GLOBAL
1  REGIONAL
2  NATIONAL
3  SPECIAL
4  BILATERAL

 008036 TYPE OF CENTRE OR STATION PERFORMING MONITORING            !1.9
0  WMO secretariat
1  WMO
2  RSMC
3  NMC
4  RTH
5  Observing site

  008040 Flight level significance                                 !1.17
0  High resolution data sample
1  Within 20hPa of surface
2  <10hPa
3  Base pressure level for stability index
4  Begin T,ht doubtful
5  Begin missing data (all elements)
6  Begin RH missing
7  Begin T missing
8  Highest level reached before balloon descent
9  End T,ht doubtful
10 End missing data (all elements)
11 End RH missing
12 End T missing
13 0C crossing for RADAT
14 Std pressure
15 Operator added level
16 Operator deleted level
17 Balloon reascended beyond previous highest level
18 Sig RH
19 No more RH
20 Surface
21 Sig T
22 Mandatory T
23 Flight termination
24 Tropopause
25 Aircraft report
26 Interpolated level
27 Mandatory wind
28 Sig wind
29 Max wind
30 Increm wind
31 Increm height
32 Wind termination
33 100-110hPa
40 Inversion
41 Sig RH (NCDC criteria)
42 Sig T (NCDC)
60 80kt FL above jet (flight level of 80-knot isotach)            !1.17
61 80kt FL below jet                                              !1.17

 008041 Data significance                                         !1.14
0  Parent site
1  Observation site
2  Balloon manufacture date
3  Balloon launch point
4  Surface observation
5  Displacement of surface observation from launch point
6  Flight observation
7  Flight termination point

 008050 QUALIFIER FOR NUMBER OF MISSING VALUES IN STATISTIC CALC. !1.14
0
1  pressure
2  temperature
3  extreme temp
4  vapour pressure
5  precipitation
6  sunshine
7  max temp
8  min temp
9  wind

 008051 QUALIFIER FOR NUMBER OF MISSING VALUES IN STATISTIC CALCULATION
0
1  PRESSURE
2  TEMPERATURE
3  EXTREME TEMP
4  VAPOUR PRESSURE
5  PRECIPITATION
6  SUNSHINE

 008052 CONDITION FOR WHICH NUMBER OF DAYS OF OCCURRENCE FOLLOWS
0  WIND >10M/S
1  WIND >20M/S
2  WIND >30M/S
3  MAX TEMP <0C
4  MAX TEMP >25C
5  MAX TEMP >30C
6  MAX TEMP >35C
7  MAX TEMP >40C
8  MIN TEMP <0C
9  MAX TEMP >0C
10 RRR >1MM
11 RRR >5MM
12 RRR >10MM
13 RRR >50MM
14 RRR >100MM
15 RRR >150MM
16 SNOW >0CM
17 SNOW >1CM
18 SNOW >10CM
19 SNOW >50CM
20 VIS <50M
21 VIS <100M
22 VIS <1000M
23 HAIL
24 THUNDERSTORM

 008053 DAY OF OCCURRENCE QUALIFIER
0  ONLY ONE DAY IN MONTH
1  >1 DAY/MONTH

 008060 SAMPLE SCANNING MODE SIGNIFICANCE
0
1  RANGE
2  AZIMUTH
3  HORIZONTAL
4  VERTICAL

 008070 TOVS/ATOVS PRODUCT QUALIFIER
0
1
2  LEVEL 1B
3  LEVEL 1C
4  LEVEL 1D

 008072 PIXEL(S) TYPE
0  MIXED
1  CLEAR
2  CLOUDY

 008074 Altimeter echo type                                       !1.14
0  open ocean or semi-enclosed sea
1  non-ocean-like

 008075 Ascending/descending orbit qualifier                       !1.11
0  Ascending
1  Descending

 008076 Type of band                                              !1.14
0  Ku
1  C

 008079 Change in status of following product                     !1.14
0  Cancelled

 008080 Qualifier for GTSSP quality flag                          !1.14
0  pressure
1  temperature
2  salinity
3  conductivity

 008192 LOGICAL OPERATORS
0  EQ           EQUAL TO
1  GT           GREATER THAN
2  GE           GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO
3  LT           LESS THAN
4  LE           LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO

 008193 SATELLITE TIME QUALIFIER  (ECMWF - USE 008021 NOW)
0  ORBIT START
1  ORBIT END
2  ASC NODE

 008194 ATOVS main land type                                       !1.9
0
1  Green Needle  Evergreen needleleaf forests
2  Green Broad   Evergreen broadeleaf forests
3  Decid Needle  Deciduous needleleaf forests
4  Decid Broad   Deciduous broadeleaf forests
5  Mixed Forest  Mixed forests
6  Closed Shrub  Closed shrublands
7  Open Shrub    Open shrublands
8  Woody         Woody savannas
9  Savannas      Savannas
10 Grasslands    Grasslands
11 Wetlands      Permanent wetlands
12 Croplands     Croplands
13 Urban         Urban & built-up
14 Mosaics       Cropland / natural vegetation mosaics
15 Snow/Ice      Snow & ice
16 Barren        Barren
17 Water Bodies  Water bodies

 008204 SURFACE TYPE INDICATOR
0  SEA          (PRECISE MEANING NOT DEFINED OR KNOWN)
1  SEA NOT ICE  (EXCLUDING SEA ICE)
2  SEA AND ICE  (INCLUDING SEA ICE)
3  LAND         (PRECISE MEANING NOT DEFINED)
4  LAND NOT ICE (EXCLUDING SEA ICE)
5  LAND AND ICE (INCLUDING SEA ICE)
6  SEA ICE

 008205 ESTIMATED NEAREST AMSU SURFACE TYPE
0  Young ice   (i.e. new ice, no snow)                             !1.9
1  Dry land    (i.e. dry, with or without vegetation)              !1.9
2  Dry snow    (i.e. snow with water less than 2%, over land)      !1.9
3  Old ice     (i.e. old ice with dry snow cover)                  !1.9
4  Sea         (i.e. open water, no islands, ice-free, ws < 14m/s) !1.9
5  Wet forest  (i.e. established forest with wet canopy)           !1.9
6  Wet land    (i.e. non-forested land with a wet surface)         !1.9
7  Wet snow    (i.e. water content > 2%, over land or ice)         !1.9
8  Desert                                                          !1.9

 008213 TIME SIGNIFICANCE
0
1  TIME SERIES
2  TIME AVERAGE
3  ACCUMULATED
4  FORECAST
5  F/C TIME SER
6  F/C TIME AVE
7  F/C ACCUM
8  ENSEMBL MEAN
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 ANALYSIS
17 BUDDY

 008215 SIGNIFICANCE OF FOLLOWING VALUE
0
1  OBSERVED
2  MAXIMUM
3  MINIMUM
4  MEAN
5  MEDIAN
6  MODAL
7  MEAN ABS ERROR
8  range                                                          !1.13
9
10 STANDARD DEVIATION
11 CLIMATOLOGY
12 ANALYSED
13 INIT ANAL
14 FORECAST
15 INPUT       (GLOSS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES)
16 CORRECTED   (GLOSS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES)
17 RETRIEVED   (GLOSS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES)
18
19
20
21 INTERPOLATED MID-POINT POSITION

 008220 TAF/METAR TREND INDICATOR  (11-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  FM
3  RE          (RECENT WEATHER)
4  TEND
5  INTER
6  BECMG
7  TEMPO
8  RAPID
9  GRADU
10 NOSIG
11 PROB

 010063 CHARACTERISTIC OF PRESSURE TENDENCY
0  INCR, PEAK
1  INCR GENTLER
2  INCREASING
3  INCR STEEPER
4  STEADY
5  DECR, TROUGH
6  DECR GENTLER
7  DECREASING
8  DECR STEEPER

 010064 SIGMET cruising level                                     !1.14
0  Subsonic
1  Transonic
2  Supersonic

 011031 DEGREE OF TURBULENCE
0  NIL  (CLOUD)
1  LIGHT (CLOUD
2  MOD  (CLOUD)
3  SEV  (CLOUD)
4  NIL    (CAT)
5  LIGHT  (CAT)
6  MOD    (CAT)
7  SEVERE (CAT)
8  NIL         - CLOUD/CLEAR
9  SLIGHT      - CLOUD/CLEAR
10 MODERATE    - CLOUD/CLEAR
11 SEVERE      - CLOUD/CLEAR
12 EXTREME (CAT)
13 EXTREME (CLOUD)
14 EXTREME     - CLOUD/CLEAR NOT SPECIFIED

 011037 TURBULENCE INDEX (AVERAGE & PEAK VALUE OF EDDY DISSIPATION RATE)
0  <0.1, <0.1        ave<0.1             peak<0.1                  !1.9
1  <0.1, <0.2        ave<0.1        0.1<=peak<0.2
2  <0.2, <0.2   0.1<=ave<0.2        0.1<=peak<0.2
3  <0.1, <0.3        ave<0.1        0.2<=peak<0.3
4  <0.2, <0.3   0.1<=ave<0.2        0.2<=peak<0.3
5  <0.3, <0.3   0.2<=ave<0.3        0.2<=peak<0.3
6  <0.1, <0.4        ave<0.1        0.3<=peak<0.4
7  <0.2, <0.4   0.1<=ave<0.2        0.3<=peak<0.4
8  <0.3, <0.4   0.2<=ave<0.3        0.3<=peak<0.4
9  <0.4, <0.4   0.3<=ave<0.4        0.3<=peak<0.4
10 <0.1, <0.5        ave<0.1        0.4<=peak<0.5
11 <0.2, <0.5   0.1<=ave<0.2        0.4<=peak<0.5
12 <0.3, <0.5   0.2<=ave<0.3        0.4<=peak<0.5
13 <0.4, <0.5   0.3<=ave<0.4        0.4<=peak<0.5
14 <0.5, <0.5   0.4<=ave<0.5        0.4<=peak<0.5
15 <0.1, <0.8        ave<0.1        0.5<=peak<0.8
16 <0.2, <0.8   0.1<=ave<0.2        0.5<=peak<0.8
17 <0.3, <0.8   0.2<=ave<0.3        0.5<=peak<0.8
18 <0.4, <0.8   0.3<=ave<0.4        0.5<=peak<0.8
19 <0.5, <0.8   0.4<=ave<0.5        0.5<=peak<0.8
20 <0.8, <0.8   0.5<=ave<0.8        0.5<=peak<0.8
21 <0.1, >0.8        ave<0.1        0.8<=peak
22 <0.2, >0.8   0.1<=ave<0.2        0.8<=peak
23 <0.3, >0.8   0.2<=ave<0.3        0.8<=peak
24 <0.4, >0.8   0.3<=ave<0.4        0.8<=peak
25 <0.5, >0.8   0.4<=ave<0.5        0.8<=peak
26 <0.8, >0.8   0.5<=ave<0.8        0.8<=peak
27 >0.8, >0.8   0.8<=ave            0.8<=peak
28 NIL, NIL

 011038 TIME OF PEAK EDDY DISSIPATION RATE (MINUTES BEFORE OBSERVATION)
0  MIN<1                                                           !1.10
1  1<=MIN<2
2  2<=MIN<3
3  3<=MIN<4
4  4<=MIN<5
5  5<=MIN<6
6  6<=MIN<7
7  7<=MIN<8
8  8<=MIN<9
9  9<=MIN<10
10 10<=MIN<11
11 11<=MIN<12
12 12<=MIN<13
13 13<=MIN<14
14 14<=MIN<15
15 No timing

 011206 WIND SHEAR INDICATOR
0  NO SHEAR
1  WIND SHEAR

 013038 SUPERADIABATIC INDICATOR
0  NOT SUPERADIABATIC
1  SUPERADIABATIC

 013039 TERRAIN TYPE (ICE/SNOW)
0  SEA ICE
1  SNOW ON LAND

 013040 Surface flag                                              !1.13
0  Land                                                           !1.13
1                                                                 !1.13
2  Near Coast                                                     !1.13
3  Ice                                                            !1.13
4  Possible ice                                                   !1.13
5  Ocean                                                          !1.13
6  Coast                                                          !1.13

 013041 PASQUILL-GIFFORD STABILITY CATEGORY
0
1  A
2  A-B
3  B
4  B-C
5  C
6  D
7  E
8  F
9  G

 013051 FREQUENCY GROUP, PRECIPITATION
0  30-YEAR MIN
1  1ST QUINTILE
2  2ND QUINTILE
3  3RD QUINTILE
4  4TH QUINTILE
5  5TH QUINTILE
6  30-YEAR MAX

 013202 TYPE OF SURFACE  (ECMWF)
0  LAND
1  VEGETATION
2
3  MULTI-YR ICE
4  FIRST-YR ICE
5  OCEAN
6  COASTLINE

 019001 TYPE OF SYNOPTIC FEATURE
0  DEPRESSION
1  TROP DEPRESS
2  TROPIC STORM
3  SEVERE STORM
4  TYPHOON
5
6
7
8
9
10 DUST/SANDSTORM

 019008 Vertical extent of circulation                            !1.13
0                                                                 !1.13
1  Shallow     (top below 700hPa)                                 !1.13
2  Medium      (top between 700hPa & 400hPa)                      !1.13
3  Deep        (top above 400hPa)                                 !1.13

 019010 METHOD FOR TRACKING THE CENTRE OF SYNOPTIC FEATURE         !1.9
0
1  Min MSL pressure
2  Max 850hPa relative vorticity

   020003 PRESENT WEATHER                          !1.16                1.16
  0   No cloud development observed
  1   Clouds dissolving
  2   Sky unchanged
  3   Clouds forming
  4   Visibility reduced by smoke
  5   Haze
  6   Dust in suspension
  7   Dust or sand raised by wind
  8   Dust or sand whirl(s)
  9   Duststorm or sandstorm
  10  Mist
  11  Shallow fog patches
  12  Continuous shallow fog
  13  Lightning, no thunder
  14  Precipitation in sight, not reaching surface
  15  Precipitation reaching surface >5km away
  16  Precipitation reaching surface near station
  17  Thunderstorm, but no precipitation now
  18  Squalls
  19  Funnel cloud(s)
  20  Drizzle (not freezing) or snow grains, not showery
  21  Rain (not freezing), not showery
  22  Snow, not showery
  23  Rain & snow or ice pellets, not showery
  24  Drizzle or rain, freezing, not showery
  25  Rain shower
  26  Snow (or snow & rain) shower
  27  Hail (or hail & rain) shower
  28  Fog or ice fog
  29  Thunderstorm
  30  Dust/sand storm, slight, decreasing in past hour
  31  Dust/sand storm, slight, no change in past hour
  32  Dust/sand storm, slight, increasing in past hour
  33  Dust/sand storm, severe, decreasing in past hour
  34  Dust/sand storm, severe, no change in past hour
  35  Dust/sand storm, severe, increasing in past hour
  36  Drifting snow, low, slight or moderate
  37  Drifting snow, low, heavy
  38  Blowing snow, high, slight or moderate
  39  Blowing snow, high, heavy
  40  Fog or ice fog at a distance
  41  Fog or ice fog patches
  42  Fog or ice fog, sky visible, thinner in past hour
  43  Fog or ice fog, sky invisible, thinner in past hour
  44  Fog or ice fog, sky visible, no change in past hour
  45  Fog or ice fog, sky invisible, no change in past hour
  46  Fog or ice fog, sky visible, thicker in past hour
  47  Fog or ice fog, sky invisible, thicker in past hour
  48  Fog depositing rime, sky visible
  49  Fog depositing rime, sky invisible
  50  Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent, slight now
  51  Drizzle, not freezing, continuous, slight now
  52  Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent, moderate now
  53  Drizzle, not freezing, continuous, moderate now
  54  Drizzle, not freezing, intermittent, heavy now
  55  Drizzle, not freezing, continuous, heavy now
  56  Drizzle, freezing, slight
  57  Drizzle, freezing, moderate or heavy
  58  Drizzle & rain, slight
  59  Drizzle & rain, moderate or heavy
  60  Rain, not freezing, intermittent, slight now
  61  Rain, not freezing, continuous, slight now
  62  Rain, not freezing, intermittent, moderate now
  63  Rain, not freezing, continuous, moderate now
  64  Rain, not freezing, intermittent, heavy now
  65  Rain, not freezing, continuous, heavy now
  66  Rain, freezing, slight
  67  Rain, freezing, moderate or heavy
  68  Rain or drizzle & snow, light
  69  Rain or drizzle & snow, moderate or heavy
  70  Snowflake fall, intermittent, slight now
  71  Snowflake fall, continuous, slight now
  72  Snowflake fall, intermittent, moderate now
  73  Snowflake fall, continuous, moderate now
  74  Snowflake fall, intermittent, heavy now
  75  Snowflake fall, continuous, heavy now
  76  Diamond dust
  77  Snow grains
  78  Isolated starlike snow crystals
  79  Ice pellets
  80  Rain shower(s), slight
  81  Rain shower(s), moderate or heavy
  82  Rain shower(s), violent
  83  Shower(s) of rain & snow mixed, slight
  84  Shower(s) of rain & snow mixed, moderate or heavy
  85  Snow shower(s), slight
  86  Snow shower(s), moderate or heavy
  87  Snow pellet or small hail shower(s), slight
  88  Snow pellet or small hail shower(s), moderate or heavy
  89  Hail shower(s) without thunder, slight
  90  Hail shower(s) without thunder, moderate or heavy
  91  Thunderstorm in past hour, slight rain now
  92  Thunderstorm in past hour, moderate or heavy rain now
  93  Thunderstorm in past hour, slight snow (or rain & snow, or hail) now
  94  Thunderstorm in past hour, Moderate or heavy snow now
  95  Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, no hail but rain and/or snow
  96  Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, hail
  97  Thunderstorm, heavy, no hail but rain and/or snow
  98  Thunderstorm with duststorm or sandstorm
  99  Thunderstorm, heavy, hail
  100 No significant weather
  101 Clouds dissolving
  102 Sky unchanged
  103 Clouds forming
  104 Haze or smoke, vis >1 km
  105 Haze or smoke, vis <1 km
  110 Mist
  111 Diamond dust
  112 Distant lightning
  118 Squalls
  120 Fog
  121 PRECIPITATION
  122 Drizzle (not freezing) or snow grains
  123 Rain (not freezing)
  124 Snow
  125 Drizzle or rain, freezing
  126 Thunderstorm
  127 BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW OR SAND
  128 Blowing or drifting snow or sand, vis >1 km
  129 Blowing or drifting snow or sand, vis <1 km
  130 FOG
  131 Fog or ice fog, patches
  132 Fog or ice fog, thinner in past hour
  133 Fog or ice fog, no change in past hour
  134 Fog or ice fog, thicker in past hour
  135 Fog depositing rime
  140 PRECIPITATION
  141 Precipitation, slight or moderate
  142 Precipitation, heavy
  143 Liquid precipitation, slight or moderate
  144 Liquid precipitation, heavy
  145 Solid precipitation, slight or moderate
  146 Solid precipitation, heavy
  147 Freezing precipitation, slight or moderate
  148 Freezing precipitation, heavy
  150 DRIZZLE
  151 Drizzle, not freezing, slight
  152 Drizzle, not freezing, moderate
  153 Drizzle, not freezing, heavy
  154 Drizzle, freezing, slight
  155 Drizzle, freezing, moderate
  156 Drizzle, freezing, heavy
  157 Drizzle & rain, slight
  158 Drizzle & rain, moderate or heavy
  160 RAIN
  161 Rain, not freezing, slight
  162 Rain, not freezing, moderate
  163 Rain, not freezing, heavy
  164 Rain, freezing, slight
  165 Rain, freezing, moderate
  166 Rain, freezing, heavy
  167 Rain (or drizzle) & snow, slight
  168 Rain (or drizzle) & snow, moderate or heavy
  170 SNOW
  171 Snow, slight
  172 Snow, moderate
  173 Snow, heavy
  174 Ice pellets, slight
  175 Ice pellets, moderate
  176 Ice pellets, heavy
  180 SHOWERS OR INTERMITTENT PRECIPITATION
  181 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, slight
  182 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, moderate
  183 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, heavy
  184 Rain shower(s) or intermittent rain, violent
  185 Snow shower(s) or intermittent snow, slight
  186 Snow shower(s) or intermittent snow, moderate
  187 Snow shower(s) or intermittent snow, heavy
  190 THUNDERSTORM
  191 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, no precipitation
  192 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, showers of rain or snow
  193 Thunderstorm, slight or moderate, hail
  194 Thunderstorm, heavy, no precipitation
  195 Thunderstorm, heavy, showers of rain or snow
  196 Thunderstorm, heavy, hail
  199 Tornado
  204 Volcanic ash supended in the air aloft
  206 Thick dust haze, vis < 1km
  207 Blowing spray
  208 Drifting dust or sand
  209 Wall of dust or sand in distance (like haboob)
  210 Snow haze
  211 Whiteout
  213 Lightning, cloud to surface
  217 Dry thunderstorm
  219 Tornado cloud (destructive) at or in sight of station
  220 Volcanic ash deposition
  221 Dust or sand deposition
  222 Dew deposition
  223 Wet snow deposition
  224 Soft rime deposition
  225 Hard rime deposition
  226 Hoar frost deposition
  227 Glaze deposition
  228 Ice crust (ice slick) deposition
  230 Duststorm or sandstorm, temperature below 0C
  239 Blowing snow, can't tell if snow is falling
  241 Fog on sea
  242 Fog in valleys
  243 (Ant)arctic sea smoke
  244 Steam fog (sea, lake or river)
  245 Steam fog (land)
  246 Fog over ice or snow cover
  247 Dense fog, vis 60-90m
  248 Dense fog, vis 30-60m
  249 Dense fog, vis <30m
  250 Drizzle, <0.10mm/h
  251 Drizzle, 0.10-0.19mm/h
  252 Drizzle, 0.20-0.39mm/h
  253 Drizzle, 0.40-0.79mm/h
  254 Drizzle, 0.80-1.59mm/h
  255 Drizzle, 1.60-3.19mm/h
  256 Drizzle, 3.20-6.39mm/h
  257 Drizzle, >6.4mm/h
  259 Drizzle & snow
  260 Rain, <1.0mm/h
  261 Rain, 1.0-1.9mm/h
  262 Rain, 2.0-3.9mm/h
  263 Rain, 4.0-7.9mm/h
  264 Rain, 8.0-15.9mm/h
  265 Rain, 16.0-31.9mm/h
  266 Rain, 32.0-63.9mm/h
  267 Rain, >64.0mm/h
  270 Snow, <1.0mm/h
  271 Snow, 1.0-1.9mm/h
  272 Snow, 2.0-3.9mm/h
  273 Snow, 4.0-7.9mm/h
  274 Snow, 8.0-15.9mm/h
  275 Snow, 16.0-31.9mm/h
  276 Snow, 32.0-63.9mm/h
  277 Snow, >64.0mm/h
  278 Snow or ice crystals from a clear sky
  279 Wet snow freezing on contact
  280 Rain (ww=87-99)
  281 Freezing rain (ww=80-82)
  282 Rain & snow mixed
  283 Snow
  284 Snow pellets or small hail
  285 Snow pellets or small hail with rain
  286 Snow pellets or small hail with rain & snow mixed
  287 Snow pellets or small hail with snow
  288 Hail
  289 Hail with rain
  290 Hail with rain & snow mixed
  291 Hail with snow
  292 Shower(s) or thunderstorm over sea
  293 Shower(s) or thunderstorm over mountains
  508 No significant weather
  509 Not observed
  510 Not reported

 020004 PAST WEATHER
0  CLOUD < HALF
1  CLOUD HALF
2  CLOUD > HALF
3  BLOWING
4  FOG/ICE/HAZE
5  DRIZZLE
6  RAIN
7  SNOW/RAIN
8  SHOWER(S)
9  THUNDERSTORM
10 NO SIG WX
11 VIS REDUCED
12 BLOWING
13 FOG
14 PRECIPTATION
15 DRIZZLE
16 RAIN
17 PELLETS
18 SHOWER(S)
19 THUNDERSTORM

 020005 (SEE 020004)

 020008 CLOUD DISTRIBUTION FOR AVIATION
0  SKY CLEAR
1  FEW
2  SCATTERED
3  BROKEN
4  OVERCAST
5
6  SCT/BKN     scattered/broken                                    !1.9
7  BKN/OVC     broken/overcast                                     !1.9
8  ISOLATED
9  ISOL/EMBED  isolated/embedded                                   !1.9
10 OCCASIONAL
11 OCNL/EMBED  occasional/embedded                                 !1.9
12 FREQUENT
13 DENSE
14 LAYERS
15 Obscured                                                        !1.14
16 Embedded                                                        !1.14

 020009 GENERAL WEATHER INDICATOR (TAF/METAR)
0
1  NSC          NO SIGNIFICANT CLOUD
2  CAVOK
3  SKC          SKY CLEAR
4  NSW          NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER

 020011 CLOUD AMOUNT
0  0
1  1 OKTA OR <1
2  2 OKTAS
3  3 OKTAS
4  4 OKTAS
5  5 OKTAS
6  6 OKTAS
7  7 OKTAS (<8)
8  8 OKTAS
9  SKY OBSCURED METEOROLOGICAL
10 SKY PARTLY  OBSCURED BY FOG AND/OR OTHER METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA
11 SCATTERED
12 BROKEN
13 FEW

 020012 CLOUD TYPE
0  CI
1  CC
2  CS
3  AC
4  AS
5  NS
6  SC
7  ST
8  CU
9  CB
10 NO CH CLOUDS
11 CI FIB (UNC)
12 CI SPI SHEAF
13 CI SPI CUGEN
14 CI UNC/FIB
15 CI VEIL <45'
16 CI VEIL >45'
17 CS WHOLE SKY
18 CS NOT COVER
19 CH MOSTLY CC
20 NO CM CLOUDS
21 AS TR
22 AS OP / NS
23 AC TR LEVEL
24 AC TR PATCHY
25 AC TR BANDS
26 AC CU(CB)GEN
27 AC TR LAYERS
28 AC CAS/FLO
29 AC CHAOTIC
30 NO CL CLOUDS
31 CU HUM/FRA
32 CU MED/CON
33 CU CAL
34 SC CUGEN
35 SC NOT CUGEN
36 SC NEB/FRA
37 ST/CU FRA
38 CU/SC LEVELS
39 CB CAP
40 CH                                                             !1.13
41 CM                                                             !1.13
42 CL                                                             !1.13
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59 CLOUD INVIS
60 CH INVISIBLE
61 CM INVISIBLE
62 CL INVISIBLE

 020017 CLOUD TOP DESCRIPTION
0  ISOLATED
1  CONTIN, FLAT
2  BROKEN, FLAT  Broken cloud, small breaks, flat tops            !1.13
3          FLAT  Broken cloud, large breaks, flat tops            !1.13
4  CONTIN, WAVY
5  BROKEN, WAVY  Broekn cloud, small breaks, undulating tops      !1.13
6          WAVY  Broekn cloud, large breaks, undulating tops      !1.13
7  WAVES/TOWERS
8  Groups of waves with toweing clouds above the top of the layer !1.13
9  TWO LAYERS

 020018 TENDENCY OF RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE
0  INCREASING
1  DECREASING
2  NO CHANGE

 020021 TYPE OF PRECIPITATION (30-BIT FLAG TABLE)                  !1.11
1  Unknown
2  Liquid not freezing
3  Liquid freezing
4  Drizzle
5  Rain
6  Solid
7  Snow
8  Snow grains
9  Snow pellets                                                    !1.11
10 Ice pellets                                                     !1.11
11 Ice crystals                                                    !1.11
12 Diamond dust                                                    !1.11
13 Small hail                                                      !1.11
14 Hail                                                            !1.11
15 Glaze                                                           !1.11
16 Rime                                                            !1.11
17 Soft rime                                                       !1.11
18 Hard rime                                                       !1.11
19 Clear ice                                                       !1.11
20 Wet snow                                                        !1.11
21 Hoar frost                                                      !1.11
22 Dew                                                             !1.11

 020022 CHARACTER OF PRECIPITATION                                !1.13
0  None
1  Continuous
2  Intermittent
3  Shower
4  Not reaching ground
5  Deposition

 020023 OTHER WEATHER PHENOMENA (18-BIT FLAG TABLE)               !1.13
1  Dust/sand whirl
2  Squalls
3  Sandstorm
4  Duststorm
5  Cloud-to-surface lightning
6  Cloud-to-cloud lightning
7  Distant lightning
8  Thunderstorm
9  Funnel cloud not touching surface
10 FC touching surface  (Funnel cloud)
11 Spray

 020024 INTENSITY OF PHENOMENA                                    !1.13
0  None
1  Light
2  Moderate
3  Heavy
4  Violent
5  Severe                                                         !1.14

 020025 OBSCURATION (21-BIT FLAG TABLE)                           !1.13
1  Fog
2  Ice fog
3  Steam fog
4
5
6
7  Mist
8  Haze
9  Smoke
10 Volcanic ash
11 Dust
12 Sand
13 Snow

 020026 CHARACTER OF OBSCURATION                                  !1.13
0  No change
1  Shallow
2  Patches
3  Partial
4  Freezing
5  Low drifting
6  Blowing
7  Increasing
8  Decreasing
9  In suspension in the air
10 Wall
11 Dense
12 Whiteout

 020027 PHENOMENA OCCURRENCE (9-BIT FLAG TABLE)                   !1.13
1  At time of observation
2  In past hour
3  In W1W2 period
4  In specified period
5
6
7  At the station
8  In the vicinity

 020028 Expected change in intensity                              !1.14
0  No change
1  Weaken
2  Intensify

 020029 RAIN FLAG                                                 !1.13
0  No rain                                                        !1.13
1  Rain                                                           !1.13

 020032 RATE OF ICE ACCRETION
0  NO BUILDUP
1  SLOW BUILDUP
2  FAST BUILDUP
3  SLOW MELT
4  FAST MELT

 020033 CAUSE OF ICE ACCRETION  (4-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  OCEAN SPRAY
2  FOG
3  RAIN

 020034 SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
0  NONE VISIBLE
1  IN LEAD/FAST
2  <3/10 PACK
3  4-6/10 PACK
4  7-8/10 PACK
5  >9/10 PACK
6  OPEN, PATCHY
7  CLOSE,PATCHY
8  FAST & OPEN
9  FAST & CLOSE
10
11
12
13
14 CAN'T REPORT

 020035 AMOUNT AND TYPE OF ICE
0  NO LAND ICE
1  1-5 BERGS
2  6-10 BERGS
3  11-20 BERGS
4  <10 BITS
5  >10 BITS
6  1-5 & BITS
7  6-10 & BITS
8  11-20 & BITS
9  >20 & BITS
10
11
12
13
14 UNABLE TO REPORT, DARKNESS, LACK OF VISIBILITY, ONLY SEA ICE VISIBLE

 020036 ICE SITUATION                                             !1.13
0  In sight
1  Easy, improving
2  Easy, no change
3  Easy, worsening
4  Hard, improving
5  Hard, no change
6  Hard, worsening. Ice forming & floes freezing together
7  Slight pressure
8  Severe pressure
9  Ship beset

 020037 ICE DEVELOPMENT
0  NEW ICE ONLY
1  NILAS/RIND
2  10-30CM
3  MOSTLY NEW
4  MOSTLY THIN
5  THIN,30-70CM
6
7  MEDIUM/THICK
8  >2M THICK
9  MOSTLY OLD
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30 UNABLE TO REPORT, DARKNESS, LACK OF VISIBLITY

 020041 AIRFRAME ICING
0  NONE
1  LIGHT
2  LIGHT (CLOUD
3  LIGHT (PRECP
4  MOD
5  MOD (CLOUD)
6  MOD (PRECIP)
7  SEV
8  SEV (CLOUD)
9  SEV (PRECIP)
10 TRACE
11 TRACE (CLOUD)
12 TRACE (PRECIPITATION)

 020042 AIRFRAME ICING                                            !1.14
0  No icing
1  Icing

 020045 Supercooled large droplet (SLD) conditions                !1.14
0  No SLD
1  SLD

 020062 STATE OF GROUND
0  DRY
1  MOIST
2  WET
3  FLOODED
4  FROZEN
5  GLAZE ON GROUND
6  LOOSE COVER OF DUST OR SAND
7  THIN COVER OF DUST OR SAND
8  THICK COVER OF DUST OR SAND
9  DRY, CRACKED
10 ICE-COVERED
11 WET SNOW, LESS THAN HALF GROUND COVER
12 WET SNOW, MORE THAN HALF GROUND COVER
13 EVEN WET SNOW, ALL GROUND COVERED
14 UNEVEN WET SNOW, ALL GROUND COVERED
15 DRY SNOW, LESS THAN HALF GROUND COVER
16 DRY SNOW, MORE THAN HALF GROUND COVER
17 EVEN DRY SNOW, ALL GROUND COVERED
18 UNEVEN DRY SNOW, ALL GROUND COVERED
19 DEEP SNOW DRIFTS

 020063 SPECIAL PHENOMENA (TO BE DEVELOPED)

 020071 ACCURACY OF FIX AND RATE OF ATMOSPHERICS                   !1.9
0  NO ASSESSMENT
1  <50km <1/s      < 50KM             < 1 PER SECOND
2  50-200km <1/s   > 50KM & < 200KM   < 1 PER SECOND
3  >200km <1/s     > 200KM            < 1 PER SECOND
4  <50km >1/s      < 50KM             1 OR MORE PER SECOND
5  50-200km >1/s   > 50KM & < 200KM   1 OR MORE PER SECOND
6  >200km >1/s     > 200KM            1 OR MORE PER SECOND
7  <50km fast      < 50KM             SO RAPID NUMBER CANNOT BE COUNTED
8  50-200km fast   > 50KM & < 200KM   SO RAPID NUMBER CANNOT BE COUNTED
9  >200km fast     > 200KM            SO RAPID NUMBER CANNOT BE COUNTED

 020090 SPECIAL CLOUDS
0
1  NACREOUS
2  NOCTILUCENT
3  WATERFALL
4  FIRE CLOUDS
5  VOLCANIC

 020192 SIGNIFICANT PRESENT OR FORECAST WEATHER: INTENSITY OR PROXIMITY
0
1  LIGHT
2  MODERATE
3  HEAVY
4
5  IN VICINITY

 020193 SIGNIFICANT PRESENT OR FORECAST WEATHER: QUALIFIERS  (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  PARTIAL       PR
2  SUPERCOOLED   FZ
3  THUNDERSTORM  TS
4  SHOWER(S)     SH
5  BLOWING       BL
6  LOW DRIFTING  DR
7  PATCHES       BC
8  SHALLOW       MI

 020194 SIGNIFICANT PRESENT OR FORECAST WEATHER  (21-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  DUSTSTORM     DS
3  SANDSTORM     SS
4  FUNNEL CLOUD  FC
5  SQUALLS       SQ
6  WHIRLS        PO
7  HAZE          HZ
8  SAND          SA
9  DUST LYING    DU
10 VOLCANIC ASH  VA
11 SMOKE         FU
12 FOG           FG
13 MIST          BR
14 HAIL/SNOW     GS
15 HAIL          GR
16 ICE PELLETS   PE
17 DIAMOND DUST  IC
18 SNOW GRAINS   SG
19 SNOW          SN
20 RAIN          RA
21 DRIZZLE       DZ

 020195 TAF/METAR GENERAL WEATHER INDICATORS  (6-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  WX NIL
3  NSW
4  SKC
5  CAVOK
6  NSC

 020197 VISIBILITY TENDENCY
0  NONE
1  INCREASING
2  DECREASING

 020198 DAY OF HAIL,ICE (0000Z-2400Z PREVIOUS DAY)
0  None                                                            !1.9
1  DIAMOND DUST
2  SNOW GRAINS
3  SNOW PELLETS
4  ICE PELLETS OR SMALL HAIL (LESS THAN 5MM DIAMETER)
5  HAIL (5-9MM DIAMETER)
6  HAIL (10-19MM DIAMETER)
7  HAIL (20MM OR GREATER DIAMETER)
8                                                                  !1.9
9  None (restricted period)                                        !1.9

 020199 DAY OF THUNDER (0000Z-2400Z PREVIOUS DAY)
0  None                                                            !1.9
1  Thunderstorm, with or without precipitation                     !1.9
2                                                                  !1.9
3                                                                  !1.9
4                                                                  !1.9
5                                                                  !1.9
6                                                                  !1.9
7                                                                  !1.9
8                                                                  !1.9
9  None (restricted period)                                        !1.9

 020200 DAY OF FOG (0000Z-2400Z PREVIOUS DAY)
0  >1000m      Visibility 1000m or more at 0900z previous day      !1.9
1  <1000m      Visibility less than 1000m at 0900z                 !1.9

 020201 DAY OF GALE (0000Z-2400Z PREVIOUS DAY)
0  None                                                            !1.9
1  34-knot winds for a period of at least 10 minutes               !1.9
2                                                                  !1.9
3                                                                  !1.9
4                                                                  !1.9
5                                                                  !1.9
6                                                                  !1.9
7                                                                  !1.9
8                                                                  !1.9
9  None (restricted period)                                        !1.9

 020202 DAY OF SNOW OR SLEET (0000Z-2400Z PREVIOUS DAY)
0  None                                                            !1.9
1  Sleet                                                           !1.9
2                                                                  !1.9
3                                                                  !1.9
4                                                                  !1.9
5  Snow                                                            !1.9
6                                                                  !1.9
7                                                                  !1.9
8                                                                  !1.9
9  None (restricted period)                                        !1.9

 020203 STATE OF CONCRETE
0  SLAB DRY
1  SLAB MOIST
2  SLAB WET
3  SLAB ICY

 021066 UWA PRODUCT CONFIDENCE DATA (12-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NOT WORKING
2  EQUIP FAILED
3  PRF CHANGED
4  WINDOW CHANGE
5  GAIN CHANGE
6  BAD CHIRP
7  BAD I & Q
8  CENTR>MMCC
9  CENTR>PRF/2
10 AMBIG<MMCC
11 OUTPUT<MMCC

 021067 UWI PRODUCT CONFIDENCE DATA (13-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NO FOREBEAM
2  NO MIDBEAM
3  NO AFTBEAM
4  FORE ARCING
5  MID ARCING
6  AFT ARCING
7  ANY BEAM KP ABOVE THRESHOLD
8  LAND IN CELL FOOTPRINT
9  NO AMBIG REMOVAL
10 NO MET BACKGROUND
11 MIN RESIDUAL ABOVE THRESHOLD
12 CHECKSUM ERROR

 021068 URA PRODUCT CONFIDENCE DATA (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  BAD WIND
2  BAD SWH
3  BAD ALTITUDE
4  BAD PEAKINESS
5  BAD CHECKSUM
6  NO HTL CORR
7  <10 VALUES

 021069 UAT QUALITY ANALYSIS (10-BIT FLAG TABLE) (0 NOT DONE, 1 DONE)
1  12.0 PRESENT
2  11.0 PRESENT
3  3.7 PRESENT
4  1.6 PRESENT
5  1.6 HISTOGRAM REFLECTANCE CLOUD TEST USED IN CLOUD IDENTIFICATION
6  DYN THRESHOLD USED IN 1.6 HISTOGRAM REFLECTANCE CLOUD TEST
7  SUNGLINT    DETECTED IN 1.6 REFLECTANCE TEST
8  SST USED 3.7 CHANNEL
9  SST USED DAYTIME DATA IN DERIVATION (NIGHTTIME IF ZERO)

 021070 SST product confidence data (SADIST-2) (23-BIT FLAG TABLE)  !1.8
1  Cell 1:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
2  Cell 2:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
3  Cell 3:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
4  Cell 4:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
5  Cell 5:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
6  Cell 6:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
7  Cell 7:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
8  Cell 8:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
9  Cell 9:nadir-only view SST used 3.7 micron channel
10 Cell 1: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel
11 Cell 2: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel   Cell numbering:
12 Cell 3: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel     NW       NE
13 Cell 4: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel        7 8 9
14 Cell 5: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel        4 5 6
15 Cell 6: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel        1 2 3
16 Cell 7: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel     SW       SE
17 Cell 8: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel
18 Cell 9: dual view SST used 3.7 micron channel
19 Nadir:day   Nadir view contains day-time data (night if not set)
20 Forward:day Forward view contains day-time data (night if not set)
21 Some not yaw Contributions from scans when platform not in yaw-steering mode
22 Poor scans  Contributions from scans whose quality is poor or unknown

 021072 ALTIMETER CALIBRATION STATUS  (4-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  HEIGHT ERROR   CORRECTION
2  STL DISCRIM    CORRECTION
3  AGC OUTPUT     CORRECTION

 021073 ALTIMETER INSTRUMENT MODE  (9-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  BLANK RECORD
2  TEST
3  CALIBRATION
4  BITE
5  AQUIS ON ICE
6  AQUIS ON SEA
7  TRACK ON ICE
8  TRACK ON SEA

 021076 REPRESENTATION OF INTENSITIES
0  Linear                                                         !1.13
1  Log (base e)                                                   !1.13
2  Log (base 10)                                                  !1.13

 021109 SEAWINDS WIND VECTOR CELL QUALITY (17-BIT FLAG TABLE)      !1.9
1  Not enough good sigma-0 available for wind retrieval
2  Poor azimuth diversity among sigma-0 for wind retrieval
3
4
5
6
7
8  Over land    Some portion of wind vector cell is over land
9  Over ice     Some portion of wind vector cell is over ice
10 No retrieval Wind retrieval not performed for wind vector cell
11 >30m/s       Reported wind speed greater than 30m/s
12 <3m/s        Reported wind speed less than or equal to 3m/s     !1.10

 021115 SEAWINDS SIGMA-0 QUALITY (17-BIT FLAG TABLE)               !1.9
1  Not usable
2  Low s/n ratio
3  Negative
4  Out of range
5  Unacceptable scatterometer pulse quality
6  Cell location algorithm does not converge
7  Frequency shift beyond range of x factor table
8  Spacecraft temperature beyond calibration coefficient range
9  No applicable attitude records found
10 Interpolated ephemeris data not acceptable

 021116 SEAWINDS SIGMA-0 MODE (17-BIT FLAG TABLE)                  !1.9
1              calibration measurement pulse
2              calibration measurement pulse
3  Outer antenna beam
4  Sigma-0 cell aft of spacecraft
5              current mode
6              current mode
7              effective gate width - slice resolution
8              effective gate width - slice resolution
9              effective gate width - slice resolution
10 Low resolution mode - whole pulse data
11 Scatterometer electronic subsystem b
12 Alternate spin rate - 19.8 rpm
13 Receiver protection on
14             slices per composite
15             slices per composite
16             slices per composite

 021119 WIND SCATTEROMETER GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION              !1.9
0
1  SASS
2  SASS2
3  NSCAT0
4  NSCAT1
5  NSCAT2
6  QSCAT0
7  QSCAT1
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31 CMOD1
32 CMOD2
33 CMOD3
34 CMOD4
35 CMOD5

 021144 Altimeter rain flag (2-BIT FLAG TABLE)                    !1.14
1  rain

 021196 UWA PRODUCT CONFIDENCE DATA (SEE 021066)

 021197 UWI PRODUCT CONFIDENCE DATA (12-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NO FOREBEAM
2  NO MIDBEAM
3  NO AFTBEAM
4  FORE ARCING
5  MID ARCING
6  AFT ARCING
7  KP>THRESHOLD
8  LAND
9  NO AMBIG REM
10 NO MET BACKG
11 CHECKSUM ERR

 021198 URA PRODUCT CONFIDENCE DATA (SEE 021068)

 021199 UAT QUALITY ANALYSIS (7-BIT FLAG TABLE) (0 NOT DONE, 1 DONE)
1  3.7 CHANNEL USED IN ASST DERIVATION
2  DAYTIME DATA USED IN ASST DERIVATION
3  PREVIOUS PASS COMPARISON PERFORMED
4  WEEKLY MEAN COMPARISON PERFORMED
5
6  RATE OF CHANGE OF ASST CHECKED AGAINST STATIC THRESHOLD

 021200 MWI PRODUCT CONFIDENCE DATA (16-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NO FOREBEAM
2  NO MIDBEAM
3  NO AFTBEAM
4  FORE ARCING
5  MID ARCING
6  AFT ARCING
7  KP>THRESHOLD
8  LAND
9  NO AMBIG REM
10 NO MET BACKG
11 CHECKSUM ERR
12 NO RETRIEVAL
13 <4 OR >24M/S   RETRIEVED WIND <4 OR >24M/S
14 RET-BGD>4M/S   RETRIEVED - BACKGROUND WIND SPEED >4M/S
15 RET-BGD>40D    RETRIEVED - BACKGROUND WIND DIRECTION > 40 DEGREES

 021202 ALTIMETER CALIBRATION STATUS  (4-BIT FLAG TABLE) (SEE 021072)

 021203 ALTIMETER INSTRUMENT MODE  (9-BIT FLAG TABLE) (SEE 021073)

 021214 UAT QUALITY SUMMARY
0  NO DATA       NO DATA IN PRODUCT
1  NOT RECOMMNDD NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE
2  CONF FAILURE  CONFIDENCE ANALYSIS FAILED; USE WITH DISCRETION
3  QUALANAL FAIL QUALITY ANALYSIS FAILED; USE WITH DISCRETION
4  OK FOR USE    OK; RECOMMENDED FOR USE

 021231 RADIO OCCULTATION PRODUCT CONFIDENCE (16-BIT FLAG TABLE)   !1.12
1  ASCENDING OCCULTATION                                           !1.12

 022056 DIRECTION OF PROFILE                                      !1.13
0  Upwards
1  Downwards
2  Horizontal

 022061 STATE OF SEA
0  GLASSY
1  RIPPLED
2  WAVELETS
3  SLIGHT
4  MODERATE
5  ROUGH
6  VERY ROUGH
7  HIGH
8  VERY HIGH
9  PHENOMENAL

   022067 INSTRUMENT TYPE FOR WATER TEMPERATURE PROFILE MEASUREMENT
  1   T-4 (A=6.472)
  2   T-4
  11  T-5
  21  FAST DEEP
  31  T-6 (A=6.472)
  32  T-6
  41  T-7 (A=6.472)
  42  T-7
  51  DEEP BLUE (A=6.472)
  52  DEEP BLUE
  61  T-10
  71  T-11
  201 TSK T-4 (A=6.472)
  202 TSK T-4
  211 TSK T-6 (A=6.472)
  212 TSK T-6
  221 TSK T-7 (A=6.472)
  222 TSK T-7
  231 TSK T-5
  241 TSK T-10
  251 TSK Deep Blue                                               !1.13
  252 TSK Deep Blue                                               !1.13
  261 TSK AXBT                                                    !1.13
  401 XBT-1
  411 XBT-3
  421 XBT-4
  431 XBT-5
  441 XBT-5DB
  451 XBT-6
  461 XBT-7
  462 XBT-7                                                       !1.13
  471 XBT-7DB
  481 XBT-10
  491 XBT-20
  501 XBT-20DB
  510 SPARTON 536 AXBT (A=1.524, B=0)                              !1.9
  700 XCTD STANDARD
  710 XCTD DEEP
  720 AXCTD
  730 SXCTD
  741 TSK XCTD                                                    !1.13
  751 TSK AXCTD                                                   !1.13
  800 MECHANICAL BT
  810 HYDROCAST
  820 THERMISTOR CHAIN
  830 CTD
  831 CTD_P_ALACE float                                           !1.13
  840 PROVOR,NO   conductivity sensor                              !1.9
  841 PROVOR,SEABIRD conductivity sensor                           !1.9
  842 PROVOR,FSI  conductivity sensor                              !1.9
  845 WEB,NO      conductivity sensor                              !1.9
  846 WEB,SEABIRD conductivity sensor                              !1.9
  847 WEB,FSI     conductivity sensor                              !1.9
  850 SOLO,NO     conductivity sensor                              !1.9
  851 SOLO,SEABIRD conductivity sensor                             !1.9
  852 SOLO,FSI    conductivity sensor                              !1.9
  855 NINJA,no    conductivity sensor                             !1.14
  856 NINJA,SBE   conductivity sensor                             !1.14
  857 NINJA,FSI   conductivity sensor                             !1.14
  858 NINJA,TSK   conductivity sensor                             !1.14
  900 T-12 XBT    Sippican  (a=9.727, b=-0.0000473)               !1.14

 022068 RECORDER TYPE (BATHY)
0
1  STRIP CHART
2  MK2A/SSQ-61
3  MK-9
4  AN/BHQ-7/MK8
5  MK-12
6  MK-21                                                          !1.13
7
8
9
10 SOC BT/SV
11 OL5005       Lockheed-Sanders                                   !1.9
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 XBT-ST
21 XBT-ST 1
22 XBT-ST 2
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30 SA-810
31 METROBYTE
32 Z-60-16 III
33 Z-60-16 II
34 ETSM2
35 NMS-XBT
36
37
38
39
40 TSK MK-2A
41 TSK MK-2S
42 TSK MK-30
43 TSK MK-30N
44
45 TSK MK-100                                                     !1.13
46 TSK MK-130   Compatible recorder for both XBT and XCTD          !1.9
47
48 TSK AXBT RECEIVER MK-300                                       !1.13
49
50 JMA ASTOS                                                      !1.13
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60 ARGOS UP     ARGOS communications, sampling on up transit       !1.9
61 ARGOS DOWN   ARGOS communications, sampling on down transit     !1.9
62 ORBCOMM UP   ORBCOMM communications, sampling on up transit     !1.9
63 ORBCOMM DOWN ORBCOMM communications, sampling on down transit   !1.9
64
65
66
67
68
69
70 Devil-1 XBT CSIRO acquisition system                            !1.14
71 Devil-2 XBT CSIRO acquisition system                            !1.14

 022120 TIDE STATION AUTOMATED WATER LEVEL CHECK
0  GOOD DATA
1  TOO HIGH
2  TOO LOW
3  > RATE LIMIT
4  > FLAT LIMIT
5  > O-P LIMIT
6  PRIM-BACKUP
7  > TOLERANCE
8  > QA LIMIT
9  BAD SEA TEMP
10 >1 FAILURE
11 NO CHECKS

 022121 TIDE STATION MANUAL WATER LEVEL CHECK
0  OPERATIONAL
1  CLOGGING?
2  DATUM SHIFT?
3  WATER LEVEL?
4  TEMP SENSOR?
5  >1 PROBLEM?
6  BAD DATA!
7  NO CHECKS

 022122 TIDE STATION AUTOMATED METEOROLOGICAL DATA CHECK
0  GOOD DATA
1  BAD DD
2  BIG FF
3  BAD P
4  BAD T
5  >1 FAIL
6  NO CHECKS

 022123 TIDE STATION MANUAL METEOROLOGICAL DATA CHECK
0  OPERATIONAL
1  WIND SENSOR?
2  PRES SENSOR?
3  TEMP SENSOR?
4  SENSORS?
5  >1 PROBLEM?
6  BAD DATA!
7  NO CHECKS

 023001 ACCIDENT EARLY NOTIFICATION - ARTICLE APPLICABLE
0
1  ARTICLES 1-2
2  ARTICLE 3
3  ARTICLE 5.2

 023002 ACTIVITY OR FACILITY INVOLVED IN INCIDENT
0
1  GROUND REACTOR
2  SEA REACTOR
3  SPACE REACTOR
4  NUC.FUEL FAC
5  RAD.WASTE
6  WASTE TRANSP
7  WASTE STORAG
8  MANUF.ISOTOP
9  ISOTOPE USE
10 ISO STORAGE
11 ISO DISPOSAL
12 ISO TRANSPRT
13 ISO POWERGEN

 023003 TYPE OF RELEASE
0  NO RELEASE
1  TO ATMOSPHERE
2  TO WATER
3  ATMOS/WATER
4  EXPECT ATMOS
5  EXPECT WATER
6  EXPECT BOTH

 023004 COUNTERMEASURES TAKEN NEAR BORDER
0  NONE
1  EVACUATION
2  SHELTERING
3  PROPHYLAXIS
4  WATER

 023005 CAUSE OF INCIDENT
0  NOT KNOWN
1  KNOWN

 023006 INCIDENT SITUATION
0  NO BETTER
1  UNSTABLE
2  NO WORSE
3  IMPROVING
4  STABLE
5  WORSENING

 023007 CHARACTERISTICS OF RELEASE
0  NO RELEASE
1  STOPPED
2  RELEASE
3  CONTINUING

 023008 STATE OF CURRENT RELEASE
0  GASEOUS
1  PARTICULATE
2  GAS/PARTICLE

 023009 STATE OF EXPECTED RELEASE (AS 023008)

 023016 POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT CHEMICAL TOXIC HEALTH EFFECT
0  NOT SIGNIF
1  SIGNIFICANT

 023018 RELEASE BEHAVIOUR OVER TIME
0  ENDED
1  CONTINUING
2  RATE: MORE
3  RATE: SAME
4  RATE: LESS

 023031 POSSIBILITY THAT PLUME WILL MEET RAIN IN INCIDENT STATE
0  NO RAIN
1  RAIN

 023032 POSSIBILITY OF CHANGE IN WIND SPEED/DIRECTION IN NEXT 6 HOURS
0  NOT EXPECTED
1  EXPECTED

 024003 COMPOSITION OF RELEASE
0  NOBLE GASES
1  IODINES
2  CAESIUMS
3  TRANSURANICS

 025004 ECHO PROCESSING
0  INCOHERENT
1  COHERENT (DOPPLER)

 025005 ECHO INTEGRATION
0  LOG - 2.5 DB
1  LINEAR
2  SPECIAL

 025006 Z TO R CONVERSION
0  ZH TO R
1  (ZH,ZDR) TO (NO,DO) TO R
2  (Z(F1),Z(F2)) TO ATTENUATION TO R

 025009 CALIBRATION METHOD  (4-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NONE
2  TARGET/SIGNAL
3  RAINGAUGES
4  DISTROMETER

 025010 CLUTTER TREATMENT
0  NONE
1  MAP
2  INSERTION OF HIGHER ELEVATION DATA AND MAP
3  ANALYSIS OF THE FLUCTUATION LOGARITHM SIGNAL (CLUTTER DETECTION)
4  EXTRACTION OF THE FLUCTUATING PART OF LINEAR SIGNAL(CLUTTER SUPPRESSION)
5  CLUTTER SUPRESSION (DOPPLER)
6  MULTI-PARAMETER ANALYSIS

 025011 GROUND OCCULTATION CORRECTION (SCREENING)
0  NONE
1  MAP OF CORRECTION FACTORS
2  INTERPOLATION (AZIMUTH OR ELEVATION)

 025012 RANGE ATTENUATION CORRECTION
0  HARDWARE
1  SOFTWARE
2  HARD & SOFTWARE

 025013 BRIGHT-BAND CORRECTION  (2-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  BRIGHT-BAND

 025015 RADOME ATTENUATION CORRECTION  (2-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  RADOME ATTEN

 025017 PRECIPITATION ATTENUATION CORRECTION  (2-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  PRECIP ATTEN

 025020 MEAN SPEED ESTIMATION
0  FFT
1  PPP
2  VPC

 025021 WIND COMPUTATION ENHANCEMENT (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  SIMPLE MEAN
2  CONSENS MEAN
3  MEDIAN CHECK
4  VERT CONSIST
5  OTHER

 025030 USE OF RUNNING MEAN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AS PREDICTOR
0  CRIT NOT MET
1  NO DATA
2  USED

 025032 WIND PROFILER MODE INFORMATION
0
1  LOW MODE
2  HIGH MODE

 025033 NOAA WIND PROFILER SUBMODE INFORMATION
0  SUBMODE A
1  SUBMODE B

 025034 NOAA WIND PROFILER QUALITY CONTROL TEST RESULTS (4-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  TEST A FAIL
2  TEST B FAIL
3  INCONCLUSIVE

 025036 ATMOSPHERICS LOCATION METHOD
0  direction-finder network operating on the same atmospherics     !1.9
1  ATD network operating on the same atmospherics                  !1.9
2
3
4
5
6  SINGLE STATION RANGE BEARING TECHNIQUE

 025040 CO2 WIND PRODUCT DERIVATION
0  NON-SPECIFIC
1  FIRST GUESS
2  CLOUD DATA
3  AVGE VECTOR
4  PRIMARY DATA
5  GUESS DATA
6  VECTOR DATA
7  TRACER DATA
8  TRACER: NEXT

 025041 MOVING PLATFORM DIRECTION REPORTING METHOD
0  TRUE DEGREES
1  TABLE 0700

 025042 MOVING PLATFORM SPEED REPORTING METHOD
0  M/S
1  TABLE 4451

 025045 HIRS CHANNEL COMBINATION (21-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  CHANNEL 1
2  CHANNEL 2
3  CHANNEL 3
4  CHANNEL 4
5  CHANNEL 5
6  CHANNEL 6
7  CHANNEL 7
8  CHANNEL 8
9  CHANNEL 9
10 CHANNEL 10
11 CHANNEL 11
12 CHANNEL 12
13 CHANNEL 13
14 CHANNEL 14
15 CHANNEL 15
16 CHANNEL 16
17 CHANNEL 17
18 CHANNEL 18
19 CHANNEL 19
20 CHANNEL 20

 025046 MSU CHANNEL COMBINATION (5-BIT FLAG TABLE)                 !1.10
1  CHANNEL 1
2  CHANNEL 2
3  CHANNEL 3
4  CHANNEL 4

 025047 SSU CHANNEL COMBINATION (4-BIT FLAG TABLE)                 !1.10
1  CHANNEL 1
2  CHANNEL 2
3  CHANNEL 3

 025048 AMSU-A CHANNEL COMBINATION (16-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  CHANNEL 1
2  CHANNEL 2
3  CHANNEL 3
4  CHANNEL 4
5  CHANNEL 5
6  CHANNEL 6
7  CHANNEL 7
8  CHANNEL 8
9  CHANNEL 9
10 CHANNEL 10
11 CHANNEL 11
12 CHANNEL 12
13 CHANNEL 13
14 CHANNEL 14
15 CHANNEL 15

 025049 AMSU-B CHANNEL COMBINATION (6-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  CHANNEL 1
2  CHANNEL 2
3  CHANNEL 3
4  CHANNEL 4
5  CHANNEL 5

 025051 AVHRR CHANNEL COMBINATION (7-BIT FLAG TABLE)              !1.13
1  CHANNEL 1
2  CHANNEL 2
3  CHANNEL 3
4  CHANNEL 4
5  CHANNEL 5
6  CHANNEL 6

 025069 Flight level pressure corrections (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)      !1.14
1  Smoothed
2  Baseline adjusted
3  Normalised time interval
4  Outlier checked
5  Plausibility checked
6  Consistency checked
7  Interpolated

 025053 OBSERVATION QUALITY (12-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  GOOD
2  REDUNDANT
3  QUESTIONABLE
4  BAD
5  EXPERIMENTAL
6  PRECIPITATING

 025086 DEPTH CORRECTION INDICATOR
0  NOT CORRECTED
1  CORRECTED

 025093 RASS COMPUTATION CORRECTION (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)             !1.9
1  None
2  Vertical velocity
3
4
5
6
7  All

 025095 Altimeter state (2-BIT FLAG TABLE)                        !1.14
1  Backup

 025096 Radiometer state (5-BIT FLAG TABLE)                       !1.14
1  Mode 1
2  Mode 1 calibration sequence
3  Channel 2 off
4  Channel 3 off

 025097 Three-dimensional estimate of navigator orbit error       !1.14
0  0-30 cm
1  30-60 cm
2  60-90 cm
3  90-120 cm
4  120-150 cm
5  150-180 cm
6  180-210 cm
7  210-240 cm
8  240-270 cm
9  >270 cm

 025110 Image processing summary (10-BIT FLAG TABLE)              !1.14
1  Default parameters used in correction
2  Raw data analysis used in correction
3  Antenna elevation pattern correction applied
4  Nominal chirp replica used
5  Reconstructed chirp used
6  Slant range to ground range conversion applied

 025120 RA2 L2 processing flag                                    !1.14
0  Not enough data set records free of Level-2 processing errors
1  More than enough data set records free of Level-2 processing errors

 025122 Hardware configuration for radio frequency                !1.14
0  A
1  B

 025123 Hardware configuration for HPA                            !1.14
0  A
1  B

 025124 MWR L2 processing flag    (Microwave Radiometer)          !1.14
0  Not enough data set records free of Level-2 processing errors
1  More than enough data set records free of Level-2 processing errors

 025214 PRE-PROCESSING QUALITY FLAGS FOR ATOVS (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  AMSU BT's considered contaminated for the mapping               !1.9
2  NN AMSU-A used secondary calibration                            !1.9
3  AMSU-B used secondary calibration                               !1.9
4  AMSU-B missing due to insufficient good data                    !1.9
5  Maximum probability scheme cloud flag (NN)                      !1.9
6  Scattering test (only set over the sea) (NN)                    !1.9
7  Logistic precipitation probability test (NN)                    !1.9
8  Grody light rainfall test (NN)                                  !1.9
9  AMSU-A/B 89gHz values (NN) don't match                          !1.9
10 NN surface types from topography & preprocessing don't match    !1.9
11 AVHRR channel 3 value is albedo, not brightness temperature     !1.9
12 Secondary calibration used in the mapping                       !1.9
13 Nearest AMSU-A fov used was not the closest                     !1.9
14 AMSU-A data missing                                             !1.9

 025215 FIELD OF VIEW QUALITY FLAGS FOR ATOVS 1D DATA (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  SET IF SECONDARY CALIBRATION USED
2  HIRS CLOUD TEST
3  CHANNEL 1   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
4  CHANNEL 2   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
5  CHANNEL 3   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
6  CHANNEL 4   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
7  CHANNEL 5   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
8  CHANNEL 6   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
9  CHANNEL 7   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
10 CHANNEL 8   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
11 CHANNEL 9   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
12 CHANNEL 10  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
13 CHANNEL 11  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
14 CHANNEL 12  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
15 CHANNEL 13  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
16 CHANNEL 14  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
17 CHANNEL 15  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
18 CHANNEL 16  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
19 CHANNEL 17  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
20 CHANNEL 18  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
21 CHANNEL 19  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
22 CHANNEL 20  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
23 BAD OR MISSING DATA (IN ANY OR ALL CHANNELS)

 026010 HOURS INCLUDED (26-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  0100
2  0200
3  0300
4  0400
5  0500
6  0600
7  0700
8  0800
9  0900
10 1000
11 1100
12 1200
13 1300
14 1400
15 1500
16 1600
17 1700
18 1800
19 1900
20 2000
21 2100
22 2200
23 2300
24 2400
25 UNKNOWN MIXTURE OF HOURS

 029001 PROJECTION TYPE
0  NON-POL STER
1  POLAR STEREO
2  LAMBERTCONIC
3  MERCATOR
4  SCAN CONE   (RADAR)

 029002 CO-ORDINATE GRID TYPE
0  CARTESIAN
1  POLAR
2  OTHER

 030031 PICTURE TYPE
0  PPI
1  COMPOSITE
2  CAPPI
3  VERT SECTION
4  ALPHANUMERIC
5  SUBJECT CLUTTER MAP
6  MAP
7  TEST PICTURE
8  COMMENTS
9  OCCULTATION OF GROUND
10 RADARBEAM HT

 030032 COMBINATION WITH OTHER DATA  (16-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  MAP
2  SATELLITE IR
3  SATELITE VIS
4  SATELLITE WV
5  MULTISPECTRAL
6  SYNOPTIC OBS
7  F/C PARAMS
8  LIGHTNING

 031021 ASSOCIATED FIELD SIGNIFICANCE
0  PPI                                                            !1.13
1  GOOD/BAD
2  GOOD/SUS/BAD
3
4
5
6  GTSPP flag  (1:good,2:good?,3:bad?,4:bad,5:changed,8:interpol) !1.13
7  % CONFIDENCE
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 ORIGINAL/COR     0: ORIGINAL, 1: SUBSTITUTED/CORRECTED VALUE

 031031 DATA PRESENT INDICATOR (1-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NOT PRESENT

 033001 DATA QUALITY INDICATOR (1-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  SUSPECT

 033002 QUALITY INFORMATION
0  NOT SUSPECT
1  SUSPECT

 033003 QUALITY INFORMATION
0  NOT SUSPECT
1  SUSPECT
2  VERY SUSPECT
3  UNUSABLE

 033005 Suspect element (AWS data) (30-BIT FLAG TABLE)             !1.11
1  No automated checks done
2  Pressure
3  Wind
4  Dry-bulb temperature
5  Wet-bulb temperature
6  Humidity
7  Ground temperature
8  1st soil temperature
9  2nd soil temperature
10 3rd soil temperature
11 4th soil temperature
12 5th soil temperature
13 Cloud
14 Visibility
15 Present weather
16 Lightning
17 Ice deposit
18 Precipitation
19 State of ground
20 Snow
21 Water content
22 Evaporation/evapotranspiration
23 Sunshine

 033006 Internal measurement status information (AWS)              !1.11
0  Selfcheck OK
1  One Warning
2  One Alarm
3  Sensor failure

 033015 Data quality check indicator                              !1.14
0  passed
1  missing
2  des/reascending balloon check
3  above limit
4  below limit
5  superadiabatic
6  limiting angles
7  ascension rate
8  too diff from previous flight
9  balloon overhead
10 wind speed
11 wind direction
12 dependency
13 valid but modified
14 outlier

 033020 QUALITY CONTROL INDICATION FOR FOLLOWING VALUE
0  GOOD
1  INCONSISTENT
2  DUBIOUS
3  WRONG
4  NOT CHECKED
5  CHANGED

 033021 QUALITY OF FOLLOWING VALUE
0  IN RANGE
1  NOT IN RANGE

 033022 QUALITY OF BUOY SATELLITE TRANSMISSION
0  GOOD
1  DUBIOUS

 033023 QUALITY OF BUOY LOCATION
0  RELIABLE
1  LATEST KNOWN
2  DUBIOUS

 033024 STATION ELEVATION QUALITY MARK (FOR MOBILE STATIONS)
0
1  <3M
2  <10M
3  <20M
4  >20M
5  <10FT
6  <30FT
7  <60FT
8  >60FT

 033025 ACARS INTERPOLATED VALUES
0  TIME
1  LAT & LONG
2  TIME,LAT,LONG
3  NONE

 033026 MOISTURE QUALITY                                           !1.9
0  MEASURING
1  NOT MEASURING
2  SMALL RH
3  ELEMENT WET
4  ELEMENT DIRTY
5  HEATER FAIL
6  BOTH FAILED
7  VALIDITY BAD
8  NUMERIC ERROR
9  NO SENSOR                                                       !1.9

 033027 LOCATION QUALITY CLASS (RANGE OF RADIUS OF 66% CONFIDENCE)
0  >1500M
1  500-1500M
2  250-500M
3  <250M

 033030 SCAN LINE STATUS FLAGS FOR ATOVS (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  DO NOT USE SCAN FOR PRODUCT GENERATION
2  TIME SEQUENCE ERROR DETECTED WITH THIS SCAN
3  DATA GAP PRECEDES THIS SCAN
4  NO CALIBRATION
5  NO EARTH LOCATION
6  FIRST GOOD TIME FOLLOWING A CLOCK UPDATE
7  INSTRUMENT STATUS CHANGED WITH THIS SCAN

 033031 SCAN LINE QUALITY FLAGS FOR ATOVS (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  Time bad but can probably be inferred from previous good time   !1.9
2  Time bad and can't be inferred from the previous good time      !1.9
3  Sequence inconsistent with previous times (time discontinuity)  !1.9
4  Sequence repeats scan times previously accepted                 !1.9
5  Bad time: scan line not calibrated                              !1.9
6  Scan line calibrated with fewer than preferred scan lines       !1.9
7  Scan line not calibrated - bad or insufficient PRT data         !1.9
8  Scan line was calibrated but with marginal PRT data             !1.9
9  Some uncalibrated channels on this scan                         !1.9
10 Uncalibrated due to instrument mode                             !1.9
11 Space view antenna position error, so questionable calibration  !1.9
12 Black body antenna position error, so questionable calibration  !1.9
13 Not earth located because of bad time                           !1.9
14 Time code questionable, so earth location questionable          !1.9
15 Marginal reasonableness check, earth location questionable      !1.9
16 Reasonableness check failed, earth location questionable        !1.9
17 Antenna position check failed, earth location questionable      !1.9
18 Cold black body scan line calibration                          !1.13
19 Warm black body scan line calibration                          !1.13
20 Space view scan line calibration                               !1.13
21 Earth view                                                     !1.13

 033032 CHANNEL QUALITY FLAGS FOR ATOVS (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NO GOOD BLACKBODY COUNTS FOR SCAN LINE
2  NO GOOD SPACE VIEW COUNTS FOR THIS LINE
3  NO GOOD PRTS FOR THIS LINE
4  SOME BAD BLACKBODY VIEW COUNTS FOR THIS LINE
5  SOME BAD SPACE VIEW COUNTS FOR THIS LINE
6  SOME BAD PRT TEMPS ON THIS LINE

 033033 FIELD OF VIEW QUALITY FLAGS FOR ATOVS (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  SECONDARY CALIBRATION USED
2  CHANNEL 1   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
3  CHANNEL 2   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
4  CHANNEL 3   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
5  CHANNEL 4   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
6  CHANNEL 5   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
7  CHANNEL 6   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
8  CHANNEL 7   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
9  CHANNEL 8   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
10 CHANNEL 9   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
11 CHANNEL 10  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
12 CHANNEL 11  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
13 CHANNEL 12  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
14 CHANNEL 13  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
15 CHANNEL 14  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
16 CHANNEL 15  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
17 CHANNEL 16  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
18 CHANNEL 17  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
19 CHANNEL 18  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
20 CHANNEL 19  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
21 CHANNEL 20  BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE UNREASONABLE OR NOT CALCULATED
22 ALL THE CHANNELS ARE MISSING

 033035 MANUAL/AUTOMATIC QUALITY CONTROL
0  Pass,Nocheck  AUTOMATIC Q/C PASSED & NOT CHECKED MANUALLY       !1.9
1  Pass,Passed   AUTOMATIC Q/C PASSED & MANUALLY CHECKED & PASSED  !1.9
2  Pass,Deleted  AUTOMATIC Q/C PASSED & MANUALLY CHECKED & DELETED !1.9
3  Fail,Nocheck  AUTOMATIC Q/C FAILED & NOT CHECKED MANUALLY       !1.9
4  Fail,Failed   AUTOMATIC Q/C FAILED & MANUALLY CHECKED & FAILED  !1.9
5  Fail,Redone   AUTOMATIC Q/C FAILED & MANUALLY CHECKED & RE-INSERTED
6  Suspect, no manual check                                        !1.14
7  Suspect, failed manual check                                    !1.14
8  Failed manual check                                             !1.14

 033037 WIND CORRELATION FACTOR (20-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  bad u guess                                                     !1.9
2  bad v guess                                                     !1.9
3  bad u,v guess                                                   !1.9
4  u accel                                                         !1.9
5  v accel                                                         !1.9
6  u & v accel                                                     !1.9
7  possible land feature                                           !1.9
8  u accel & possible land feature                                 !1.9
9  v accel & possible land feature                                 !1.9
10 u,v accel & possible land feature                               !1.9
11 bad wind guess                                                  !1.9
12 correlation failure                                             !1.9
13 search box off edge of area                                     !1.9
14 target box off edge of area                                     !1.9
15 pixel brightness out of bounds (noisy line)                     !1.9
16 target not in lat/long box                                      !1.9
17 target outside pressure min/max                                 !1.9
18 slow vector flagged by autoeditor                               !1.9
19 vectors flagged by autoeditor                                   !1.9

 033038 Quality flags for GB-GNSS data (10-BIT FLAG TABLE)         !1.14
1  Zenith Total Delay poor
2  Galileo     satellites used
3  GLONASS     satellites used
4  GPS         satellites used
5  Met data used
6  Atmospheric loading correction applied
7  Ocean tide  loading applied
8  Climate quality data processing
9  Near-real time data processing

 033039 Quality flags for Radio Occ. data (16-BIT FLAG TABLE)      !1.17a
1  Non-nominal quality
2  Offline product
3  Ascending occultation
4  Excess Phase processing non-nominal
5  Bending Angle processing non-nominal
6  Refractivity processing non-nominal
7  Meteorological processing non-nominal
8  Reserved
9  Reserved
10 Reserved
11 Reserved
12 Reserved
13 Reserved
14 Background profile non-nominal
15 Background profile present

 033041 ATTRIBUTE OF FOLLOWING VALUE                               !1.10
0  True value
1  > true value (measurement hit lower limit of instrument)
2  < true value (measurement hit upper limit of instrument)

 033042 Type of limit represented by following value               !1.14
0  >
1  >=
2  <
3  =<

 033043 AST CONFIDENCE (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)                          !1.14
1  Nadir-only SST retrieval used 3.7 micron channel
2  Dual-view SST retrieval used 3.7 micron channel
3  Nadir daytime data
4  Forward daytime data

 033044 ASAR quality information (15-BIT FLAG TABLE)               !1.14
1  Input mean out of range
2  Input standard deviation out of range
3  Input gaps >threshold
4  Missing lines >threshold
5  Doppler centroid uncertain
6  Doppler ambiguity estimate uncertain
7  Output mean out of range
8  Output standard deviation out of range
9  Chirp reconstruction failed
10 Data set missing
11 Invalid downlink parameters
12 Azimuth cut-off fit did not converge in minmum number of iterations
13 Azimuth cut-off fit did not converge in minmum number of iterations
14 Phase information confidence

 033047 Measurement confidence (31-BIT FLAG TABLE)                 !1.14
1  Error detected and attempts to recover made
2  OBDH anomaly (On-Board Data Handling)
3  USOP anomaly (Ultra-Stable Oscillator Processing)
4  Errors detected by on-board computer
5  AGC out of range (Automatic Gain Control)
6  Rx delay fault: distance out of range
7  Wave form samples fault
8
9
10
11
12 Channel 1 brightness temperature out of range
13 Channel 2 brightness temperature out of range
14
15 Ku ocean retracking error
16 S ocean retracking error
17 Ku ice 1 retracking error
18 S ice 1 retracking error
19 Ku ice 2 retracking error
20 S ice 2 retracking error
21 Ku sea ice retracking error
22 Arithmetic fault
23 No map
24 1 map
25 2 maps degraded
26 2 maps nominal
27 Errors: propagation mode
28 Warning: propagation mode
29 Errors: initialisation mode
30 Warning: initialisation mode

 033048 Confidence measure of SAR inversion                        !1.14
0  succesful
1  not succesful

 033049 Confidence measure of wind retreival                       !1.14
0  dd used     (external wind direction used during inversion)
1  dd not used (external wind direction not used during inversion)

 033050 Global GTSSP quality flag                                  !1.14
0
1  correct
2  probably good
3  probably bad
4  impossible
5  modifies
6
7
8  interpolated

 033052 S band ocean retracking quality (21-BIT FLAG TABLE)        !1.14
1  20-th data block contains invalid measurement

 033053 Ku band ocean retracking quality (21-BIT FLAG TABLE)       !1.14
1  20-th data block contains invalid measurement

 033192 AVERAGED SURFACE TEMPERATURE CONFIDENCE (8-BIT FLAG TABLE) !1.12
1  SEA MDS. NADIR ONLY SST RETRIEVAL USED 3.7 MICRON CHANNEL       !1.12
2  SEA MDS. DUAL VIEW SST RETRIEVAL USED 3.7 MICRON CHANNEL        !1.12
3  NADIR VIEW CONTAINS DAY TIME DATA                               !1.12
4  FORWARD VIEW CONTAINS DAY TIME DATA                             !1.12

 033194 QUALITY FLAGS FOR GB-GNSS DATA (10-BIT FLAG TABLE)         !1.12
1  TOTAL ZENITH DELAY QUALITY IS CONSIDERED POOR                   !1.12
2  GALILEO SATELLITES USED                                         !1.12
3  GLONASS SATELLITES USED                                         !1.12
4  GPS SATELLITES USED                                             !1.12
5  METEOROLOGICAL DATA APPLIED                                     !1.12
6  ATMOSPHERIC LOADING CORRECTION APPLIED                          !1.12
7  OCEAN TIDE LOADING APPLIED                                      !1.12
8  CLIMATE QUALITY DATA PROCESSING                                 !1.12
9  NEAR REAL TIME DATA PROCESSING                                  !1.12

 033220 KIND OF CHECK - OBSERVED MINUS (3-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  BUDDY
2  BACKGROUND
3  CLIMATOLOGY

 033250 DRIFTER QUALITY INDICATORS (6-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  BAD PRESSURE      QP
2  BAD SENSOR        Q2
3  BAD SST           QTW
4  BAD AIR TEMP      Q4
5  BAD TRANSMISSION  QN

 033251 QUALITY OF LOCATION
0  2 PASSES, OK
1  LATEST KNOWN
2  ONLY 1 PASS    2ND SOLUTION POSSIBLE

 033255 SEQUENCE CHECK
0  3-HOUR
1  6-HOUR
2  24-HOUR

 035000 FM AND REGIONAL CODE NUMBER                                !1.9

 035001 TIME FRAME FOR MONITORING                                  !1.9
0  REAL TIME
1  NEAR-REAL   TIME
2  NON-REAL    TIME

 035030 DISCREPANCIES IN THE AVAILABILITY OF EXPECTED DATA         !1.9
0  none
1  non-compliance                                                 !1.13
2  out of date catalogues of meteorological bulletins
3  wrong route - incorrect routeing directories
4  inflexible  routing arrangements
5  deficiencies
6  data loss   or delays in relaying data on the GTS
7  diff route  from routeing provided in plan
8  malpractices                                                   !1.13

 035031 QUALIFIER ON MONITORING RESULTS                            !1.9
0
1  Enough & OK
2  Enough, not OK
3  Short but OK
4  Short & bad
5  Incomplete  messages
6  Miscoded    groups could not be interpreted confidently
7  Gross coding errors
8  Out of order transmissions
9  Garbled     & thus discarded
10 Faults fixed
11 Faults not fixed
12 Fault unclear
13 Measuring errors
14 Mutual inconsistency
15 Time inconsistency
16 F/c error
17 Bias
18 Improve Q/C
19 More training

 035032 Cause of missing data                                      !1.9
0
1  Radio fading
2  Centre out
3  Circuit out
4  RBSN density not implemented or not maintained
5  Staff lack
6  Supply lack
7  Instrument  failure
8  Procedures  not adhered to
9  End of observing programme

 035033 Observation and collection deficiency                      !1.9
0
1  None
2  Not regular
3  Wrong time
4  Not disseminated
5  Wrong users
6  Not received
7  Sent late
8  Not sent
9  HF propagation difficulties, difficult to select suitable frequency
10 Maintenance difficulties with remote communication equipment
11 No alternative arrangement for routeing meteorological observation

 035034 Statistical trends for data availability (in survey period) !1.9
0
1  Bit better
2  Better
3  Lots better
4  Steady
5  Worse
6  Bad at night

 035035 Reason for termination                                    !1.14
0
1  Balloon burst
2  Balloon forced down by icing
3  Balloon leaking or floating
4  Weak or fading signal
5  Battery failure
6  Ground equipment failure
7  Signal interference
8  Radiosonde failure
9  Too many data frames missing
10
11 Too many temperatures missing
12 Too many pressures missing
13 User terminated

 055001 MODEL TYPE
0
1  UNI.GLBL1991   UNIFIED MODEL GLOBAL
2  UNI.RGNL1991   UNIFIED MODEL REGIONAL
3  WAVEGLBL1991   WAVE MODEL GLOBAL
4  SST ANALYSIS   SST ANALYSIS SYSTEM

 055003 DATA USE/EXTRACTION INDICATORS  (8-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2
3  EXTRACTED V    FOR/FROM REGIONAL MODEL UPDATE RUN
4  EXTRACTED L    FOR/FROM REGIONAL MODEL MAIN RUN
5
6  EXTRACTED U    FOR/FROM GLOBAL MODEL UPDATE RUN
7  EXTRACTED G    FOR/FROM GLOBAL MODEL MAIN RUN
8  COLLWITHLASS   FOR COLLOCATION WITH LASS SOUNDINGS

 055004 AVHRR PROCESSING AND Q.C. FLAGS (7-BIT FLAG TABLE) (JUL 1999)
1  3 CH RETRVL    3 CHANNEL RETRIEVAL,     ELSE 2 CHANNEL RETRIEVAL
2  1.6MIC CH3A    CHANNEL 3A IS 1.6 MIC,   ELSE CHANNEL 3B IS 3.7 MIC
3  CLOUD CONTAM   CLOUD CONTAMINATION,     ELSE CLOUD FREE
4  NO B/G TEST    NO BACKGROUND TEST DONE, ELSE BACKGROUND TEST DONE
5  OVER LAND      OB OVER LAND,            ELSE OB OVER SEA
6  SURFACE ICE    SURFACE HAS ICE,         ELSE SURFACE HAS NO ICE

 055005 MODEL RUN INDICATOR
0
1  COP.FFFNGM     ANAL.HR 00, F/C 36HRS, CUTOFF 0155HRS
2  COP.FFFLLF0    ANAL.HR 00, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 0800HRS
3  COP.FFFLLF1    ANAL.HR 03, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 0800HRS
4  COP.FFFNGI     ANAL.HR 06, F/C 36HRS, CUTOFF 0800HRS
5  COP.FFFLLF2    ANAL.HR 06, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 1220HRS
6  COP.FFFLLF3    ANAL.HR 09, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 1220HRS
7  COP.FFFNMG     ANAL.HR 12, F/C 36HRS, CUTOFF 1355HRS
8  COP.FFFLLF0    ANAL.HR 12, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 2000HRS
9  COP.FFFLLF1    ANAL.HR 15, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 2000HRS
10 COP.FFFNGI     ANAL.HR 18, F/C 36HRS, CUTOFF 2000HRS
11 COP.FFFLLF2    ANAL.HR 18, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 0020HRS
12 COP.FFFLLF3    ANAL.HR 21, F/C 06HRS, CUTOFF 0020HRS

 055010 GLOSS FLAGS FOR WHOLE ASCENT  (17-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  NO ABEND
3  100-10MB BAD
4  1000-100 BAD
5  STABIL FAILD
6  STABIL CHECK
7  FINAL Q/C
8  B/G FAILED
9  DATA MISSING
10 COLLOCATED
11 CF REJECTED
12 UNUSABLE
13 CONFLICTING
14 DUPLICATE
15 NO CONVERGE
16 GLOSS QCP
17 LAND > 500M

 055011 QUALITY INDICATORS FOR SOUNDING DATA  (12-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2
3
4
5  B.TEMP CHECK   BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE REL. PROBABILITY CHECK DONE
6  B.TEMP FAIL    BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE REL. PROBABILITY CHECK FAIL
7  STABCH DONE    STABILITY CHECK PERFORMED
8  STABCH FAIL    STABILITY CHECK FAILED
9  >100HPA DONE   MULTI-LEVEL CHECK ABOVE 100 HPA PERFORMED
10 >100HPA FAIL   MULTI-LEVEL CHECK ABOVE 100 HPA FAIL
11 100-1000DONE   MULTI-LEVEL CHECK 100-1000 HPA PERFORMED
12 100-1000FAIL   MULTI-LEVEL CHECK 100-1000 HPA FAIL

 055012 GLOSS FLAGS FOR STANDARD LEVEL  (7-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  DON'T USE
3  FINAL FLAG
4  B/G FAILED
5  B/G CHECKED
6  CF REJECTED
7  CFO REJECTED

 055013 OBSERVATION CHECKS PERFORMED (10-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  A PRIORI REJ   A PRIORI REJECTION (PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF OB. QUAL.)
3  CF REJECTION   CFO REJECTION
4  CLIMCH DONE    CLIMATOLOGICAL CHECK PERFORMED
5  CLIMCH FAIL    CLIMATOLOGICAL CHECK FAILED
6  BCKGRD DONE    BACKGROUND CHECK PERFORMED
7  BCKGRD FAIL    BACKGROUND CHECK FAILED
8  BUDDYCH DONE   BUDDY CHECK PERFORMED
9  BUDDYCH FAIL   BUDDY CHECK FAILED
10 NOT IN ANAL    NOT USED BY ANALYSIS  (FINAL FLAG)

 055014 ESA/UKMO CONSISTENCY CHECK  (3-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2  ESA CONSFAIL   CONSISTENCY CHECK FAILED
3  ESA CONCHECK   CONSISTENCY CHECK PERFORMED

 055015 TYPE OF CHECK AGAINST OBSERVATION
0
1  BUDDY
2  BACKGROUND
3  CLIMATOLOGY

 055016 Q/C FLAGS FOR WHOLE REPORT (14-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1  NO PRESSURE SENSOR FOR PILOT
2  STRAT REJECT (LEVELS ABOVE 100MB REJECTED)
3  TROP REJECT  (LEVELS BELOW 100MB REJECTED)
4  STAB REJECT  (FAILED STABILITY CHECK)
5  STAB CHECK   (STABILITY CHECK DONE)
6  SUPEROB
7  TRACK SUSPECT
8  TRACK REJECT (FAILED TRACK CHECK
9  IN SUPEROB   (COMBINED WITH OTHER OBS)
10 LAND REJECT  (MARINE OB OVER LAND)
11 OUT OF AREA
12 SURPLUS      (DUPLICATE)
13 PERM REJECT  (BLACKLISTED)
14 FINAL REJECT (ONE OF FLAGS 2-7 SET)

 055018 Q/C FLAGS ON ELEMENTS FOR SURFACE DATA (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7  PSTN USED
8  PSTD USED
9  PMSL USED
10 PSTN PREF
11 PSTD REP
12 TENDENCY     (PRESSURE TENDENCY CHECK FAILED)
13 EXTREME VALUE
14 INCONSISTENT
15 DATA CORRECT (E.G. SIGN CORRECTION)
16 PERM CORRECT (FIXED CORRECTION)
17 CLIM PERF
18 BACK PERF    (BACKGROUND CHECK DONE)
19 BUDDY PERF
20 CLIM REJECT
21 PERM REJECT  (BLACKLISTED)
22 BACK REJECT  (BACKGROUND CHECK FAILED)
23 BUDDY REJECT
24 FINAL REJECT (DO NOT USE IN ANALYSIS)

 055019 Q/C FLAGS ON ELEMENTS FOR SONDE DATA (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2
3  PARTIAL LAYER
4  TROPOPAUSE
5  MAX WIND
6  SIG WIND
7  SIG TEMP
8  STANDARD
9  SURFACE
10 SUPERADIABATIC
11 INTERPOLATION
12 HYDROSTATIC
13 EXTREME VALUE
14 INCONSISTENT
15 DATA CORRECT (E.G. SIGN CORRECTION)
16 PERM CORRECT (FIXED CORRECTION)
17 CLIM PERF
18 BACK PERF    (BACKGROUND CHECK DONE)
19 BUDDY PERF
20 CLIM REJECT
21 PERM REJECT  (BLACKLISTED)
22 BACK REJECT  (BACKGROUND CHECK FAILED)
23 BUDDY REJECT
24 FINAL REJECT (DO NOT USE IN ANALYSIS)

 055020 Q/C FLAGS ON ELEMENTS FOR ERSMWI DATA (24-BIT FLAG TABLE)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8  INC ANGLE 2
9  INC ANGLE 1  (ANGLE OF INCIDENCE)
10 AMBIG REMOV2
11 AMBIG REMOV1 (AMBIGUITY REMOVAL)
12 CONFIDENCE
13 EXTREME VALUE
14 INCONSISTENT
15 DATA CORRECT (E.G. SIGN CORRECTION)
16 PERM CORRECT (FIXED CORRECTION)
17 CLIM PERF
18 BACK PERF    (BACKGROUND CHECK DONE)
19 BUDDY PERF
20 CLIM REJECT
21 PERM REJECT  (BLACKLISTED)
22 BACK REJECT  (BACKGROUND CHECK FAILED)
23 BUDDY REJECT
24 FINAL REJECT (DO NOT USE IN ANALYSIS)

 055021 1DVAR profile Q/C flags (16-BIT FLAG TABLE)                !1.8
1
2  RAIN CONTAMINATION OF FOOTPRINT
3  SEA ICE CONTAMINATION OF FOOTPRINT
4  1DVAR FAILED TO CONVERGE
5  INCONSISTENT CONVERSION TO RT PARAMETERS
6  WIND SPEED BACKGROUND BAD (<0.1 or > 100 m/s)
7  WIND DIRECTION BACKGROUND BAD (<0 or > 360 degrees)
8  SURFACE PRESSURE BACKGROUND BAD
9  MISSING SSMI RADIANCES IN ONE OR MORE CHANNELS
10 BAD SSM/I GEOLOCATION
11 UNKNOWN SATELLITE IDENTIFIER
12 LAND CONTAMINATION OF FOOTPRINT
13 UNABLE TO INITIALISE RT MODEL
14 BACKGROUND OUT OF BOUNDS
15 1DVAR RETRIEVAL OUT OF BOUNDS
16
