WMO BUFR Table A - Data category

As used by Cipher SoftBUFR Class Library, based on WMO BUFR Table A version 17

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WMO BUFR Table A, version 17, for discipline 0 (Meteorology)

0    Surface data - land
1    Surface data - sea
2    Vertical soundings (other than satellite)
3    Vertical soundings (satellite)
4    Single level upper-air data (other than satellite)
5    Single level upper-air data (satellite)
6    Radar data
7    Synoptic features
8    Physical/chemical constituents
9    Dispersal and transport
10   Radiological data
11   BUFR tables, complete replacement or update
12   Surface data (satellite)
13   Forecasts
14   Warnings
20   Status information
21   Radiances (satellite measured)
22   Radar (satellite) but not altimeter and scatterometer - Validation
23   Lidar (satellite) - Validation
24   Scatterometry (satellite) - Validation
25   Altimetry (satellite) - Validation
26   Spectrometry (satellite) - Validation
27   Gravity measurement (satellite) - Validation
28   Precision orbit (satellite) - Validation
29   Space environment (satellite) - Validation
30   Calibration datasets (satellite) - Validation
31   Oceanographic data
101  Image data
255  BUFR ed 4: Other category; BUFR ed 3: Indicator for local use, with sub-category
 
 15-19, 32-100, 102-239 Reserved
 240-254 For experimental use

Note (BUFR ed 3): In data category 255, the local data category may be described by BUFR, Section 1, octet 10.

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This is version 17.1 of Cipher BUFR table A, created from original WMO documents by Northern Lighthouse Ltd.