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This HTML-formatted table is based on a WMO document.
Please consult the original WMO document for more details and for possible notes.
0 Surface data - land / Operational 1 Surface data - sea / Operational 2 Vertical soundings (other than satellite) / Operational 3 Vertical soundings (satellite) / Operational 4 Single level upper-air data (other than satellite) / Operational 5 Single level upper-air data (satellite) / Operational 6 Radar data / Operational 7 Synoptic features / Operational 8 Physical/chemical constituents / Operational 9 Dispersal and transport / Operational 10 Radiological data / Operational 11 BUFR tables, complete replacement or update / Operational 12 Surface data (satellite) / Operational 13 Forecasts / Operational 14 Warnings / Operational 20 Status information / Operational 21 Radiances (satellite measured) / Operational 22 Radar (satellite) but not altimeter and scatterometer / Operational 23 Lidar (satellite) / Operational 24 Scatterometry (satellite) / Operational 25 Altimetry (satellite) / Operational 26 Spectrometry (satellite) / Operational 27 Gravity measurement (satellite) / Operational 28 Precision orbit (satellite) / Operational 29 Space environment (satellite) / Operational 30 Calibration datasets (satellite) / Operational 31 Oceanographic data / Operational 101 Image data / Operational 255 Other category / Operational
15-19, 32-100, 102-239 Reserved 240-254 For experimental use
Update history
Version 29.0 of Cipher BUFR table A was created from original WMO documents by Northern Lighthouse Ltd.