Descriptor
|
Order
|
Forced value
|
Forced missing
|
Name
|
Comment
|
001003
|
1
|
|
|
WMO region
|
|
001020
|
2
|
|
|
WMO region sub-area
|
|
001005
|
3
|
|
|
Buoy/platform identifier
|
|
002001
|
4
|
|
|
Type of station
|
|
002036
|
5
|
|
|
Buoy type
|
|
002149
|
6
|
|
|
Type of data buoy
|
|
301011
|
7
|
|
|
Date
|
|
301012
|
8
|
|
|
Time
|
|
008021
|
9
|
26
|
|
Time significance
|
Value = “26” (time of last known position)
|
301011
|
10
|
|
|
Date
|
|
301012
|
11
|
|
|
Time
|
|
008021
|
12
|
|
Y
|
Time significance
|
Value = “missing”
|
301021
|
13
|
|
|
Latitude and longitude (high accuracy)
|
|
027004
|
14
|
|
|
Alternate latitude (high accuracy)
|
|
028004
|
15
|
|
|
Alternate longitude (high accuracy)
|
|
007030
|
16
|
|
|
Height of station above MSL
|
|
001051
|
17
|
|
|
Platform Transmitter ID (CCITT IA5)
|
|
002148
|
18
|
|
|
Data collection and/or Location system
|
|
001012
|
19
|
|
|
Platform drift direction
|
|
001014
|
20
|
|
|
Platform drift speed
|
|
002040
|
21
|
|
|
Method of removing platform direction and speed from current
|
|
033022
|
22
|
|
|
Quality of buoy satellite transmission
|
|
033023
|
23
|
|
|
Quality of buoy location
|
|
033027
|
24
|
|
|
Location quality class (range of radius of 66% confidence)
|
|
022063
|
25
|
|
|
Total water depth
|
|
302021
|
26
|
|
|
Waves
|
|
302022
|
27
|
|
|
Wind waves
|
|
302023
|
28
|
|
|
Swell waves
|
|
008081
|
29
|
3
|
|
Type of equipment (observing platform)
|
Equipment = “platform”
|
025026
|
30
|
|
|
Battery voltage
|
|
008081
|
31
|
1
|
|
Type of equipment (transmitter)
|
Equipment = “transmitter”
|
025026
|
32
|
|
|
Battery voltage
|
|
008081
|
33
|
2
|
|
Type of equipment (receiver)
|
Equipment = “receiver”
|
025026
|
34
|
|
|
Battery voltage
|
|
008081
|
35
|
|
Y
|
Type of equipment – value Missing = cancel
|
Value = “missing”
|
002034
|
36
|
|
|
Drogue type
|
|
022060
|
37
|
|
|
Lagrangian drifter drogue status
|
|
007070
|
38
|
|
|
Drogue depth
|
|
002190
|
39
|
|
|
Lagrangian drifter submergence
|
|
025086
|
40
|
|
|
Depth correction indicator
|
|
002035
|
41
|
|
|
Cable length
|
|
002168
|
42
|
|
|
Hydrostatic pressure of lower end of cable
|
|
020031
|
43
|
|
|
Ice deposit (thickness)
|
|
002038
|
44
|
|
|
Method of temperature and/or velocity measurement
|
|
306004
|
45
|
|
|
Digitization, depth/salinity method, depths/salinities/temperatures
|
|
002030
|
46
|
|
|
Method of current measurement
|
|
306005
|
47
|
|
|
Time/duration of current measurement, depths/directions/speeds
|
|
007031
|
48
|
|
|
Height of barometer above MSL
|
|
008081
|
49
|
0
|
|
Type of equipment (sensor)
|
Equipment = “sensor”
|
012064
|
50
|
|
|
Instrument temperature
|
|
302001
|
51
|
|
|
Pressure and pressure change
|
|
008081
|
52
|
|
Y
|
Type of equipment – value missing = cancel
|
Value = “missing”
|
007032
|
53
|
|
|
Height of sensor above marine deck platform (for temp.&hum. measurement)
|
Here height of thermometer
|
007033
|
54
|
|
|
Height of sensor above water surface (for temp.&hum. measurement)
|
Here height of thermometer
|
012101
|
55
|
|
|
Dry-bulb temperature (scale 2)
|
|
012103
|
56
|
|
|
Dew-point temperature (scale 2)
|
|
013003
|
57
|
|
|
Relative humidity
|
|
007032
|
58
|
|
|
Height of sensor above marine deck platform (for wind measurement)
|
Here height of anemometer
|
007033
|
59
|
|
|
Height of sensor above water surface (for wind measurement)
|
Here height of anemometer
|
008082
|
60
|
|
|
Artificial correction of sensor height to another value
|
|
007033
|
61
|
|
|
Height of sensor above water surface (here height of anemometer to which it is artificially corrected)
|
Here height of anemometer to which it is artificially corrected
|
002169
|
62
|
|
|
Anemometer type
|
|
002002
|
63
|
|
|
Type of instrumentation for wind measurement
|
|
008021
|
64
|
2
|
|
Time significance
|
Value = “2” (time averaged)
|
004025
|
65
|
|
|
Time period in minutes
|
|
011001
|
66
|
|
|
Wind direction
|
|
011002
|
67
|
|
|
Wind speed
|
|
008021
|
68
|
|
Y
|
Time significance
|
Value = “missing”
|
004025
|
69
|
|
|
Time period in minutes
|
|
011043
|
70
|
|
|
Maximum wind gust direction
|
|
011041
|
71
|
|
|
Maximum wind gust speed
|
|
008082
|
72
|
|
Y
|
Artificial correction of sensor height to another value (set to missing to reset previous value)
|
Value = “missing”
|
007033
|
73
|
|
Y
|
Height of sensor above water surface (set to missing to cancel previous value)
|
Redefine height to previous level
|
007032
|
74
|
|
|
Height of sensor above marine deck platform (for precipitation measurement)
|
Here height of precipitations
|
004024
|
75
|
|
|
Time period in hours
|
|
013011
|
76
|
|
|
Total precipitation
|
|
007032
|
77
|
|
Y
|
Height of sensor above marine deck platform (set to missing to cancel the previous value)
|
Value = “missing”
|
008021
|
78
|
3
|
|
Time significance
|
Value = “3” (accumulated)
|
004024
|
79
|
|
|
Time period in hours
|
|
014021
|
80
|
|
|
Global radiation, integrated over period specified
|
|
008021
|
81
|
|
Y
|
Time significance
|
Value = “missing”
|
025028
|
82
|
|
|
Operator or manufacturer defined parameter (#1)
|
|
025028
|
83
|
|
|
Operator or manufacturer defined parameter (#2)
|
|
025028
|
84
|
|
|
Operator or manufacturer defined parameter (#3)
|
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