Mnemonic |
Description |
Units |
Value |
STID |
Platform identifier |
CCITT IA5 |
civals (icstid) |
YEAR |
Report year |
Year |
rivals (iryear) |
MNTH |
Report month |
Month |
rivals (irmnth) |
DAYS |
Report day |
Day |
rivals (irdays) |
HOUR |
Report hour |
Hour |
rivals (irhour) |
MINU |
Report minute |
Minute |
rivals (irminu) |
SLAT |
Station latitude |
Degrees |
rivals (irslat) |
SLON |
Station longitude |
Degrees |
rivals (irslon) |
SELV |
Station elevation |
Meters |
rivals (irselv) |
DRCT |
Wind direction |
Degrees true |
rivals (irdrct) |
SPED |
Wind speed |
Meters/sec |
rivals (irsped) |
PRES |
Station pressure |
Hectopascals |
rivals (irpres) |
PMSL |
Mean sea level pressure |
Hectopascals |
rivals (irpmsl) |
P03D |
appp 3 hr pressure change group |
Numeric |
rivals (irp03d) |
CHPT |
Characteristic of 3-hr pressure tendency |
WMO Code Table 0200 |
rivals (irchpt) |
3HPC |
3 hr pressure change |
Hectopascals |
rivals (ir3hpc) |
RELH |
Relative humidity |
Percent |
rivals (irrelh) |
TMPC |
Temperature |
Degrees Celsius |
rivals (irtmpc) |
DWPC |
Dewpoint temperature |
Degrees Celsius |
rivals (irdwpc) |
SSTC |
Sea surface temperature |
Degrees Celsius |
rivals (irsstc) |
TOST |
Type of station |
WMO BUFR Table 002001 |
rivals (irtost) |
QOPM |
Quality of pressure measurement |
WMO Code Table 3315 |
rivals (irqopm) |
QCBH |
Quality of ARGOS housekeeping parameter |
WMO Code Table 3363 |
rivals (irqcbh) |
QWTM |
Quality of measurement of water-surface temperature |
WMO Code Table 3319 |
rivals (irqwtm) |
QATM |
Quality of measurement of air temperature |
WMO Code Table 3363 |
rivals (irqatm) |
QBST |
Quality of buoy satellite transmission |
WMO Code Table 3313 |
rivals (irqbst) |
QCIL |
Quality of location, section 4 |
WMO Code Table 3311 |
rivals (irqcil) |
MSDM |
Method of salinity/depth measurement |
WMO Code Table 2263 |
rivals (irmsdm)) |
WPER |
Period of waves obtained by instrumental methods |
Seconds |
rivals (irwper) |
WHGT |
Wave height obtained by instrumental methods |
Meters |
rivals (irwhgt) |
ISWS |
Indicator for source and units of wind speed |
WMO Code Table 1855 |
rivals (irisws) |
QPOS |
Quality control indicator for position |
WMO Code Table 3334 |
rivals (irqpos) |
QTIM |
Quality control indicator for time |
WMO Code Table 3334 |
rivals (irqtim) |
QCLS |
Location quality class |
WMO Code Table 3302 |
rivals (irqcls) |
QDS1 |
Quality control indicator for section 1 |
WMO Code Table 3334 |
rivals (irqds1) |
QXS1 |
Indicator of position of group in section 1 |
Numeric |
rivals (irqxs1) |
QDS2 |
Quality control indicator for section 2 |
WMO Code Table 3334 |
rivals (irqds2) |
QXS2 |
Indicator of position of group in section 2 |
Numeric |
rivals (irqxs2) |
Q3D1 |
Quality control indicator for temperature and salinity profile |
WMO Code Table 3334 |
rivals (irq3d1) |
Q3D2 |
Quality control indicator for current profile |
WMO Code Table 3334 |
rivals (irq3d2) |
Q4CL |
Location quality class, section 4 |
WMO Code Table 3302 |
rivals (irq4cl) |
PSYR |
Report year of last known position of drifting buoy |
Year |
rivals (irpsyr) |
PSMN |
Report month of last known position of drifting buoy |
Month |
rivals (irpsmn) |
PSDY |
Report day of last known position of drifting buoy |
Day |
rivals (irpsdy) |
PSHR |
Report hour of last known position of drifting buoy |
Hour |
rivals (irpshr) |
PSMI |
Report minute of last known position of drifting buoy |
Minute |
rivals (irpsmi) |
DBVV |
Drift speed of buoy at last known position |
Centimeters/sec |
rivals (irdbvv) |
DBDD |
Drift direction of buoy |
Degrees |
rivals (irdbdd) |
BENG |
Engineering status of buoy |
Numeric |
rivals (irbeng)) |
DROT |
Drogue type indicator |
WMO Code Table 4780 |
rivals (irdrot)) |
DROD |
Depth at which drogue is attached |
Meters |
rivals (irdrod)) |
DLAT |
Station latitude of second possible position |
Degrees |
rivals (irdlat) |
DLON |
Station longitude of second possible position |
Degrees |
rivals (irdlon) |
QDEP |
Indicator of whether depths are corrected using hydrostatic pressure |
WMO Code Table 3318 |
rivals (irqdep)) |
HPLE |
Hydrostatic pressure at lower end of cable |
Centibars |
rivals (irhple)) |
CALT |
Length of cable (thermistor string) |
Meters |
rivals (ircalt)) |
BUYT |
Buoy type |
WMO Code Table 0370 |
rivals (irbuyt)) |
ANHT |
Anemometer height |
Decimeters |
rivals (iranht)) |
ANTP |
Type of anemometer |
WMO Code Table 0114 |
rivals (irantp)) |
NDTS |
Number of depth/temperature/salinity levels |
Numeric |
rivals (irndts) |
DBSS |
Depth below sea surface - temperature/salinity |
Meters |
rivals (irdbss(1..NDTS)) |
STMP |
Sea temperature at selected depths |
Degrees Celsius |
rivals (irstmp(1..NDTS)) |
SALN |
Salinity at selected depths |
Hundredths of a part per thousand (%) |
rivals (irsaln(1..NDTS)) |
NDDC |
Number of current depth/direction/speed levels |
Numeric |
rivals (irnddc) |
DBSC |
Depth below sea surface - current |
Meters |
rivals (irdbsc(1..NDDC)) |
DROC |
Direction of current |
Degrees true |
rivals (irdroc(1..NDDC)) |
SPOC |
Speed of current |
Meters per second |
rivals (irspoc(1..NDDC)) |
LDDS |
Lagrangian drifter drogue status |
WMO BUFR Code table 0 22 060 |
rivals (irldds) |
LDRS |
Lagrangian drifter submergence |
WMO BUFR Code table 0 02 190 |
rivals (irldrs) |
BVOL |
Battery voltage |
Tenths of volts |
rivals (irbvol) |