Satellite Wind Decoder

IMPORTANT: If you haven't already done so, be sure to read the overview document that contains information relevant to all of the NCEP decoders!

The NCEP Satellite Wind Data Decoder parses reports of the following format into the NCEP Decoder Interface Format:

SATOB

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WMO FM 88-XI

Known Deficiencies -- Sections not currently decoded in the SATOB report:

• the section 4 groups -- Data for surface temperatures
• the section 5 groups -- Data for clouds
• the section 6 groups -- Data for maximum cloud-top altitude
• the section 7 groups -- Data for troposphere humidity
• the section 8 groups -- Data for radiation balance

  Related Documents:

  • The NCEP Decoder Interface Format - a fairly detailed description of the output format that is used by all of the NCEP decoders, including examples of how to easily re-encode this output into your own desired final format
  • Interface Output from the NCEP Satellite Wind Data Decoder - a tabular listing of all of the decoded values available within the interface format output from the NCEP Satellite Wind Data Decoder

  Change History Log:

  Version	Date	Summary of Changes
  1.1	10/06/2000	Initial version
  1.2	2/6/2001	Version 1.2 Changes
  1.3	11/6/2001	Version 1.3 Changes
  1.4	4/28/2004	Version 1.4 Changes
  1.5	2/16/2006	Version 1.5 Changes

  
  

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