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Aircraft 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 Aircraft Decoder parses reports of the following formats into the NCEP Decoder Interface Format:

Known Deficiencies:

  • for RECCO, the distant weather and echo centre data within Section 2 are currently not decoded

Related Documents:

Change History Log:

 

Version Date Summary of Changes
1.1 10/5/1999 Initial version
1.2 11/4/1999 Version 1.2 Changes
1.3 4/28/2000 Version 1.3 Changes
1.4 8/2/2000 Version 1.4 Changes
1.5 2/6/2001 Version 1.5 Changes
1.6 11/6/2001 Version 1.6 Changes
1.7 4/21/2004 Version 1.7 Changes
1.8 2/14/2006 Version 1.8 Changes

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