Interface Output from the NCEP Aircraft Decoder
Mnemonic | Description | Units | Value |
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SLAT | Latitude | Degrees | rivals (irslat) |
SLON | Longitude | Degrees | rivals (irslon) |
DRCT | Wind direction | Degrees true | rivals (irdrct) |
SKNT | Wind speed | Knots | rivals (irsknt) |
TMPC | Temperature | Degrees Celsius | rivals (irtmpc) |
DWPC | Dewpoint temperature | Degrees Celsius | rivals (irdwpc) |
RELH | Relative humidity | Percent | rivals (irrelh) |
SSTC | Sea surface temperature | Degrees Celsius | rivals (irsstc) |
PMSL | Mean sea level pressure | Millibars | rivals (irpmsl) |
FLVL | Flight level | Feet | rivals (irflvl) |
PSAL | Pressure altitude | Feet | rivals (irpsal) |
POAF | Phase of aircraft flight | WMO BUFR Table 008004 | rivals (irpoaf) |
ACNS | Aircraft navigation system | WMO Code Table 3866 | rivals (iracns) |
TADR | Aircraft data relay system | WMO Code Table 3867 | rivals (irtadr) |
PCAT | Precision of aircraft temperature | WMO Code Table 3868 | rivals (irpcat) |
MDEVG | Maximum derived equivalent vertical gust speed | Meters/second | rivals (irmdvg) |
DAYW | Day of the week | WMO Code Table 4900 | rivals (irdayw) |
VSBY | Visdbility | Miles | rivals (irvsby) |
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) |
WDIR1 | Surface wind direction | Degrees true | rivals (irwdr1) |
WSKT1 | Surface wind speed | Knots | rivals (irwsk1) |
VSIG | Vertical sounding significance | WMO BUFR Table 008001 | rivals (irvsig) |
PRES | Pressure | Millibars | rivals (irpres) |
HGTM | Height | Meters | rivals (irhgtm) |
NTRB | Number of turbulence levels | Numeric | rivals (irntrb) |
DGOT | Degree of turbulence | Code Table | rivals (irdgot(1..NTRB)) |
FQOT | Frequency of turbulence | Code Table | rivals (irfqot(1..NTRB)) |
TPOT | Type of turbulence | Code Table | rivals (irtpot(1..NTRB)) |
HBOT | Height of base of turbulence | Feet | rivals (irhbot(1..NTRB)) |
HTOT | Height of top of turbulence | Feet | rivals (irhtot(1..NTRB)) |
NICG | Number of icing levels | Numeric | rivals (irnicg) |
AFIC | Airframe icing | Code Table | rivals (irafic(1..NICG)) |
TPOI | Type of icing | Code Table | rivals (irtpoi(1..NICG)) |
HBOI | Height of base of icing | Feet | rivals (irhboi(1..NICG)) |
HTOI | Height of top of icing | Feet | rivals (irhtoi(1..NICG)) |
NPWX | Number of present weather levels | Numeric | rivals (irnpwx) |
WCOD | Weather code | CCITT IA5 | civals (icwcod(1..NPWX)) |
HBWX | Height of base of weather | Feet | rivals (irhbwx(1..NPWX)) |
HTWX | Height of top of weather | Feet | rivals (irhtwx(1..NPWX)) |
NCLD | Number of cloud levels | Numeric | rivals (irncld) |
CLAM | Cloud amount | WMO BUFR Table 020011 | rivals (irclam(1..NCLD)) |
CLTP | Cloud type | WMO BUFR Table 020012 | rivals (ircltp(1..NCLD)) |
HCBF | Height of cloud base | Feet | rivals (irhcbf(1..NCLD)) |
HCTF | Height of cloud top | Feet | rivals (irhctf(1..NCLD)) |
ACID | Aircraft identifier | CCITT IA5 | civals (icacid) |
ACTP | Aircraft type | CCITT IA5 | civals (icactp) |
RPID | RECCO identifier | CCITT IA5 | civals (icrpid) |
RSID | PIREP reporting station identifier | CCITT IA5 | civals (icrsid) |