Interface Output from the NCEP Drifting Buoy Decoder
| 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 possdble position | Degrees | rivals (irdlat) |
| DLON | Station longitude of second possdble 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) |
