DCDRBU Interface Output

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NCEP Home > NCO Home > Systems Integration Branch > Decoders > DCDRBU Decoder > DCDRBU Interface Output

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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 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)


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