Mnemonic |
Description |
Units |
Value |
STNM |
WMO block/station number |
Numeric |
rivals (irstnm) |
SLAT |
Station latitude |
Degrees |
rivals (irslat) |
SLON |
Station longitude |
Degrees |
rivals (irslon) |
SELV |
Station elevation |
Meters |
rivals (irselv) |
QCEVR |
Quality mark for MOBIL station elevation |
WMO Code Table 1845 |
rivals (irqcvr) |
UAITPD |
Instrument type (from station table) |
WMO Common Code Table C-2 |
rivals (iritpd) |
UAITPR |
Instrument type (from report 31313 section) |
WMO Common Code Table C-2 |
rivals (iritpr) |
A4ME |
Type of measuring equipment used |
WMO Code Table 0265 |
rivals (ira4me) |
MARSQ |
Marsden square |
WMO Code Table 2590 |
rivals (irmrsq) |
WMOR |
WMO region number |
WMO BUFR Table 001003 |
rivals (irwmor) |
UALNHR |
Radiosonde launch hour |
Hour |
rivals (irlnhr) |
UALNMN |
Radiosonde launch minute |
Minute |
rivals (irlnmn) |
SIRC |
Solar and infrared radiation correction |
WMO Code Table 3849 |
rivals (irsirc) |
TTSS |
Tracking technique/status of system |
WMO Code Table 3872 |
rivals (irttss) |
SSTC |
Sea surface temperature |
Degrees Celsius |
rivals (irsstc) |
YEAR |
Report year |
Year |
rivals (iryear) |
MNTH |
Report month |
Month |
rivals (irmnth) |
DAYS |
Report day |
Day |
rivals (irdays) |
HOUR |
Report hour |
Hour |
rivals (irhour) |
MWDL |
Mean wind direction, sfc-1500m |
Degrees true |
rivals (irmwdl) |
MWSL |
Mean wind speed, sfc-1500m |
Meters/second |
rivals (irmwsl) |
MWDH |
Mean wind direction, 1500m-3000m |
Degrees true |
rivals (irmwdh) |
MWSH |
Mean wind speed, 1500m-3000m |
Meters/second |
rivals (irmwsh) |
XMPRES |
Extrapolated mandatory level pressure |
Millibars |
rivals (irxprs) |
XMHGTM |
Extrapolated mandatory level height |
Meters |
rivals (irxhtm) |
STBS5 |
Stability index, sfc-500mb |
Numeric |
rivals (irstb5) |
CLAM |
Cloud amount |
WMO BUFR Table 020011 |
rivals (irclam) |
HBLCS |
Height above surface of base of lowest cloud seen |
Code table |
rivals (irhblc) |
TIWM |
Type of instrumentation for wind measurement |
WMO BUFR Table 002002 |
rivals (irtiwm) |
NCLT |
Number of cloud types |
Numeric |
rivals (irnclt) |
CLTP |
Cloud type |
WMO BUFR Table 020012 |
rivals (ircltp(1:NCLT)) |
NRDC |
Number of report diagnostic codes |
Numeric |
rivals (irnrdc) |
UARDC |
Report diagnostic code |
Code table |
rivals (irurdc(1:NRDC)) |
NLEV |
Number of sounding levels |
Numeric |
rivals (irnlev) |
VSIG |
Vertical sounding significance |
WMO BUFR Table 008001 |
rivals (irvsig(1:NLEV)) |
PRES |
Pressure |
Millibars |
rivals (irpres(1:NLEV)) |
HGTM |
Height |
Meters |
rivals (irhgtm(1:NLEV)) |
TMPC |
Temperature |
Degrees Celsius |
rivals (irtmpc(1:NLEV)) |
DWPC |
Dewpoint temperature |
Degrees Celsius |
rivals (irdwpc(1:NLEV)) |
DRCT |
Wind direction |
Degrees true |
rivals (irdrct(1:NLEV)) |
SPED |
Wind speed |
Meters/second |
rivals (irsped(1:NLEV)) |
AWSB |
Wind shear at 1km below maximum wind level |
Meters/second |
rivals (irawsb(1:NLEV)) |
AWSA |
Wind shear at 1km above maximum wind level |
Meters/second |
rivals (irawsa(1:NLEV)) |
STID |
Station identifier |
CCITT IA5 |
civals (icstid) |
COUN |
Country identifier |
CCITT IA5 |
civals (iccoun) |
UAPART |
Radiosonde part name |
CCITT IA5 |
civals (icpart) |