The following new BUFR sequence 3 07 103 and corresponding BUFR table B entries and code table are proposed:
TABLE REFERENCE
| TABLE REFERENCES
| ELEMENT NAME |
F X Y | ||
3 07 103 | (Snow observation, snow density, snow water equivalent) | |
3 01 150 | WIGOS identifier | |
3 07 101 | Snow observation | |
0 13 117 | Snow density | |
0 03 028 | Method of snow water equivalent measurement | |
0 13 163 | Snow water equivalent |
Class 03 – BUFR/CREX Instrumentation
TABLE REFERENCE | ELEMENT NAME | BUFR | CREX | |||||
F X Y | UNIT | SCALE | REFERENCE VALUE | DATA WIDTH (Bits) | UNIT | SCALE | DATA WIDTH (Characters) | |
0 03 028 | Method Of Snow Water Equivalent Measurement | Code table | 0 | 0 | 6 | Code table | 0 | 2 |
Class 13 – BUFR/CREX Hydrographic and hydrological elements
TABLE REFERENCE | ELEMENT NAME | BUFR | CREX | |||||
F X Y | UNIT | SCALE | REFERENCE VALUE | DATA WIDTH (Bits) | UNIT | SCALE | DATA WIDTH (Characters) | |
0 13 163 | Snow Water Equivalent | Kg m-2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Kg m-2 | 0 | 5 |
Code table 0 03 028 – Method of Snow Water Equivalent Measurement
Code figure | |
0 | MULTI POINT MANUAL SNOW SURVEY |
1 | SINGLE POINT MANUAL SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT MEASUREMENT |
2 | SNOW PILLOW OR SNOW SCALE |
3 | PASSIVE GAMMA |
4 | GNSS/GPS METHODS |
5 | COSMIC RAY ATTENUATION |
6 | TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY |
7-62 | Reserved |
63 | Missing |