Although I'm still in the early stages of comparing BUFR radiosonde data with TAC data in the context of the U.S. Navy's global data assimilation system, I have found several significant errors that I wanted to share with the community. I have made an effort to report these to relevant agencies so that the errors can be corrected, but these errors are still present in current data as of 25 June 2014. The maps below depict the current coverage of BUFR radiosonde data decoded at FNMOC, with soundings reporting in the WMO standard format labeled as "glbl" and indicated by blue solid circles and with soundings reported in parts in the KWBC alternate format (described below) labeled as "kwbc" and indicated by red open circles. Thanks to Cary McGregor at FNMOC for these coverage diagrams. --Patricia Pauley, NRL
Errors found in BUFR radiosonde data as of 25 June 2014:
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