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BUFR template used for moored buoy data should be now TM315008. This latter was recently validated in 2014. As for drifting buoys, GTS headers for moored buoy data start with character string 'IOB'.
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Moored buoys - Survey on August 6th, 2016
The table here above shows the number of observations which were received by Meteo-France on the 6th of August, 2016, for stations having a WMO ID made of digits only. Numbers are shared by the WMO code which was used: either FM13 SHIP, FM18 BUOY, FM94 BUFR with templates TM308009, 315008, 315009 or the never validated template for data buoys. Fixed platforms are excluded from column "Total buoys".
One may note that only 141 moored buoys (28%) out of a total of 508 report onto the GTS with the right template (TM315008):
- observations processed by Joubeh for moored buoys are transmitted with the template devoted to drifting buoys (TM315009)… unless a mistake occurred in the allocation of the concerned WMO IDs;
- observations from moored buoys operated by Environment Canada are transmitted in FM13 only, whilst those operated by IMD (India) and KMA (Korea) are transmitted in FM18 only;
- observations from moored buoys operated by DWD, Met Office, and NOAA (partly) are still transmitting their data in FM13 and these latter are converted in BUFR (ship template 308009);
- NOAA/NWS reports the data of about 210 fixed marine stations, including moored buoys in FM13 SHIP. Many fixed platforms in North Sea, for which the data are sent onto the GTS by Met Office, are part of these. These data should not be re-sent onto the GTS with a different header;
- observations from Spanish moored buoys are still transmitted in BUFR according to the never validated template.
Tropical moored buoy arrays - Survey on July 3rd, 2016
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