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Objective

The purpose of the present pages is to report on the progress of TAC to BUFR migration for surface and upper air marine observations (buoys and ships) and , possibly, for oceanographic instruments such as Argo floats, gliders, XBTs and Thermosalinographs... in other words, for all platforms relevant to JCOMM. Concerned TAC codes are FM13 SHIP, FM18 BUOY, FM 36 TEMP SHIP, FM62 TRACKOB, FM63 BATHY, FM64 TESAC and FM65 WAVEOB.

An Excel file , regularly updated on E-SURFMAR web server, tries to list the platform networks that report their observations in BUFR. Information about the template which is used, the TTAAii CCCC headers and some remarks and/or plans are provided for each network. A A list of BUFR bulletins is also available on the WMO website. 

What's New

Summary of templates in use

(updated on 08 July 2015)

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Platforms

03 October 2019)

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Excerpt from information presented by David Berry (National Oceanography Centre UK) at the 10th session of the JCOMM Ship Observations Team (SOT-10) in April 2019

Platforms

• Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS
• Conventional VOS ships
• Shipborne AWS (S-AWS)
• Drifting buoys
• Moored buoys
• Subsurface profilers (Argo floats, XBTs,...)
• Thermosalinographs
• Wave buoys

Other issues

• WMO platform identifiers
• Procedure to be used during TAC to TDCF migration (by IPET-DRMM)

Useful links

• WMO Codes
• BUFR Templates (WMO)
• GTS headers (WMO)
• List of BUFR bulletins (WMO)
• ECMWF encoder/decoder softwares (ecCodes) and Example programs
• ECMWF checker (old) and new ECMWF validatorNew ECMWF checker (beta-test)BUFR validator
• Guidance on migration to BUFR (WMO)
• GTS Manual (WMO)