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Obstype (observation subtypes) | MARS abbreviation | Description | |
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1/2/3/4/7/28/140/147/165/170/172/176/178 | LSD | Land surface data | |
1 | S | Synop land | |
2 | S2 | Synop record 2 land | |
3 | SA | Synop auto land | |
4 | SA2 | Synop auto record 2 land | |
7 | Soil and earth temperature | ||
28 | SNOW DEPTH | ||
140 | METAR | Metar | |
147 | METAR AUTO | ||
165 | Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System | ||
170 | BUFR LAND SYNOP | ||
172 | BUFR LAND SYNOP 2 | ||
176 | BUFR LAND SYNOP WMO Region 6 | ||
178 | BUFR LAND SYNOP 1 HOURLY | ||
9/11/12/13/14/19/21/22/23/180/181/182 | SSD | Sea surface data | |
9 | SAB | Synop ship abbreviated | |
11 | SS | Synop ship | |
12 | SS2 | Synop record 2 ship | |
13 | SAS | Synop auto ship | |
14 | SAS2 | Synop auto record 2 ship | |
19 | SH | Synop ship reduced | |
20 | ?RCD | Reduced COADS data | |
21 | DSU | Dribu surface | |
22 | BSU | Bathy surface | |
23 | TSU | Tesac surface | |
180 | BUFR SHIP SYNOP | ||
181 | BUFR MOORED BUOYS | ||
182 | BUFR DRIFTING BUOYS | ||
91/92/95/96/97/101/102/103/104/105/106/107/109/111/112/113/230/231 | VSNS | Vertical soundings (not satellite) | |
91 | P | Pilot land | |
92 | PS | Pilot ship | |
95 | WP | Wind profiler | |
96 | EWP | European wind profile | |
97 | EWTP | European wind & temp profile | |
101 | T | Temp land | |
102 | TS | Temp ship | |
103 | TD | Temp drop | |
104 | R | Rocob land | |
105 | RS | Rocob ship | |
106 | TM | Temp mobile | |
107 | CT | Climate temp | |
109 | Land High Resolution Temp | ||
110 | ?Ground-based GPS | ||
111 | Ship High Resolution Temp | ||
112 | BUFR land pilot | ||
113 | BUFR ship pilot | ||
230 | BUFR TEMP DROP | ||
231 | BUFR TEMP DESCENT | ||
51/53/54/55/56/57/59/61/62/63/65/71/72/73/75/138/139/153/155/211/250 | VSS | Vertical soundings (satellite) | |
51 | HR | High resolution | |
53 | RTOV | RTOVS | |
54 | TOVB | TOVS1b | |
55 | ATOV | ATOVS | |
56 | ATOP | ATOVS products | |
59 | AMSR-E | ||
61 | SMT | Satem mean temp. | |
62 | SW | Satem water | |
63 | SHL | Satem higher level mean | |
65 | SLM | Satem levels merged | |
71 | MT | Mean temp. | |
72 | W | Water | |
73 | HL | Higher level | |
75 | TLM | TOVS levels merged | |
138 | RSCAT | ||
139 | ASCAT | ||
153 | Micro Wave Radiation Imager (MWRI) | ||
155 | atovs eumetsat | ||
211 | SAPHIR | ||
250 | GPS Radio Occultation | ||
121/122/123/124/210/212/213/214/216/217/218 | SDS | Surface data (satellite) | |
121 | WAS | Wave Scatterometer | |
122 | WIS | Wind Scatterometer | |
123 | RAL | Radar Altimeter | |
124 | SST | Sea Surface Temperature | |
125 | ?RW | Reprocessed Wind | |
210 | ENVISAT SAR | ||
212 | MERIS | ||
213 | ENVISAT RADAR ALTIMETER | ||
241 | ?|||
216 | JASON-2 RADAR ALTIMETER | ||
217 | CRYOSAT-2 RADAR ALTIMETER | ||
218 | SARAL RADAR ALTIMETER | ||
141/142/143/144/145/146/149 | SLNS | Single level upper-air (not satellite) | |
141 | COD | Codar | |
142 | AIR | Airep | |
143 | COL | Colba | |
144 | AM | AMDAR | |
145 | AC | ACARS | |
146 | EAM | Wigos AMDAR | |
149 | ACARS with mixing ratio | ||
82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/189/190 | SLS | Single level upper-air (satellite) | |
82 | SAT2 | Satob section 2 | |
83 | SAT3 | Satob section 3 | |
84 | SAT4 | Satob section 4 | |
85 | SAT5 | Satob section 5 | |
86 | SAT6 | High resolution winds | |
87 | SAT7 | High density unified format satellite wind | |
88 | GEOR | Geostationary radiances | |
89 | GCSR | Geostationary clear sky radiances | |
189 | GEOS Radiances | ||
190 | GEOS Allsky Radiances | ||
131/132/133/184 | OD | Oceanographic data | |
131 | DO | Dribu oceanographic | |
132 | BO | Bathy | |
133 | TO | Tesac | |
184 | |||
164/237 | DD | Derived data | |
164 | PA | PAOBS | |
237 | |||
Miscellaneous observation subtypes | |||
129/130 | TRMM | TRMM | |
129 | TBT | TMI brightness temperature | |
130 | TI3R | TMI instantaneous 3D rainfall structure | |
126 | SSMI | ||
126 | SSMI | Microwave images | |
127 | SSBT | Seas surface brightness temperature | |
137/138 | QSCAT | QuikScat | |
137 | QSCA | Quikscat | |
138 | QSSW | Quikscat sea winds | |
139 | QS50 | Quikscat sea winds 50 km | |
206 | REO3 | Ozone | |
206 | REO3 | Retrieved ozone | |
162/159 | CC | Chemical constituent | |
159 | Ozone profiler | ||
162 | OVS | Ozone vertical sounding | |
31 | SF | Synoptic features | |
31 | STOR | Storm data |
see also Rdb Observation Type/subtype SpecificationFor additional/alternative information see also ODB keywords.
Examples:
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Dissemination
Not supported (as all data is from routine operations, class od).