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 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.
A list of BUFR bulletins is also available on the WMO website.
What's New
Summary of templates in use
(updated on 05 December 2018)
Platforms
- Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS)
- Drifting buoys
- Moored buoys
- Subsurface profilers (Argo floats, XBTs,...)
- Thermosalinographs
- Wave buoys
Other issues
Useful links
- WMO Codes
- BUFR Templates (WMO)
- GTS headers (WMO)
- List of BUFR bulletins (WMO)
- ECMWF encoder/decoder softwares (ecCodes) and Example programs
- ECMWF BUFR validator
- Guidance on migration to BUFR (WMO)
- GTS Manual (WMO)