Table 1.a   List of valid BUFR data types (last revised 8/20/2020 - no more updating for past events expected unless something important later found to be missed or incorrect).


  Key for INDICATOR ("IND.") column:
     A - data type is in BUFR /dcom database and is available for dumping (in boldface)
     A - data type is temporarily not available for dumping (in italics)
     F - future data type, currently not available for dumping (also in italics)
     O - data type obsolete, not available for dumping (also in italics)
     P - data type is in /pcom database
     U - data type is in BUFR /dcom database but currently cannot be dumped

  Key for RESTRICTED ("RESTR.") column:
     YES - some or all reports in this BUFR subtype are restricted with respect to redistribution outside of NCEP for some amount of time
     NO  - no data types in this BUFR subtype are restricted, all are fully available for redistribution outside of NCEP
        


BUFR TYPE 0 : SURFACE DATA - LAND
  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
synopr
 000
 A
 Synoptic - restricted (WMO Resolution 40) manual and automatic (originating from WMO SYNOP bulletins) YES
synop 001
 A
 Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic (originating from WMO SYNOP bulletins) NO
synopm
 002
 A
 Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic (originating from WMO SYNOP MOBIL bulletins) NO
metar 007
 A
 Aviation - METAR NO
prflrs 008 A
 Surface data from NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) and Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) sites
 NO
shefcm
 010
 A
 Products (originally in SHEF format) which are not found in any other SHEF-format BUFR type/subtype
 NO
sheff 011
 A
 AFOS products (precipitation) (originally in SHEF format) NO
scd 012
 A
 Aviation - supplementary climatological data (SCD) NO
nacell 020 F Wind energy nacelle, restricted YES
synpbr 100 A Synoptic - restricted (WMO Resolution 40) manual and automatic (originally in BUFR) YES
synopb 101 A Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic (originally in BUFR) NO
synpmb 102 A Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic (originally in BUFR) NO

 
BUFR TYPE 1 : SURFACE DATA - SEA  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
ships 001
 A
 Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (originating from WMO SHIP bulletins) YES
dbuoy 002
 A
 Moored or drifting buoy (originating in WMO FM-18 format) NO
mbuoy 003
 A
 Moored buoy (originating in WMO FM-13 format) NO
lcman 004
 A
 CMAN station (originally in CMAN format) NO
tideg 005
 A
 Tide gauge reports (originally in CREX format) NO
slpbg 006
 O
 Sea level pressure bogus NO
cstgd 007
 A U.S. Coast Guard reports NO
tidgcm
 008
 A
 Tide gauge reports (originally in CMAN format)
 NO
river
 009
 A
 USGS River/Stream data
 NO
cmansh 010 A C-MAN station (originally in SHEF format) NO
buoysh 011 A Buoy (moored or drifting) (originally in SHEF format) - Note: usually empty NO
tidgsh 012 A Tide gauge reports (originally in SHEF format) - Note: usually empty NO
shipsu 013 A Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (originating from WMO SHIP bulletins) NO
<tbd> 014 F RVF river forecast data (originally in SHEF format) NO
<tbd> 101 F Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (originally in BUFR) YES
dbuoyb 102 A Drifting buoy (originally in BUFR) NO
mbuoyb 103 A Moored buoy (originally in BUFR) NO
<tbd> 113 F Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (originally in BUFR) NO

 
BUFR TYPE 2 : VERTICAL SOUNDINGS (OTHER THAN SATELLITE)  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
raobf 001 A Rawinsonde - fixed land (originating from WMO TEMP or PILOT bulletins) NO
raobm 002 A Rawinsonde - mobile land (originating from WMO TEMP MOBIL or PILOT MOBIL bulletins) NO
raobs 003 A Rawinsonde - ship (originating from WMO TEMP SHIP or PILOT SHIP bulletins) NO
dropw 004 A Dropwinsonde (originating from WMO TEMP DROP bulletins) NO
pibal 005 A PIBAL (originating from WMO PILOT, PILOT SHIP or PILOT MOBIL bulletins) NO
ozonlo
 006
 F
 Ozone soundings, low-resolution (from Met Office)
 NO
prflr 007 O NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds NO
nxrdw 008 A NEXRAD Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) winds decoded from radar coded message NO
prflrp 009 A Profiler winds originating from PIBALS (WMO PILOT, PILOT SHIP or PILOT MOBIL bulletins) NO
prflrm 010 O NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) spectral moments NO
prflrb 011 A Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and acoustic sounder (SODAR) winds NO
rass
 012
 A
 RASS temperatures from [NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) - obsolete!] and Multi-Agency Profilers (MAP)
 NO
prflrj
 013
 A
 Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) profiler winds
 NO
prflrh
 014
 A
 Other profiler winds (e.g., from Hong Kong)
 NO
ozonhi
 015
 F
 Ozone soundings, high-resolution (originally in ASCII format)
 NO
prflre
 016
 A
 European profiler winds
 NO
nxrdw2 017 A NEXRAD Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) winds generated from Level II decoder NO
<tbd> 018 F Other radar Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) winds (e.g., from Europe, New Zealand) NO
towerr 020 F Wind energy tower, restricted YES
towern 021 F Wind energy tower, non-restricted NO
raobfb 101 F Rawinsonde - fixed land (originally in BUFR) NO
raobmb 102 F Rawinsonde - mobile land (originally in BUFR) NO
raobsb 103 F Rawinsonde - ship (originally in BUFR) NO
dropwb 104 F Dropwinsonde (originally in BUFR) NO
pibalb 105 F PIBAL (originally in BUFR) NO
prflpb 109 F Profiler winds originating from PIBALS (originally in BUFR) NO

 
BUFR TYPE 3 : VERTICAL SOUNDINGS (SATELLITE)  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
geost 001 O GOES/NESDIS-processed 5x5 field-of-view soundings/brightness temperatures
 NO
geosth 002 O GOES/NESDIS-processed 1x1 field-of-view cloud data
 NO
geost1 003 O GOES/NESDIS-processed 1x1 field-of-view soundings/brightness temperatures NO
gpsro
 010
 A
 COSMIC, CHAMP, GRACE, METOP-2(A)/-1(B)(GRAS), SAC-C, TerraSAR-X and C/NOFS GPS radio occultation data
 NO
tovs 101 O POES/NESDIS-processed TOVS soundings/brightness temperatures
 NO
rtovs 102 O POES/NESDIS-processed RTOVS soundings/brightness temperatures
 NO
atovs 104 A POES/NESDIS-processed ATOVS soundings/brightness temperatures
 NO

 
BUFR TYPE 4 : SINGLE LEVEL UPPER-AIR DATA (OTHER THAN SATELLITE)  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
airep  001 A Manual AIREP and Automated Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) aircraft data (originally in AIREP format) (prior to 10/2009 may have also included AFWA re-encoded AMDAR and MDCRS reports) NO
pirep 002 A Manual PIREP format aircraft data (originally in AIREP format) NO
amdar 003 A Automated AMDAR aircraft data (originally in AMDAR fromat) YES
acars 004 A Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) (originally in BUFR) YES
recco 005 A Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data (originally in RECCO format) NO
eadas 006 A European AMDAR aircraft (E-AMDAR) data (originally in BUFR)
 YES
acarsa 007 A Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC via AFWA) (originally in AIREP format) YES
tamdar
 008
 O
 Automated TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from NOAA/ESRL/GSD MADIS) (originally in netCDF format)
 YES
camdar
 009
 A
 Automated Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (originally in BUFR)
 YES
tmdara 010 A Automated TAMDAR (all types) aircraft data [from Panasonic (AirDAT)] (originally in BUFR) YES
kamdar 011 A Automated Korean AMDAR aircraft data (originally in BUFR) YES
tmdarp 012 O Automated TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from NOAA/ESRL/GSD MADIS) (originally in netCDF format) YES
tmdarc 013 O Automated TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data (from NOAA/ESRL/GSD MADIS) (originally in netCDF format) YES
famdar 014 A Automated French AMDAR aircraft data (originally in BUFR) NO
hdob 015 A High Density aircraft observations (HDOB) from reconnaissance aircraft (originally in HDOBB format) NO
amdarb 103 A Automated AMDAR aircraft data (originally in BUFR) YES

 
BUFR TYPE 5 : SINGLE LEVEL UPPER-AIR DATA (SATELLITE)  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
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 001 O GOES/NESDIS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion - low density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format) NO
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 002 O GOES/NESDIS visible satellite-derived cloud motion - low density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format) NO
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 003 O GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion - low density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format) NO
------ 004 O GOES/NESDIS picture triplet satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format) NO
------
 005 O GOES/NESDIS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion - high density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format) NO
------
 006 O GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format) NO
visuw 008 O GOES/UW-CIMSS visible satellite-derived cloud motion NO
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 009 O GOES/NESDIS picture triplet satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in modified OPARCH format) NO
infus 010 A GOES-15 & down/NESDIS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
h2ius 011 A GOES-15 & down/NESDIS water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
visus 012 A GOES-15 & down/NESDIS visible satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
ptrus 013 O GOES/NESDIS picture triplet satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
h2sus 014 A GOES/NESDIS water vapor sounder satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
------ 015
 O
GOES/NESDIS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
 NO
------ 016
 O
 GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
 NO
------ 017
 O
 GOES/NESDIS visible satellite-derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
 NO
------
 018
 O
 GOES/NESDIS water vapor sounder satellite-derived cloud motion (from GTS, originally in BUFR)
 NO
3p9us
 019
 A
 GOES-15 & down/NESDIS infrared (short-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR)
 NO
<tbd> 020 F GOES cloud products above 12,000 feet, supplementary to cloud data in METAR reports (originally in ASCII) NO
------ 021 O INSAT/KALPANA/India infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in SATOB format) NO
------ 022 O INSAT/KALPANA/India visible satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in SATOB format) NO
------ 023 O INSAT/KALPANA/India water vapor satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in SATOB format) NO
infin 024 F INSAT-3D & up India infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
visin 025 F INSAT-3D & up India visible satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
h20in 026 F INDAT-3D & up India water vapor satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
infusr 030 A GOES-16 & up/NESDIS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
h2dusr 031 A GOES-16 & up/NESDIS water vapor imager deep-layer satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
visusr 032 A GOES-16 & up/NESDIS visible satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
h2tusr 034 A GOES-16 & up/NESDIS water vapor imager cloud-top satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
3p9usr 039 A GOES-16 & up/NESDIS infrared (short-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in BUFR) NO
------ 041 O GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion - low density (originally in SATOB format) NO
------ 042 O GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible satellite-derived cloud motion - low density (originally in SATOB format) NO
------ 043 O GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion - low density (originally in SATOB format) NO
infja
 044
 A
 GMS/MTSAT/HIMAWAI/JMA infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
 NO
visja
 045
 A
 GMS/MTSAT/HIMAWARI/JMA visible satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
 NO
h20ja
 046
 A
 GMS/MTSAT/HIMAWARI/JMA water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR)
NO
infjan 050 O
 GMS/NESDIS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
h2ijan  051 O GMS/NESDIS water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
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 061 O METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency (originally in SATOB format) NO
------
 062 O METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible satellite-derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency (originally in SATOB format) NO
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 063 O METEOSAT/EUMETSAT water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency (originally in SATOB format) NO
infeu 064 A METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
viseu 065 A METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
h20eu 066 A METEOSAT/EUMETSAT water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in BUFR) NO
ifeunb 067 F METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in New BUFR) NO
vseunb 068 F METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in New BUFR) NO
h2eunb 069 F METEOSAT/EUMETSAT water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion (originally in New BUFR) NO
infmo
 070
 A
 AQUA/TERRA MODIS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion
 NO
h20mo
 071
 A
 AQUA/TERRA MODIS water vapor imager satellite-derived cloud motion
NO
infav 080 A NOAA-series/METOP-series AVHRR infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion NO
infvr 090 O S-NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion NO
ifvrnb 091 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS infrared (long-wave) satellite-derived cloud motion (New BUFR) NO

 
BUFR TYPE 6 : RADAR DATA  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
radw30 001 A NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level III - NIDS) NO
radw25
 002
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level II.5 - ORPG) NO
rd2w00
 010
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0000-0059 UTC NO
rd2w01
 011
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0100-0159 UTC
 NO
rd2w02
 012
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0200-0259 UTC
 NO
rd2w03
 013
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0300-0359 UTC
 NO
rd2w04
 014
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0400-0459 UTC
 NO
rd2w05
 015
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0500-0559 UTC
 NO
rd2w06
 016
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0600-0659 UTC
 NO
rd2w07
 017
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0700-0759 UTC
 NO
rd2w08
 018
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0800-0859 UTC
 NO
rd2w09
 019
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 0900-0959 UTC
 NO
rd2w10
 020
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1000-1059 UTC
 NO
rd2w11
 021
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1100-1159 UTC
 NO
rd2w12
 022
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1200-1259 UTC
 NO
rd2w13
 023
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1300-1359 UTC
 NO
rd2w14
 024
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1400-1459 UTC
 NO
rd2w15
 025
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1500-1559 UTC
 NO
rd2w16
 026
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1600-1659 UTC
 NO
rd2w17
 027
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1700-1759 UTC
 NO
rd2w18
 028
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1800-1859 UTC
 NO
rd2w19
 029
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 1900-1959 UTC
 NO
rd2w20
 030
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2000-2059 UTC
 NO
rd2w21
 031
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2100-2159 UTC
 NO
rd2w22
 032
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2200-2259 UTC
 NO
rd2w23
 033
 A
 NEXRAD radial wind (Level II - GTS) - 2300-2359 UTC
 NO
rd2r00
 040
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0000-0059 UTC
 NO
rd2r01
 041
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0100-0159 UTC
 NO
rd2r02
 042
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0200-0259 UTC
 NO
rd2r03
 043
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0300-0359 UTC
 NO
rd2r04
 044
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0400-0459 UTC
 NO
rd2r05
 045
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0500-0559 UTC
 NO
rd2r06
 046
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0600-0659 UTC
 NO
rd2r07
 047
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0700-0759 UTC
 NO
rd2r08
 048
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0800-0859 UTC
 NO
rd2r09
 049
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 0900-0959 UTC
 NO
rd2r10
 050
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1000-1059 UTC
 NO
rd2r11
 051
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1100-1159 UTC
 NO
rd2r12
 052
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1200-1259 UTC
 NO
rd2r13
 053
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1300-1359 UTC
 NO
rd2r14
 054
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1400-1459 UTC
 NO
rd2r15
 055
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1500-1559 UTC
 NO
rd2r16
 056
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1600-1659 UTC
 NO
rd2r17
 057
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1700-1759 UTC
 NO
rd2r18
 058
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1800-1859 UTC
 NO
rd2r19
 059
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 1900-1959 UTC
 NO
rd2r20
 060
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 2000-2059 UTC
 NO
rd2r21
 061
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 2100-2159 UTC
 NO
rd2r22
 062
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 2200-2259 UTC
 NO
rd2r23
 063
 A
 NEXRAD reflectivity (Level II - GTS) - 2300-2359 UTC
 NO
tldplr 070 A P-3 aircraft Tail Doppler Radar (TDR) radial winds NO
rdcr00 080 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0000-0059 UTC YES
rdcr01 081 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0100-0159 UTC YES
rdcr02 082 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0200-0259 UTC YES
rdcr03 083 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0300-0359 UTC YES
rdcr04 084 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0400-0459 UTC YES
rdcr05 085 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0500-0559 UTC YES
rdcr06 086 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0600-0659 UTC YES
rdcr07 087 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0700-0759 UTC YES
rdcr08 088 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0800-0859 UTC YES
rdcr09 089 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 0900-0959 UTC YES
rdcr10 090 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1000-1059 UTC YES
rdcr11 091 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1100-1159 UTC YES
rdcr12 092 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1200-1259 UTC YES
rdcr13 093 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1300-1359 UTC YES
rdcr14 094 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1400-1459 UTC YES
rdcr15 095 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1500-1559 UTC YES
rdcr16 096 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1600-1659 UTC YES
rdcr17 097 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1700-1759 UTC YES
rdcr18 098 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1800-1859 UTC YES
rdcr19 099 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 1900-1959 UTC YES
rdcr20 100 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 2000-2059 UTC YES
rdcr21 101 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 2100-2159 UTC YES
rdcr22 102 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 2200-2259 UTC YES
rdcr23 103 A Canadian radar reflectivity - 2300-2359 UTC YES
rdcw00 110 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0000-0059 UTC YES
rdcw01 111 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0100-0159 UTC YES
rdcw02 112 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0200-0259 UTC YES
rdcw03 113 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0300-0359 UTC YES
rdcw04 114 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0400-0459 UTC YES
rdcw05 115 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0500-0559 UTC YES
rdcw06 116 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0600-0659 UTC YES
rdcw07 117 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0700-0759 UTC YES
rdcw08 118 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0800-0859 UTC YES
rdcw09 119 A Canadian radar radial wind - 0900-0959 UTC YES
rdcw10 120 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1000-1059 UTC YES
rdcw11 121 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1100-1159 UTC YES
rdcw12 122 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1200-1259 UTC YES
rdcw13 123 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1300-1359 UTC YES
rdcw14 124 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1400-1459 UTC YES
rdcw15 125 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1500-1559 UTC YES
rdcw16 126 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1600-1659 UTC YES
rdcw17 127 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1700-1759 UTC YES
rdcw18 128 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1800-1859 UTC YES
rdcw19 129 A Canadian radar radial wind - 1900-1959 UTC YES
rdcw20 130 A Canadian radar radial wind - 2000-2059 UTC YES
rdcw21 131 A Canadian radar radial wind - 2100-2159 UTC YES
rdcw22 132 A Canadian radar radial wind - 2200-2259 UTC YES
rdcw23 133 A Canadian radar radial wind - 2300-2359 UTC YES

 
BUFR TYPE 7 : SYNOPTIC FEATURES  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
trpstm 000 P Tropical storms NO
ltngsr 001 A National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) short-range lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT YES
ltnglr 002 A Long-range Lightning Dectection Network (LLDN) long-range lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT YES
ltngen 003 A Lightning data from Earth Networks, Inc. (ENI) Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) NO
bdyhl2 021 A Boundary layer height from NEXRAD Level II decoder NO

 

BUFR TYPE 8 : PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
osbuv 010 O NOAA-series Solar Backscatter UltraViolet radiances-2 (SBUV-2) nadir profile from NESDIS Version 6 BUFR NO
osbuv8 011 A NOAA-series Solar Backscatter UltraViolet radiances-2 (SBUV-2) nadir profile from NESDIS Version 8 BUFR NO
gome 012 A METOP-2(A)/-1(B) Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) data NO
omi 013 A Ozone Monitoring instrument (OMI) NO
ompsn6 014 O S-NPP Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) nadir profile data (Version 6) NO
mls 015 A Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone  --> temporarily stopped as of 12z 1/31/2017 NO
ompst6
 016 O S-NPP Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) total column data (Version 6) plus lat/lon corners  NO
ompsn8 017 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) nadir profile data (Version 8) NO
ompst8 018 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) total column data (Version 8)  NO
ompslp 019 A S-NPP Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Limp Profiler data (Version 8)  NO
anowfa
 020
 O
 AIRNOW ozone data - 1- and 8-hour forward average (delayed)
 NO
anowb1
 021
 A
 AIRNOW ozone data - 1-hour backward average (delayed)
 NO
anowb8
 022
 A
 AIRNOW ozone data - 8-hour backward average (delayed)
 NO
anowrt
 023
 A
 AIRNOW ozone data - 1-hour backward average (realtime - ingested hourly)
 NO
anowpm 031 A AIRNOW particulate data - 1-hour backward average (delayed - ingested daily) NO
anowp1 032 A AIRNOW particulate data - 1-hour backward average (realtime - ingested hourly) NO
aodmod 041 A MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data NO

 
BUFR TYPE 12: SURFACE DATA (SATELLITE)  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
ssmit 001 A DMSP/SSM-I - processed brightness temperatures NO
ssmip 002 A DMSP/SSM-I - operational products derived at FNMOC (ocean surface wind speed, total precipitable water, rainfall rate, total cloud water, soil moisture, ice concentration, ice age, ice edge, skin temperature, snow depth, rain flag, caluclated surface type) NO
gpspw 003 O GPS integrated precipitable water (U.S. only, from GSD) NO
gnss 004 A Ground-based GNSS (GPS, etc.) data (U.S. data from ENI) YES
ersar 005 O ERS/SAR NO
ssmisp 006 F DMSP/SSM-IS - operational products derived at FNMOC (ocean surface wind speed, ...) NO
erswn 008 O ERS/scatterometer winds NO
ersal 009 O ERS/radar altimeter data NO
sstnv 010 O NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO)/POES low-resolution sea surface temperatures NO
sstns 011 O NESDIS/POES AVHRR sea surface temperature retrievals, brightness temperatures and albedo
 NO
sstnvh 012 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO)/POES high-resolution AVHRR sea surface temperature retrievals, brightness temperatures and albedo NO
trmm 013 O NASA/Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)/TMI) -- the TRMM satellite ceased to exist ~ 4/8/15. NO
sstnvp
 017
 A
 Physical retrievals of sea surface temperature generated (by NCEP) from AVHRR brightness temperatures in BUFR subtype 012 [NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO)/POES]
NO
sstnsp
 018
 O
 Physical retrievals of sea surface temperature generated (by NCEP) from AVHRR brightness temperatures in BUFR subtype 011 (NESDIS/POES)
 NO
sstnsg
 022
 O
 NESDIS/GOES sea surface temperatures
 NO
sstvcw 023 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS sea surface temperatures and radiances - clear sky without land (NESDIS ACSPO processing) NO
sstvpw 024 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS sea surface temperatures and radiances - probably clear sky without land (NESDIS ACSPO processing) NO
sstvdl 025 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS sea surface temperatures and radiances- everything but clear sky and probably clear sky without land (i.e., others leftover with land) (NESDIS ACSPO processing) NO
amsrep
 031
 O
 AQUA/AMSR-E ocean surface products (Level II)
 NO
amsrem 034 O AQUA/AMSR-E ocean surface swath products originating from the Multi-Instrument Sea Surface Temperature (MISST) group at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) NO
ssmipn 103 A DMSP/SSM-I - Neural Net-3 products derived at NCEP (ocean surface wind speed, total precipitable water, total cloud water, sea-surface temperature) NO
ascat 122 A METOP-2(A)/-1(B) 50 KM ASCAT products NO
<tbd> 123 F METOP-2(A)/-1(B) 25 KM ASCAT products NO
qscat 137 O QuikSCAT products NO
wdsat
 138
 A
 WindSat products from NAVY
 NO
wdsats 139 F WindSat products from NESDIS NO
lgycld 150 A GOES/NASA(LANGLEY)-processed 1x1 field-of-view cloud data NO
efclam 160 A University of Wisconsin GOES imager effective cloud amount data NO
<tbd> 222 F GCOM-W/AMSR2 sea surface temperatures NO
rscat 255 O International Space Station (ISS) 25 KM RAPIDSCAT products -- instrument died 8/19/2016 NO

BUFR TYPE 21 : RADIANCES (SATELLITE MEASURED)  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
1bhrs2  021 O NOAA-series (14 and earlier)/HIRS-2 (High resolution InfraRed Sounder-2) NCEP-processed brightness temperatures NO
1bmsu 022 O NOAA-series (14 and earlier)/MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit) NCEP-processed brightness temperatures NO
1bamua 023 A NOAA-series (15 and later) and METOP-series /AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A) NCEP-processed brightness temperatures NO
1bamub 024 O NOAA-series (15-17)/AMSU-B (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B) NCEP-processed brightness temperatures NO
1bhrs3  025 A NOAA-series (15-17)/HIRS-3 (High resolution InfraRed Sounder-3) NCEP-processed brightness temperatures NO
1bmhs
 027
 A
 NOAA-series (18 and later) and METOP-series /MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder) NCEP-processed brightness temperatures
 NO
1bhrs4
 028
 A
 NOAA-series (18 and later) and METOP-series /HIRS-4 (High resolution InfraRed Sounder-4) NCEP-processed brightness temperatures
 NO
esamua
 033
 A
 NOAA-series (15 and later) and METOP-series /AMSU-A processed brightness temperatures from Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) [consisting of EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service (EARS), Asia-Pacific Regional ATOVS Retransmission  Service (AP-RARS) and South American Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (SA-RARS)]
 NO
esamub
 034
 O
 NOAA-series (15-17)/AMSU-B processed brightness temperatures from Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) [consisting of EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service (EARS), Asia-Pacific Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (AP-RARS) and South American Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (SA-RARS)] NO
eshrs3
 035
 A
 NOAA-series (15-17)/HIRS-3, and NOAA-series (18 and later) and METOP_series /HIRS-4 processed brightness temperatures from Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) [consisting of EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service (EARS), Asia-Pacific Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (AP-RARS) and South American Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (SA-RARS)]
 NO
esmhs 036 A NOAA-series (18 and later) and METOP-series /MHS processed brightness temperatures from Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) [consisting of EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service (EARS), Asia-Pacific Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (AP-RARS) and South American Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (SA-RARS)] NO
escris 037 O S-NPP/NOAA-20 Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) processed apodized radiances (399 channels) from Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) [consisting of EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service (EARS), Asia-Pacific Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (AP-RARS) and South American Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (SA-RARS)] NO
esatms 038 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) processed brightness temperatures from Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) [consisting of EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service (EARS), Asia-Pacific Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (AP-RARS) and South American Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (SA-RARS)] NO
esiasi 039 A METOP-series/Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) processed radiances from Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) [consisting of EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service (EARS), Asia-Pacific Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (AP-RARS) and South American Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (SA-RARS)] (variable number of channels - currently 500) NO
geoimr 041 A GOES NESDIS-processed 11x17 field-of-view imager (clear sky) brightness temperatures
 NO
sevasr 042 A METEOSAT Second Generation (MSG) SEVIRI All Sky Radiances (ASR) (processed) NO
sevcsr 043 A METEOSAT Second Generation (MSG) SEVIRI Clear Sky Radiances (CSR) (processed) NO
ahicsr 044 F HIMAWARI Clear Sky Radiances (CSR) (processed) NO
gsrasr 045 F GOES-16 & up All Sky Radiances (ASR) (processed) NO
gsrcsr 046 F GOES-16 & up Clear Sky Radiances (CSR) (processed) NO
avcsam
 051
 A
 NOAA-17, METOP-2(A)/AVHRR GAC NCEP-processed brightness temperatures - clear and over sea
 NO
avclam
 052
 A
 NOAA-17, METOP-2(A)/AVHRR GAC NCEP-processed brightness temperatures - cloud or over land
 NO
avcspm
 053
 A
 NOAA-18/AVHRR GAC NCEP-processed brightness temperatures - clear and over sea
 NO
avclpm
 054
 A
 NOAA-18/AVHRR GAC NCEP-processed brightness temperatures - cloud or over land
 NO
amuata
 123
 A
 NOAA-series (15 and later) and METOP-series /AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A) NCEP-processed (uncorrected) antenna temperatures
 NO
ssmisu 201 A DMSP/SSM-IS - processed brightness temperatures [Unified Pre-Processor (UPP)] NO
cris 202 O S-NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) apodized radiances (399 channels) NO
atms 203 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) brightness temperatures NO
viirs 204 F S-NPP/NOAA-20 Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) radiances NO
crisfs 205 F S-NPP/NOAA-20 Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) full spectral radiances (2211 channels) NO
crisf4 206 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) full spectral radiances (431 channel subset) NO
crisdb 212 O S-NPP/NOAA-20 Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) apodized radiances (399 channels) - direct broadcast from UW/SSEC NO
crsfdb 212 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) apodized radiances (431 channels) - direct broadcast from GTS NO
atmsdb 213 A S-NPP/NOAA-20 Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) brightness temperatures - direct broadcast from UW/SSEC NO
iasidb 239 A METOP-2(A)/-1(B) Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) - 1C radiance data (variable number of channels - currently 616 )- direct broadcast from UW/SSEC NO
modair 240 F MODIS/AIRS radiance/reflectance data (co-located) NO
mtiasi 241 A METOP-2(A)/-1(B) Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) - 1C radiance data (variable number of channels - currently 616) NO
saphir 242 A Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temperatures YES
gmi1cr 246 A GPM-core/GMI L1C-R brightness temperatures NO
amsr2 248 A GCOM-W/AMSR2 L1B brightness temperatures NO
airsev 249 A AQUA/AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB processed brightness temperatures - every field-of-view NO
airs
 250
 O
 AQUA/AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB processed brightness temperatures - center field-of-view
 NO
amsre
 254
 O
 AQUA/AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures
 NO
airswm
 255
 O
 AQUA/AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB processed brightness temperatures - warmest/clearest field-of-view
 NO

 
BUFR TYPE 31 : OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
bathy 001 A eXpendable BathyThermographs (XBT), thermistor chain moorings [via GTS, originating from WMO FM-63 (BATHY) format] NO
tesac 002 A Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) probes, Argo profiling floats, moorings [via GTS, originating from WMO FM-64 (TESAC) format] NO
trkob 003 A ThermoSalinoGraphs (TSG) [via GTS, originating from WMO FM-62 (TRACKOB) format] NO
axbt 004 A Airborne eXpendable BathyThermographs (AXBT) (via GTS, originally in ASCII) NO
subpfl 005 A Sub-surface reports from glider profiles, Argo profiling floats and other moorings (via GTS, originally in BUFR) NO
xbtctd 006 A eXpendable BathyThermographs (XBT), eXpendable Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (XCTD) profiles (originally in BUFR) NO
altkob 007 A Along-track oceanographic observations (originally in BUFR) NO
ershal 011 O NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry (NLSA) ERS-2 altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution regional NO
tophal 012 O NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry (NLSA) TOPEX altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution regional NO
toplal 013 O NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry (NLSA) TOPEX altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) low-resolution global NO
gfohal 014 O NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry (NLSA) GEOSAT Follow-On (GFO) altimeter SSHA high-resolution regional NO
nersal
 101
 O
 NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) ERS-2 altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
ngfoal
 102
 O
 NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) GEOSAT Follow-On (GFO) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
ntpxal
 103
 O
 NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) TOPEX altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
njsnal
 104
 O
 NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) JASON-1 altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
ngfnal
 105
 O
 NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) GEOSAT Follow-On (GFO) Navy-Interim Geophysical Data Record (NGDR) altimeter wind/wave (2-day delay) (via DMZNAS) NO
cajsww
 106
 O CNES/AVISO JASON-1 Interim Geophysical Data Record (IGDR) altimeter wind/wave (2-day delay) (via GTS)
 NO
gfofww 107 O NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) GEOSAT Follow-On (GFO) altimeter wind/wave fast-delivery NO
envsww 108 O NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) ENVISAT altimeter wind/wave fast delivery (via DMZNAS)   NO
envsal 109 O NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) ENVISAT altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
njsnww 110 O NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) JASON-1 altimeter wind/wave fast delivery (via DMZNAS) NO
------ 111 O CNES/AVISO/NESDIS/EUMETSAT JASON-2 Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter wind/wave high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via server dds.nesdis.noaa.gov) NO
njsn2o 112 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) JASON-2 Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via DMZNAS) NO
njsn2i 113 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) JASON-2 Interim Geophysical Data Record (IGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (2-day delay) (via DMZNAS) NO
njs2ww 114 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) JASON-2 altimeter wind/wave fast delivery (via DMZNAS) NO
cnjsal 115 A CNES/AVISO/NESDIS/EUMETSAT JASON-2 Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) and wind/wave high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via GTS) NO
envavi 116 O AVISO SSALTO/DUACS ENVISAT NRT altimeter Sea Level Anomaly (SLA) high-resolution global (via server ftp.aviso.oceanobs.com) NO
ncryal 117 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) CRYOSAT-2 altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
nsarao 118 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) Satellite with ARgos and ALtika (SARAL) Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via DMZNAS) NO
nsarai  119 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) Satellite with ARgos and ALtika (SARAL) Interim Geophysical Data Record (IGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (2-day delay) (via DMZNAS) NO
ncr2ww 120 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) CRYOSAT-2 altimeter wind/wave fast delivery (via DMZNAS) NO
nsarww 121 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Satellite with ARgos and ALtika (SARAL) altimeter wind/wave fast delivery (via DMZNAS) NO
cnsaal 122 A CNES/AVISO/NESDIS/EUMETSAT Satellite with ARgos and ALtika (SARAL) Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) and wind/wave high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via GTS) NO
cnc2al 123 A CNES/AVISO/NESDIS/EUMETSAT CRYOSAT-2 Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) and wind/wave high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via GTS) NO
cnj3al 124 A CNES/AVISO/NESDIS/EUMETSAT JASON-3 Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) and wind/wave high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via GTS) NO
nsjn3o 125 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) JASON-3 Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (1-day delay) (via DMZNAS) NO
njsn3i 126 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Altimeter Processing System (ALPS) JASON-3 Interim Geophysical Data Record (IGDR) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (2-day delay) (via DMZNAS) NO
njs3ww 127 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) JASON-3 altimeter wind/wave fast delivery (via DMZNAS) NO
nsn3am 128 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) SENTINEL-3A Near Real Time (NRT) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
nsn3as 129 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) SENTINEL-3A Slow Time Critical (STC) altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) high-resolution global (via DMZNAS) NO
nsn3ww 130 A NAVal OCEANographic Office (NAVOCEANO) SENTINEL-3A altimeter wind/wave fast delivery (via DMZNAS) NO

 
BUFR TYPE 255 : INDICATOR FOR LOCAL USE, WITH SUB-CATEGORY  
MNEMONIC BUFR
SUBTYPE		 IND. DESCRIPTION RESTR.?
msoden 001 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control
 YES
msoraw 002 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): NFIC Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS) YES
msowst 003 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): MesoWest YES
msoapr 004 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Automatic Position Reporting (APR) System Weather Network (citizen weather observers)
 YES
msokan 005 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Kansas Department of Transportation YES
msofla 006 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Florida (FAWN and USF)
 YES
msoiow 007 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Iowa Department of Transportation YES
msomin 008 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Minnesota Department of Transportation YES
msoawx 009 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): "Anything Weather" YES
msonos 010 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): National Ocean Service Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (NOS-PORTS)
 YES
msoapg 011 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds YES
msowfy 012 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): "Weather for You" YES
msocob
 013
 O
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/ESRL/GSD MADIS MESONET feed): NWS COOPerative Observer program (COOP)
YES
msohad
 014
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): NWS Hydrometeorological Automated Data System (HADS)
 YES
msoaws
 015
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. (Weather Bug)
 YES
msoien
 016
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Iowa Environmental
 YES
msokla
 017
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Oklahoma Mesonet
 YES
msocol
 018
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Colorado Department of Transportation
 YES
msowtx
 019
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): West Texas
 YES
msowis
 020
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Wisconsin Department of Transportation
 YES
msolju
 021
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Louisiana State University and Jackson State University
 YES
mso470
 022
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Colorado East Interstate 470
 YES
msodcn
 023
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): DC Net (urban mesonets in Washington, CD and New York City)
 YES
msoind
 024
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Indiana Department of Transportation
 YES
msoflt
 025
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Florida Department of Transportation
 YES
msoalk
 026
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Alaska Department of Transportation
 YES
msogeo
 027
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Georgia Department of Transportation
 YES
msovir
 028
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Virginia Department of Transportation
 YES
msomca
 029
 A
 Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Missouri Commercial Agriculture Weather Network
 YES
msothr 030 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): any meso-networks not in one of the above
click here to see NOAA/FSL's list of meso-networks
 YES
msourb 031 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS URBANET  feed):  Urbanet (National Mesonet Program Nationwide Network of Networks) YES
coopmd 101 A Automated cooperative observer data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS COOP feed): New England Pilot Project (NEPP) and Historical Climatology Network - Modernization (HCN-M) (replaced "Modernized COOP" - NERON and Alabama providers, November 2009) YES
coopal 102 A NWS cooperative observer data (originally in SHEF format): many different providers, not separated out YES
msocrn 111 A Mesonet data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS MESONET feed): Climate Reference Network YES
hydden 131 A Hydrological data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS HYDRO feed): Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control NO
hydoth 160 A Hydrological data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS HYDRO feed): other than Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control, not separated out YES
snow 161 A Snow data (via NOAA/NCEP/NCO MADIS snow feed): many different providers, not separated out NO

 




Table 1.b   Data group mnemonics used to generate BUFR dump files in the various NCEP networks.  These dump files are then read by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps (last revised 2/5/2018 - not completely up to date!).
 

Key for NETWORK ("NET") column - if BOLDFACE AND UPPER-CASE indicates the dump file for this group is read in by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps (although not all of the data may be selected for encoding into PREPBUFR):
     A/a - group is dumped in Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) network
     C/c - group is dumped in CDAS network
     F/f - group is dumped in GDAS network
     G/g - group is dumped in GFS network
     H/h - group is dumped in HOURLY network
     M/m - group is dumped in RTMA and URMA network
     N/n - group is dumped in NAM network
     o   - group is obsolete and is not dumped in any network (also in italics)
     R/r - group is dumped in RAP network
     t   - group consists of future data types and is currently not dumped in any network (also in italics)


Key for superscripts in "NET" column:
     1 - input to QuikSCAT reprocessing program WAVE_DCODQUIKSCAT which outputs superobed data (on a 0.5 degree lat/lon grid) in a file called “qkswnd” which is read by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps if network is boldface
     2 - input to SSM/I reprocessing program PREPOBS_PREPSSMI which outputs superobed data (on a 1 degree lat/lon grid) in a file called "spssmi" which is read by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps if network is boldface [in the GFS and GDAS networks, the superobed FNMOC rainfall rate product in “spssmi” is currently also read by the Global GSI analysis (the analysis does not read these data from the PREPBUFR file even though they are written there)]
     3 - input to SSM/I reprocessing program PREPOBS_PREPSSMI which outputs non-superobed data in a file called "spssmi" which is read by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps if network is boldface
     4 - (reserved for future use)
     5 - input to WindSat reprocessing program BUFR_DCODWINDSAT which outputs superobed data (on a 1 degree lat/lon grid) in a file called “wdsatr” which is read by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps if network is boldface
     6 - input to WindSat reprocessing program BUFR_DCODWINDSAT which outputs data (not superobed) in a file called “wdsatr” which is read by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps if network is boldface
     7 - input to ASCAT reprocessing program WAVE_DCODQUIKSCAT which outputs data (not superobed) in a file called “ascatw” which is read by the subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps if network is boldface
     8 - even though this dump file is read by the PREPBUFR processing steps in this network, the subsequent analysis code reads the same dump file directly (ignoring the data encoded in the PREPBUFR file from this dump file)


Key for superscripts in "MNEMONICS INCLUDED" column:
     1 - not included in RAP network dumps
     2 - not included in CDAS network dumps
     3 - not included in NAM network dumps
     4 - (reserved for future use)
     5 - not included in GFS or GDAS network dumps
     6 - not included in HOURLY network dumps
     7 - included in NAM network dumps but not read by subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps in these networks
     8 - included in CDAS network dump but not read by subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps in this network
     9 - if "acars" contains more reports than "acarsa" (normally the case) then only "acars" is read by subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps in all indicated networks
    10 - if "acarsa" contains more reports than "acars" (normally not the case) then only "acarsa" is read by subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps in all indicated networks
    11 - not included in RTMA and URMA network dumps
    12 - Not read by subsequent PREPBUFR processing steps in any network
    13 - Currently only reports from ENI (mainly over U.S.) are encoded into PREPBUFR file (for every network).  European GNSS reports are skipped.


 
GROUP MNEMONIC
(dump file)		 NET MNEMONICS INCLUDED (underlined means some or all reports in this mnemonic are restricted with respect to redistribution outside of NCEP for some amount of time)
adpsfc R,N,G,F,C,M synopr, synop, synopm1,3,11, metar
adpupa R,N,G,F,C raobf, raobm, raobs, dropw, pibal, recco
aircar R,N,G,F,C acars9,10, acarsa9,10
aircft R,N,G,F,C airep, pirep, asdar, eadas, camdar8 tmdara8, kamdar, amdarb
airnow
 A
 anowb1, anowb8
atovs f,C atovs
ascatt R7,N7,G7,F7,c7,M7 ascat
erswnd o
 erswn
goesnd R,n geost13, geosth
gpsipw R,N,G,F,c gnss13
msonet R,N,c,M msoden, msoraw, msowst, msoapr, msokan, msofla, msoiow, msomin, msoawx, msonos, msoapg, msowfy, msohad, msoaws, msoien, msokla, msocol, msowtx, msowis, msolju, mso470, msodcn, msoind, msoflt, msoalk, msogeo, msovir, msomca, msothr
proflr R,N,G,F,c prflr, prflrb, prflrj1,3, prflrp
qkscat o qscat
rassda
 R,N,G,F,c
 rass
rtovs o rtovs
satwnd R8,N8,G8,F8,C,M8 infus, h2ius, visus, 3p9us12, infin1,3,11, visin1,3,11, h20in1,3,11, infja, visja, h20ja, infeu, viseu, h20eu, infmo, h20mo, infav12, infvr12, infusr12, h2dusr12, visusr12, h2tusr12, 3p9usr12
sfcbog o slpbg
sfcshp R,N,G,F,C,M ships, shipsu, dbuoy, mbuoy, lcman, tideg, cstgd12
ssmip o ssmip
ssmipn o ssmipn
ssmit o ssmit
vadwnd R,N,G,F,c nxrdw, nxrdw22,5
wndsat wdsat




 

Table 1.c   Data group mnemonics used to generate BUFR dump files in the various NCEP networks.  These dump files are then read by the subsequent analysis codes (with the exception of "satwnd", they do not pass through the PREPBUFR processing steps) (last revised 2/11/2018 - not completely up to date!).
 

Key for NETWORK ("NET") column - if BOLDFACE AND UPPER-CASE indicates the dump file for this group is read in by the subsequent analysis codes and at least some data in the dump file is actually assimilated (not just monitored) by the analysis; if italics indicates the dump file for this group is normally dumped in this network but is temporarily not available (in this case may also be in italics in either "GROUP MENMONIC" or "MNEMONICS INCLUDED" columns or both):
     C/c - group is dumped in CDAS network
     F/f - group is dumped in GDAS network
     G/g - group is dumped in GFS network
     M/m - group is dumped in RTMA and URMA networks
     N/n - group is dumped in NAM network
     o   - group is obsolete and is not dumped in any network (also in italics)
     R/r - group is dumped in RAP network (all runs except Early-cycle-HRRR)
     H/r - group is dumped in RAP Early-cycle-HRRR run
     t   - group consists of future data types and is currently not dumped in any network (also in italics)


Key for superscripts in "NET" column:
     1 - input to TRMM TMI reprocessing program BUFR_SUPERTMI which outputs superobed data (on a 1 degree lat/lon grid) in a file called "sptrmm” which is read by the subsequent analysis codes if network is boldface


Key for superscripts in "MNEMONICS INCLUDED" column:
     1 - only included if reports are within the selected dump time window
     2 - not included in RAP network dumps
     3 - not included in NAM network dumps
     4 - not included in RTMA and URMA network dumps
     5 - included only in GFS and GDAS network dumps

  
 
GROUP MNEMONIC
(dump file)		 NET MNEMONICS INCLUDED (underlined means some or all reports in this mnemonic are restricted with respect to redistribution outside of NCEP for some amount of time)
airsev r,N,G,F,c airsev
amsr2 g,f amsr2
amsre
 g,f,c
 amsre
atms r,N,G,F,c atms
atmsdb g,f atmsdb
avcsam g,f,c avcsam
avcspm g,f,c avcspm
bathy g,f,c bathy
cris o cris
crsfdb g,f crsfdb
crisf4 g,f crisf4
efclam M efclam
esamua r,n,G,F,c esamua
esatms g,f esatms
escris o escris
eshrs3 r,n,g,f,c eshrs3
esiasi g,f esiasi
esmhs r,n,g,f,c esmhs
geoimr
 g,f,c
 geoimr
goesfv N,G,F,c geost1
gome g,f,c gome
gpsro r,N,G,F,c gpsro
iasidb g,f iasidb
lghtng R,N,c ltngsr, ltnglr
lgycld R,N,c lgycld
mls g,f,c mls  --> empty as of 12z 01/31/2017, no longer even dumped after 02/10/2017
mtiasi r,N,G,F,c mtiasi
nexrad
 H,R,N,c
 rd2w001, rd2w011, rd2w021, rd2w031, rd2w041, rd2w051, rd2w061, rd2w071, rd2w081, rd2w091, rd2w101, rd2w111, rd2w121, rd2w131, rd2w141, rd2w151, rd2w161, rd2w171, rd2w181, rd2w191, rd2w201, rd2w211, rd2w221, rd2w231, rd2r001,2, rd2r011,2, rd2r021,2, rd2r031,2, rd2r041,2, rd2r051,2, rd2r061,2, rd2r071,2, rd2r081,2, rd2r091,2, rd2r101,2, rd2r111,2, rd2r121,2, rd2r131,2, rd2r141,2, rd2r151,2, rd2r161,2, rd2r171,2, rd2r181,2, rd2r191,2, rd2r201,2, rd2r211,2, rd2r221,2, rd2r231,2
omi G,F,c omi
osbuv o osbuv
osbuv8 r,n,G,F,c osbuv8
radwnd r,n,c radw30, radw25
saphir g,f saphir
satwnd R,N,G,F,M infus, h2ius, visus, 3p9us, infin2,3,4, visin2,3,4, h20in2,3,4, infja, visja, h20ja, infeu, viseu, h20eu, infmo, h20mo, infav, infvr, infusr5, h2dusr5, visusr5, h2tusr5, 3p9usr5
sevasr g,f sevasr
sevcsr r,N,G,F,c sevcsr
ssmisu r,N,G,F,c ssmisu
tesac g,f,c tesac
trkob g,f,c trkob
trmm o trmm
1bhrs2 o 1bhrs2
1bmsu o 1bmsu
1bamua r,N,G,F,c 1bamua
1bamub o 1bamub
1bhrs3 o 1bhrs3
1bhrs4
 r,n,g,f,c
 1bhrs4
1bmhs
 r,N,G,F,c
 1bmhs