(15 May 2019)
BUFR Table D – List of common sequences
FXCategory of sequencesIdentifier
NONE
Category 04 – Meteorological sequences common to satellite observations
TABLE
REFERENCETABLEELEMENT NAMEELEMENTIdentifier
F X YREFERENCEDESCRIPTION
(BUFR sequence for describing satellites contributing to an observed2017-2.4.5(CM-I)
geophysical quantity)
3 04 0381 08 000Delayed replication of 8 descriptors
0 31 001Delayed descriptor replication factor
0 08 021Time significance= 28 Start of scan
3 01 011Year, month, day
3 01 013Hour, minute, second
0 08 021Time significance= 29 End of scan
3 01 011Year, month, day
3 01 013Hour, minute, second
0 01 007Satellite identifier
0 02 019Satellite instruments
0 08 021Time significanceSet to missing (cancel)
Category 06 – Meteorological or oceanographic sequences
common to oceanographic observations
TABLE
REFERENCETABLEELEMENT NAMEELEMENTIdentifier
F X YREFERENCEDESCRIPTION
(Chlorophyll-A (fluorescence) profile data)2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)
3 06 0441 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors
0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorGives number of depths
0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to missing
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing
0 07 065Water pressure
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
0 41 002FluorescenceChlorophyll-A | In kg l-1
(= 109 mg m-3)
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 21 (Chlorophyll-A at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
(Dissolved nitrate profile data)2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)
3 06 0451 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors
0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorNumber of depths
0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing
0 08 080Qualifier for quality class Set to missing
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing
0 07 065Water pressure
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
0 41 003Dissolved nitrateIn μmol kg-1
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 22 (nitrate at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
(pH profile data) 2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)
3 06 0461 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors
0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorNumber of depths
0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing
0 08 080Qualifier for quality class Set to missing
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing
0 07 065Water pressure
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
0 13 161pH scale
0 13 080pHDimensionless
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 23 (pH at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
(Backscatter profile data) 2016-3.2.7(DRMM-IV)
3 06 0470 02 071Spectrographic wavelengthIn m
1 09 000Delayed replication of 9 descriptors
0 31 002Extended delayed descriptor replication factorNumber of depths
0 07 062Depth below sea/water surfaceSet to missing
0 08 080Qualifier for quality class Set to missing
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flagSet to missing
0 07 065Water pressure
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 10 (pressure at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
0 41 006Backscatteringm-1
0 08 080Qualifier for quality classSet to 24 (backscatter at a level)
0 33 050Global GTSPP quality flag
Category 15 – Oceanographic report sequences
TABLE
REFERENCETABLEELEMENT NAMEELEMENTIdentifier
F X YREFERENCEDESCRIPTION
(First five Fourier components of the wave spectrum) 2018-2.4.7(CM-II)
3 15 0101 08 000Delayed replication of 8 descriptors
0 31 001Delayed descriptor replication factor
0 22 080Waveband central frequency (Hz)
0 22 096Spectral band width (Hz)
0 22 069Spectral wave density (m2 Hz-1)
0 42 011a1 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesFirst moment of the
directional wave spectrum
0 42 012b1 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesFirst moment of the
directional wave spectrum
0 42 013a2 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesSecond moment of the
directional wave spectrum
0 42 014b2 coefficient of the directional Fourier seriesSecond moment of the
directional wave spectrum
0 42 015Check factor K (inverse of wave ellipticity)