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ASCII FORMAT for NCEI/ESRL ISPD Data Transfer v1.1(All fields are to be right justified, unless otherwise noted)Field 1, Pos: 1-13, Len: 13Observation (Station) IDMissing: 9999999999999This field is designated for an identifier that represents a fixed station for land data. Itrepresents a marinecall sign or other marine identifier when present.(NOTE: THIS FIELD IS TO BE LEFT JUSTIFIED)Field 2, Pos: 14-15, Len: 2Observation ID TypeMissing: 99This field shows the type of station ID in Field 1.01WMO02WBAN03Air Force04COOP05Call Signs06Unknown or other – IDs assigned by source, which have the appearance ofabove07Ship, Ocean Station Vessel (OSV), or ice station call sign08Generic ID (e.g., SHIP, BUOY, RIGG, PLAT)09WMO 5-digit buoy number10Other buoy number (e.g., Argos or national buoy number)11Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) ID (US NDBC operated)12Station name or number13Oceanographic platform/cruise number14Fishing vessel pseudo-ID15National ship number16Composite information from early ship data17Australia Bureau of Meteorology32Air Force – WBAN33Source Station ID – WMOField 3, Pos: 16-18, Len: 3NCEP Observation Type CodeMissing: 999This field is designated for NCEP observation type code.120Radiosonde Observation Data132Dropsonde Observation180Marine Observation Data181Station Observation Data183Station Observation only reporting sea level pressureOr when SLP is corrected with better quality (Field 17 1)193Digitized Mean Sea Level Pressure BogusField 4, Pos: 19-22, Len: 4YearMissing: 9999Year (GMT) of the observation recordField 5, Pos: 23-24, Len: 2MonthMissing: 99
Month (GMT) of the observation recordField 6, Pos: 25-26, Len: 2DayMissing: 99Day (GMT) of the observation recordField 7, Pos: 27-28, Len: 2HourMissing: 99Hour (GMT) of the observation recordField 8, Pos: 29-30, Len: 2MinuteMissing: 99Minute (GMT) of the observation recordField 9, Pos: 31-37, Len: 7Unique Observation Number CodeMissing: 9999999A unique number assigned to each observation at the same observation time(year, month, day, hour, minute). Combing with Year, month, day, hour, minute forms aunique ID of each observation. E.g., the second observation in the Data Bank forFebruary 2 1895 1201 GMT has field 9 0000002, and a unique observation code of1895020212010000002.Note: this value is assigned by ISPD. Sources providing data in this format should set thevalue to missing.Field 10, Pos: 38-40, Len: 3Time CodeMissing: 9993-digit code describing how the time was determined001From source005Converted to GMT using time zones006Time may be 2100 or 1900 Central European Time (Swiss)007Converted to GMT using longitudeField 11, Pos: 41-46, Len: 6LatitudeMissing: 999.99Latitude coordinate of a geophysical observation (-90.00 to 90.00)Field 12, Pos: 47-52, Len: 6LongitudeMissing: 999.99The longitude coordinate of a geophysical observation (000.00 – 359.99)Field 13, Pos: 53-56, Len: 4ElevationMissing: 9999The elevation of a geophysical observation in meters relative to Mean Sea LevelField 14, Pos: 57-63, Len: 7Observed Sea Level PressureMissing: 9999.99
The atmospheric sea level pressure observation (hectopascals)Note: all corrections for gravity and temperature have been applied.Field 15, Pos: 64-64, Len: 1Quality Flag for Observed Sea Level Pressure0Use this value1Don’t use this value9Not evaluatedMMissing*For lSD values, choice was made based on element quality flag:ISPDOriginalMeaningSummary Value00Passed gross limits checks01Passed all quality control checks12Suspect13Erroneous04Passed gross limits check, from TD3280 or NCEIASOS/AWOS05Passed all quality control checks, from TD3280 or NCEIASOS/AWOS16Suspect, from TD3280 or NCEI ASOS/AWOS17Erroneous, from TD3280 or NCEI ASOS/AWOS09Passed gross limits check if element is present*For Russian data, two tests were performed using the Flag 1 (Data Measurement Flag)and Flag 3(Confidence level/status flag). If the Flag 1 test passed, Flag 3 was then evaluated:Flag 1: Data measurement flagISPDOriginalMeaningSummary Value0BlankMeasured value1DDerived value1USuspectFlag 3: Confidence level/status flagISPDOriginalMeaningSummary Value00Observed value has passed all original system checks0BlankUnknown1BValue failed QC checks0CScale corrected1DDerived value0EEdited value passed all original checks0HHomologous value, rigorously tested1IInterpolated value, not verified1MMissing value0NNot tested but within observed climatological boundaries1QQuestionable (actually wrong)0RRecord breaking value1SSuspect value (outside climatological boundaries, notverified)0TTested value, manually checked but not perfectly
1UhomologousValue suspectField 16, Pos: 65-71, Len: 7Observed Surface PressureMissing: 9999.99The atmospheric surface pressure observation at the indicated elevation(hectopascals)Note: all corrections for gravity and temperature have been applied.Field 17, Pos: 72-72, Len: 1Quality Flag for Observed Surface PressureMissing: M0Use this value1Don’t use this value9Not evaluated(See tables for Field 15)------- ORIGINAL DATA SECTION -----Field 18, Pos: 73-81, Len: 9Original Observed Sea Level PressureMissing: 999999999The original atmospheric sea level pressure in original units indicated in field 19.Field 19, Pos: 82-89, Len: 8Units of Original Observed Sea Level PressureMissing: 99999999Units of original observed sea level pressure. UDUNITS compliant.Field 20, Pos: 90-98, Len: 9Original Observed Surface PressureMissing: 999999999The original atmospheric surface pressure in original units indicated in field 21.Field 21, Pos: 99-106, Len: 8Units of Original Observed Surface PressureMissing: 99999999Units of original observed surface level pressure. UDUNITS compliant.Field 22, Pos: 107-108, Len: 2Pressure Instrument IdentifierMissing: 99This field shows a type of instrument used for a given observation from source record orstation library table.01aneroid02mercuryField 23, Pos: 109-116, Len: 8Original LatitudeMissing: 99999999The original latitude coordinate of a geophysical observation from the source dataField 24, Pos: 117-124, Len: 8Original Longitude
Missing: 99999999The original longitude coordinate of a geophysical observation from the source dataField 25, Pos: 125-130, Len: 6Original ElevationMissing: 999999The original elevation above mean sea level reported from the source dataField 26, Pos: 131-138, Len: 8Units of Original ElevationMissing: 99999999The units of the original elevation. UDUNITS Compliant.------- ADJUSTMENTS SECTION -----Field 27, Pos: 139-139, Len: 1Gravity Correction Made by SourceMissing: 90No1YesField 28, Pos: 140-169, Len: 30Description of Gravity Correction Made By SourceMissing: 999999999999999999999999999999Description of the method used for the gravity correction made by sourceField 29, Pos 170-170, Len: 1Gravity Correction Made by ISPDMissing: 90No1YesField 30, Pos: 171-200, Len: 30Description of Gravity Correction Made By ISPDMissing: 999999999999999999999999999999Description of the method used for the gravity correction made by ISPDField 31, Pos: 201-206, Len: 6Observed Temperature of Attached Thermometer in KMissing: 999999Observed temperature of the attached thermometer in K.Field 32, Pos: 207-215, Len: 9Original Temperature of Attached ThermometerMissing: 999999999The original temperature of the attached thermometer in the original unitsField 33, Pos: 216-223, Len: 8Units of the Original Temperature of Attached ThermometerMissing: 99999999The units of the original temperature of the attached thermometer. UDUNITS CompliantField 34, Pos: 224-224, Len: 1Temperature Correction Made by SourceMissing: 9
01NoYesField 35, Pos: 225-254, Len: 30Description of Temperature Correction Made By SourceMissing: 999999999999999999999999999999Description of the method used for the temperature correction made by sourceField 36, Pos 255-255, Len: 1Temperature Correction Made by ISPDMissing: 90No1YesField 37, Pos: 256-285, Len: 30Description of Temperature Correction Made By ISPDMissing: 999999999999999999999999999999Description of the method used for the temperature correction made by ISPDField 38, Pos: 286-286, Len: 1Homogenization Correction Made by SourceMissing: 90No1YesField 39, Pos: 287-316, Len: 30Description of Homogenization Correction Made By SourceMissing: 999999999999999999999999999999Description of the method used for the homogenization correction made by sourceField 40, Pos 317-317, Len: 1Homogenization Correction Made by ISPDMissing: 90No1YesField 41, Pos: 318-347, Len: 30Description of Homogenization Correction Made By ISPDMissing: 999999999999999999999999999999Description of the method used for the homogenization correction made by ISPD
-------- SOURCE ARCHIVE TRACKING SECTION -----Field 42, Pos: 348-353, Len: 6International Surface Pressure Data Bank Collection IDMissing: 999999ISPD 1012NameICOADS Release 2.1ICOADS Release 2.4ICOADS Release 2.5ICOADS Auxiliary KobeICOADS Auxiliary WhalingICOADS Auxiliary RussianICOADS Auxiliary RussianICOADS Auxiliary ChallengerFederal Climate Complex IntegratedSurface DataCDMP SAO/1001 FormsRussian Empire StationsAir Weather Service TD13Hadley CenterCDMP-International collectionREADER Antarctic&Southern HemisphereKNMIDescriptionGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Marine Surface ObservationsGlobal Land Surface @noaa.govUS Land Surface ObservationsRussian Land Surface ObservationsGlobal Land Surface Observationsindividual stations from Hadley CenterChile, Mexico, UruguayBritish Antarctic SurveyKNMI stations, Indonesia, Africa,EuropeCDMP digitized station noaa.govworley@ucar.eduRob Allan and Mark randsma@knmi.nl1816-1932international stations recovered byACREArctic region observationsAfrican stations1784-2011Nancy Westcottnan@illinois.eduRob AllanNorth and South America, 7 stations1839-1914TahitiGlobal observations1957-19741822-1956001017001018US Army Signal Service and other 19thCentury Voluntary ObsAtmospheric Circulation Reconstructionsover the Earth (ACRE) initiativeEarly Arctic observationsEURO4M/MEDARE/C3 hourly SLPobservations for North African stationsInternational stations, University of SouthCarolina Historical Climate LabMeteo-FranceUniversity of Giessen worldwide early data002000NCEP-NCAR BUFR ArchiveGlobal Observations1959-1980002001NCEP Operational BUFR ArchiveGlobal Observations1951-1966R.Przybylak &Z.Vizi @umk.plManola Brunetmanola.brunet@urv.catCary uerg aa.gov003002003004003005WASA Stations Observations SLPEnvironment Canada Pressure ObsWest African Synoptic observationsdigitized by MeteoFranceNorthern Europe, GreenlandCanadian StationsWest African countries’ Land Surfacestations1868-19951848-20021839-1980Torben Schmith v003006The Australian Bureau of MeteorologyStation Pressure DatasetNorthern Italian Pressure ObservationsHourly Surface Observations for BrazileSpanish Hourly Pressure ObservationsGerman climate observations fromDeutscher Wetterdienst (German WeatherService)ZAMG Austrian station observationsAustralian Land stations1859-1951Italian stationsBrazilian stations4 Hourly Spanish Land StationsDWD web archive1803-19991950-19601850-20031781-2009David n.Maechel@dwd.deEMULATE Austrian iss station collectionSouth African Weather ServiceMeteorological collectionNational Norwegian meteorologicalSwiss stationsSouth African Weather ServiceStationsNorwegian ukandries.kruger@weathersa.co.za1902-2006Øyvind 30100030110030120030130030141848-19151852-1978
ISPD IDNamedatabaseCroatian Meteorological and HydrologicalService land stationsSignatures of environmental change in theobservations of the Geophysical InstitutesFrench hourly SLP from Meteo-FranceAustralia historical surface pressureDescriptionPERIODCroatian stations1858-2003Global observations1860-2005French stationsAustralian stations1783-19731788-1857ACRE-Pacific: NIWA and NZMet ServiceSpanish Met Office stationsEMULATE Daily MSLP station dataMozambique station pressureJapan Agency for Marine-earth Scienceand Technology (JAMSTEC) archiveAfrican SLP from Meteo FranceTanzania station pressureHourly pressure from ChinaAll-Russia Research Institute ofHydrometeorological Information - WorldData Centre (RIHMI-WDC)Data from Russian HydrometcentreNew Zealand stationsSpanish stationsSwiss stationsMozambique stationsPhilippines and Pacific 41Tunisia and Morocco stationsTanzania stationsChinese stationsRussian 3-hourly 5-2013Russian synoptic data (similar to 3028but different source)2004-20136 stations OCR postprocessing1835-1841Australian stations1837-1905Canadian stations1803-1873UK stations1867-2011Icelandic stations1845-187315 African and Asian stations1915-1946003036003037003038Early Russian Empire Stations, digitized inLDEO from Kupffers AnnuairesAustralian Meteorological Association,Todd Project teamCanadian Volunteer Climate Data RescueprojectUniversity of Aberdeen historical pressureobservationsIcelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) SeaLevel PressureERA-CLIM FFCUL(European Re-Analysis of Global CLIMateObservations Fundação da Faculdade deCiências da Universidade de Lisboa /Instituto Dom Luiz)Australian Bureau of Meteorology—Australian Baseline Sea Level MonitoringProject (ABSLMP) and South Pacific Sealevel and Climate Monitoring Project(SPSLCMP)Project IMPROVEUniversity of BarcelonaUniversity of BernEuropean land stationsBarcelona, Paris Royal ObservatoryUS and European land stations1722-18651811-18201815-1818003039Stockholm ersity of East AngliaUniversity of GdanskACRE-Pacific: Cook Island Met ServicesLondonGdanskPacific island fic: Pacific Island Met ServicesPacific island stations1929-1950004000004001004002004003Hong Kong Hourly Pressure ObservationsJakarta/Batavia Pressure ObservationsWilliam Hutchinson pressure, LiverpoolJersey, Channel Island Pressure ObsHong Kong ObservatoryDutch Royal ObservatoryProudman Ocean. Laboratory stationsJersey, Channel Island 004005CMDP-USNORussian Sitka Sea Level Pressure,University of South Carolina Climate LabUniversity of Toronto British EverestExpedition meteorological observationUS Naval Observatory at WashingtonSitka1842-18811843-1867Mt Everest , May and June 029003030003031003032003033003034003035004006South Pacific land and island stations1991-2012Contactoyvind.nordli@met.noLidija Srnecsrnec@cirus.dhz.hrMaria Antónia ValenteRicardo Trigo @fc.ul.ptsylvie.jourdain@meteo.frLinden AshcroftL. Ashcroft @Univ MelbourneA. Lorrey @niwa.co.nzJ. A Lopez jalopez@inm.esJ. Luterbacher, PDella-MartaChris.Reason@uct.ac.zaHisayuki hris.Reason@uct.ac.zal.alexander@unsw.edu.auOlga N. Bulygina,bulygina@meteo.ruMikhail Tolstykhtolstykh@inm.ras.rumtolstykh@mail.ruAlexey Kaplanalexeyk@ldeo.columbia.eduMac Benoym.benoy@bom.gov.auVictoria Slonoskyvictoria.slonosky@mail.mcgill.caAlastair Dawsonalastair.dawson@abdn.ac.ukTrausti Jónsson trausti@vedur.isMaria Antónia Valente mavalente@fc.ul.pt Clinton rs geojf@ug.edu.plAndrew Lorreya.lorrey@niwa.co.nzAndrew Lorreya.lorrey@niwa.co.nzH Y Mok hymok@hko.gov.hkspangler@ucar.eduP. Woodworth ail.comtom.ross@noaa.govCary MockMOCKCJ@mailbox.sc.eduG.W.K. Mooregwk.moore@utoronto.ca
ISPD onUniversity of ExtremaduraUniversity of HelsinkiAntarctic ExpeditionsCanadian Arctic Fort Rae SLPNCAR upper air stationsDescriptionPERIODContactSpanish land stationsFinnish station Ylitornioexpedition basesFort ob.allan@metoffice.gov.ukXiaolan.Wang@ec.gc.caJoey Comeaux joey@ucar.edu0000-0999 marine collections1000-1000 international station collections.2000-2999 National Center for Environmental Prediction collections3000-3999 regional collections4000-4999 individual station collections5000-5999 Antarctic expedition collections6000-6999 Arctic expedition collections10000-19999 National Center for Atmospheric Research upper-air station collectionsField 43, Pos: 354-354, Len: 1Source Flag for Land Station DataMissing: 9For ISD Observations (ISPD ID 1000), this code corresponds to the Geophysical PointObservation DataSource Flag (positions 28-28 of ISD record):1USAF SURFACE HOURLY observation, candidate for merge with NCEISURFACE HOURLY (not yet merged, failed element cross-checks)2NCEI SURFACE HOURLY observation, candidate for merge with USAFSURFACE HOURLY (not yet merged, failed element cross-checks)3USAF SURFACE HOURLY/NCEI SURFACE HOURLY merged observation4USAF SURFACE HOURLY observation5NCEI SURFACE HOURLY observation6ASOS/AWOS observation from NCEI7ASOS/AWOS observation merged with USAF SURFACE HOURLY observation58MAPSO observation (NCEI)AUSAF SURFACE HOURLY/NCEI HOURLY PRECIPITATION mergedobservation, candidate for merge with NCEI SURFACE HOURLY (not yetmerged, failed element cross-checks)BNCEI SURFACE HOURLY/NCEI HOURLY PRECIPITATION mergedobservation, candidate for merge with USAF SURFACE HOURLY (not yetmerged, failed element cross-checks)CUSAF SURFACE HOURLY/NCEI SURFACE HOURLY/NCEI HOURLYPRECIPITATION merged observationDUSAF SURFACE HOURLY/NCEI HOURLY PRECIPITATION mergedobservationENCEI SURFACE HOURLY/NCEI HOURLY PRECIPITATION mergedobservationFForm OMR/1001 – Weather Bureau city office (keyed data)GSAO surface airways observation, pre-1949 (keyed data)HSAO surface airways observation, 1965-1981 format/period (keyed data)IClimate Reference Network observationJCooperative Network observationKRadiation Network observationLData from Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) data sourceMData from National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) data sourceNNCAR / NCEI cooperative effort (various national datasets)
Field 44, Pos: 355-359, Len: 5Report Type CodeMissing: 99999For ISD Observations (ISPD ID 1000), this code corresponds to the Geophysical ReportType Code(positions 42-46 of ISD record):FM-12SYNOP Report of surface observation form a fixed land stationFM-13SHIP Report of surface observation from a sea stationFM-14SYNOP MOBIL Report of surface observation from a mobile land stationFM-15METAR Aviation routine weather reportFM-16SPECI Aviation selected special weather reportFM-18BUOY Report of a buoy observationAEROAerological reportAUSTDataset from AustraliaAUTOReport from an automatic stationBOGUSBogus reportBRAZDataset from BrazilCOOPDUS Cooperative Network summary of day reportCOOPSUS Cooperative Network soil temperature reportCRBClimate Reference Book data from CDMPCRN05Climate Reference Network report, with 5-minute reporting intervalCRN15Climate Reference Network report, with 15-minute reporting intervalGREENDataset from GreenlandMESOSMESONET operated civilian or government agencyMEXICDataset from MexicoNSRDBNational Solar Radiation Data BasePCP15US 15-minute precipitation network reportPCP60US 60-minute precipitation network reportS-S-ASynoptic, airways, and auto merged reportSA-AUAirways and auto merged reportSAOAirways report (includes record specials)SAOSPAirways special report (excluding record specials)SHEFStandard Hydrologic Exchange FormatSMARSSupplementary airways station reportSODSummary of day report from U.S. ASOS or AWOS stationSOMSummary of month report from U.S. ASOS or AWOS stationSURFSurface Radiation Network reportSY-AESynoptic and aero merged reportSY-AUSynoptic and auto merged reportSY-MTSynoptic and METAR merged reportSY-SASynoptic and airways merged reportWBOWeather Bureau OfficeWNOWashington Naval ObservatoryKLPositions XX-XX from source 003010 reportField 45, Pos: 360-364, Len: 5Quality Control Indicators for Sea Level Pressure Value (Field 18)Missing: 99999For ISD observations (ISPD ID 1000), this code corresponds to ISD data quality flagFor Russian Empire observations (ISPD 1003) this code corresponds to 4-character9290c flags.Field 46, Pos: 365-369, Len: 5Quality Control Indicators for Surface Level Pressure Value (Field 20)Missing: 99999For ISD observations (ISPD ID 1000), this code corresponds to ISD data quality flag
For Russian Empire observations (ISPD 1003) this code corresponds to 4-character9290c flags.For DWD observations this code corresponds to the DWD QC indicator.Field 47, Pos: 370-399, Len: 30Name of Ships or StationsMissing: 999999999999999999999999999999Name of Ships or Stations from source record or station library tableField 48, Pos: 400-402, Len: 3Name of Station LibraryMissing: 999000From Source001Joey Comeaux Library002TD-13 library003NCEP Library 1004NCEP Library 2005NCEI Global Station List006For a given month, with observations that vary in location, thepositions of all the month's observations were set to the mode of all of themonthly varying observation locations007NCEI010EMULATE
Field 1, Pos: 1-13, Len: 13 Observation (Station) ID . Field 42, Pos: 348-353, Len: 6 International Surface Pressure Data Bank Collection ID Missing: 999999 . Indonesia, Africa, Europe 1801-2009 Theo.Brandsma@knmi.nl 001012 US Army Signal Service and other 19th
