Template Examples

Manual on Codes Volume I.2

Part C, Attachment I

Examples of templates for the transmission in BUFR or CREX of other data types

GBON templates

BUFR sequence for representation of SYNOP with supplementary information on one-hour observations <3 07 096> (with WIGOS ID)

BUFR SEQUENCE SNOW OBSERVATION, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT <3 07 103>

BUFR sequence for representation of TEMP, TEMP SHIP and TEMP MOBIL observation type data with higher precision of pressure and geopotential height <3 09 057>

For specific surface observations

BUFR template for synoptic reports from fixed land stations suitable for SYNOP data and for maritime data from coastal and island stations (TM307079)

BUFR template for presentation of SYNOP data with supplementary information on one-hour observations (TM307096)

National and WMO station identification and the BUFR template for surface obsevations from one-hour period (TM307091)

CREX template for synoptic reports from fixed land stations suitable for manual encoding (TMD07089)

For maritime data

BUFR template for representation of data derived from a ship based lowered instrument measuring subsurface seawater temperature, salinity and current profiles (TM315007)

BUFR template for representation of data from moored buoys (TM315008)

BUFR template for representation of data from drifting buoys (TM315009)

Sub-surface profiling floats (TM315003)

BUFR template for XBT Temperature Profile data (TM315004)

TRACKOB data (TM308010)

BUFR/CREX templates for tsunameter data and dart buoy system messages (TM306027)

BUFR templates for WAVEOB data (TM308015/16)

BUFR/CREX templates for reporting time series of tide data (non-TM)

For aviation code data

METAR/SPECI and TAF (TM307051, TM307056)

Aircraft reports data
    single level standard AMDAR reports (TM311005);
    single level AMDAR data - a more complex template (TM311010), version 7;
    aircraft ascent/descent profile suitable for AMDAR profile data (TM311008, TM311009);
    old AIREP report in BUFR

For satellite observation

SAREP data - Part A: Information on Tropical Cyclone (TM316052)

For miscellaneous data

RADOB data - Part A: Information on Tropical Cyclone (TM316050)

CREX sequences for coding Squall Lines in West Africa (TMD16060, TMD16061)

Template for passing locust information (TM302089)

Tropical Cyclone Tracks derived from EPS (non-TM, validated)

For Other CREX Template Examples - from the Manual on Codes

Other CREX Template Examples

~ page last updated: 20 March 2025