Manual on Codes International Codes Volume I.1 Annex II to the WMO Technical Regulations Part A – Alphanumeric Codes. 2011 edition, Updated in 2017,
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2017Corporate Author
World Meteorological Organization
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454pp.
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Volume I of the Manual on Codes contains WMO international codes for meteorological data and other
geophysical data relating to meteorology; it constitutes Annex II to the Technical Regulations (WMONo.
49) and has therefore the status of a Technical Regulation. It is issued in three volumes: Volume I.1,
containing Part A; Volume I.2, containing Part B and Part C; and Volume I.3 containing Part D.
Coded messages are used for the international exchange of meteorological information comprising
observational data provided by the World Weather Watch (WWW) Global Observing System and
processed data provided by the WWW Global Data-processing and Forecasting System. Coded messages
are also used for the international exchange of observed and processed data required in specific
applications of meteorology to various human activities and for exchanges of information related to
meteorology.
The codes are composed of a set of CODE FORMS and BINARY CODES made up of SYMBOLIC
LETTERS (or gr.....
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http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/WMO306_vI1/Publications/2017update/WMO306_vI1_2011UP2017_en.pdfPublisher
World Meteorological OrganizationGeneva, Switzerland
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WMO No. 306: I1, Annex II-A;Document Language
enMaturity Level
TRL 9 Actual system "mission proven" through successful mission operations (ground or space)Best Practice Type
ManualSpatial Coverage
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978-92-63-10306-2Citation
World Meteorological Organization (2017) Manual on Codes Volume I.1 Annex II to the WMO Technical Regulations Part A – Alphanumeric Codes, 2011 edition, updated in 2017. Geneva, Switzerland, WMO, 454pp. (WMO No.306, Part I.1 Part A). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-109Collections
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