Proposal for new entries in Common Code Tables C5 and C8

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Summary and purpose

This document proposes new entries to Common Code Tables C5 and C8 in order to represent satellites and instruments operated by ROSHYDROMET.

Action proposed

The meeting is requested to approve the contents for inclusion within the next update to the WMO Manual on Codes.

Discussions

A number of key meteorological satellite launches are foreseen in the coming months. In order to allow the unambiguous representation of data from these missions, additional entries are required in Common Code Tables C5 and C8.

During December 2019 and January 2020, the proposed entries have been shared with the CGMS Task Force on Satellite Data and Codes and found to be acceptable.

Detailed proposal

Add the following elements to Common Code Table C5 Satellite identifier:

Code figure for I6I6I6	Code figure for BUFR (Code table 0 01 007)	Code figure for GRIB Edition 2
324	324	324	Meteor-M N2
325	325	325	Meteor-M N2 2

Add the following elements to Common Code Table C8 Satellite instruments:

Code	Agency	Type	Instrument short name	Instrument long name
861	ROSCOSMOS	Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder	MTVZA-GY	Module for temperature and humidity sounding in the atmosphere
862	ROSCOSMOS	Spectrometer	IKFS-2	Infrared Fourier spectrometer

Note that the proposed code table entry 816 is based upon the existing entry 940, used for MTVZA-OK.

[jbathegit]

I have no issues with the proposal itself, but for organizational purposes I'm wondering if it should be categorized under wmo-im/CCT, rather than under wmo-im/BUFR4? Maybe something for Enrico to clarify.

[SimonElliottEUM]

I agree

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@jbathegit you're right, I should have submitted that in wmo-im/CCT; I've now duplicated the issue in wmo-im/CCT#13 and am closing this as a duplicate.