Code table 02: New BUFR code for TROPICS

[marijanacrepulja]

Summary and purpose

ECMWF is proposing new BUFR codes in Satellite classification code table.

Stakeholders

Niels Bormann, Marijana Crepulja (all from ECMWF)

Action proposed

The team is kindly asked to review and approve the contents for inclusion within the next update to the WMO Manual on Codes.

Discussions

ECMWF is preparing for assimilation TROPICS observations . We would need new code in Satellite classification code table
to better indentify observations from TROPICS.

Detailed proposal

1. Add new entries CODE TABLE 0-02-020 for Satellite classification

Code Figure	Retrieval identifier
251	TROPICS

[amilan17]

@amilan17 create branch

[marijanacrepulja]

@amilan17 the branch is updated

[amilan17]

@marijanacrepulja - Can you please add the TROPICS acronym to this CSV: https://github.com/wmo-im/BUFR4/blob/issue112/notes/acronyms.csv

[marijanacrepulja]

@amilan17 I have updated the branch by adding the TROPICS acronym