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TABLE: SC_BTP$

SC_BTP$ -- Surface code values for srfcCode='BTP$': Buoy Type (WMO BUFR element 002149, previously WMO code table 0370)
CODE MEANING
// Missing value (coded 63 in BUFR)
00 Unspecified drifting buoy
01 Standard Lagrangian drifter (Global Drifter Programme)
02 Standard FGGE type drifting buoy (non Lagrangian meteorological drifting buoy)
03 Wind measuring FGGE type drifting buoy (non Lagrangian meteorological drifting buoy)
04 Ice drifter
05 SVPG Standard Lagrangian drifter with GPS (BUFR)
06 SVP-HR drifter with high-resolution temperature or thermistor string (BUFR)
07 Reserved
08 Unspecified sub-surface float
09 SOFAR
10 ALACE
11 MARVOR
12 RAFOS
13 PROVOR (BUFR)
14 SOLO (BUFR)
15 APEX (BUFR)
16 Unspecified moored buoy
17 Nomad
18 3 metres discus
19 10-12 metres discus
20 ODAS 30 series
21 ATLAS (e.g. TAO area)
22 TRITON
23 FLEX mooring (e.g. TIP area) (BUFR)
24 Omnidirectional wave-rider
25 Directional wave-rider
26 Subsurface ARGO float
27 PALACE (BUFR)
28 NEMO (BUFR)
29 NINJA (BUFR)
30 Ice buoy/float (POPS or ITP) (BUFR)
31 Reserved
32 Reserved
33 Reserved
34 Mooring oceanographic (BUFR)
35 Mooring meteorological (BUFR)
36 Mooring multidisciplinary (OceanSITES) (BUFR)
37 Mooring tide gauge or tsunami buoy (BUFR)
38 Ice beacon (BUFR)
39 Ice mass balance buoy (BUFR)
40 Reserved
41 Reserved
42 Reserved
43 Reserved
44 Reserved
45 Reserved
46 Reserved
47 Reserved
48 Reserved
49 Reserved
50 Reserved
51 Reserved
52 Reserved
53 Reserved
54 Reserved
55 Reserved
56 Reserved
57 Reserved
58 Reserved
59 Reserved
60 Reserved
61 Reserved
62 Reserved
63 Missing value (BUFR)