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YYYYMM indicates the observation time (YYYY is the year when making the observation and MM is the month when making the observation), NNN indicates the station code (see 1. Station Information). XXX indicates the type of data, here is 'txt'.

3. Data Format

The format used for the delivery of the wave and wind data (delayed mode) is an ASCII (character) format.

The data are organized in the following manner. A Head record always appears first followed by one or more Data records. And the Remark records maybe appear following the data records in the end. The detail description of the fields of the format is as follows:

◇ Head Record

Column	Parameter	Description	Condition
1	Present record type	Always '1'	Indicator
2	Next record type	Always '2'	Indicator
3	Data type code
4-7	Observation station code
8-15	Data processing number	Blank
16-23	Order code	Blank
24-25	Latitude (degree)	0-90	(°)
26-27	(minute)	0-59	(′)
28	(minute to tenths)	0-9
29	Latitude hemisphere	'N' or 'S'
30-32	Longitude (degree)	0-180	(°)
33-34	(minute)	0-59	(′)
35	(minute to tenths)	0-9
36	Longitude hemisphere	'E' or 'W'
37-40	Observation time (year)	YYYY
41-42	(month)	MM,01-12
43-48	Instrument code
49-51	Height above the sea level of the coastal optical wave meter	*.	m
52-55	Horizontal distance of the optical wave meter apart from the buoy	**.	m
56-58	Direction of the optical wave meter to the buoy	***	(°)
59-61	Open degree of observing point	000-359	(°)
62-64	Buoy sensor depth	*.	m
65-67	Wind speed sensor height	*.	m
68	Depth code	1=observed 2=no observation
69-71	Observation point height above the sea level	*.	m
72	Wave accuracy code	1=±10％ 2=±15％
73	Blank

◇ Data Record

Column	Parameter	Description	Condition
1	Present record type	Always '2'
2	Next record type
3-4	Observation time (day)	0-31
5-6	Observation time (hour)
7-9	Wind direction	***	(°)
10	Indicator of wind direction	blank
11-13	Wind speed	*.	m/s
14	Quality indicator
15-16	Indicator of wind speed sampling	02=2 min average wind speed 10=10 min average wind speed
17	Sea state	0 – 9	Grade
18-20	Wave type
21-23	Wave direction	***	(°)
24	Indicator of wave direction	Blank
25-27	Swell direction	***	(°)
28	Indicator of swell direction	Blank
29-31	Maximum wave height	*.	m
32	Quality indicator
33-35	Period	*.	s
36	Quality indicator
37	Observation method code	1=optical wave meter 2=eyes 3=auto recording
38-43	Instrument code
44-46	One-tenth maximum Wave height	*.	m
47	Quality indicator
48-50	Period	*.	s
51	Quality indicator
52	Observation method code	1=optical wave meter 2=eyes 3=auto recording
53-58	Instrument code
59-61	Significant wave height	*.	m
62	Quality indicator
63-65	Period	*.	s
66	Quality indicator
67	Observation method code	1=optical wave meter 2=eyes 3=auto recording
68-73	Instrument code
74-76	Average wave height	*.	m
77	Quality indicator
78-80	Period	*.	s
81	Quality indicator
82	Observation method code	1=optical wave meter 2=eyes 3=auto recording
83-88	Instrument code
89-91	Number of wave
92-94	Depth water	*.	m
96-128	Blank

◇ Remark Record

Column	Parameter	Description	Condition
1	Present record type	Always '5'
2	Next record type
3	Number	0-9
4-128	Remarks

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