Ship Observation Data Format (China)
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1. Naming Rule of Data File
The ship observation data (China) files in the CDMDB are named
according to the following rule:
NNNNNYYYYMM.XXX
YYYYMM indicates the observation time (YYYY
is the year when making the observation and
MM is the month when making the observation). NNNNN is the data type code, here
is "Cship".
XXX indicates the type of data, there are two types of data: 'txt' and
'zip:'
2. Data Format
The format used for the delivery of the ship observation data (China) is an ASCII (character) format.
The detail description of the fields of the format is as follows:
|
Column |
Parameter |
Description |
Condition |
| 1-7 | Sign of Ship | | |
| 8-14 | Date | | |
| 15-21 | Time | UTC | |
| 22-28 | Lat. | 0.01 | (°) |
| 29-35 | Long. | 0.01 | (°) |
| 36-42 | Visibility | Code Value | |
| 43-49 | Air Temperature | 0.1 | ℃ |
| 50-56 | Dew Point Temp. | 0.1 | ℃ |
| 57-63 | Wind Direction | 0.1 | (°) |
| 64-70 | Wind Speed | | m/s |
| 1-7 | Air Pressure | 0.1 | hpa |
| 8-14 | Total Cloud Amount | 10 | |
| 15-21 | Low Cloud Amount | 10 | |
| 22-28 | Present Weather | Code Value | |
| 29-35 | Sea Temp | 0.1 | ℃ |
| 36-42 | Wave Period | 0.1 | s |
| 43-49 | Wave Height | 0.1 | m |
| 50-56 | Surge Direction | 0.1 | (°) |
| 57-63 | Surge Period | 0.1 | s |
| 64-70 | Surge Height | 0.1 | m |
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