WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

WMO No. 47

International List of Selected,
Supplementary and Auxiliary Ships

participating in the WMO
Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) scheme

CODE TABLES
FOR DATA FILES

2001-d (4th quarter) EDITION

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Table of Contents

Code Table No. 1 - Country Codes

Code Table No. 2 - Type of Ship

Code Table No. 3 - Ship Characteristics

Code Table No. 4 - Meteorological Instruments and Methods

Code Table No. 5 - Telecommunications Facilities

Code Table No. 6 - Footnote Data

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Code Table No. 1 - Country Codes
(in alphabetical order of codes)

Field No.	Field/ Column Name	Code	Recruiting Country
1	cntryCode	AR	Argentina
		AU	Australia
		AZ	Azerbaijan
		BD	Bangladesh
		BE	Belgium
		BG	Bulgaria
		BR	Brazil
		CA	Canada
		CH	Switzerland
		CL	Chile
		CN	China
		CU	Cuba
		DE	Germany
		DK	Denmark
		EC	Ecuador
1	cntryCode	ES	Spain
		FI	Finland
		FR	France
		GB	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
		GR	Greece
		HK	Hong Kong, China
		HR	Croatia
		ID	Indonesia
		IE	Ireland
		IL	Israel
		IN	India
		IS	Iceland
		IT	Italy
1	cntryCode	JM	Jamaica
		JP	Japan
		KE	Kenya
		KP	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
		KR	Republic of Korea
		LK	Sri Lanka
		LT	Lithuania
		LV	Latvia
		MY	Malaysia
		NL	Netherlands
		NO	Norway
		NZ	New Zealand
		PF	French Polynesia
		PH	Philippines
1	cntryCode	PK	Pakistan
		PL	Poland
		PM	St. Pierre and Miquelon
		PT	Portugal
		RU	Russian Federation
		SA	Saudi Arabia
		SE	Sweden
		SG	Singapore
		TH	Thailand
		TZ	United Republic of Tanzania
		US	United States of America
		YU	Yugoslavia
		ZA	South Africa

Code Table No. 2 - Type of Ship

Field No.	Column / Field Name	Code	Explanation [Note: Standard entries are shown in capital letters)
2	typeCode	Type of ship (VOS category/observing programme)
		10	SELECTED SHIPS
		20	Selected Ships (special)
		21	Selected Ships (merchant)
		22	Selected Ships (trawlers)
		40	SUPPLEMENTARY SHIPS
		60	Supplementary Ships (merchant)
		61	Supplementary Ships (trawlers)
		70	AUXILIARY SHIPS
		80	Auxiliary Ships (occasional)
		81	Auxiliary Ships (trawlers)
			Additional codes for ships recruited by the USA, but not registered in the USA:
		88	Selected Ships (not USA registry)
		89	Supplementary Ships (not USA registry)
		90	Auxiliary Ships (not USA registry)

Code Table No. 3 - Ship Characteristics

Field No.	Column / Field Name	Column No. in printed ed.	Code	Explanation
3	name	1		Ship's name
3	name	1	(plain text)	Name of the ship (followed by the name, in brackets, of the ship's country of registry if different from the country which recruited the ship into the VOS programme).
4	call	2		Ship's Call Sign
4	call	2	(plain text)	Ship's call sign (unique; no duplicates allowed among ships recruited by the same country).
5	Vssl / vssl Abbrev	3		Kind of vessel
			BC	Bulk carrier
			CC	Closed container
			F	Ferry
			FV	Other fishing vessel
			GC	General cargo
			GT	Gas tanker
			LT	Liquid tanker
			O	Other
			PV	Passenger vessel
			RR	Ro/Ro container
			RV	Research vessel
			SV	Support vessel
			T	Trawler
			Y	Yacht/pleasure craft
6-8	dim (l,b,f) / lenVssl brdVssl frbVssl	4		Vessel dimensions
6-8	dim (l,b,f) / lenVssl brdVssl frbVssl	4	(figure) (figure) (figure)	Length of ship (in whole meters) Breadth of ship (in whole meters) Freeboard of ship (in whole meters)
9-18	Routes / rte	5	(number)	Routes(s)
9-18	Routes / rte	5	(number)	The areas or routes on which the ship is normally plying. A different set of routes is defined for each country - see separate data file "Ships' Routes" for the specific set of route codes for each recruiting country.

Code Table No. 4 - Meteorological Instruments and Methods

Field No.	Column / Field Name	Column No. in printed ed.	Code	Explanation
19-20	barm	6	Type of barometer used to report atmospheric pressure.
			AN	Aneroid barometer
			DA	Digital aneroid barometer
			MER	Mercury barometer
			SAN	Ship's aneroid barometer
21-22	brmH	7	Height of barometer
21-22	brmH	7	(figure)	Height of barometer (in whole meters), measured from the maximum load line.
23-24	thrm	8	Type of thermometer used to report air temperature.
			ALC	Alcohol thermometer
			ELE	Electric (resistance) thermometer
			MER	Dry bulb mercury thermometer
25-26	thmE	9	Conditions of exposure of thermometer
			A	Aspirated (Assmann type)
			S	Screen (not ventilated)
			SG	Ship's sling
			SL	Sling
			SN	Ship's screen
			US	Unscreened
			VS	Screen (ventilated)
			W	Whirling
27-28	hygr	10	Type of hygrometer used to compute dew point.
			E	Electric
			H	Hair hygrometer
			P	Psychrometer
29-30	hgrE	11	Conditions of exposure of hygrometer
			A	Aspirated (Assmann type)
			S	Screen (not ventilated)
			SG	Ship's sling
			SL	Sling
			SN	Ship's screen
			US	Unscreened
			VS	Screen (ventilated)
			W	Whirling
31-32	sstM	12	Method of obtaining sea surface temperature
			BTT	Bait tanks thermometer
			BU	Bucket thermometer
			C	Thermometer in condenser intake on steam ships, or inlet of engine cooling system on motor ships
			HC	Hull contact sensor
			HT	'Through hull' sensor
			OT	Other
			RAD	Radiation thermometer
			TT	Trailing thermistor
33-34	sstD	13	Depth of sea-surface temperature measurement
33-34	sstD	13	(figure)	Depth below maximum load line at which sea surface temperature is measured, (in whole meters).
35-36	barg	14	Type of barograph
			OS	Open scale barograph
			OS1	Open scale barograph with 1-day clock
			OS2	Open scale barograph with 2-day clock
			OS3	Open scale barograph with 3-day clock
			OS4	Open scale barograph with 4-day clock
			OS5	Open scale barograph with 5-day clock
			OS6	Open scale barograph with 6-day clock
			OS7	Open scale barograph with 7-day clock
			OS8	Open scale barograph with 8-day clock
			OS9	Open scale barograph with 9-day clock
			SS	Small scale barograph
37	anmH	15	Height of anemometer
37	anmH	15	(figure)	Height (in whole meters) measured from max. load line
38-43	othI	16	Other meteorological instruments used aboard the ship.
			A	Anemometer (normal pattern)
			AG	Anemograph
			AV	Vane anemometer
			BAT	Bathythermometer
			BT	Bathythermograph (towed)
			HA	Hand anemometer
			MAX	Maximum thermometer
			MIN	Minimum thermometer
			P	Pilot-balloon sounding apparatus
			R	Radiosonde apparatus
			RG	Rain-gauge
			RSD	Radar storm and meteorological phenomena detection
			RT	Reversing thermometer
			SA	Ship's anemometer
			ST	Sea thermograph
			TSD	Temperature/salinity/depth probe
			W	Radiowind or radarwind apparatus
			XBT	Expendable bathythermograph

Code Table No. 5 - Telecommunications Facilities

Field No.	Column / Field Name	Column No. in printed ed.	Code	Explanation
44-45	phGr	17	Radio-telephony and telegraphy facilities aboard.
			R	Radiotelegraphy
			T	Radio telephone
46-50	prSt	18	Teleprinter and satellite facilities aboard.
			A	ARGOS communication facility
			C	INMARSAT-C communication facility
			E	Environmental satellites communication facility
			I	INMARSAT communication facility (all types except "C")
			Y	Direct printing radiotelegraphy

Code Table No. 6 - Footnote Data

Field No.	Column / Field Name	Code	Explanation
51-53	fieldAbbrev	Code name of field: Abbreviation or code name of the field to which the footnote applies (used to insert the footnote reference mark in the appropriate column).
		cntryCode	Country code (of recruiting country)
		typeCode	Type of VOS ship (selected, supplementary, auxiliary, etc.)
		name	Ship's name
		call	Ship's call sign
		vssl	Kind of vessel (e.g. ferry, liquid tanker, etc.)
		vsslD	Vessel dimensions: length, breadth, freeboard
		rtes	Route(s)
		barm	Type of barometer
		brmH	Height of barometer
		thrm	Type of thermometer
		thmE	Conditions of exposure of thermometer
		hygr	Type of hygrometer
		hgrE	Conditions of exposure of hygrometer
		sstM	Method of obtaining sea surface temperature
		sstD	Depth of sea surface temperature measurement
		barg	Type of barograph
		anmH	Height of anemometer
		othI	Other meteorological instruments
		phGr	Radio-telephony and telegraphy
		prSt	Teleprinter and satellite
54-56	footID	Identification number of footnote text to be inserted
		1	New type precision aneroid barometer
		2	Ship's officer
		6	HA: Spare
		7	Operates during the period November-May
		8	Humidity measured by psychometric methods and dewpoint estimation
		10	Fixed drilling rig (in North sea)
		12	Research and special purposes only
		13	Research and special purposes only, on duty November-May
		14	Performs observations/reports mainly in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
		15	In northwestern Pacific, observes/reports nearly as a selected ship
		16	Sail training vessel
		17	A mobile telephone is used for communications
		18	During the summer only