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Hi Milan,I am not sure what happened with the descriptor 022039. But I noticed that this entry, with ref=3D-5000, scale=3D3 and 12bits, cannot handle the "meteorological residue of tidal elevation". The value of residue can be positive or negative (see attached example). If ref=3D-5000 and scale=3D3, 12bits data width can only describe data ranging from -5m to -0.906m. 13bits would allow a range from -5m to 3.19m. The person who made the Note(4) may know this problem and suggested to use entry 022040, which got 14bits. Kelvin who is in Geneva this week (ET-IO meeting) might be able to tell more about the history of this entry.
Cheers, Weiqing -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Weiqing Qu ,-_|\ Phone: +61 3 9669 4236 Communications Software/CCSB / Au \ Fax : +61 3 9669 4128 Bureau of Meteorology \_,-._/ Email: W.Qu@xxxxxxxxxx 700 Collins Street, Dockkland, v Web : www.bom.gov.au Victoria 3008, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------
From: Milan Dragosavac [mailto:Milan.Dragosavac@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Fri 19/09/2008 18:58 To: John Caron Subject: Re: [bufrtables] More on table versions Dear Jeff and John, Thanks for point out 022039 difference. I checked all versions of the tables I have and the result is 3 -5000 and 12 bits data width. However, WMO version 13 introduced change to 13 bits which I can not recall why. In the same time there is a Note(4) which state to use 022040 instead of 022039. the entry 022040 got 14 bits data width. Obviously there is a conflict. I believe 13 should be set back in the version 13 to 12 bits. I would like Weiqing to comment on this since they produce tide data. Best regards Milan Milan Dragosavac ECMWF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9AX, UK Tel: (+44 118) 949 9403 Fax: (+44 118) 986 9450 Telex: 847908 ECMWF G E-mail: milan.dragosavac@xxxxxxxxx
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