identifier in the past. 20001 World 0: station Use the Weather defined in number (II) Watch land WMO-No. 9 and the station station with Volume A number (iii) as sub-index on 1 July a single five number 2016. digit number (SI) = 1 IIiii (with Any other leading positive zeroes). number: to distinguish Example: between upper air different station 57816 observing would be facilities represented by that used the station identifier in the past. 20002 World 0 - platform Use the Weather for which region/platform Watch the number Marine identifier combination Platform was in use A1bwnbnbnb (moored or on 1 July drifting 2016. Examples: the buoy, data buoy platform, Any other would be etc.) positive represented by number - to distinguish between different The World platforms Weather Watch that used list of data the same buoys lists two identifier at buoys with different identifier times. 13001. The buoy most recently used at the time WIGOS station identifiers were introduced is allocated and the second is issued identifier (note - the Issue Number is different from
identifier in the past. 20001 World Weather Watch land station with sub-index number (SI) = 1 0: station defined in WMO-No. 9 Volume A on 1 July 2016. Any other positive number: to distinguish between different observing facilities that used the station identifier in the past. Use the number (II) and the station number (iii) as a single five digit number IIiii (with leading zeroes). Example: upper air station 57816 would be represented by 20002 World Weather Watch Marine Platform (moored or drifting buoy, platform, etc.) 0 - platform for which the identifier was in use on 1 July 2016. Any other positive number - to distinguish between different platforms that used the same identifier at different times. Use the region/platform number combination A1bwnbnbnb Examples: the data buoy would be represented by The World Weather Watch list of data buoys lists two buoys with identifier 13001. The buoy most recently used at the time WIGOS station identifiers were introduced is allocated and the second is issued identifier (note - the Issue Number is different from
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