GOWON (F192)
FILE TYPE 192 - GOWON FORMAT - 5/21/82 VERSION A NEW FILE TYPE, 192, HAS BEEN GENERATED TO ACCEPT OIL COMPANY METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA. THE FORMAT, REFERRED TO AS THE GOWON FORMAT (GULF OFFSHORE WEATHER OBSERVATION NETWORK) CONSISTS OF TWO RECORD TYPES. THE FIRST NINE COLUMNS FOR ALL RECORDS ARE TO BE USED FOR FILE TYPE (COLUMNS 1-3) AND FILE IDENTIFIER (COLUMNS 4-9). THE FILE IDENTIFIER, TO BE ASSIGNED BY THE ORIGNATOR, IS A UNIQUE ORIGINATOR ID FOR EACH DATA SUBMISSION. AFTER SUBMISSION, THE NODC REASSIGNS TO THIS FIELD A UNIQUE NODC IDENTIFIER FOR INTERNAL USE. HEADER RECORD ALWAYS 'A' 10 STATION FIVE-CHARACTER IDENTIFIER 11 LATITUDE DDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'N' OR 'S' 17 LONGITUDE DDDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'E' OR 'W' 24 ALTITUDE OF OBSERVATION XXX - METERS TO TENTHS 32 BLANKS 35 DETAIL RECORD ALWAYS 'B' 10 STATION SEE RECORD A 11 DATE YY/MM/DD 17 TIME (GMT) XXXX - HOURS AND MINUTES 23 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE XXXXX - MB TO TENTHS 27 AIR TEMPERATURE XXXX - DEG C TO TENTHS 32 WIND DIRECTION XXX - WHOLE DEGREES FROM 0 TO 360 36 WIND SPEED XXX - WHOLE KNOTS 39 WIND GUST XXX - WHOLE KNOTS 42 SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT XXX - METERS TO TENTHS 45 MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT XXX - METERS TO TENTHS 48 WAVE PERIOD XXX - SECONDS TO TENTHS 51 WATER LEVEL XXX - METERS TO TENTHS 54 BLANKS 57