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