instrument_type¶
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| Identifier | Instrument used |
|---|---|
| 0 | Reserved |
| 1 | iMet-1-BB (United States) |
| 2 | No radiosonde - passive target (e.g. reflector) |
| 3 | No radiosonde - active target (e.g. transponder) |
| 4 | No radiosonde - passive temperature-humidity profiler |
| 5 | No radiosonde - active temperature-humidity profiler |
| 6 | No radiosonde - radio-acoustic sounder |
| 7 | iMet-1-AB (United States) |
| 8 | No radiosonde - … (reserved) |
| 9 | No radiosonde - system unknown or not specified |
| 10 | VIZ type A pressure-commutated (United States) |
| 11 | VIZ type B time-commutated (United States) |
| 12 | RS SDC (Space Data Corporation - United States) |
| 13 | Astor (no longer made - Australia) |
| 14 | VIZ MARK I MICROSONDE (United States) |
| 15 | EEC Company type 23 (United States) |
| 16 | Elin (Austria) |
| 17 | Graw G. (Germany) |
| 18 | Graw DFM-06 (Germany) |
| 19 | Graw M60 (Germany) |
| 20 | Indian Meteorological Service MK3 (India) |
| 21 | VIZ/Jin Yang MARK I MICROSONDE (Republic of Korea) |
| 22 | Meisei RS2-80 (Japan) |
| 23 | Mesural FMO 1950A (France) |
| 24 | Mesural FMO 1945A (France) |
| 25 | Mesural MH73A (France) |
| 26 | Meteolabor Basora (Switzerland) |
| 27 | AVK-MRZ (Russian Federation) |
| 28 | Meteorit MARZ2-1 (Russian Federation) |
| 29 | Meteorit MARZ2-2 (Russian Federation) |
| 30 | Oki RS2-80 (Japan) |
| 31 | VIZ/Valcom type A pressure-commutated (Canada) |
| 32 | Shanghai Radio (China) |
| 33 | UK Met Office MK3 (UK) |
| 34 | Vinohrady (Czech Republic) |
| 35 | Vaisala RS18 (Finland) |
| 36 | Vaisala RS21 (Finland) |
| 37 | Vaisala RS80 (Finland) |
| 38 | VIZ LOCATE Loran-C (United States) |
| 39 | Sprenger E076 (Germany) |
| 40 | Sprenger E084 (Germany) |
| 41 | Sprenger E085 (Germany) |
| 42 | Sprenger E086 (Germany) |
| 43 | AIR IS - 4A - 1680 (United States) |
| 44 | AIR IS - 4A - 1680 X (United States) |
| 45 | RS MSS (United States) |
| 46 | AIR IS - 4A - 403 (United States) |
| 47 | Meisei RS2-91 (Japan) |
| 48 | VALCOM (Canada) |
| 49 | VIZ MARK II (United States) |
| 50 | Graw DFM-90 (Germany) |
| 51 | VIZ-B2 (United States) |
| 52 | Vaisala RS80-57H |
| 53 | AVK-RF95 (Russian Federation) |
| 54 | Graw DFM-97 (Germany) |
| 55 | Meisei RS-01G (Japan) |
| 56 | M2K2 (France) |
| 57 | Modem M2K2-DC (France) |
| 58 | AVK-BAR (Russian Federation) |
| 59 | Modem M2K2-R 1680 MHz RDF radiosonde with pressure sensor chip (France) |
| 60 | Vaisala RS80/MicroCora (Finland) |
| 61 | Vaisala RS80/Loran/Digicora I, II or Marwin (Finland) |
| 62 | Vaisala RS80/PCCora (Finland) |
| 63 | Vaisala RS80/Star (Finland) |
| 64 | Orbital Sciences Corporation, Space Data Division, transponder radiosonde, type 909-11-XX, where XX corresponds to the model of the instrument (United States) |
| 65 | VIZ transponder radiosonde, model number 1499-520 (United States) |
| 66 | Vaisala RS80/Autosonde (Finland) |
| 67 | Vaisala RS80/Digicora III (Finland) |
| 68 | AVK-RZM-2 (Russian Federation) |
| 69 | MARL-A or Vektor-M-RZM-2 (Russian Federation) |
| 70 | Vaisala RS92/Star (Finland) |
| 71 | Vaisala RS90/Loran/Digicora I, II or Marwin (Finland) |
| 72 | Vaisala RS90/PC-Cora (Finland) |
| 73 | Vaisala RS90/Autosonde (Finland) |
| 74 | Vaisala RS90/Star (Finland) |
| 75 | AVK-MRZ-ARMA (Russian Federation) |
| 76 | AVK-RF95-ARMA (Russian Federation) |
| 77 | GEOLINK GPSonde GL98 (France) |
| 78 | Vaisala RS90/Digicora III (Finland) |
| 79 | Vaisala RS92/Digicora I, II or Marwin (Finland) |
| 80 | Vaisala RS92/Digicora III (Finland) |
| 81 | Vaisala RS92/Autosonde (Finland) |
| 82 | Sippican MK2 GPS/STAR (United States) with rod thermistor, carbon element and derived pressure |
| 83 | Sippican MK2 GPS/W9000 (United States) with rod thermistor, carbon element and derived pressure |
| 84 | Sippican MARK II with chip thermistor, carbon element and derived pressure from GPS height |
| 85 | Sippican MARK IIA with chip thermistor, carbon element and derived pressure from GPS height |
| 86 | Sippican MARK II with chip thermistor, pressure and carbon element |
| 87 | Sippican MARK IIA with chip thermistor, pressure and carbon element |
| 88 | MARL-A or Vektor-M-MRZ (Russian Federation) |
| 89 | MARL-A or Vektor-M-BAR (Russian Federation) |
| 90 | Radiosonde not specified or unknown |
| 91 | Pressure only radiosonde |
| 92 | Pressure only radiosonde plus transponder |
| 93 | Pressure only radiosonde plus radar reflector |
| 94 | No pressure radiosonde plus transponder |
| 95 | No pressure radiosonde plus radar reflector |
| 96 | Descending radiosonde |
| 97 | iMet-2/iMet-1500 RDF radiosonde with pressure sensor chip (South Africa) |
| 98 | iMet-2/iMet-1500 GPS radiosonde with derived pressure from GPS height (South Africa) |
| 99 | iMet-2/iMet-3200 GPS radiosonde with derived pressure from GPS height (South Africa) |
| 110 | Sippican LMS5 w/Chip Thermistor, duct mounted capacitance relative humidity sensor and derived pressure from GPS height |
| 111 | Sippican LMS6 w/Chip Thermistor, external boom mounted capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height |
| 112 | Jin Yang RSG-20A with derived pressure from GPS height/GL-5000P (Republic of Korea) |
| 113 | Vaisala RS92/MARWIN MW32 (Finland) |
| 114 | Vaisala RS92/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland) |
| 115 | PAZA-12M/Radiotheodolite-UL (Ukraine) |
| 116 | PAZA-22/AVK-1 (Ukraine) |
| 117 | Graw DFM-09 (Germany) |
| 119 | Polus-MRZ-N1 (Russian Federation) |
| 121 | Jin Yang 1524LA LORAN-C/GL5000 (Republic of Korea) |
| 122 | Meisei RS-11G GPS radiosonde w/thermistor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height (Japan) |
| 123 | Vaisala RS41/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland) |
| 124 | Vaisala RS41/AUTOSONDE (Finland) |
| 125 | Vaisala RS41/MARWIN MW32 (Finland) |
| 126 | Meteolabor SRS-C34/Argus 37 (Switzerland) |
| 128 | AVK - AK2-02 (Russian Federation) |
| 129 | MARL-A or Vektor-M - AK2-02 (Russian Federation) |
| 130 | Meisei RS-06G (Japan) |
| 131 | Taiyuan GTS1-1/GFE(L) (China ) |
| 132 | Shanghai GTS1/GFE(L) (China) |
| 133 | Nanjing GTS1-2/GFE(L) (China) |
| 135 | Meisei iMS-100 GPS radiosonde w/thermistor sensor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure form GPS height (Japan) |
| 136 | Meisei iMDS-17 GPS dropsonde w/thermistor sensor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and capacitance pressure sensor (Japan) |
| 141 | Vaisala RS41 with pressure derived from GPS height/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland) |
| 142 | Vaisala RS41 with pressure derived from GPS height/AUTOSONDE (Finland) |
| 143 | NanJing Daqiao XGP-3G (China) |
| 144 | TianJin HuaYunTianYi GTS(U)1 (China) |
| 145 | Beijing Changfeng CF-06 (China) |
| 146 | Shanghai Changwang GTS3 (China) |
| 148 | PAZA-22M/MARL-A |
| 150 | Meteolabor SRS-C50/Argus (Switzerland) |
| 152 | Vaisala RS92-NGP/Intermet IMS-2000 (United States) |
| 153 | AVK - I-2012 (Russian Federation) |
| 154 | Graw DFM-17 (Germany) |
| 160 | MARL-A or Vektor-M - I-2012 (Russian Federation) |
| 162 | MARL-A or Vektor-M - MRZ-3MK (Russian Federation) |
| 163 | Modem M20 radiosonde w/thermistor sensor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height (France) |
| 164 | Modem PilotSonde GPS radiosonde (France) |
| 173 | MARL-A (Russian Federation) - ASPAN-15 (Kazakhstan) |
| 177 | Modem GPSonde M10 (France) |
| 182 | Lockheed Martin LMS-6 w/chip thermistor; external boom mounted polymer capacitive relative humidity sensor; capacitive pressure sensor and GPS wind |
| 183 | Vaisala RS92-D/Intermet IMS 1500 w/silicon capacitive pressure sensor, capacitive wire temperature sensor, twin thin-film heated polymer capacitive relative humidity sensor and RDF wind |
| 184 | iMet-54/iMet-3200/3400 GPS radiosonde with derived pressure from GPS height (South Africa) |
| 190 | NCAR research dropsonde NRD94 with GPS and Vaisala RS92-based sensor module (United States) |
| 191 | NCAR research dropsonde NRD41 with GPS and Vaisala RS41-based sensor module (United States) |
| 192 | Vaisala/NCAR dropsonde RD94 with GPS and Vaisala RS92-based sensor module (Finland/United States) |
| 193 | Vaisala/NCAR dropsonde RD41 with GPS and Vaisala RS41-based sensor module (Finland/United States) |
| 255 | missing value |