Publish GRIB codes to the WMO Codes Registry

[amilan17]

Details

During the face to face meeting (reference) the team decided to publish GRIB and BUFR codes to the WMO Codes Registry after every approved release.

Related issues: wmo-im/CCT#171 and wmo-im/BUFR4#212

Things to do:

1. Verify scope of effort
   1. publication artifact for use as-is, published PDF manual is still the authoritative source
   2. does not replace machine-readable-codes
   3. determine versioning in line with C-0 table (different from internal codes registry versioning) 
   4. initial effort does not attempt to build mapping to other registries in codes.wmo.int nor external vocabularies
2. Decide on the list of tables to upload
3. Create scripts to generate and upload the TTL files

Requestor

Anna Milan (WMO), @amilan17

[amilan17]

GRIB2 Code Flag tables

• Code and flag tables
  • 0.0 – Discipline of processed data in the GRIB message, number of GRIB Master table
    • http://codes.wmo.int/grib2/codeflag/0.0
    • 1.0 - GRIB master tables version number
    • 1.1 - GRIB local tables version number 
    • 1.2 - Significance of reference time
    • 1.3 - Production status of data
    • 1.4 - Type of data
    • 1.5 - Identification template number
    • 1.6 - Type of calendar
  • 3.0 - 3.25
    • don't think it's possible to represent mathematical equations in the codes registry (e.g. 3.6)
  • 4.0 - Product definition template number
  • 4.1 - Parameter category by product discipline
    • http://codes.wmo.int/grib2/codeflag/4.1 - all codes are in one register
  • 4.2 - Parameter number by product discipline and parameter category 
    • http://codes.wmo.int/grib2/codeflag/4.2 - all 4.2 codes are in one register
  • 4.3 - Type of generating process
  • 4.4 - Indicator unit of time range
  • 4.5 - Fixed surface types and units 
    • http://codes.wmo.int/grib2/codeflag/4.5 - units link to /common/units where they exist
  • 4.7 - Derived forecast
  • 4.8 - Clustering method
  • 4.9 - Probability type
  • Code-table 4.10 - Type of statistical processing
    • http://codes.wmo.int/grib2/codeflag/4.10
  • 4.11 - 4.16
  • 4.91
  • 4.201 - 4.228
  • 4. 234 - 4.250

[amilan17]

GRIB2 Templates

• Template name and number only or include list of code figures too?