FORMAT FOR PILOT BALLOON AND RADIOWIND DATA

FORMAT – III

1965 ONWARDS

Col. No. Explanation

1–5 Station Index number
6–7 Last two digits of the year
8–9 Month ( 01, 02,…. ,12)
10 – 11 Date of the month according to UTC.
12 – 13 Scheduled Hour of observation in UTC 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC.
14 Record 1 Record 2 Record 3 Record 4
Wind data for levels Wind data for levels Wind data for levels Wind data for levels
15 – 17 D
Surface 9.5 km amsl 11.2 km amsl 1.2 km amsl
18 – 19 V
20 – 22 D
0.15 km agl 10.6 km amsl 13.0 km amsl 1.8 km amsl
23 – 24 V
25 – 27 D
0.3 km amsl 12.3 km amsl 15.0 km amsl 2.4 km amsl
28 – 29 V
30 – 32 D
0.6 km amsl 14.1 km amsl 17.0 km amsl 2.7 km amsl
33 – 34 V
35 – 37 D
0.9 km amsl 16.6 km amsl 0.15 km amsl **
38 – 39 V
40 – 42 D
1.5 km amsl 18.5 km amsl 14.3 km amsl **
43 – 44 V
45 – 47 D
2.1 km amsl 20.5 km amsl 19.5 km amsl **
48 – 49 V
50 – 52 D
3.1 km amsl 24.0 km amsl
53 – 54 V
55 – 57 D
3.6 km amsl 26.5 km amsl B LAN K
58 – 59 V
60 – 62 D
4.5 km amsl 31.0 km amsl
63 – 64 V
B LAN K
65 – 67 D
5.8 km amsl 33.0 km amsl
68 – 69 V
70 – 72 D
6.0 km amsl 37.0 km amsl
73 – 74 V
75 – 77 D 0.7 km amsl
7.6 km amsl
78 – 79 V Only for Radiowind Data

80 Blank
81 – 82 Century (e.g. 19 or 20 ...)

Note: 1. D – Wind direction in degrees east of North, 000 means calm

2. V – Wind speed in meters per second, 00 means calm

3. agl – above ground level

4. amsl – above mean sea level
5. i) Up to 31-12-1971 Col Nos. 50 – 54, 65 – 69 and 75 – 79 of record 1 represent data for
levels 3.0, 5.4 and 7.2 km amsl respectively.
ii) Up to 31-12-1971 Col Nos. 15 – 19, 20 – 24, 25 – 29 and 35 – 39 of record 2 represent data for
levels 9.0, 10.5, 12.0 and 16.2 km amsl respectively.
iii) Up to 31-12-1966 Col Nos. 40 – 44, 45 – 49, 55 – 59, 60 – 64 and 70 – 74 of record 2 represent
data for levels 18.0, 21.0, 27.0, 30.0 and 36.0 km amsl respectively.
6. ** - Data for these levels are available only for IMS Radiowind Stations. In such cases data for
0.15 km agl, 14.1 km amsl and 20.5 km amsl fields are kept blank