Issue number (3rd block) to have common slots reserved for different types of organizations, e.g. 0-9 for NMHS, 10-19 for other public organizations

Issue number (3rd block) to have common slots reserved for different types of organizations, e.g. 0-9 for NMHS, 10-19 for other public organizations

by Shri Shankar Nath -
Number of replies: 2

0-9 for NMHS 

0 is for surface

1 is for upper air like that 

i.e it is based on type of observations


Another thing 10-19 is used for public organization .These are the organisations other than NMHS or they are purely public who are sharing the data on GTS pls confirm the same.



In reply to Shri Shankar Nath

Re: Issue number (3rd block) to have common slots reserved for different types of organizations, e.g. 0-9 for NMHS, 10-19 for other public organizations

by Zulkarnain Zulkarnain -
Dear Shri Shankar Nath,

It is up to each Member to decide how to structure their national WIGOS Station Identifiers. Some Members use different 3rd block for different organizations. However, it's not recommended to describe the observation type in the 3rd block, as it can make it difficult to maintain it in the future, for example if a station type is converted to another type of observation or if a station performs some different observation types.

Members may decide whether the implementation and maintenance of the national schema for allocating WSIs is centrally managed by a single organization or is distributed across various national organizations receiving delegated ranges for assigning WSIs.

Further information and references on WSI are available in the WIGOS community webpage, https://community.wmo.int/activity-areas/WIGOS/implementation-WIGOS

I hope this helps.

Thank you, kind regards
In reply to Zulkarnain Zulkarnain

Re: Issue number (3rd block) to have common slots reserved for different types of organizations, e.g. 0-9 for NMHS, 10-19 for other public organizations

by Shri Shankar Nath -
It means the issue number is not fixed from 0-19 we can use any number