********************************************************************* * WMO Publication No 47 * * International List of Selected, Supplementary and Auxiliary Ships * ********************************************************************* ** Variables in file, format, column numbers Year I4 1 - 4 Country A15 6 - 20 Callsign A8 22 - 29 Shiptype A7 31 - 37 Barometer type A3 39 - 41 Thermometer type A3 43 - 45 Condition of exposure of thermometer A3 47 - 49 Hygrometer type A3 51 - 53 Condition of exposure of hygrometer A3 55 - 57 2nd Barometer type A3 59 - 61 2nd Thermometer type A3 63 - 65 Condition of exposure of 2nd thermometer A3 67 - 69 2nd Hygrometer type A3 71 - 73 Condition of exposure of 2nd hygrometer A3 75 - 77 SST method A3 79 - 81 2nd SST method A3 83 - 85 3rd SST method A3 87 - 89 Barograph type A3 91 - 93 2nd Barograph type A3 95 - 97 Number of radio operators I3 99 -101 Platform height I3 103-105 Anemometer height I3 107-109 Other instrument - 1 A3 111-113 Other instrument - 2 A3 115-117 Other instrument - 3 A3 119-121 Other instrument - 4 A3 123-125 Other instrument - 5 A3 127-129 Other instrument - 6 A3 131-133 Other instrument - 7 A3 135-137 Telecommunication facilities : Telephony and telegraphy A3 139-141 Teleprinter and satellite A4 143-146 Footnote 1 I4 148-151 Footnote 2 I4 153-156 Shipname A25 161-185 ** Codes used ** Type of barometer 1 AN Aneroid barometer 2 SAN Ships aneroid barometer 3 MER Mercury barometer 4 DA Digital aneroid barometer ** Type of thermometer 1 MER Mercury thermometer 2 ELE Electric resistance thermometer 3 ALC Alcohol thermometer ** Conditions of exposure of thermometer 1 S Screen (not ventilated) 2 VS Screen (ventilated) 3 SL Sling 4 W Whirling 5 A Aspirated (Assman type) 6 US Unscreened 7 SG Ship's sling 8 SN Ship's screen ** Type of hygrometer 1 H Hair hygrometer 2 P Psychrometer 3 E Electric ** Conditions of exposure of hygrometer 1 S Screen (not ventilated) 2 VS Screen (ventilated) 3 SL Sling 4 W Whirling 5 A Aspirated (Assman type) 6 US Unscreened 7 SG Ship's sling 8 SN Ship's screen ** SST 1 BU Bucket 2 C Engine intake 3 TT Trailing thermistor 4 HC Hull contact sensor 5 HT Through hull sensor 6 RAD Radiation thermometer 7 BTT Bait tank thermometer 8 OT Other ** Type of barograph 1 OS Open scale barograph 2 SS Small scale barograph ** Various other instruments 1 MAX Maximum thermometer 2 MIN Minimum thermometer 3 RT Reversing thermometer 4 TSD Temperature/salinity/depth probe 5 BAT Bathythermometer 6 BT Bathythermograph (towed) 7 XBT Expendable bathythermograph 8 HA Hand anemometer 9 A Anemometer 10 SA Ship's anemometer 11 AG Anemograph 12 RG Rain-gauge 13 P Pilot-balloon equipment 14 R Radiosonde equipment 15 W Radiowind or radarwind equipment 16 ST Sea thermograph 17 RSD Radar storm and meteorological phenomena detection ** Telecommunication facilities: Telephony and telegraphy 1 TMH Radio telephone, HF and MF radiotelegraphy 2 MH HF and MF radiotelegraphy 3 TH Radio telephone, HF radiotelegraphy 4 TM Radio telephone, MF radiotelegraphy 5 H HF radiotelegraphy 6 M MF radiotelegraphy 7 T Radio telephone ** Telecommunication facilities: Teleprinter and satellite 1 YIAE 2 YIA 3 YI 4 YE 5 YA 6 IE 7 IA 8 A ARGOS communication facility 9 E Environmental satellites communication facility 10 I INMARSAT communication facility 11 Y Direct printing radiotelegraphy ** Country code numbers 98 NEW CALEDONIA ( no longer in use ) 99 GDR ( no longer in use ) 101 ARGENTINA 102 AUSTRALIA 103 BELGIUM 104 BRAZIL 105 CANADA 106 CHILE 107 DENMARK 108 FINLAND 109 FRANCE 110 FRENCH POLYNESIA 111 PDR KOREA (was GDR) 112 GFR 113 GREECE 114 HONG KONG 115 ICELAND 116 INDIA 117 IRELAND 118 ISRAEL 119 ITALY 120 JAPAN 121 KENYA 122 KOREA 123 NETHERLANDS 124 CROATIA (was NEW CALEDONIA) 125 NEW ZEALAND 126 NORWAY 127 PAKISTAN 128 PHILIPPINES 129 POLAND 130 PORTUGAL 131 ST PIERRE 132 SINGAPORE 133 SOUTH AFRICA 134 SPAIN 135 SWEDEN 136 SWITZERLAND 137 THAILAND 138 USSR 139 UK 140 USA 141 YUGOSLAVIA 142 BULGARIA 143 BANGLADESH 144 CUBA 145 JAMAICA 146 TANZANIA 147 MALAYSIA 148 CHINA 149 INDONESIA 150 SRI LANKA 151 SAUDI ARABIA ** Shiptype codes SEL 10 Selected ship SEL SP 11 Selected ship (special) SEL MER 12 Selected ship (merchant) SEL TRW 13 Selected ship (trawler) SUP 20 Supplementary ship SUP MER 22 Supplementary ship (merchant) SUP TRW 23 Supplementary ship (trawler) SUP NUS 24 Supplementary ship (US recruited, not US registry) AUX 30 Auxiliary ship AUX OCC 31 Auxiliary ship (occasional, recruited on trip-to- trip or non-continuing basis) AUX NUS 32 Auxiliary ship (US recruited, not US registry) ** Footnotes 0107 Operates during the period November to May 0110 Fixed drilling rig (in North Sea) 0112 Research and special purposes only 0113 Research and special purposes only, on duty November to May 0401 New type precision aneroid barometer 0904 ??? 1103 ??? 1105 ??? 1106 Hand-held anemometer - spare 1108 Humidity measured by psychometric methods and dewpoint estimation 1302 number of radio officers actually number of Ship's officers ******************************************************************** * Coding of callsigns in numerical files * ******************************************************************** The callsigns have been coded using the ascii character set (included as separate file in this directory). The most significant character of the callsign is multiplied by 1000000, the next by 10000 etc. The 7 character callsign has been split into two 8 digit numbers, the least significant digit of the second number has been given the blank code of 99. eg callsign ABCDE is coded as 65666768 69999999 ******************************************************************** * Information not included from original text files * ******************************************************************** 1 routing information 2 ship names (note that for ships that have been given a dummy callsign (ie **** then 3 digit number) a list of the ship names is included in the text file 'dummynames' 3 Type of barograph clock ******************************************************************** * Notes * ******************************************************************** There is no relevance in the order of the 'other instruments', any instrument can be in any column Country codes for GDR and New Caledonia have been changed as their codes were taken over by the Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea and Croatia respectively. There were no 3rd footnotes in the years 1973 - 1994. The meanings of the footnotes 0904, 1103 and 1105 have yet to be determined.