Date of assignment of number (necessary after 30/06/2007) Code figure for rara BUFR  (Code table 3685) Code figure for (Code table 0 02 011) notation
1 101 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ Reserved for BUFR only
Not available 102–106 Reserved for BUFR only ËÎÆÜ Not vacant
7 107 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ Reserved for BUFR only
Not available 108–109 Reserved for BUFR only ËÎÆÜ Not vacant
01.01.2008 10 110 Sippican LMS5 w/Chip Thermistor, duct mounted capacitance relative humidity sensor and derived pressure from GPS height ËÎÆÜ Reserved for BUFR only
01.01.2008 11 111 Sippican LMS6 w/Chip Thermistor, external boom mounted capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height ËÎÆÜ Sippican LMS5 w/Chip Thermistor, duct mounted capacitance relative humidity sensor and derived pressure from GPS height
06.05.2015 12 112 Jin Yang RSG-20A with derived pressure from GPS height/GL-5000P (Republic of Korea) ËÎÆÜ Sippican LMS6 w/Chip Thermistor, external boom mounted capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height
15.09.2010 13 113 Vaisala RS92/MARWIN MW32 (Finland) ËÎÆÜ Jin Yang RSG-20A with derived pressure from GPS height/GL-5000P (Republic of Korea)
03.11.2011 14 114 Vaisala RS92/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland) ËÎÆÜ Vaisala RS92/MARWIN MW32 (Finland)
01.12.2011 15 115 PAZA-12M/Radiotheodolite-UL (Ukraine) ËÎÆÜ Vaisala RS92/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland)
01.12.2011 16 116 PAZA-22/AVK-1 (Ukraine) ËÎÆÜ PAZA-12M/Radiotheodolite-UL (Ukraine)
02.05.2012 17 117 Graw DFM-09 (Germany) ËÎÆÜ PAZA-22/AVK-1 (Ukraine)
18 118 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ Graw DFM-09 (Germany)
08.05.2019 19 119 Polus-MRZ-N1 (Russian Federation) ËÎÆÜ Not vacant
20 120 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ Polus-MRZ-N1 (Russian Federation)
06.05.2015 21 121 Jin Yang 1524LA LORAN-C/GL5000 (Republic of Korea) ËÎÆÜ Not vacant
02.05.2012 22 122 Meisei RS-11G GPS radiosonde w/thermistor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height (Japan) ËÎÆÜ Jin Yang 1524LA LORAN-C/GL5000 (Republic of Korea)
03.11.2011 23 123 Vaisala RS41/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland) ËÎÆÜ Meisei RS-11G GPS radiosonde w/thermistor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height (Japan)
03.11.2011 24 124 Vaisala RS41/AUTOSONDE (Finland) ËÎÆÜ Vaisala RS41/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland)
03.11.2011 25 125 Vaisala RS41/MARWIN MW32 (Finland) ËÎÆÜ Vaisala RS41/AUTOSONDE (Finland)
07.05.2014 26 126 Meteolabor SRS–C34/Argus 37 (Switzerland) ËÎÆÜ Vaisala RS41/MARWIN MW32 (Finland)
27 127 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ Meteolabor SRS–C34/Argus 37 (Switzerland)
15.09.2011 28 128 AVK - AK2-02 (Russian Federation) ËÎÆÜ Not vacant
15.09.2011 29 129 MARL-A or Vektor-M - AK2-02 (Russian Federation) ËÎÆÜ AVK - AK2-02 (Russian Federation)
01.01.2010 30 130 Meisei RS-06G (Japan) ËÎÆÜ MARL-A or Vektor-M - AK2-02 (Russian Federation)
03.11.2011 31 131 Taiyuan GTS1-1/GFE(L) (China) ËÎÆÜ Meisei RS-06G (Japan)
03.11.2011 32 132 Shanghai GTS1/GFE(L) (China) ËÎÆÜ Taiyuan GTS1-1/GFE(L) (China )
03.11.2011 33 133 Nanjing GTS1-2/GFE(L) (China) ËÎÆÜ Shanghai GTS1/GFE(L) (China)
Needed 34 134 Vacant ËÎÆÜ
07.05.2014 35 135 Meisei iMS-100 GPS radiosonde w/thermistor sensor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height (Japan) ËÎÆÜ
02.05.2018 36 136 Meisei iMDS-17 GPS dropsonde w/thermistor sensor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and capacitance pressure sensor (Japan) ËÎÆÜ
37 137 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ
21.03.2022 38 138 WEATHEX WxR-301D with derived pressure from GPS (Republic of Korea) ËÎÆÜ
Needed 39–40 139–140 Vacant ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
03.11.2011 41 141 Vaisala RS41 with pressure derived from GPS height/DigiCORA MW41 (Finland) ËÎÆÜ
03.11.2011 42 142 Vaisala RS41 with pressure derived from GPS height/AUTOSONDE (Finland) ËÎÆÜ
07.05.2014 43 143 NanJing Daqiao XGP-3G (China) (see Note 4) ËÎÆÜ
07.05.2014 44 144 TianJin HuaYunTianYi GTS(U)1 (China) (see Note 4) ËÎÆÜ
07.05.2014 45 145 Beijing Changfeng CF-06 (China) (see Note 4) ËÎÆÜ
07.05.2014 46 146 Shanghai Changwang GTS3 (China) (see Note 4) ËÎÆÜ
47 147 Not vacant ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
02.05.2012 48 148 PAZA-22M/MARL-A ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
49 149 Not vacant ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
02.11.2016 50 150 Meteolabor SRS-C50/Argus (Switzerland) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
51 151 Not vacant ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
03.11.2011 52 152 Vaisala RS92-NGP/Intermet IMS-2000 (United States) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
06.05.2015 53 153 AVK – I-2012 (Russian Federation) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
08.05.2019 54 154 Graw DFM-17 (Germany) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
55–59 155–159 Not vacant ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
06.05.2015 60 160 MARL-A or Vektor-M – I-2012 (Russian Federation) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
61 161 Not vacant ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
06.05.2015 62 162 MARL-A or Vektor-M – MRZ-3MK (Russian Federation) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
07.11.2018 63 163 Modem M20 radiosonde w/thermistor sensor, capacitance relative humidity sensor, and derived pressure from GPS height (France) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
07.11.2018 64 164 Modem PilotSonde GPS radiosonde (France) ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
15.05.2022 65 165 Meteosis MTS-01 (Türkiye) ËÎÆÜ
Needed 66 166 Vacant ËÎÆÜ
67–72 167–172 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ
78–81 178–181 Not vacant ÈÑÒÈÍÀ
74–76 174–176 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ
15.03.2010 77 177 Modem GPSonde M10 (France) ËÎÆÜ
02.11.2016 73 173 ÌÀRL-A (Russian Federation) – ASPAN-15 (Kazakhstan) ËÎÆÜ
07.11.2012 82 182 Lockheed Martin LMS-6 w/chip thermistor; external boom mounted polymer capacitive relative humidity sensor; capacitive pressure sensor and GPS wind ËÎÆÜ
07.11.2012 83 183 Vaisala RS92-D/Intermet IMS 1500 w/silicon capacitive pressure sensor, capacitive wire temperature sensor, twin thin-film heated polymer capacitive relativehumidity humidity sensor and RDF wind   ËÎÆÜ                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
06.11.2019 84 184 iMet-54/iMet-3200/3400 GPS radiosonde with derived pressure from GPS height (South Africa) ËÎÆÜ
85-89 185-189 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ
  Not available 190 NCAR research dropsonde NRD94 with GPS and Vaisala RS92-based sensor module (United States) ËÎÆÜ
  Not available 191 NCAR research dropsonde NRD41 with GPS and Vaisala RS41-based sensor module (United States) ËÎÆÜ
  Not available 192 Vaisala/NCAR dropsonde RD94 with GPS and Vaisala RS92-based sensor module (Finland/United States) ËÎÆÜ
  Not available 193 Vaisala/NCAR dropsonde RD41 with GPS and Vaisala RS41-based sensor module (Finland/United States) ËÎÆÜ
Not available 194–196 Reserved for BUFR only ËÎÆÜ
97–99 197–199 Not vacant ËÎÆÜ
16.11.2020 Not available 200 Nanjing GTS11 (China) ËÎÆÜ
16.11.2020 Not available 201 Shanghai GTS12 (China)
16.11.2020 Not available 202 Taiyuan GTS13 (China)
15.05.2022 Not available 203 Shanghai GTS14 (China)
14.11.2023 Not available 204 Beijing GTH1 (China)
14.11.2023 Not available 205 Nanjing GTH2 (China)
14.11.2023 Not available 206 Tianjin GTH3 (China)
14.11.2023 Not available 207 Aerospace Newsky Technology GTH4 (China)
14.11.2023 Not available 208 Taiyuan GTH5 (China)
14.11.2023 Not available 209 Shanghai GTH6 (China)
Not available 210–254 Reserved for BUFR only
255 Missing value
Notes:
(1) References to countries in brackets indicate the manufacturing location rather than the
country using the instrument.
(2) Some of the radiosondes listed are no longer in use but are retained for archiving purposes.
(3) The alphanumeric code format reports only 2 digits, and the first digit for BUFR is identified
from the date: the first digit is 0 if the introduction of the radiosonde for observation was
before 30 June 2007, or 1 otherwise. Entries in the second part of the table (after 99), which
are declared “Vacant” can be used for new radiosondes because the 2-digit number was
originally attributed to sondes, which are no longer used. This system has been adopted to
accommodate reporting in TEMP traditional alphanumeric code format up to the time BUFR is
fully used for radiosonding reports.
(4) All GPS radiosondes are with thermistor, silicon piezoresistive pressure sensor or pressure
derived from GPS height, capacitive relative humidity sensor and wind derived from GPS
height.