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Addresses #103, links to FM-12 definition and OSCAR/Surface added.
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david-i-berry committed Oct 12, 2023
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(00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC) and intermediate (03, 09, 15, 21 UTC) synoptic hours. Prior to the migration
to BUFR these reports were encoded in the plain text FM-12 SYNOP code form. Whilst the migration to BUFR
was scheduled to be complete by 2012 a large number of reports are still exchanged in the legacy
FM-12 SYNOP format.
FM-12 SYNOP format. Further information on the FM-12 SYNOP format can be found in the WMO Manual on Codes,
Volume I.1 (WMO-No. 306, Volume I.1).

[WMO Manual on Codes, Volume I.1](https://library.wmo.int/records/item/35713-manual-on-codes-international-codes-volume-i-1)

To aid with completing migration to BUFR some tools have been developed for
encoding FM-12 SYNOP reports to BUFR, in this session you will learn how to use these tools as well
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identifier is given by the traditional station identifier with ``0-20000-0`` prepended,
e.g. ``15015`` has become ``0-20000-0-15015``.

Using the station list page from the web application import the missing stations from OSCAR/Surface
Using the station list page from the web application import the missing stations from [OSCAR/Surface](https://oscar.wmo.int/surface/)
into the wis2box and repeat the exercise.

Three BUFR files should be generated and there should be no warnings or errors listed in the web application.
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