ASCAT BUFR format table

Taken from http://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf

Number	Descriptor	Parameter	Unit
1	001033	Identification Of Originating/Generating Centre	Code Table
2	001034	Identification Of Originating/Generating Sub-Centre	Code Table
3	025060	Software Identification	Numeric
4	001007	Satellite Identifier	Code Table
5	002019	Satellite Instruments	Code Table
6	001012	Direction Of Motion Of Moving Observing Platform	Degree True
7	004001	Year	Year
8	004002	Month	Month
9	004003	Day	Day
10	004004	Hour	Hour
11	004005	Minute	Minute
12	004006	Second	Second
13	005001	Latitude (High Accuracy)	Degree
14	006001	Longitude (High Accuracy)	Degree
15	005033	Pixel Size On Horizontal-1	m
16	005040	Orbit Number	Numeric
17	006034	Cross Track Cell Number	Numeric
18	010095	Height Of Atmosphere Used	m
19	021157	Loss Per Unit Length Of Atmosphere Used	dB/m
20	021150	Beam Collocation	Flag Table

Number	Descriptor	Parameter	Unit
21	008085	Beam Identifier	Code Table
22	002111	Radar Incidence Angle	Degree
23	002134	Antenna Beam Azimuth	Degree
24	021062	Backscatter	dB
25	021063	Radiometric Resolution (Noise Value)	%
26	021158	ASCAT Kp Estimate Quality	Code Table
27	021159	ASCAT Sigma-0 Usability	Code Table
28	021160	ASCAT Use Of Synthetic Data	Numeric
29	021161	ASCAT Synthetic Data Quality	Numeric
30	021162	ASCAT Satellite Orbit And Attitude Quality	Numeric
31	021163	ASCAT Solar Array Reflection Contamination	Numeric
32	021164	ASCAT Telemetry Presence And Quality	Numeric
33	021165	ASCAT Extrapolated Reference Function	Numeric
34	021166	ASCAT Land Fraction	Numeric

Number	Descriptor	Parameter	Unit
35	008085	Beam Identifier	Code Table
36	002111	Radar Incidence Angle	Degree
37	002134	Antenna Beam Azimuth	Degree
38	021062	Backscatter	dB
39	021063	Radiometric Resolution (Noise Value)	%
40	021158	ASCAT Kp Estimate Quality	Code Table
41	021159	ASCAT Sigma-0 Usability	Code Table
42	021160	ASCAT Use Of Synthetic Data	Numeric
43	021161	ASCAT Synthetic Data Quality	Numeric
44	021162	ASCAT Satellite Orbit And Attitude Quality	Numeric
45	021163	ASCAT Solar Array Reflection Contamination	Numeric
46	021164	ASCAT Telemetry Presence And Quality	Numeric
47	021165	ASCAT Extrapolated Reference Function	Numeric
48	021166	ASCAT Land Fraction	Numeric

Number	Descriptor	Parameter	Unit
49	008085	Beam Identifier	Code Table
50	002111	Radar Incidence Angle	Degree
51	002134	Antenna Beam Azimuth	Degree
52	021062	Backscatter	dB
53	021063	Radiometric Resolution (Noise Value)	%
54	021158	ASCAT Kp Estimate Quality	Code Table
55	021159	ASCAT Sigma-0 Usability	Code Table
56	021160	ASCAT Use Of Synthetic Data	Numeric
57	021161	ASCAT Synthetic Data Quality	Numeric
58	021162	ASCAT Satellite Orbit And Attitude Quality	Numeric
59	021163	ASCAT Solar Array Reflection Contamination	Numeric
60	021164	ASCAT Telemetry Presence And Quality	Numeric
61	021165	ASCAT Extrapolated Reference Function	Numeric
62	021166	ASCAT Land Fraction	Numeric

Number	Descriptor	Parameter	Unit
63	025060	Software Identification	Numeric
64	025062	Database Identification	Numeric
65	040001	Surface Soil Moisture (Ms)	%
66	040002	Estimated Error In Surface Soil Moisture	%
67	021062	Backscatter	dB
68	021151	Estimated Error In Sigma0 At 40 Deg Incidence Angle	dB
69	021152	Slope At 40 Deg Incidence Angle	dB/Degree
70	021153	Estimated Error In Slope At 40 Deg Incidence Angle	dB/Degree
71	021154	Soil Moisture Sensitivity	dB
72	021062	Dry Backscatter	dB
73	021088	Wet Backscatter	dB
74	040003	Mean Surface Soil Moisture	Numeric
75	040004	Rain Fall Detection	Numeric
76	040005	Soil Moisture Correction Flag	Flag Table
77	040006	Soil Moisture Processing Flag	Flag Table
78	040007	Soil Moisture Quality	%
79	020065	Snow Cover	%
80	040008	Frozen Land Surface Fraction	%
81	040009	Inundation And Wetland Fraction	%
82	040010	Topographic Complexity	%

Number	Descriptor	Parameter	Unit
83	025060	Software Identification	Numeric
84	001032	Generating Application	Code Table
85	011082	Model Wind Speed At 10 m	m/s
86	011081	Model Wind Direction At 10 m	Degree True
87	020095	Ice Probability	Numeric
88	020096	Ice Age (A-Parameter)	dB
89	021155	Wind Vector Cell Quality	Flag Table
90	021101	Number Of Vector Ambiguities	Numeric
91	021102	Index Of Selected Wind Vector	Numeric
92	031001	Delayed Descriptor Replication Factor	Numeric
93	011012	Wind Speed At 10 m	m/s
94	011011	Wind Direction At 10 m	Degree True
95	021156	Backscatter Distance	Numeric
96	021104	Likelihood Computed For Solution	Numeric
97	011012	Wind Speed At 10 m	m/s
98	011011	Wind Direction At 10 m	Degree True
99	021156	Backscatter Distance	Numeric
100	021104	Likelihood Computed For Solution	Numeric

Note that descriptor numbers 93-96 can be repeated 1 to 144 times, depending on the value of the Delayed Descriptor Replication Factor (descriptor number 92)