EXPLANATORY NOTES (10 July 2012):


1. Tables included in the zip files are;

	GRIB edition 2 version 9(.1.0)
		Templates
		Code and Flag tables

	BUFR tables version 18(.1.0)
		Table A
		Table B (common in BUFR/CREX)
		Table C (for BUFR editions 3 and 4)
		Table D
		Code and Flag tables (common in BUFR/CREX)

	CREX tables version 18(.1.0)
		Table A
		Table C (for CREX editions 1 and 2)
		Table D

	Common Code tables effective as of 10 July 2012
		C-1
		C-2
		C-3
		C-4
		C-5
		C-7
		C-8
		C-11
		C-12
		C-13
		C-14


2. Changes from the previous versions (GRIB2_9.0.0 (2 May 2012), BUFR/CREX_18.0.0 (2 May 2012), Common Code tables (2 May 2012)) are;

	a. new entries approved for preoperational use (10 July 2012)


3. Character set employed is UTF-8.


4. Units in the GRIB2 code tables and the BUFR/CREX Table B are represented by those in "Abbreviation in IA5/ASCII" column of the Common Code table C-6.


5. Notes to entries are available in doc and pdf files on the WMO server at;
     http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/TDCFtables.html#TDCFtables


6. In BUFR/CREX Tables D, "ElementName_en", which derives from BUFR/CREX Table B, is included along with "ExisitingElementName_en".


7. Sorting by "No" column might be necessary in files of text and xml forms.