Synoptic code
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- Synoptic code (International synoptic surface observation, or SYNOP, code) A code approved by the World Meteorological Organization, by which meteorological elements observed at the Earth's surface at synoptic times are encoded in groups of five figures and transmitted internationally through the GTS.
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