Synoptic Code

synoptic code

[sə′näp·tik ′kōd] (meteorology) In general, any code by which synoptic weather observations are communicated; among the synoptic codes in use are the international synoptic code, ship synoptic code, U.S. Airways code, and RECCO code.

Synoptic Code

 

a numerical code for telegraph and radio transmission of the results of observations by meteorological stations (seeMETEOROLOGICAL CODE).