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> BUFRLIB Table of Contents
BUFRLIB Table of Contents
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Introduction:
OPENBF
CLOSBF
READMG IREADMG
OPENMG OPENMB
CLOSMG
READSB IREADSB
WRITSB
UFBINT UFBREP UFBSEQ
Description and Format of BUFR Tables
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Other Useful BUFRLIB Subroutines:
READERME
WRITSA
DATELEN
READNS IREADNS
UFBTAB
UFDUMP
DXDUMP
UFBEVN
IUPBS01 IUPVS01
PKVS01 PKBS1
UPDS3
GETLENS
CNVED4
MAXOUT
CMPMSG
STNDRD STDMSG
Example Programs:
Decoding wind profiler BUFR messages
Encoding rawinsonde BUFR messages
Decoding NCEP PREPBUFR files
Other Related Topics:
The NCEP cwordsh utility