PARAMETER	( MXDSC = 200 )
C*					Maximum number of descriptors
C*					within Section 3 of a WMO
C*					EARS BUFR message.
C*
	PARAMETER	( MXVAL = 100000 )
C*					Maximum number of values that
C*					can be read/written from/to an
C*					EARS BUFR message.
C*
        PARAMETER       ( MXBME = 1000 )
C*                                      Maximum number of entries within
C*					a bitmap.
C*
        PARAMETER       ( MXBMSE = 200 )
C*                                      Maximum number of entries that
C*					can be set within a bitmap.  An
C*					entry is "set" if the bit has a
C*					value of 0.
C*
        CHARACTER       logmsg*200
        COMMON  / LOGMSG /      logmsg
C*                                      String to hold a message to be
C*                                      written to decoder log
C*
        REAL*8          r8bfms
        COMMON  / BFMISS /      r8bfms
C*                                      BUFR "missing" value