bufrfile

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
PARAMETERS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
FILES
SEE ALSO

NAME

bufrfile - BUFR data reader

SYNOPSIS

bufrfile [parameters...] filename

PARAMETERS

Command Line	Resource	Default	Description
-df=filename	default	wxp.cfg	Sets the name of the resource file.
-na=name	name	the program name	Specifies the name used in resource file parsing.
-h	help	No	Lists basic help information.
-me=level	message	out2	Specified the messages to be displayed: out4 - BUFR header
-fp=path	file_path	the current directory	Specifies location of database files.
-dp=path	data_path	the current directory	Specifies the location of the input raw data files.
-nc=name_conv	name_conv	name.cnv or name_conv file	This sets which name convention file to use.
-if=in_file	in_file	program specific	Specifies the input file name tag.
-cu=[hour]	current	none	This specifies to use current data files.
-ho=hour	hour	none	Specifies the exact hour that a data file is valid for.
-cf=filename	city_file	program specific	Specifies the name of the city database file
filename (positional)	filename	none	Specifies input BUFR filename

DESCRIPTION

The bufrfile program decodes BUFR coded data into a readable text format.

[  1/ 31] generating_center code = 7 WAFC_Washington
[  8/ 21] time_significance code = 16 analysis
[  4/  1] year [year] = 2013.000000
[  4/  2] month [month] = 11.000000
[  4/  3] day [day] = 30.000000
[  4/  4] hour [hour] = 18.000000
[  4/  5] minute [min] = 0.000000
[  8/ 21] time_significance code = 4 forecast
[  4/  1] year [year] = 2013.000000
[  4/  2] month [month] = 12.000000
[  4/  3] day [day] = 1.000000
[  4/  4] hour [hour] = 18.000000
[  4/  5] minute [min] = 0.000000

The data output is one parameter per line. The line has the major and minor number of the parameter, the long name description of the data and the value.

EXAMPLES

   bufrfile -if=bufr_mos

FILES

bufr.lup - the BUFR lookup table for each parameter