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Following approval of the plans for the Global Basic Observing Network (GBON) in October 2021, radiosonde data should be reported at high vertical resolution from January 2023 and details of the horizontal/time sampling required. See https://public.wmo.int/en/events/constituent-bodies/cg-ext2021 and https://meetings.wmo.int/Cg-Ext-2021/SitePages/Session%20Information.aspx .
ECMWF provides a BUFR validator which can be used to check the content of BUFR messages.
It also provides EcCodes including a customised program for reading/printing BUFR radiosonde reports (bufr_read_tempf, available in Python or Fortran - EcCodes needs setting up first).
Example output is provided below. There is an option to print all levels or just standard levels.
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Descriptors: [309057]
Ob: 1 65344 20220223 103600 6.356 2.388 6.0 nan 154 132
RS number/software/balloonwt 20127-028462 5.16.4.11 0.0
level dtime dlat dlon pressure geopotH airTemp dewPtT windDir windSp signif
1 0.0 0.000 0.000 101180.0 6.0 303.45 298.75 240.00 4.00 145408
2 21.0 0.001 0.001 100000.0 110.6 300.52 297.52 247.00 7.20 65536
3 21.0 0.001 0.002 99980.0 112.4 300.49 297.51 247.00 7.20 8192
4 57.0 0.002 0.004 97896.0 300.0 298.62 296.89 245.00 7.00 2048
5 59.0 0.002 0.004 97766.0 311.5 298.50 296.83 245.00 7.00 4096
6 99.0 0.003 0.006 95714.0 498.3 297.57 295.40 226.00 6.80 4096
7 121.0 0.004 0.006 94612.0 600.0 296.92 294.66 223.00 6.20 2048
8 161.0 0.006 0.008 92500.0 797.9 295.98 292.93 212.00 5.10 65536
9 181.0 0.007 0.008 91421.0 900.0 295.46 291.91 204.00 4.30 2048
10 259.0 0.008 0.008 87262.0 1305.1 293.78 288.90 125.00 2.10 4096
11 285.0 0.008 0.007 85934.0 1438.3 293.58 289.28 25.00 1.60 2048
12 300.0 0.008 0.007 85190.0 1513.3 293.18 289.43 11.00 2.50 4096
13 303.0 0.008 0.007 85000.0 1532.6 293.08 289.27 9.00 2.70 65536
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129 5365.0 -0.031 -0.888 1220.0 29499.1 224.88 201.47 280.00 15.10 2048
130 5365.0 -0.031 -0.887 1220.0 29500.4 224.88 201.47 280.00 15.10 4096
131 5441.0 -0.033 -0.668 1132.0 30000.0 225.25 201.33 286.00 9.40 2048
132 5442.0 -0.033 -0.666 1132.0 30001.1 225.25 201.33 286.00 9.30 14336
Finishing normally. Number of BUFR records read: 1
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