The aim of this course is to introduce students to ecCodes: A package developed by ECMWF which provides an application programming interface and a set of tools for decoding and encoding BUFR messages.

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 Monday 6th MarchTuesday 7th MarchWednesday 8th MarchThursday 9th March
9:30 - 11:00 

BUFR tools basics:

  • codes_info
  • bufr_count
  • bufr_dump
  • bufr_ls
  • bufr_get

Slides

Shahram Najm

 

 

Decoding BUFR with Fortran and Python

Slides

Marijana Crepulja

  • copy data from one BUFR to another
  • keys iterator
  • new python interface
  • bufr_dump producing code

Enrico Fucile

Tea and Coffee
11:30 - 13:00 
  • bufr_compare
  • bufr_copy
  • bufr_set

Slides

  • bufr_filter syntax and basic usage

Slides

 

Shahram Najm

Decoding BUFR with Fortran and Python

Slides

Marijana Crepulja

 

  • Installation with CMake
  • GTS headers
  • METAR

Slides

Enrico Fucile
Shahram Najm


12:50 Q&A session

Lunch
14:00 - 15:15

14:00 Welcome

Anna Ghelli

 

  • WMO Manual on Codes
  • BUFR structure
  • BUFR tables
  • Operators, bitmap, replication ...

Slides

Enrico Fucile

bufr_filter advanced topics part 1:

  • encoding/decoding
  • subset selection

Slides

Roberto Ribas

 

 

Marijana Crepulja

 
Tea and Coffee
15:45 - 17:00

Slides

Enrico Fucile

bufr_filter advanced topics part 2

  • delayed replication
  • bit maps

Slides

Extras

 

Roberto Ribas

 

 

Marijana Crepulja

 

 


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Lecture notes: ecCodes: GRIB and BUFR decoding and encoding software

 

 

Tea and coffees: 11.00-11.30 am and 15.15 to 15.45 pm

Lunch: 13.00 to 14.00

 

 

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