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Re: java libraries for BUFR

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  • Subject: Re: java libraries for BUFR
  • Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:47:47 -0600 (MDT)
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Stephen Conley wrote:


Hi Rob,
I need to read Quikscat files in an attempt to estimate DMS fluxes from tropical ocean. I was looking at writing a Java application and I stumbled across an abstract of yours for a presentation of a Java library built for just that purpose. I can't seem to find the library anywhere and wondered if you might point me to it... 


Steve,
the Bufr decoder isn't official released yet cuz i haven't had time to work on it but a couple of people have been using it successfully. it's available from the NetCDF and GRIB decoder page, in the download section. 

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/decoders/

the tar file to get is: bufr-decoder-java_1.1.01.tar.gz

since it's java, run ant in the home dir to build the distribution.
there are java-docs available (ant javadoc), the main routines are BufrDump, BufrIndexer, and BufrGetData. The BufrGetData needs info from the BufrIndex to be able to extract a particular data block from the data. There is also a run file with some example command invocations. I know this is a terse explanation but i'm preparing for a workshop on monday. 

Robb...





Thanks,

Steve Conley, UC Davis.



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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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