20051124: EUMETSAT "GRIB" messages (cont.)

>From:  "Valentijn Venus" <address@hidden>
>Organization:  ITC
>Keywords: 200511171722.jAHHMk7s019022 McIDAS MAKNAV

Hi Valentijn,

>Temperatures are finally dropping here in Holland below 5 celsius. The
>first time this winter season. 

It has been exceedingly warm here in Colorado also.  Today (our
Thanksgiving holiday) we are expecting temperatures in the low 60s
[F].  I can sit out on the deck of my house at 8150 feet in a Tshirt!
It is days like this (it has been this way all week) that reinforce the
belief that global warming is real!!

>let me know what the status is of this Total Ozone/GRIB to AREA issue.
>Do you have enough info on the GRIB definition tables? Raul only needs
>it for his MSc research by the end of next week. But I can reorganise
>some of his work so you have some more air....

I just took a look at the files you sent me:

L-000-MSG1__-MPEF________-TOZ______-000001___-200511010845-__
L-000-MSG1__-MPEF________-TOZ______-PRO______-200511010845-__

They do _not_ look like GRIB files to me.  One very clear indication
that a contains a GRIB messate is the telltale beginning with GRIB and
ending with 7777.  Here is an example that illustrates this for a GRIB
message from model output:

od -c 2003061300_d1_f06.grb | less

0000000   G   R   I   B  \0   e 222 001  \0  \0 034 002   < 377 377 200
0000020   !   i  \0  \n 003 006  \r 006  \0 001  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
0000040 025 377  \0 002  \0  \0      \0 377 005  \0   n  \0 221 200   a
...
12542160 267   p 345   q 262   r 303   t 003   u 001   u 342   u 213   v
12542200   m  \0   7   7   7   7

Here is the same output from the first of the two files above:

od -c L-000-MSG1__-MPEF________-TOZ______-000001___-200511010845-__ | less

0000000  \0  \0 020 001  \0  \0  \0   g  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0   0 301   @
0000020 004  \0   @   L   -   0   0   0   -   M   S   G   1   _   _   -
0000040   M   P   E   F   _   _   _   _   _   _   _   _   -   T   O   Z
0000060   _   _   _   _   _   _   -   0   0   0   0   0   1   _   _   _
0000100   -   2   0   0   5   1   1   0   1   0   8   4   5   -   _   _
0000120 005  \0  \n   @   D   ? 001 357   A 314 200  \0  \r  \0  \0  \0
0000140  \0 001  \0 001  \0 001  \0  \0 034   :   / 001  \r  \r  \n   0
0000160   2   8  \r  \r  \n   I   U   L   A   0   1       E   U   M   G
0000200       0   1   0   8   3   0  \r  \r  \n   B   U   F   R  \0   :
0000220  \f 003  \0  \0 022  \0  \0 376  \0  \0 005   < 013  \0 005 013
...
1414160   &   L 231   2   d 311 223   &   L 231   2   d 311 223   &   L
1414200 231   2   d 311 223      \0   7   7   7   7  \r  \r  \n 003

If you look at the 9th line of the 'od' output, you will see that this
is a BUFR file.  I see nothing to indicate that there is a GRIB message
in the file.

Are you sure that this file is supposed to be in GRIB format?  Perhaps
you mistakely sent me a BUFR file instead?

Just so you know, McIDAS does not contain a BUFR decoder.  The original
thing you asked about, how to use GRIBFILER.CFG, was a McIDAS-XCD
configuration option to file (not decode) GRIB/BUFR files.  Decoding
the data inside a BUFR message is not something that McIDAS currently
does.

I will send an email to the McIDAS users email list to see if anyone
has a BUFR decoder that can be used to convert the data.

Cheers,

Tom
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