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[netCDFJava #FFP-649276]: BUFR support: what types are supported?

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  • Subject: [netCDFJava #FFP-649276]: BUFR support: what types are supported?
  • Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:35:11 -0700
Hi Joaquin, Rich:

Unfortunately, because BUFR uses some of the new CDM features, the TDS OpeNDAP 
server cannot yet handle the BUFR format. That capability is currently expected 
to be added in the TDS 4.1 release.

The files are not gridded data, so the WCS server wont work on them. 

In terms of the 2 files that Rich sent, one of them (RITA..) looks like the 
same as Joaquin (temp/salinity profiles). We are working on reading those into 
the IDV through the new point feature interface.

The second file (synop.bufr) is a collection of many messages (which is fine) 
but they are not all of the same type. Our BUFR reader can only read 
homogeneous collections. So these will have to be broken out and served 
separately. How was this file created?

A question I have for you: are you just trying to provide remote access to 
these files to the IDV, or do you have other opendap/wcs clients that want to 
read them?

> 
> Hello,
> 
> we are getting an error message when accessing the file through Opendap or 
> WCS at
> http://cwcgom.aoml.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/testBUFR/catalog.html
> 
> Ticket ID: TOS-706318 also refers to this problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joaquin
> 
> ==========================
> Dr. Joaquin A. Trinanes
> NOAA/AOML
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Unidata netCDF Java Support <address@hidden>
> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009 4:16 pm
> Subject: [netCDFJava #FFP-649276]: BUFR support: what types are supported?
> 
> > > I have two BUFR files and neither one of them seem to work with
> > > NetCDF-Java 4 (or perhaps I'm doing something wrong):
> > >
> > > http://coast-enviro.er.usgs.gov/models/share/RITA20050914.bufr
> > > http://coast-enviro.er.usgs.gov/models/share/synop.bufr
> > >
> > > Is there a list of what types of BUFR are supported?
> > >
> > > Is there an example BUFR file somewhere that does work with
> > NetCDF-Java 4?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rich
> > > --
> > > Dr. Richard P. Signell   (508) 457-2229
> > > USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
> > > Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Hi Rich:
> >
> > low level file reading is working for me on those files. They
> > probably dont yet work in the point obs interface yet. What exactly
> > are you doing, and what problem are you seeing?
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: FFP-649276
> > Department: Support netCDF Java
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: FFP-649276
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Open