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> Hi, John:
>
> On Aug 4, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Unidata netCDF Java Support wrote:
>
> > Hi Shujia :
> >
> > You dont have to do anything special to open a BUFR file:
> >
> > NetcdfFile ncfile = NetcdfFile.open("file.bufr");
> >
> > There can be problems if we dont have the BUFR table for that particular
> > BUFR file. Send me the file if you see that happening.
>
> OK. I wil write a code to read the output of NCEP or NWS in BUFR.
>
> By the way, is netcdf 4.2 supporting hdf?
yes
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GFQ-763475
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed