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[netCDFJava #DAC-685688]: local BUFR tables

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  • Subject: [netCDFJava #DAC-685688]: local BUFR tables
  • Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:37:55 -0700
Hi Tom,

Sorry for the delayed response.

Below is information on how you register user supplied BUFR tables with 
netCDF-Java and the IDV. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with BUFR and 
our BUFR code to know how those tables are associated with a particular 
dataset. And I can't ask John (aka Mr. GRIB/BUFR) as he is on vacation for 
another two weeks or so.

So, if the following doesn't seem to work, let us know and we can take a closer 
look and try to figure it out.


The netCDF-Java library can be told to load user specified BUFR tables as 
described here

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/RuntimeLoading.html

About half way down the page is a "Register a BUFR Table Lookup" section 
followed by an "XML Configuration" section. In the BUFR section, the link to 
more details is broken but I found the page here 

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/caron/bufr/

I just talked to the IDV guys and it sounds like the IDV looks for an 
njConfig.xml file in the $HOME/.unidata directory. Here's a sample file (mostly 
commented out) from the IDV gitHub repository:

https://github.com/Unidata/IDV/blob/master/src/ucar/unidata/idv/resources/njConfig.xml

Hope that helps,

Ethan

Tom Whittaker wrote:
> Hi guys...
> 
> I have a user who has a BUFR file with associated B and D tables (I
> have no idea what that means...my knowledge of BUFR stops at being
> able to just type "BUFR")...how does he go about "associating" (or
> whatever it is called) these tables with the file when it is opened
> (using the IDV or McV)?
> 
> Thanks for you help/guidance/etc.
> 
> tom
> 
> --
> Tom Whittaker
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC)
> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DAC-685688
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Critical
Status: Closed