GRIB

GRIB (Gridded Binary) is data format similar to a raster image format, used mainly for meteorological data.

Identification
Files begin with ASCII characters " ", and end with " ".

Specifications

 * Guide to GRIB
 * http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/on388/

Sample files

 * Free GRIB Files from GMN Marine Weather Services
 * ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/wgrib/land.grb

Links

 * Wikipedia article
 * , from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats