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Revision as of 16:53, 17 November 2012
Overview
The BUFR file format (stands for "Binary Universal Form for the Representation of Meteorological Data") is used to represent meteorological data in a unified format.
References
- Wikipedia page on BUFR
- Official specs from the World Meteorological Organization here
- Presentations introducing the BUFR format (e.g. this one)
- Description of the messages encoded in a BUFR file here
- Guides to the table-driven data in BUFR files here