BUFR

File Format
Name	BUFR
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Scientific Data formats BUFR

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
• BUFR File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats