New Client Reply - [IDV !HHG-765880]: problems reading GRIB2

[Robb Kambic]

HansPeter,

i sent this message back over 13 days ago.

robb...




On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Robb Kambic wrote:

> HP,
>
> Did you ever get a reply back from Simon Elliott about the status of the
> files?  My decoder says they are GRIB1 and it needs tables:
>
> center  sub  table#
> 1        3     21
> 1       80     21
>
> I couldn't find the information about the tables on the page you
> sent me, so it hard to decode the data.  Also, it appears that the GDS
> section of the data is static, so I would need that information also.
>
> Let me also mention that GRIB1 decoder modifications are on a lower
> priority because NCEP is moving all the GRIB1 models to GRIB2 format.
>
> robb...
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, HansPeter Roesli wrote:
>
> > New Client Reply: problems reading GRIB2
> >
> > Hi Robb
> >
> > Thank you for looking into EUMETSAT's GRIB-coded products.
> >
> > I am rather astonished that you see GRIB1 code. EUMETSAT is supposed to
> > have changed to GRIB2 this year. Please consult
> > http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Access_to_Data/Meteosat_Meteorological_Products/BUFR___GRIB2/index.htm?l=en
> > for further information (disregard all what is said about the situation
> > prior to 3rd July 2006). On the same page you also find a link to the
> > GRIB tables stored at ECMWF, which I suppose are the relevant ones.
> >
> > In any case I copy this email to Simon Elliott, who happens to be
> > EUMETSAT's GRIB/BUFR guru. He might chime in as well.
> >
> > Cheers, HP
> >
> > Unidata netCDF Decoders Support wrote:
> > > HansPeter,
> > >
> > > i checked the files you sent, they are in Grib 1 format, not Grib2 format.
> > > the problem with the decode is that we do not have a parameter table for the
> > > data. the center =1 melbourne subcenter  =80 rome and table number =21. i searched the web and i couldn't find the table. can you contact the site
> > > where you got the data to get the table and send it to me so i can add it
> > > into the grib distribution. it would be nice if the table was in the NWS standard form and ascii.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > robb...
> > >
>
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> Robb Kambic        			   Unidata Program Center
> Software Engineer III			   Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
> rkambic at unidata.ucar.edu		   WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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Robb Kambic        			   Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III			   Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
rkambic at unidata.ucar.edu		   WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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