java libraries for BUFR

[Robb Kambic]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Stephen Conley wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> I need to read Quikscat files in an attempt to estimate DMS fluxes from 
> tropical ocean.  I was looking at writing a Java application and I stumbled 
> across an abstract of yours for a presentation of a Java library built for 
> just that purpose.  I can't seem to find the library anywhere and wondered if 
> you might point me to it...


Steve,

the Bufr decoder isn't official released yet cuz i haven't had time to 
work on it but a couple of people have been using it successfully.  it's 
available from the NetCDF and GRIB decoder page, in the download section.

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/decoders/

the tar file to get is: bufr-decoder-java_1.1.01.tar.gz

since it's java, run ant in the home dir to build the distribution.
there are java-docs available (ant javadoc), the main routines are BufrDump, 
BufrIndexer, and BufrGetData.   The BufrGetData needs info from the BufrIndex to be 
able to extract a particular data block from the data. There is also a 
run file with some example command invocations. I know this is a 
terse explanation but i'm preparing for a workshop on monday.

Robb...



>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Conley, UC Davis.
>

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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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