Re: your request to subscribe to "BUFRLIB support"

[Jeff Ator <Jeff.Ator@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Robb,

My responses are interspersed below...

Robb Kambic wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> I have some questions about bufr tables. Hope you can answer these.
>
> A snippet of your code shows:
>
> C
>     IF  ( cborg (1:4) .eq. 'KARP' )  THEN
>         bfstyp = 'NC004004'
>     ELSE IF  ( cborg (1:4) .eq. 'EGRR' )  THEN
>         bfstyp = 'NC004006'
>     ELSE
>         bfstyp = 'NC004009'
>     END IF
>
> It appears that you are using part of the product pattern to load 
> certain tables, is that correct?
Actually, the pattern is being used to select the data subtype (either 
006 or 009).  Both of these subtypes are defined in the same BUFR tables 
file, which is permissible and which allows the code to only have to 
read in a single tables file.
> In doc:
> http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/sib/decoders/BUFRLIB/toc/dfbftab/
>
> it mentions that the mnemonic tables need to be loaded according to 
> datatype and data subtype. This seems different then your code, can 
> you explain this?
The tables do need to be loaded according to data type and subtype, 
meaning that you do always need to ensure that the types and subtypes 
you are working with are defined in the table(s) you have loaded.  But 
again, there is nothing preventing a single tables file from containing 
more than one, or indeed even all of the subtypes in question, which 
makes the overall code design much simpler.
> In doc:
>
> http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/data_processing/NCEP_BUFR_File_Structure.htm#ASCII_Table 
>
>
> it mentions that the first descriptors in the data refer to what 
> tables need to be loaded to decode. How many products follow this syntax?
I'm not sure I understand this question - can you point me to the exact 
text which you are referring to in the above document?
> In doc:
>
> http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/data_processing/bufrtab_tabled.htm
>
> In the local classes there are many reference to mnemonic tables that 
> I can't find anywhere on the web. The tables are in [] similar to 
> [NC003003].  Where can I download these tables?
Go to http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/nwprod/fix/ where you'll 
see a listing of all of our current BUFR tables.  In particular, the 
definition of NC003003 would be in bufrtab.003, along with the 
definitions for all of the other data which have type 003.
> Thanks,
> RObb...
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Jeff Ator wrote:
>
> > Dear Robb,
> >
> > We noticed that you recently asked to join our "BUFRLIB support" 
> > mailing list.  However, this is a list for use by myself and all of 
> > the other folks who collectively maintain the NCEP BUFRLIB software - 
> > we use it to receive user inquiries, discuss maintenance issues, 
> > respond to bug reports, etc.  I believe you would be better served by 
> > instead subscribing to our "BUFRLIB announce" mailing list at 
> > ncep.list.bufrlib-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is the list we 
> > use to notify our users of general announcements, software updates, 
> > etc.  You can still post inquiries to the "BUFRLIB support" list, but 
> > it's not a list to which you should be directly subscribing.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > -Jeff
>
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>
> Robb Kambic                       Unidata Program Center
> Software Engineer III               Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
> rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx           WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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