thats not a bufr file, its a bufr table.
try it on one of the bufr files you actually want to read.
> Hi,
>
>
> I tried to open a bufr file through netcdf-java and bufr3.0. It compiled and
> failed to run:
>
>
>
> gsod000964804l:test_bufr szhou$ javac -cp
> ./:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/java_jar/netcdfAll-4.2.jar:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/test_java/test_bufr/bufr-3.0.jar
> readBufr.java
> gsod000964804l:test_bufr szhou$ java -cp
> ./:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/java_jar/netcdfAll-4.2.jar:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/test_java/test_bufr/bufr-3.0.jar
> readBufr
> java.io.IOException: Cant read B3M-000-012-B: not a valid CDM file.
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:737)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:387)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:357)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:344)
> at readBufr.main(readBufr.java:43)
>
>
> Here is the java code
>
> import ucar.nc2.iosp.bufr.*;
> import ucar.nc2.*;
> //import ucar.nc2.dataset.conv._Coordinate;
> import ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.*;
> import ucar.nc2.util.CancelTask;
> import ucar.ma2.DataType;
>
> import java.io.PrintStream;
> import java.util.*;
>
> import ucar.nc2.Group;
> import ucar.nc2.Variable;
> import ucar.nc2.Attribute;
> import ucar.nc2.Dimension;
> import ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile;
>
> import ucar.ma2.ArrayFloat;
> import ucar.ma2.InvalidRangeException;
>
> import java.io.IOException;
> import java.util.List;
> import java.lang.String;
>
> /**
> * try to a bufr file via net-java api
> */
>
> public class readBufr {
>
> public static void main(String args[]) {
>
>
> String filename = "B3M-000-012-B";
>
> // Open the bufr file through netcdf api.
>
> NetcdfFile dataFile = null;
> try {
>
> dataFile = NetcdfFile.open(filename, null);
>
> } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> return;
> } finally {
> if (dataFile != null)
> try {
> dataFile.close();
> } catch (IOException ioe) {
> ioe.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
>
>
> }
> }
>
>
> The bufr file, B3M-000-012-B, is attached which is downloaded from
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/tutorial/bufr/bufrIosp.html
> (somehow this url is not working today.)
>
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Shujia
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Unidata netCDF Java Support address@hidden
> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 4:57 PM
> To: Zhou, Shujia (GSFC-610.3)[NORTHROP GRUMMAN]
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [netCDFJava #GFQ-763475]: java bufr example?
>
> > Hi, John:
> >
> > On Aug 4, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Unidata netCDF Java Support wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Shujia :
> > >
> > > You dont have to do anything special to open a BUFR file:
> > >
> > > NetcdfFile ncfile = NetcdfFile.open("file.bufr");
> > >
> > > There can be problems if we dont have the BUFR table for that particular
> > > BUFR file. Send me the file if you see that happening.
> >
> > OK. I wil write a code to read the output of NCEP or NWS in BUFR.
> >
> > By the way, is netcdf 4.2 supporting hdf?
>
> yes
>
>
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: GFQ-763475
> Department: Support netCDF Java
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
>
>
>
Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: GFQ-763475
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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