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BUFR

The Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (BUFR) is a binary data format maintained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The latest version is BUFR Edition 4. BUFR Edition 3 is also considered current for operational use. BUFR was created in 1988 with the goal of replacing the WMO's dozens of character-based…

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ECMWFWayback MachineMetview
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Description of format

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BinaryData formatWorld Meteorological OrganizationMeteorologicalSYNOP
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BUFR

Nodes16
Edges15
Triples60
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.125
Components1

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BUFR

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related to Descriptors · 20
BUFR → All, As, BUFR Edition Number, Class, Element, Element Descriptors, F-X-Y, Horizontal Coordinate, If, In, Operator, Replication, Sequence, Special, Table, Temperature, The, The Table, These, This
related to Software libraries · 17
BUFR → Archived, BUFRDC, CREXtrollbufr, CSV, ECMWF, Environment Canada, FOSS, Java, Magics, Metview, NCEP, Python, Python BUFR, Wayback Machine, Wayback Machine Free Software, WMO BUFR, XML
related to External links · 7
BUFR → BUFR Manual, Environment Canada, Expands, Manual, PowerPoint, The, WMO
related to Templates · 7
BUFR → Given, It, Section, Such, Templates, The, The WMO
related to Subsets · 4
BUFR → For, In, Section, The
related to Description of format · 2
BUFR → Section, Sections
related to Online BUFR validators · 2
BUFR → CCD Free Online Validator, Commercial LibraryECMWF BUFR/CREX
is a · 1
BUFR → complex format that can be difficult to use and it presents some weaknesses

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data descriptors section message format wmo use number value element table templates used replication template structure descriptor specification edition software

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BUFRis acomplex format that can be difficult to use and it presents some weaknesses0.90text
BUFRrelated to Description of formatSections0.60section
BUFRrelated to Description of formatSection0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsAll0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsF-X-Y0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsThe0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsElement0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsAs0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsClass0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsHorizontal Coordinate0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsTemperature0.60section
BUFRrelated to DescriptorsIn0.60section

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