Problems reading BUFR file

[Bob Kuligowski]

Diane,

    Good catch...though, unfortunately, I still get the same result.
Another of those cases where the process of debugging reveals bugs that
one wasn't looking for in the first place :-)  Thanks!

Cheers,
Bob
> Here's a quick guess...
>
> You have in your gribscan output:
>
>   0 05 002  (numeric) CLAT     Latitude (coarse accuracy)
>   0 06 002  (numeric) CLON     Longitude (coarse accuracy)
>
>
> but in your ctl file:
>
> xvar 6,1
> yvar 5,2
>
>
> Try changing that xvar definition in your ctl file to:
>
> xvar 6,2
>
>
>    Diane
>
>
> Bob Kuligowski wrote:
>>    I am attempting to read and display a BUFR file in GrADS.  When I
>> run 'bufrscan' the output is the attached 'headers.txt' file.  I tried
>> to follow the directions in the BUFR entry of
>> http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gadocindex.html to produce a GrADS
>> control file, which is attached as 'testbufr.ctl'.  I can open the .ctl
>> file in GrADS with no problem, but when I try 'set gxout print' followed
>> by 'd ' of any of the variables in the .ctl file, I always get "Printing
>> stations -- 0 Reports -- Undef = -979".  My presumption is that the
>> variables in the .ctl file are pointing at the wrong X and Y, but I'm
>> using the files that I found in headers.txt.
>>
>>    Any thoughts?  Thanks in advance...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --
>> Bob Kuligowski, Ph.D.
>> Meteorologist
>> NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)
>>
>> Mailing Address:
>> E/RA2   RM 712 WWBG
>> 5200 Auth Rd.
>> Camp Springs, MD  20746-4304
>>
>> Phone:  (301) 763-8251x192
>> Fax:    (301) 763-8580
>>
>> http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/bobk/
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>    < top of gribscan output snipped - dcs >
>
>> 3 61 118  (sequence)
>>   0 04 043  (numeric) JULDAY   JULIAN DAY
>>   0 04 004  (numeric) HOUR     Hour
>>   0 04 005  (numeric) MINU     Minute
>>   0 60 006  (numeric) SCSTTM   SCAN START TIME
>>   0 60 003  (numeric) SCANUM   SCAN NUMBER
>>   0 60 004  (numeric) NUMSCEN  NUMBER OF SCENES IN SCAN
>>   0 05 002  (numeric) CLAT     Latitude (coarse accuracy)
>>   0 06 002  (numeric) CLON     Longitude (coarse accuracy)
>>   0 60 005  (numeric) SCENEN   SCENE NUMBER
>>   0 60 093  (numeric) RF1      Rain Flag 1 (Odd Scan)
>>   0 60 094  (numeric) RF2      Rain Flag 2 (Odd Scan)
>>   0 60 162  (numeric) RR       Rain Rate
>>   0 60 090  (numeric) SURFTG   SURFACE TAG
>>   0 60 163  (numeric) LSURFTY  L Surface Type
>>   0 60 175  (numeric) SNWDPTH  SNOW DEPTH
>>   0 60 165  (numeric) LSOILM   L Soil Moisture
>>   0 60 166  (numeric) LSURFTM  L Surface Temp
>>   0 60 167  (numeric) ICSNEDG  Ice/Snow Edge
>>   0 60 168  (numeric) ICONC    Ice Concentration
>>   0 60 169  (numeric) ICEAGE   Ice Age
>>   0 60 170  (numeric) OSWSF    Ocean Surface Wind Speed Flag
>>   0 60 171  (numeric) OWV      Ocean Water Vapor
>>   0 60 172  (numeric) OSWS     Ocean Surface Wind Speed
>>   0 60 173  (numeric) OCW      Ocean Cloud Water
>>   0 60 174  (numeric) OCA      Ocean Cloud Amount
>>   0 60 164  (numeric) SSWC     Surf Snow Water Content
>>
>
>    < bulk of gribscan output snipped - dcs >
>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> dset ^../Data/NPR.EDEB.SA.D06263.S0549.E0735.B1508081.NS
>> title Test BUFR description file
>> undef -979
>> dtype bufr
>> stid 1,198
>> xvar 6,1
>> yvar 5,2
>> tvar yr 4,1 mo 4,2 dy 4,3 hr 4,4 mn 4,5
>> stid 1 1
>> tdef 1 LINEAR 13:00Z01SEP2006 1hr
>> vars 20
>> slon 0 6,2 Station longitude
>> slat 0 5,2 Station latitude
>> scenen   0 60,005 Scene number
>> rf1      0 60,093 Rain flag 1
>> rf2      0 60,094 Rain flag 2
>> rainrate 0 60,162 Rain Rate
>> surftg   0 60,090 Surface tag
>> lsurty   0 60,163 L Surface type
>> snwdpth  0 60,175 Snow depth
>> lsoilm   0 60,165 L Soil moisture
>> lsurftm  0 60,166 L Surface temp
>> icsnedg  0 60,167 Ice/snow edge
>> iconc    0 60,168 Ice concentration
>> iceage   0 60,169 Ice age
>> oswsf    0 60,170 Ocean surface wind speed flag
>> owv      0 60,171 Ocean water vapor
>> osws     0 60,172 Ocean surface wind speed
>> ocw      0 60,173 Ocean cloud water
>> oca      0 60,174 Ocean cloud amount
>> sswc     0 60,164 Surf cnow water content
>> endvars
>
> --
> Diane Stokes
> Environmental Modeling Center
> National Weather Service/NOAA


--
Bob Kuligowski, Ph.D.
Meteorologist
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)

Mailing Address:
E/RA2   RM 712 WWBG
5200 Auth Rd.
Camp Springs, MD  20746-4304

Phone:  (301) 763-8251x192
Fax:    (301) 763-8580

http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/bobk/