Problems reading BUFR file

[Diane Stokes]

Guess #2:

If your ob times are not exactly 13:00Z01SEP2006, try a time window, eg:

set time 12:30Z01sep2006 13:30z01sep2006

If that doesn't work, hope that someone more knowledgeable chimes in soon.

    Diane

Bob Kuligowski wrote:
> 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/

--
Diane Stokes
Environmental Modeling Center
National Weather Service/NOAA