<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well, as a hack you could try a soft link to fool GrADS and see if it returns garbage or not: <DIV>cd /usrx/local/grads/dat/tables/ </DIV><DIV>ln -s B3M-000-010-B B3M-000-012-B<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Honestly, all I know about BUFR tables is that they are lookup tables for codes in the BUFR messages. I have no expertise in the difference between all the tables, what's actually in them, nor how the BUFR code in GrADS figures out which table to use. Better to find out who wrote that file and ask them what's going on.</DIV><DIV>Jennifer</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 22, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Stacie Bender wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Jennifer,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I was trying to help Bill yesterday, and the BUFR files that Bill is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">trying to read do indeed have table information encoded into them, but</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">it seems that the table that is encoded into the BUFR file is not what</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">GrADS is looking for.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Instead, GrADS seems to be looking for a table</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">that is in a format that matches the one pasted below.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">We do have a table called B3M-000-010-B on our NCEP machines; but we</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">don't have B3M-000-012-B.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Below is the top of the B3M-000-010-B table</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">that we do have... does its format look familiar?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Is it something that</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">came out of the GrADS shop?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>If not, then I suppose someone here at NCEP</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">must have created it, and we will have to go looking for that person.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Lucky them.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>:)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">#</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "># WMO source file name = BufrTabB-11-2001.txt</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "># Master Table B Version 10</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">#</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "># <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Reference<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Bit</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "># F <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>X<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Y Scale<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Value <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Width <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Units <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Comments</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">#--------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "># Class 00 - BUFR/CREX(*) table entries</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>1;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>24; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; Table A:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>entry</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>2;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>256; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; "Table A:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>data</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">category description, line 1"</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>3;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>256; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; "Table A:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>data</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">category description, line 2"</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>5;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>24; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; BUFR/CREX edition number</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>10;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>8; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; F descriptor to be</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">added or defined</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>11;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>16; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; X descriptor to be</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">added or defined</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>12;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>24; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; Y descriptor to be</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">added or defined</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>13;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>256; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; "Element name, line 1"</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>14;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>256; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; "Element name, line 2"</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>15;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>192; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; Units name</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>16;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>0;<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>8; <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>CCITT_IA5; Units scale sign</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><snip></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If this email is clear as mud, let me know and I will try to clarify.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks!!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Stacie</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jennifer Adams wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi, Bill --</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I haven't used the GrADS BUFR interface in a very long time, but I</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">think it searches for a given lookup table based on what it finds in</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the BUFR file itself. Often tables are included along with data in a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">BUFR file. I did a Google search on that table number and got zero</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">hits!! I would double check with your data provider, and if that</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">doesn't work, I would ask NCEP's BUFR Guru, Jack Woollen.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jennifer</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Jennifer M. Adams</DIV><DIV>IGES/COLA</DIV><DIV>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</DIV><DIV>Calverton, MD 20705</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>