05 Scientific Data Format: GRIB
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This article is from the Scientific Data Format Information FAQ, by Ilana Stern ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu with numerous contributions by others.
05 Scientific Data Format: GRIB
GRIB (GRid In Binary) is the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
standard for gridded meteorological data. Unfortunately it is still not
very "standard", as some organizations use their own versions. A format
description for WMO GRIB, and software to read general GRIB grids, can be
found at <URL:ftp://ncardata.ucar.edu/libraries/grib/>. The format
description can also be found at
<URL:ftp://nic.fb4.noaa.gov/pub/nws/nmc/docs/gribguide/>.
If you need GRIB to read ECMWF data, the above format description, along
with the ECMWF-specific parameter table, and a list of differences between
the WMO and the ECMWF versions of GRIB, is in
<URL:ftp://ncardata.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.2/format>. Read code can be
found in <URL:ftp://ncardata.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.2/software>.
If all else fails, contact Ilana Stern at ilana@ncar.ucar.edu.
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