WMO BUFR standard in ISO terms - Open Geospatial Consortium
WMO BUFR standard in ISO terms - Open Geospatial Consortium
WMO BUFR standard in ISO terms - Open Geospatial Consortium
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<strong>BUFR</strong> <strong>in</strong> use<br />
• Migration to Table Driven Codes<br />
• Major <strong>WMO</strong> program to convert to TDCs away from TACs<br />
• UKMO spend<strong>in</strong>g > £1/2 Million<br />
• Estimate that Europe spend<strong>in</strong>g > € 10 Million<br />
• Currently UKMO receives ~ 200,000 <strong>BUFR</strong> bullet<strong>in</strong>s<br />
(<strong>in</strong>stances) every day – and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Currently convert<strong>in</strong>g TACs directly <strong>in</strong>to <strong>BUFR</strong> templates<br />
• SYNOP, for example has 90 possible elements<br />
• Template has locations for all of these<br />
• Plus local options<br />
• Intention is not to be constra<strong>in</strong>ed by current templates,<br />
but to publish many more templates or def<strong>in</strong>e the<br />
template entirely with<strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>stance.<br />
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