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Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) | BUFR Documents

DTC BUFR/PrepBUFR User's Guide

Tutorial Presentations on BUFR/PrepBUFR

  • Presentations for DTC BUFR Tutorial 2011
    (December 13, 2011: NCAR, Boulder CO)

    • Introduction to DTC Extended BUFR/PrepBUFR User Support by Ming Hu [pdf] 
    • BUFR Basic: Self-descriptive Table Driving Form by Ming Hu [pdf]
    • BUFR File Processing by Ruifang Li [pdf]
    • BUFR Tables by Ruifang Li [pdf]
    • GSI BUFR Interface by Ming Hu [pdf]
    • Introduction to NCEP Observation Data Processing Procedure and Products by Ruifang Li [pdf]
    • Summary, Future, and Survey by Ming Hu [pdf]
  • Presentations on BUFR/PREPBUFR in DTC Community GSI Tutorial (NCAR, Boulder CO) [presentations]
    • Ruifang Li: Community Tools (1): PrepBUFR/BUFR: Basic tools, NCEP data tank, and Obsproc. Summer 2011 DTC Community GSI Tutorial, June 29, NCAR, Boulder CO. [pdf]
    • Stacie Bender: Observations: PrepBUFR and BUFR. Summer 2010 DTC Community GSI Tutorial, June 29, NCAR, Boulder CO. [pdf]
    • Ming Hu: Community Tools (1): Prepbuf Converter. Summer 2010 DTC Community GSI Tutorial, June 29, NCAR, Boulder CO. [pdf]

Useful links and Publications

The following links and publications provide more details on the BUFR/PrepBUFR:

  • NCEP/NCO website on the used of BUFRLIB: link
  • BUFR documents in NCAR DSS: link
  • PREPBUFR documents at NCEP: link
  • Observation data processing at NCEP (by Dennis Keyser): link