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Example of good high-resolution BUFR data: dark blue solid lines (dashed lines from the ECMWF model).
(Partially) missing BUFR profiles
For some stations we receive no BUFR reports, for others we receive BUFR some of the time. There are also stations from which we receive BUFR only from the surface to 100 hPa (the preliminary BUFR reports) but not the whole profiles.
Other BUFR problems
Occasionally there are other problems such as the use of a BUFR descriptor that our decoder doesn't recognise. This may be due to a mistake on the part of the data provider but there are also cases where the ECMWF decoder (ecCodes) needs modifying to take account of new/unusual features. If you are putting data onto the GTS that ECMWF doesn't appear to be decoding then please let us know the collecting centre (CCCC) and bulletin header of the reports.