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Description

ECMWF has developed ecCodes: an application program interface developed for decoding and encoding messages in GRIB. ecCodes relies on a useful set of command line tools to provide quick access to the messages.

Learning objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be familiar with a set of command line tools which provide an easy way to access and modify information contained in a GRIB and BUFR messages. More specifically:

• Understanding the use of ecCodes and obtaining information about its installation

• Inspecting the content of GRIB files 

• Printing data values from GRIB messages 

• Comparing the content of GRIB messages 

• Copying GRIB messages 

• Making simple modifications to the GRIB header information 

Audience

Programmers and researchers who need to decode ECMWF data to use it in their applications

Link to module

https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/OPTR/ecCodes%3A+GRIB+and+BUFR+data+decoding+and+encoding+software?preview=/55128009/55128086/ecCodes_grib_tools.pdf

https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/OPTR/ecCodes%3A+GRIB+and+BUFR+data+decoding+and+encoding+software?preview=/55128009/55128630/eccodes-grib-tools2-2016.pdf

Practical: https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/OPTR/Solutions+for+GRIB+tools+compare+practicals

Practical: https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/OPTR/Solutions+to+GRIB+tools+modify+practicals