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In addition, a new set of functions with the prefix "codes_" is provided to operate on all the supported message formats. These functions have the same interface and behaviour as the "grib_" functions.
A selection of GRIBof GRIB-API tools has tools has been included in ecCodes (ecCodes GRIB tools), while new tools are available for the BUFR (ecCodes BUFR tools) and GTS formats. The new tools have been developed to be as similar as possible to the existing GRIBexisting GRIB-API tools maintainingtools maintaining, where possible, the same options and behaviour. A significant difference compared with GRIB-API tools is that bufr_dump produces output in JSON format suitable for many web based applications.
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