GRIB API: Library and Tools – Training Course 2015

Tuesday 24 February

1. GRIB API Introduction
   • GRIB editions 1 and 2: structure and differences
     
   • GRIB API design and concepts
     
2. GRIB API: Tools
   
   • Introduction to the grib_api command-line tools
   • Obtaining information about the grib_api installation with grib_info
   • Inspecting the content of GRIB files with grib_count,  grib_ls and grib_dump
3. GRIB API: Keys
   • Coded and computed keys
   • The namespace
   • Examples of keys
     
4. GRIB API: Tools
   
   • Comparing the content of GRIB messages with grib_compare
   • Printing data values with grib_get_data
   • Using grib_get
   • Copying GRIB messages with grib_copy
   • Making simple modifications to the GRIB header information with grib_set

Wednesday 25 February

1. GRIB API: Fortran, C, Python APIs - Part 1
   
   • Overview of the API
   • Using the API functions for decoding with Fortran, C and Python
   • Practicals  
2. GRIB API: Advanced tools
   
   • Basic features of grib_filter
   • Conversion from GRIB to NetCDF with grib_to_netcdf

Thursday 26 February

1. GRIB API: Fortran, C, python APIs - Part 2
   • Use of the indexing routines
   • Encoding GRIB messages and using GRIB samples
     
   • Practicals  
2. GRIB API: Python interface
   • A short introduction to Python and its use at ECMWF
   •   The Python interface to grib_api for decoding, encoding and indexed access to GRIB messages
     
3. GRIB API: Advanced topics I
   
   • Simple packing
   • Constant fields
   • Bitmap fields
   • Multi fields

Friday 27 February

1. GRIB API: Advanced topics II
   • Parameter database
   • Conversion from GRIB 1 to GRIB 2
   • Local adaptation - how to define your own local parameters