We encourage users to download and install ecCodes, the default ECMWF GRIB encoding/decoding software.
If you are not using GRIB decoders developed by ECMWF, make sure that your software is configured to use the correct GRIB table to decode the data.
See the GRIB table for GRIB edition 2.
See the GRIB table for GRIB edition 1.
Parameter Database - an online lookup table listing all the variables (“parameters”) that can appear in GRIB files.
Please refer to the manual pages of your decoding software to configure it properly.
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Kathy Maskell, last updated by Lauren Rootham on Sept 02, 2026
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