BUFR (Binary Universal Form for the Representation of Meteorological Data)
CREX (Character Form for the Representation and Exchange of Data)
XML (Extensible Markup Language)
TDCF schemes:
EUMETNET AMDAR
TM 307073
TM 307080
TM 307086
TM 307090
TM 307091
TM 308009
TM 308013
TM 309050
TM 309051
TM 309052
TM 309053
TM 309054
TAC code forms:
AMDAR
SYNOP
SYNOP MOBIL
SHIP
TEMP
TEMP SHIP
TEMP MOBIL
CLIMAT
CLIMAT TEMP
BUOY
PILOT
Compliance
WMO Manual No. 306 (Manual on Codes)
WMO ET-DRC TDCF Templates
WMO Manual No. 386 (Manual on GTS, incl. Attachment II)
Interface – integration
SOAP WS
C++ binding
Python binding
File I/O
Command line interface (CLI)
Extensibility
Fast and easy expansibility
Based on the XML functionality.
The tool features a XSLT-Processor and the conversion programs are actually XSL transformations.
Supports new formats just by adding new transformation rules.
We will be providing you with updates on experimental or pre-operational descriptors as they appear or are discussed by the IPET-DRC.
Operational support and guarantie
Operational support of the BUFR migration tool is planned for minimum 10 years. We will keep supporting to date, this tool will be needed and used.
Providing updates to descriptors, standard template mappings as needed, as well as software update where necessary.
When there are other codes/templates which are in-use in your office, we will - as part of installation - create a template mapping for you.
Requierements
System requirements:
Pentium 3 500 MHz
256 MB RAM
5 GB HDD space
Operating systems:
GNU/Linux® (recommended: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or CentOS 5)
Microsoft® Windows®
Solaris®
Capabilities
Each report of an input TAC bulletin becomes a data subset in the output TDCF bulletin and reversely
each data subset of an input TDCF bulletin becomes a report in the output TAC bulletin.
It is possible to perform a bundle conversion of TAC TEMP, PILOT part A, B, C, D reports into a single TDCF bulletin.
Conversion of BUFR TEMP, PILOT bulletins to TAC produces several bulletins according to the present pressure levels observations.
Headings of output WMO bulletins are produced automatically based on input file WMO heading, data type and intrinsic data.
Automatic WMO format end to end conversion takes care of BUFR <—> TAC, BUFR <—> CREX, as well as CREX <—> TAC conversions. It is as simple as specifying the input data and the desired output format.
BUFR editions 3 and 4 are supported both on input and output; compressed data sections are supported only on input.
CREX edition 3 is supported both on input and output.
