The BUFR Viewer is a program which is still underdevelopment. At the moment, it can read the scatterometer data fromMetop-A and ERS2 satellites, the 100km and 25km QuikSat data, the SatWinds datafrom AQUA and TERRA, and the AMV (air-motion vector) data from EUMETSAT. All this data is available over the EUMETCast dissemination system. It canalso read data from the EUMETSAT Archive facility (UMARF) which is availableoff-line, and includes Meteosat-2 and Meteosat-7 data.
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If there is sufficient interest, the program may be developedto allow other data to be visualised. Here is a sample of the ERS2 scatterometerproduct visualised by the BUFR Viewer, overlaid on a user-image background,and with country boundaries drawn in. You can zoom in to clarify data in aparticular region.
Zoomed in on hurricane Bertha, July 2008. Bermuda is the tiny island in the north-west corner of the screenshot.
Data from Meteosat-9 showing winds overEurope. Data copyright (c) EUMETSAT 2008.
Supported data
Here is information about some of the supported data types, andthe TelliCast and MSG Data Manager settings required. The disk locationsare given relative to a standard MSG Data Manager installation, where the HRITimages are in ImagesHRIT. I've also added a note about whether you getthis data automatically, or whether you need to request it explicitly fromEUMETSAT.| Description | Data Source | EUMETCast Data Channel | Need to Request | Disk location from MSG Data Manager | Control location in MSG Data Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metop-A/B AMV & ASCAT | EUMETCast | [SAF-Europe] | ? | ImagesSCAT20080613 | SAF tab, ASCAT |
| ascat_20080613_173600_metopa_08567_eps_o_250_ovw.l2_bufr W_XX-EUMETSAT-Darmstadt,SOUNDING+SATELLITE,METOPA+ASCAT_C_EUMP_20120209100300_27543_eps_o_125_ssm_l2.bin W_XX-EUMETSAT-Darmstadt,SOUNDING+SATELLITE,METOPA+AVHRR_C_EUMP_20120209084303_27543_eps_o_amv_l2.bin | |||||
| ERS-2 SCAT | EUMETCast | [EUMETSAT Data Channel 1] | ? | ImagesSCAT20080613 | SAF tab, ERS-SCAT |
| scatt_20080613_173004_ers2___00000_ear_o_250_ovw.l2_bufr | |||||
| QuikSat 25 & 100km sea-winds | EUMETCast | [SAF Europe] | ? | ImagesSAF20080613 | SAF tab, Ocean & Sea Ice |
| S-OSI_-KNMI-QS100_D08165_S1503_E1617_B4679191 | |||||
| MODIS SatWind from AQUA and TERRA (north + south polar) | EUMETCast | [EUMETSAT Data Channel 4] | Yes | ImagesWINDS20080613 | SAF tab, MODIS winds |
| satwnd.bufrwvap.TERRA.D2008165.T1841Z.ENTC | |||||
| Meteosat-9/10 AMV Air Motion Vectors | EUMETCast | [EUMETSAT Data Channel 3] | ? | ImagesMPEF20080613 | MPEF tab, AMV |
| 200806131145-amv.bfr+ | |||||
| Metoesat-2 & -6 UMARF data | Meteosat data requested from the EUMETSAT UMARF Data Centre facility. | ||||
| METEOSAT2-MVIRI-MTPHRVW1-NA-1-19871220132959.000000000Z-927200.bfr METEOSAT6-MVIRI-MTPCSWV-NA-1-20051204111130.000000000Z-926836.bfr | |||||
| 25km QuikSat UMARF data | QuikSat data requested from the EUMETSAT UMARF Data Centre facility. | ||||
| OASW025_20090707_073001_14088_M02.bufr | |||||
Note that the AMV (air motion vector) data contains a lot ofmotion vectors, and therefore may take some tens of seconds to decode anddisplay.
Data which is NOT currently supported:
Level-1 data, such as:
ascat_20080522_042700_metopa_08247_eps_o_125.l1_bufr
Note the 'L1' in the file extension.
There are more comprehensive BUFRdisplay(graphical) and BUFRextract(command-line) programs from Francis Breame.
Getting the BUFR Viewer
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| V1.1.10 | Update Bufr2Asc.exe for newer-format data, consistency check on restore, more diagnostics, correct table path error. |
| V1.1.12 | Update for new 'sounder' file names. |
| V1.1.14 | Support AMVE files (temporary data from EUMETCast), environment variable BOUNDARY_COLOUR can define the boundary colour grey-shade. |
| V2.0.2 | No function changes from V1.1.14.71. No longer hardware locked to a single PC. Note that a new licence key is required for this version. If you don't already have a BUFR Viewer 2 key, existing users can upgrade here. Please state BUFR Viewer in the 'What product are you upgrading?' box. |
- Download the BUFR Viewer V2.0.2 (4,095,523bytes; 2015-Aug-09)
- MD5 signature: E102209DD937A2F39E10BFB12A1A70E6
- Join the SatSignal self-help group to discuss this software with other users
You can register the BUFR Viewer here. The program requires registration, and a 30-day trial period registration isbuilt into the program.
Beta version: This program is under continualdevelopment - check herefor the latest update.
Operating Notes
The program will try and decode the BUFR information in a file as windvectors, in the first instance. The data will be saved as a text file named: _temp.txt in the program's directory. If you have problems withdecoding data, please first check that the _temp.txt file appears to be correct. If it just contains a single header line, without any data, it'spossible that the data you have chosen does not contain any wind information. For example, some of the scatterometer data is only availableover the sea parts of the pass, not over land parts. The program will try and save the text file, in a slightly edited form, back in the data directory,so that running a data file:
would produce a new text file:
in the same directory. If the program cannot write to the data directory,the file will need to undergo the decoding process each time. The text version of thedata file will be displayed in the Properties tab.
Please note that due to limitations of the decoder software,this program will not work for some data types if it is installed in a directorywhich has spaces in the directory name. Therefore please do not install itin the 'C:Program Files' directory tree.
EUMETCast updates
Some of this data is sent over the SAF-Europe data channel inEUMETCast, so to receive it you may need to add lines like:
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to your recv-channels.ini file. You should point thetarget_directory at the same directory which the MSG Data Manager uses (i.e. thecommon directory you use for EUMETCast data). Add one line for each datachannel you wish to receive.
Debugging notes
As this program is still in the early stages of developments,it is possible that you may need to debug the operation of the decoders whichthis program uses. To do so, build up a command file named, for example, _test.cmd,with contents like the example below, but with the directories altered to suityour own system.
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Note the need for file and directory names containing spacesto be enclosed in quotation marks ('). Please discuss the results on the SatSignalself-help group.