Keith (Southend)G wrote:
On Saturday, 19 October 2013 14:45:49 UTC+1, Norman wrote:
Freddie wrote:
On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 05:39:31 -0700 (PDT), "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote:
Thanks Norman, I guess what will probably happen is certain
Countries will =
start to dissapear from the code until eventually they all cease.
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I think you're right, Keith. It is the case that some countries are more
prepared for the switch than others, so there won't be a single date that
the
Synop code stops being used worldwide.
It is likely to be the case that web sites will pop up across the Internet
providing decoding services for the new format (BUFR). Who knows, they may
even offer the facility to encode into Synop!
My contacts in the USA think it is possible that the university sites will
convert the data from BUFR code and continue to present it on-line in SYNOP
code because there is such an extensive user community with systems based on
the SYNOP code (and other alpha-numeric codes). All speculation, of course.
We'll have to wait and see what evolves.
--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
Mmm, sounds like all bets are still on :-)
Out of interest is the BUFR code publicly available on the internet, I'd be
interested to see it.
Still rainer here ~ 3.0mm so far
Keith (Southend)
Keith, If you've got the stomach for it try the following (watch out for
line-wrap on some of the links):
• The official version of the BUFR tables may be accessed through the WMO site
at
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WM...stVERSION.html
• Recommended BUFR templates for use in TDCF can be found at
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WM...ml#Regulations
• A users / programmers guide to BUFR can be found at
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WM...reface_en.html
• The WMO published a document in 2010 for discussion at the ET-DRC which
outlined the BUFR conversion software available at that time.
• See
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/IS...-II_Doc5-3.doc
--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.