eccodes/examples/python/bufr_subset.py

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# Copyright 2005-2015 ECMWF.
#
# This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
# which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
#
# In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
# virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
#
# Python implementation: bufr_subset
#
# Description: how to read data values from a given subset of a BUFR message.
#
#
import traceback
import sys
from eccodes import *
INPUT='../../data/bufr/synop_multi_subset.bufr'
VERBOSE=1 # verbose error reporting
def example():
# open bufr file
f = open(INPUT)
cnt=0
# loop for the messages in the file
while 1:
# get handle for message
gid = codes_bufr_new_from_file(f)
if gid is None: break
print "message: %s" % cnt
# we need to instruct ecCodes to expand all the descriptors
# i.e. unpack the data values
codes_set(gid,'unpack',1)
# find out the number of subsets
key='numberOfSubsets'
numberOfSubsets=codes_get(gid,'numberOfSubsets')
print ' %s: %d' % (key,numberOfSubsets)
# loop over the subsets
for i in range(numberOfSubsets) :
#specify the subset number
codes_set(gid,'subsetNumber',0)
# read and print some data values
key='blockNumber'
val=codes_get(gid,key)
print ' %s: %d' % (key,val)
key='stationNumber'
val=codes_get(gid,key)
print ' %s: %d' % (key,val)
#key='airTemperatureAt2M'
#val=codes_get(gid,key)
#print ' %d: %d' % (key,val)
cnt+=1
# delete handle
codes_release(gid)
# close the file
f.close()
def main():
try:
example()
except CodesInternalError,err:
if VERBOSE:
traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
else:
print >>sys.stderr,err.msg
return 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())