Tables¶
Tables are essential for writing and reading BUFR messages. Each BUFR has references to a specific version of a set of tables. They contain information how to read the data described within the BUFR.
Download a TDCF table archive:
- zip-files (
bufrtables_*.zip
) in this project. - eg. from ECMWF eccodes.
- DWD’s OpenData server.
- Or other sources.
If the files operator.table
and/or datacat.table
are not present in the
table directory, there are standard ones in this project’s root.
These files are not required for decoding, but optional for human-readable output.
Either set environment variable $BUFR_TABLES
to the base directory, where
the table archives were extracted into, or provide this path to the Bufr
constructor, resp. at command-line.