Typical EUMETCast BUFR Files


These are some of the BUFR files broadcast via EUMETCast. It is not comprehensive, either because I am not licenced to receive them, or because new data has been introduced. However, hopefully it will give a flavour of what is available.

User manuals giving more information about the data are often available from the generating agency's www site, which can usually be traced through the Product Navigator broadcast by EUMETCast or here.

Key:

PROG = which of David Taylor's programs generated the file. The files can be found wherever you have configured the program to put them.

MDMMSG Data Manager
MOPMMETOP Manager
AVMAVHRR Manager

PROGTYPICAL FILE NAMESPACECRAFTCONTENTS
MOPMASCAT\ascat_20100812_000001_metopa_19780_eps_o_125.l1_bufrMETOPASCAT level 1 winds at 12.5 km swath grid
MOPMASCAT\ascat_20100812_000003_metopa_19780_eps_o_250.l1_bufrMETOPASCAT level 1 winds at 25 km swath grid
MOPMASCAT\ascat_20100812_000001_metopa_19780_eps_o_125_ssm.l2_bufrMETOPASCAT soil moisture at 12.5 km swath grid
MOPMASCAT\ascat_20100812_000003_metopa_19780_eps_o_250_ssm.l2_bufrMETOPASCAT soil moisture at 25 km swath grid
MDMATVOS\amsua_20100810_0308_metopa_19753_sva.l1c_bufrMETOPAMSUA instrument level 1C
MDMATVOS\amsua_20100810_0303_noaa19_07752_lan.l1c_bufrNOAAAMSUA instrument level 1C
MDMATVOS\amsua_20100812_000122_noaa19_07777_eps_o.l1_bufrNOAAAMSUA instrument GDS level 1
MDMATVOS\amsub_20100810_0540_noaa17_42240_ewa.l1c_ubfrNOAAAMSUB instrument level 1C
MOPMATVOS\atovs_20100812_000017_metopa_19780_eps_o.l2_bufrMETOPATOVS Sounding Products
MDMATVOS\hirs_20100810_0527_metopa_19755_mus.l1c_bufrMETOPHIRS instrument level 1C
MDMATVOS\hirs_20100810_0454_noaa19_07753_mas.l1c_bufrNOAAHIRS instrument level 1C
MOPMATVOS\hirs_20100812_002455_metopa_19780_eps_o.l1_bufrMETOPHIRS instrument level 1
MOPMATVOS\hirs_20100812_000057_noaa19_07777_eps_o.l1_bufrNOAAHIRS instrument level 1
MDMATVOS\mhs_20100810_1027_metopa_19758_lan.l1c_bufrMETOPMHS instrument level 1C
MDMATVOS\mhs_20100810_0950_noaa19_07755_gil.l1c_bufrNOAAMHS instrument level 1C
MOPMATVOS\mhs_20100812_000049_metopa_19780_eps_o.l1_bufrMETOPMHS instrument GDS level 1
MOPMATOVS-L2\atovs_20100812_000018_noaa19_07777_eps_o.l2_bufrNOAAATOVS Sounding Products
MDMMPEF\201008100000-gii.bfr+MSGGlobal Instability Index
MDMMPEF\201008112345-rii.bfr+MSGRegional Instability Index
MDMMPEF\201008100145-amv.bfr+MSGAtmospheric motion vectors
MDMMPEF\201008100245-csr.bfr+MSGClear-sky radiances
MDMMPEF\201008100245-cla.bfr+MSGCloud analysis
MDMMPEF\201008100245-th.bfr+MSGTropospheric humidity
MDMMPEF\201008100245-toz.bfr+MSGTotal ozone
MOPMPolar winds\avhrr_20100812_080103_metopa_19785_eps_o_amv.l2_bufrMETOPAVHRR instrument Polar winds
MDMSAF\S-O3M_GOME_NOP_02_M02_20100810223259Z_20100810223559Z_N_O_20100811002854Z.bufrMETOPNear Real Time Ozone Profile
MDMSAF\S-O3M_GOME_O3-NO2_L2_20100810053859_003_METOPA_19755_DLR_02.BUFRMETOPNear Real Time Total Column (O3, NO2, tropospheric NO2)
MDMSCAT\ascat_20100810_000601_metopa_19752_eps_o_125_ovw.l2_bufrMETOPASCAT level 2 winds at 12.5 km swath grid
MDMSCAT\ascat_20100810_000601_metopa_19752_eps_o_250_ovw.l2_bufrMETOPASCAT level 2 winds at 25 km swath grid
MDMSCAT\scatt_20100810_001057_ers2___00000_ear_o_250_ovw.l2_bufrERS-2SCATT level 2
MDMWinds\satwnd.bufrcdft.AQUA.D2010222.T0132Z.MCMR.bufrAQUAIR cloud-drift polar winds
MDMWinds\satwnd.bufrcdft.TERRA.D2010222.T0057Z.MCMR.bufrTERRAIR cloud-drift polar winds
MDMWinds\satwnd.bufrwvap.AQUA.D2010222.T0132Z.MCMR.bufrAQUAWater vapour polar winds
MDMWinds\satwnd.bufrwvap.TERRA.D2010222.T0057Z.MCMR.bufrTERRAWater vapour polar winds



Last updated: 110106