read_bufr

read_bufr(path, reader='generic', **kwargs)

Extract data from BUFR as a pandas.DataFrame with the specified reader. To see the available **kwargs please refer to the documentation of the specific reader. The default reader is generic.

The following readers are available:

Reader

Description

generic

extract arbitrary BUFR keys with a hierarchical collector

flat

extract whole BUFR messages/subsets as flat records

The readers below are experimental and the API might change in the future. It is not recommended to use it in production code yet.

Reader

Description

synop

extract synop-like data from BUFR using pre-defined parameters

temp

extract temp-like data from BUFR using pre-defined parameters