cnvgrib1to2 - Man Page
Convert a GRIB1 file to GRIB2 format
Synopsis
cnvgrib1tos21 <grib1filename> <grib2filename> [packing_scheme]
Description
This command (from the pygrib package) converts a GRIB1 formatted file to GRIB2 formatted file.
GRIB is a file format defined for meteorological data defined by the WMO (World Meteorological Organisation). It is commonly used in meteorology to store historical and forecast weather data.
Options
This program takes an optional packing_scheme which may be one of:
grid_simple
grid_complex
grid_complex_spatial_differencing
grid_jpeg
grid_png
The default is 'grid_jpeg'
Exit Status
- 0
if OK or if the program did not start due to a wrong number of commandline arguments
- 1
if the program failed during the conversion stage
Authors
Jeffrey Whitaker <jeffrey.s.whitaker@noaa.gov> wrote the code.
Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org> wrote this man page
See Also
Related tools are cnvgrib2to1, grib_list and grib_repack which are all based on the more general python module pygrib and the c-library gribapi