BUFR

From Glossary of Meteorology

An acronym for Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological alphanumeric data. It is used to encode meteorological, hydrological, and oceanographic observations and forecasts for exchange and storage of data and is maintained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).


WMO, 2019: Manual on Codes: International Codes, Volume I.1, Part A—Alphanumeric Codes. Publications Board, WMO-No. 306, 480 pp. [Available online at https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=10235.]


Term edited 1 February 2022.

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