GEMPAK Manual | Programs


DCPROF (Unidata)

    DCPROF decodes BUFR format profiler reports from a real-time data
    feed, or from a file fed to the program through standard input, and
    writes the data to a GEMPAK merged upperair file.  The program is 
    controlled by inputs to the command line.

    The inputs are program options, the two BUFR table files and
    the output file name or template.
    For example, for real-time data feeds:
    
	dcprof [options] bufrb_table bufrd_table output_file

    If running the program interactively with standard input, the -c
    option must be used.  The input file must be also be specified.
    For example:
		
	dcprof -c YYMMDD/HHNN [options] bufrb_table bufrd_table output_file < input_file
    
    A template may be used to specify the output file name.  The file
    name template uses the date and time of the bulletin or report
    to replace the following characters.

	YYYY		Year with century
	YY		Year without the century
	MM		Month number
	DD		Day
	HH		Hour
	NN		Minute