readerme.f File Reference

Read a BUFR message from a memory array. More...

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Functions/Subroutines
subroutine	readerme (MESG, LUNIT, SUBSET, JDATE, IRET)
	This subroutine is similar to subroutine readmg(), except that it reads a BUFR message from an array already in memory, whereas readmg() reads a BUFR message from a file on the local system. More...

Detailed Description

Read a BUFR message from a memory array.

Definition in file readerme.f.

Function/Subroutine Documentation

subroutine readerme	(	dimension(*)	MESG,
			LUNIT,
		character*8	SUBSET,
			JDATE,
			IRET
	)

This subroutine is similar to subroutine readmg(), except that it reads a BUFR message from an array already in memory, whereas readmg() reads a BUFR message from a file on the local system.

Authors

J. Woollen

J. Ator

Date

1995-06-28

Parameters

[in]	MESG	– integer(*): BUFR message
[in]	LUNIT	– integer: Fortran logical unit number for BUFR file
[out]	SUBSET	– character*8: Table A mnemonic for type of BUFR message that was read (see DX BUFR Tables for further information about Table A mnemonics)
[out]	JDATE	– integer: Date-time stored within Section 1 of BUFR message that was read, in format of either YYMMDDHH or YYYYMMDDHH, depending on the most recent call to subroutine datelen()
[out]	IRET	– integer: return code 0 = MESG was successfully read 11 = MESG contained a DX BUFR table message -1 = MESG contained an unrecognized Table A message type

This subroutine looks and behaves a lot like subroutine readmg() except that here we have one additional input argument MESG which contains the BUFR message to be read by the BUFRLIB software. As such, this subroutine can be used in any context in which readmg() might otherwise be used, and from that point on, the application program can proceed with a call to one of the subset-reading subroutines (and then, subsequently, to any of the values-reading subroutines), just like if readmg() had been called instead.

When using this subroutine, it's still necessary for the application program to have previously called subroutine openbf() in order to associate a DX BUFR tables file with the messages that are being input via MESG, and it's still also necessary to pass in the relevant LUNIT value as a call argument, even though in this case the subroutine will not actually try to read from the associated Fortran logical unit.

If MESG contains a DX BUFR table message, the subroutine will store the contents internally and use them to process any future BUFR messages associated with LUNIT. In this case, the subroutine will return with IRET = 11, and any number of DX BUFR table messages passed in via consecutive calls to this subroutine will accumulate internally and be treated as a single DX BUFR table, up until a call is made where MESG no longer contains a DX BUFR table message.

Program history log:

Date	Programmer	Comments
1995-06-28	J. Woollen	Original author
1997-07-29	J. Woollen	Modified to process GOES soundings from NESDIS
1998-07-08	J. Woollen	Replaced call to Cray library routine "ABORT" with call to new internal routine bort(); modified to make Y2K compliant; improved machine portability
1999-11-18	J. Woollen	The number of BUFR files which can be opened at one time increased from 10 to 32; increased the maximum number of possible descriptors in a subset from 1000 to 3000
2000-09-19	J. Woollen	Removed logic that had been replicated in this and other read routines and consolidated it into a new routine cktaba(); maximum message length increased from 10,000 to 20,000 bytes
2003-11-04	S. Bender	Added remarks and routine interdependencies
2003-11-04	D. Keyser	Unified/portable for WRF; added documentation; outputs more complete diagnostic info when routine terminates abnormally
2004-08-18	J. Ator	Modified 'BUFR' string test for portability to EBCDIC machines; maximum message length increased from 20,000 to 50,000 bytes
2005-11-29	J. Ator	Use ichkstr()
2009-03-23	D. Keyser	Call bort() in case of MBAY overflow
2009-03-23	J. Ator	Add logic to allow Section 3 decoding; add logic to process dictionary messages
2012-06-07	J. Ator	Don't respond to DX table messages if Section 3 decoding is being used
2014-12-10	J. Ator	Use modules instead of COMMON blocks

Definition at line 74 of file readerme.f.

References bort(), cktaba(), dxinit(), errwrt(), ichkstr(), idxmsg(), iupbs3(), lmsg(), makestab(), reads3(), status(), stbfdx(), and wtstat().

Referenced by fdebufr().