NCEPLIBS-bufr
11.7.0
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Read/write one or more data values from/to a data subset. More...
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subroutine | ufbrep (LUNIN, USR, I1, I2, IRET, STR) |
This subroutine reads or writes one or more data values from or to the BUFR data subset that is currently open within the BUFRLIB internal arrays. More... | |
Read/write one or more data values from/to a data subset.
Definition in file ufbrep.f.
subroutine ufbrep | ( | LUNIN, | |
real*8, dimension(i1,i2) | USR, | ||
I1, | |||
I2, | |||
IRET, | |||
character*(*) | STR | ||
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This subroutine reads or writes one or more data values from or to the BUFR data subset that is currently open within the BUFRLIB internal arrays.
The direction of the data transfer is determined by the context of ABS(LUNIN):
This subroutine is specifically designed for use with Table B mnemonics which are part of a fixed (i.e. non-delayed) replication sequence, or for mnemonics which are replicated by being directly listed more than once within an overall subset definition. See also subroutines ufbint(), ufbseq() and ufbstp(), which can also be used to read/write one or more data values from/to a data subset but are designed for different use cases. A more detailed discussion of these different use cases, including examples, is available in DX BUFR Tables.
[in] | LUNIN | – integer: Absolute value is Fortran logical unit number for BUFR file |
[in,out] | USR | – real*8(*,*): Data values
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[in] | I1 | – integer: Actual first dimension of USR as allocated within the calling program |
[in] | I2 | – integer:
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[out] | IRET | – integer: Number of replications of STR that were actually read/written from/to the data subset |
[in] | STR | – character*(*): String of blank-separated Table B mnemonics in one-to-one correspondence with the number of data values that will be read/written from/to the data subset within the first dimension of USR (see DX BUFR Tables for further information about Table B mnemonics) |
It is the user's responsibility to ensure that USR is dimensioned sufficiently large enough to accommodate the number of data values that are to be read from or written to the data subset. Note also that USR is an array of real*8 values; therefore, any data that are to be written out as character (i.e. CCITT IA5) values in BUFR must be converted from character into real*8 format within the application program before calling this subroutine. Conversely, when this subroutine is being used to read character values from a data subset, the value that is returned will be in real*8 format and must be converted back into character format by the application program before it can be used as such. Alternatively, there are different subroutines such as readlc() and writlc() which can be used to read/write character data directly from/to a data subset without the need to convert from/to real*8 format as an intermediate step.
Numeric (i.e. non-character) data values within USR are always in the exact units specified for the corresponding mnemonic within the relevant DX or master BUFR table, without any scale or reference values applied. Specifically, this means that, when writing data values into an output subset, the user only needs to store each respective value into USR using the units specified within the table, and the BUFRLIB software will take care of any necessary scaling or referencing of the value before it is actually encoded into BUFR. Conversely, when reading data values from an input subset, the values returned in USR are already de-scaled and de-referenced and, thus, are already in the exact units that were defined for the corresponding mnemonics within the table.
"Missing" values in USR are always denoted by a unique placeholder value. This placeholder value is initially set to a default value of 10E10_8, but it can be reset to any substitute value of the user's choice via a separate call to subroutine setbmiss(). In any case, and whenever this subroutine is used to read data values from an input subset, any returned value in USR can be easily checked for equivalence to the current placeholder value via a call to function ibfms(), and a positive result means that the value for the corresponding mnemonic was encoded as "missing" in BUFR (i.e. all bits set to 1) within the original data subset. Conversely, whenever this subroutine is used to write data values to an output subset, the current placeholder value can be obtained via a separate call to function getbmiss(), and the resulting value can then be stored into the USR array whereever the user desires a BUFR "missing" value (i.e. all bits set to 1) to be encoded for the corresponding mnemonic within the output subset.
Program history log:
Date | Programmer | Comments |
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1994-01-06 | J. Woollen | Original author |
1998-07-08 | J. Woollen | Replaced call to Cray library routine ABORT with call to new internal routine bort() |
1999-11-18 | J. Woollen | The number of BUFR files which can be opened at one time increased from 10 to C32 |
2003-05-19 | J. Woollen | Disabled the parsing switch which controls checking in the same replication group |
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 | Added SAVE for IFIRST1 and IFIRST2 flags |
2009-03-31 | J. Woollen | Add documentation |
2009-04-21 | J. Ator | Use errwrt() |
2014-12-10 | J. Ator | Use modules instead of COMMON blocks |
Definition at line 144 of file ufbrep.f.
References bort(), bort2(), errwrt(), status(), string(), and ufbrp().
Referenced by bufr_c_interface_mod::ufbrep_c().