#!/usr/bin/perl # Copyright (C) 2010-2026 MET Norway # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA # 02110-1301, USA. # pod included at end of file use strict; use warnings; use Getopt::Long; use Pod::Usage qw(pod2usage); use Geo::BUFR; # Parse command line options my %option = (); GetOptions( \%option, 'ahl=s', # Extract BUFR messages with AHL matching only 'gts', # Include full gts message envelope if present 'filter=s', # Extract BUFR messages meeting the only 'help', # Print help information and exit 'only_ahl', # Extract AHLs only 'outfile=s', # Print to file instead of STDOUT 'verbose=i', # Set verbose level to n, 0<=n<=6 (default 0) 'without_ahl', # Print the BUFR messages only, skipping AHLs ) or pod2usage(-verbose => 0); # User asked for help pod2usage(-verbose => 1) if $option{help}; # only_ahl and without_ahl are mutually exclusive pod2usage( -message => "Options only_ahl, without_ahl and gts are mutually exclusive", -exitval => 2, -verbose => 0) if ( ($option{only_ahl} && ($option{without_ahl} || $option{gts})) || ($option{without_ahl} && ($option{only_ahl} || $option{gts})) || ($option{gts} && ($option{only_ahl} || $option{without_ahl})) ); # Make sure there is at least one input file pod2usage(-verbose => 0) unless @ARGV; # Set verbosity level Geo::BUFR->set_verbose($option{verbose}) if $option{verbose}; # For filtering on ahl my $ahl_regexp; if ($option{ahl}) { eval { $ahl_regexp = qr/$option{ahl}/ }; die "Argument to --ahl is not a valid Perl regular expression: $@" if $@; } # For filtering on metadata in section 0/1 my $filter = $option{filter} ? $option{filter} : ''; my $or_criteria_ref = get_filter_criteria($filter); # Where to direct output (including verbose output, but not output to STDERR) my $OUT; if ($option{outfile}) { open($OUT, '>', $option{outfile}) or die "Cannot open $option{outfile} for writing: $!"; } else { $OUT = *STDOUT; } binmode($OUT); # No need to decode section 4 here Geo::BUFR->set_nodata(1); # Loop for processing of BUFR input files foreach my $inputfname ( @ARGV ) { my $bufr = Geo::BUFR->new(); # Could alternatively have merged filtering on ahl and metadata into # one single callback function, but that would be a rather complex # one, so we prefer to do the filtering on metadata later $bufr->set_filter_cb(\&filter_on_ahl, $ahl_regexp) if $option{ahl}; # Open BUFR file $bufr->fopen($inputfname); # Process input file extract($bufr); $bufr->fclose(); } # Extract BUFR messages and/or AHLs from BUFR file sub extract { my $bufr = shift; # BUFR object my ($current_message_number, $current_ahl); READLOOP: while (not $bufr->eof()) { # Read next observation. If an error is encountered during # decoding, skip this observation while printing the error # message to STDERR, also displaying ahl of bulletin if found # (but skip error message if the message should be skipped on # --ahl anyway). eval { $bufr->next_observation(); }; if ($@) { $current_ahl = $bufr->get_current_ahl() || ''; next READLOOP if $option{ahl} && $current_ahl !~ $ahl_regexp; warn $@; # Try to extract message number and ahl of the bulletin # where the error occurred $current_message_number = $bufr->get_current_message_number(); if (defined $current_message_number) { my $error_msg = "In message $current_message_number"; $error_msg .= " contained in bulletin with ahl $current_ahl\n" if $current_ahl; warn $error_msg if $error_msg; } next READLOOP; } # Filtering on ahl next READLOOP if $option{ahl} && $bufr->is_filtered(); # Filtering on metadata next READLOOP if $or_criteria_ref && not or_filter($bufr, $or_criteria_ref); # Skip messages where stated length of BUFR message is sure to # be erroneous, unless we want ahls only (or should we skip # message in this case also? Hard choice...) next READLOOP if !$option{only_ahl} && $bufr->bad_bufrlength(); my $current_subset_number = $bufr->get_current_subset_number(); # If next_observation() did find a BUFR message, subset number # should have been set to at least 1 (even in a 0 subset message) last READLOOP if $current_subset_number == 0; $current_message_number = $bufr->get_current_message_number(); $current_ahl = $bufr->get_current_ahl() || ''; my $gts_eom = ''; if ($current_ahl) { if ($option{only_ahl}) { print $OUT $current_ahl, "\n"; } elsif (!$option{without_ahl}) { if ($option{gts}) { my $current_gts_starting_line = $bufr->get_current_gts_starting_line() || ''; print $OUT $current_gts_starting_line; $gts_eom = $bufr->get_current_gts_eom() || ''; } # Use \r\r\n after AHL, since this is the standard # sequence used in GTS bulletins print $OUT $current_ahl . "\r\r\n"; } } next READLOOP if $option{only_ahl}; my $msg = $bufr->get_bufr_message(); print $OUT $msg, $gts_eom; } } # Filter routines sub filter_on_ahl { my $bufr = shift; my $ahl_regexp = shift; my $ahl = $bufr->get_current_ahl() || ''; return $ahl =~ $ahl_regexp ? 0 : 1; } # Get the list of alternative metadata criteria (these are separated # by '|', see pod) sub get_filter_criteria { my $filter = shift; return ('') if ! $filter; my @or_criteria; my @criteria = split /[|]/, $filter; foreach my $cr (@criteria) { $cr =~ s/^\s+//; $cr =~ s/\s+$//; if ($cr ne '') { push @or_criteria, $cr; } } return \@or_criteria; } # Return true (1) if the BUFR message is matching all @and_criteria # (to be extracted) for at least one of the @or_criteria sub or_filter { my ($bufr, $or_criteria_ref) = @_; my $be = $bufr->get_bufr_edition() || return 0; my $dc = $bufr->get_data_category(); # Choose to equate data_subcategory with int_data_subcategory, but # not quite sure about this my $ic = ($be == 4) ? $bufr->get_int_data_subcategory() : $bufr->get_data_subcategory(); my $lc = $bufr->get_loc_data_subcategory(); my $oc = $bufr->get_centre(); my $os = $bufr->get_subcentre(); my $mt = $bufr->get_master_table_version(); my $lt = $bufr->get_local_table_version(); # This will not work for edition 3 when year is before 2000, # but hard to find a better way... my $ye = ($be == 4) ? $bufr->get_year() : $bufr->get_year_of_century + 2000; my $mo = $bufr->get_month(); my $da = $bufr->get_day(); my $ho = $bufr->get_hour(); my $mi = $bufr->get_minute(); my $se = ($be == 4) ? $bufr->get_second() : 0; my $include = 0; OR: foreach my $or_criterium (@$or_criteria_ref) { my $all_ok = 1; my @and_criteria = split /\s+/, $or_criterium; AND: foreach my $and_criterium (@and_criteria) { my ($c, $list) = split /=/, $and_criterium; my @list = split /,/, $list; if ($c eq 'be') { if (not grep { $_ eq $be } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'dc') { if (not grep { $_ eq $dc } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'ic') { if (not grep { $_ eq $ic } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'lc') { # Not in BUFR edition 3 if (!(defined $lc) || not grep { $_ eq $lc } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'oc') { if (not grep { $_ eq $oc } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'os') { if (not grep { $_ eq $os } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'mt') { if (not grep { $_ eq $mt } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'lt') { if (not grep { $_ eq $lt } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'ye') { if (not grep { $_ eq $ye } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'mo') { if (not grep { $_ eq $mo } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'da') { if (not grep { $_ eq $da } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'ho') { if (not grep { $_ eq $ho } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'mi') { if (not grep { $_ eq $mi } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } elsif ($c eq 'se') { if (not grep { $_ eq $se } @list) { $all_ok = 0; last AND; } } else { die "Metadata '$c' not recognized, check `perldoc bufrextract.pl`" . " for the full list of 2-letter abbreviations accepted!"; } } # end AND if ($all_ok == 1) { # BUFR message has met all conditions in this # or-criterium, so no need to check the others $include = 1; last OR; } } # end OR return $include; } =pod =encoding utf8 =head1 SYNOPSIS bufrextract.pl [--ahl ] [--only_ahl | --without_ahl | --gts] [--filter ] [--outfile ] [--help] [--verbose n] =head1 DESCRIPTION Extract all BUFR messages and/or corresponding AHLs from BUFR file(s), possibly filtering on AHL and/or metadata in section 1. The AHL (Abbreviated Header Line) is recognized as the TTAAii CCCC YYGGgg [BBB] immediately preceding the BUFR message. Execute without arguments for Usage, with option C<--help> for some additional info. See also L for examples of use. =head1 OPTIONS --ahl Extract BUFR messages and/or AHLs with AHL matching only --gts Include full gts message envelope if present --only_ahl Extract AHLs only --without_ahl Extract BUFR messages only --filter Extract BUFR messages matching the only --outfile Will print to instead of STDOUT --help Display Usage and explain the options used. For even more info you might prefer to consult perldoc bufrextract.pl --verbose n Set verbose level to n, 0<=n<=6 (default 0) Options may be abbreviated, e.g. C<--h> or C<-h> for C<--help>. For option C<--ahl> the should be a Perl regular expression. E.g. C<--ahl 'ISS... ENMI'> will decode only SHIP BUFR (ISS) from CCCC=ENMI. Use option C<--gts> if you want the full GTS message envelope (if present) to be included in output. There are 2 main variations on this envelope (SOH/ETX and ZCZC notation), for details see the Manual on the GTS: Attachment II-4. Format of Meteorological Messages. Using C<--filter> makes it possible to filter based on almost any of the metadata present in section 1 (and 0) of the BUFR messages. Some few examples which hopefully are enough to illustrate how to write the : according to Common Code Table C-13 of WMO-no. 306, "dc=0 ic=0,1,2,6" should take care of synoptic and one-hour observations from fixed-land stations, while "dc=1 ic=0,6" should do the same for marine stations. If you want to extract both, use for : "dc=0 ic=0,1,2,6 | dc=1 ic=0,6". Here is the full list of metadata available for filtering (the first 2-letter abbreviation is what should be used in the ): be = BUFR edition oc = Originating centre os = Originating subcentre dc = Data category (table A) ic = International data subcategory lc = Local data subcategory mt = Master table version number lt = Local table version number ye = Year mo = Month da = Day ho = Hour mi = Minute se = Second Note that no bufrtables are needed for running bufrextract.pl, since section 4 in BUFR message will not be decoded (which also speeds up execution quite a bit). =head1 HINTS With a little knowledge of Perl you could easily extend bufrextract.pl to extract BUFR messages based on whatever information is available in section 0-3, by making your own copy of bufrextract.pl and then employing one of the many C subroutines in BUFR.pm. For example, to extract only BUFR messages with TM315009, add the following line just before calling C in code: next if $bufr->get_descriptors_unexpanded() ne '315009'; =head1 CAVEAT Sometimes GTS bulletins are erroneously issued with extra characters between the GTS AHL and the start of BUFR message (besides the standard character sequence CRCRLF), likely leading bufrextract.pl to miss the AHL. =head1 AUTHOR Pål Sannes Epal.sannes@met.noE =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2010-2026 MET Norway =cut