cnvgrib2to1 - Man Page

Convert a GRIB2 file to GRIB1 format

Synopsis

cnvgrib2to1 <grib2filename> <grib1filename>

Description

This command (from the pygrib package) converts a GRIB2 formatted file to a GRIB1 formatted file.

GRIB is a file format defined for meteorological data defined by the WMO (World Meteorological Organisation). It is commonly used in meteorology to store historical and forecast weather data.

Exit Status

0

if OK or if the program did not start due to a wrong number of commandline arguments

1

if the program failed during the conversion stage

Authors

Jeffrey Whitaker <jeffrey.s.whitaker@noaa.gov> wrote the code.
Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org> wrote this man page

See Also

Related tools are cnvgrib1to2, grib_list and grib_repack which are all based on the more general python module pygrib and the c-library gribapi

Info

2013-10-31 pygrib