


Any kind of data can be represented, along with its specific spatial/temporal context and any other associated. BUFR was designed to be portable, compact, and universal. BUFR Edition 3 is also considered current for operational use.īUFR was created in 1988 with the goal of replacing the WMO's dozens of character-based, position-driven codes, such as (surface observations), (upper air soundings) and (monthly climatological data). The Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data ( BUFR) is a maintained by the (WMO).
