Write a Python API to convert ADPUPA BUFR to IODA and check if this can be used with UFO seamlessly

[PraveenKumar-NOAA]

Configuration

• Test Date is 2021080100

• Model Background: FV-3 6-hour forecast on the cubic-sphere grid

• BUFR Converter:

  • Convert time to dateTime (in units of seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
  • Convert longitude from [0,360] to [-180,180]
  • Add conversions of: latitude, longitude, stationIdentification, stationElevation, windEastward, windNorthward, airTemperature, virtualTemperature, pressure, specificHumidity
  • Test using fv3jedi_hofx_nomodel.x with the IODA files converted from BUFR converter

• Convert BUFR to IODA format using Python API

• Run UFO HofX

Check List

Investigate diag output from UFO

• [ ] ADPUPA bufr version of Python API
• [ ] ADPUPA HofX
• [ ] GSI HofX