GDAS PREPBUFR data on the NCDC NOMADS site (http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gdas) contains a known problem in that the 18Z filenames are incorrect. The date listed in the filename is one day later than the observations actually contained in the file. To aid in debugging this issue, write a new tool call pbtime to simply dump the timing information contained in the first PREPBUFR message of a PREPBUFR file.
[MET-28] created by johnhg
GDAS PREPBUFR data on the NCDC NOMADS site (http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gdas) contains a known problem in that the 18Z filenames are incorrect. The date listed in the filename is one day later than the observations actually contained in the file. To aid in debugging this issue, write a new tool call pbtime to simply dump the timing information contained in the first PREPBUFR message of a PREPBUFR file. [MET-28] created by johnhg