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ecCodes: Decoding with GRIB tools

ecCodes is an application programming interface developed by ECMWF to decode and encode in WMO GRIB  format. 


Last updated: 16 December 2025
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30 minutes

Single module

What you'll learn

  • What ecCodes is 
  • What GRIB format is
  • Inspect the content of GRIB messages using the following GRIB tools: grib_ls, grib_dump, grib_get and grib_get_data

Topics

  • Computing services and tools

Description

ecCodes is software developed by ECMWF to decode and encode in WMO GRIB and BUFR formats. This lesson will teach you how to inspect GRIB messages using GRIB tools.

Course Content

  • Decoding with GRIB tools

Tags

  • computing
  • eccodes
  • GRIB

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