A command line utility that decodes GRIB2 files as JSON.
This utility uses the netCDF-Java GRIB decoder, part of the THREDDS project by University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata.
git clone <this project>
mvn package
This creates a .tar.gz in the target directory. Unzip and untar the package in a location of choice.
The grib2json launch script is located in the bin directory and requires the JAVA_HOME environment
variable to be defined.
> grib2json --help
Usage: grib2json [options] FILE
[--compact -c] : enable compact Json formatting
[--data -d] : print GRIB record data
[--filter.category --fc value] : select records with this numeric category
[--filter.parameter --fp value] : select records with this numeric parameter
[--filter.surface --fs value] : select records with this numeric surface type
[--filter.value --fv value] : select records with this numeric surface value
[--help -h] : display this help
[--names -n] : print names of numeric codes
[--output -o value] : write output to the specified file (default is stdout)
[--verbose -v] : enable logging to stdout
For example, the following command outputs to stdout the records for parameter 2 (U-component_of_wind), with surface type 103 (Specified height level above ground), and surface value 10.0 meters from the GRIB2 file gfs.t18z.pgrbf00.2p5deg.grib2. Notice the optional inclusion of human-readable xyzName keys and the data array:
> grib2json --names --data --fp 2 --fs 103 --fv 10.0 gfs.t18z.pgrbf00.2p5deg.grib2
[
{
"header":{
"discipline":0,
"disciplineName":"Meteorological products",
"gribEdition":2,
"gribLength":27759,
"center":7,
"centerName":"US National Weather Service - NCEP(WMC)",
"parameterNumber":2,
"parameterNumberName":"U-component_of_wind",
"parameterUnit":"m.s-1",
"surface1Type":103,
"surface1TypeName":"Specified height level above ground",
"surface1Value":10.0,
...
},
"data":[
-2.12,
-2.27,
-2.41,
...
]
}
]