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Format

Gridded Binary

Summary

Name
Gridded Binary
Version
1.0
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/284
Format type
Dataset
Description
This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
File extensions
grb, wmo
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Gridded Binary 1.0

Note
GRIB indicator section GRIB (4 bytes), reserved + discipline (3 bytes), edition number (1 byte). EOF End Section (4 bytes)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
47524942{3}01
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
37373737
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V41

    Release date
    1 November 2010

    Gridded Binary 1.0: Signature submitted by Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

    Gridded Binary 1.0: Outline entry added