Format
Gridded Binary
Summary
- Name
- Gridded Binary
- Version
- 2.0
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/285
- 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 - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
Gridded Binary 2.0
- Description
- GRIB indicator section GRIB (4 bytes), reserved + discipline (3 bytes), edition number (1 byte). EOF End Section (4 bytes)
- Provenance
- Signature submitted by The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany. Ammended by Digital Preservation.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
47524942{3}02- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
37373737- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V41
- Release date
- 1 November 2010
-
Added format
Gridded Binary 2.0: Outline entry added
-
Added signature
Gridded Binary 2.0: Signature submitted by Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany