[v7.x]: BUFR: Negative and unknown enum value

[lesserwhirls]

Versions impacted by the bug

v5.x, v6.x, v7.x

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Hi,

I am using netcdf-java 5.3.3 to read various bufr-files. It works very well, but 2 things are strange:

1. Compared to other tools, I got sometimes different values for the variable obs.Radiosonde_type, -114 in this case. This is a invalid value, since the values of this enum are only positive.

2. I also got Unknown enum value for several enums, for example obs.Radiosonde_type. In netcdf-java 5.4.1 these values are NULL. I am not sure, if this a problem with your library, since many (not all) enums can be transformed to string (NetcdfDatasets does this job) and only BUFRdisplay was able to transform obs.Radiosonde_type for me.

Here are my test results:

• BUFR Viewer

  LSSW    0 02 011    RADIOSONDE TYPE    CODE_TABLE    10**  0    0    8 bits    142    [ 142.000 ]
  DWSG    0 02 011    RADIOSONDE TYPE    CODE_TABLE    10**  0    0    8 bits    124    [ 124.000 ]

• [toolsUI](5.3.3 https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf-java/)

  LSSW    Radiosonde_type =   "Unknown enum value=-114" CodeTable 0-2-11
  DWSG    Radiosonde_type =   "Unknown enum value=124" CodeTable 0-2-11

• toolsUI-5.4.1 Only NULL for both files

• BUFRdisplay

  LSSW    8,"Radiosonde type","Code table","0-02-011",142 -> Vaisala RS41 with pressure derived from GPS 
  height/AUTOSONDE (Finland)
  DWSG    8,"Radiosonde type","Code table","0-02-011",124 -> Vaisala RS41/AUTOSONDE (Finland)

• ecCodes

  LSSW    "key" : "radiosondeType", "value" : 142, "units" : "CODE TABLE"
  DWSG    "key" : "radiosondeType", "value" : 124, "units" : "CODE TABLE"

After searching for Vaisala RS41/AUTOSONDE (Finland) in your repository, I found this:

netcdf-java/cdm-core/src/main/resources/resources/wmo/Common_C02_20181107_en.xml

Lines 948 to 955 in 94e4415

	<Common_C02_20181107_en>
	<No>120</No>
	<DateOfAssignment_en>03/11/2011</DateOfAssignment_en>
	<CodeFigureForrara>24</CodeFigureForrara>
	<CodeFigureForBUFR>124</CodeFigureForBUFR>
	<RadiosondeSoundingSystemUsed_en>Vaisala RS41/AUTOSONDE (Finland)</RadiosondeSoundingSystemUsed_en>
	<Status>Operational</Status>
	</Common_C02_20181107_en>

This file is or should be used here:

netcdf-java/cdm-core/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/internal/wmo/CommonCodeTable.java

Line 72 in 94e4415

// C2("Radiosondes", 2, 1, new String[]{"CodeFigureForBUFR", null, "RadiosondeSoundingSystemUsed_en"}),

Unfortunately only C1, C3 and C12 are active at the moment. C2 is commented out. This explains the Unknown enum value.

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[lesserwhirls]

Test file: Z__C_LSSW_20210701010100_aero1,IUSD01_LSSW_010000____RASO.zip

[lesserwhirls]

Thank you for your report @netty-jawn!

[ghost]

Thanks!

[ghost]

Any progress in this issue?

Regarding the negative number:
The -114 is not so wrong at all. The Windows calculator gave me this binary representation of both values:

 142 =                                                         10001110
-114 = 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110001110

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