[Wrf-users] Read Radiance Data Error

[Dimitrakakis Georgios]

Hi!

I am trying to perform a WRFDA 3DVar run using a *.bufr file downloaded
from EUMETSAT DataCentre. The *.bufr file is from NOAA-19 and has data
from the AMSUA instrument.

When running the DA I am getting the following error:

    Reading radiance 1b data from amsua.bufr
     +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++
     BUFRLIB: OPENBT - THIS IS A DUMMY BUFRLIB ROUTINE CALLED BY CKTABA OR
APPL. PGM; OPENBT SHOULD BE INCL. IN-LINE IN APPL. PGM
     +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++

     +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++
     BUFRLIB: CKTABA - UNRECOGNIZED TABLE A MESSAGE TYPE (FN003003) -
RETURN WITH IRET = -1
     +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++

     ---------------------------- FATAL ERROR -----------------------
     Fatal error in file: <A
HREF="http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/people/wrfhelp/wrfvar/cod
     e/trunk/da_read_obs_bufrtovs.html">da_read_obs_bufrtovs.inc</a> 
LINE:     235
     The file title does not match the data subset
      infile=          99amsua                subset=FN003003 subfgn=NC021023
     ----------------------------------------------------------------



I haven't used the ssrc.exe utility to convert it from Big Endian to
Little Endian since if I try to do it I am getting the following errror:

    standard input: unexpected short record 1




Any ideas what is happening and how to solve it???
Is there any reason why the EUMETSAT satellite data cannot be assimilated
in WRFDA?


Your help is really needed and appreciated!!

Kind regards.

G.