Bug#815890: ITP: eccodes -- ECMWF decoding/encoding software library for GRIB, BUFR and GTS formats

[Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>

* Package name    : eccodes
  Version         : 0.13.1
  Upstream Author : ECMWF (The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts)
* URL             : https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/ECC/ecCodes+Home
* License         : Apache
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : ECMWF  decoding/encoding software library for GRIB, BUFR and GTS formats

ecCodes is an application programming interface developed by ECMWF for decoding and encoding messages in the following formats:

WMO FM-92 GRIB edition 1 and edition 2
WMO FM-94 BUFR edition 3 and edition 4
WMO GTS abbreviated header (only decoding in this release).

ecCodes is an evolution of GRIB-API, already a package in Debian.

A useful set of command line tools provide quick access to the messages. C, Fortran 90 and Python interfaces provide access to the main ecCodes functionality.