GRIB

File Format
Name	GRIB
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Scientific Data formats GRIB
Extension(s)	.grb
PRONOM	fmt/284, fmt/285

GRIB (Gridded Binary) is data format similar to a raster image format, used mainly for meteorological data.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII characters "GRIB", and end with "7777".

Specifications

• Guide to GRIB
• http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/on388/

Sample files

• Free GRIB Files from GMN Marine Weather Services
• ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/wgrib/land.grb

Links

• Wikipedia article
• GRIB File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats