GRIB

An acronym for General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form. It is used to encode processed data in the form of gridpoint values expressed in binary form, including those produced by numerical weather prediction models, for transmission. It is maintained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

WMO, 2003: Manual on Codes: International Codes, Volume I.2, Part B—Binary Codes. Publications Board, WMO-No. 306 FM 92, 73 pp. [Available online at https://old.wmo.int/extranet/pages/prog/www/DPS/FM92-GRIB2-11-2003.pdf.]

Term edited 1 February 2022.