libdballe-db-dev 3.6-1 (lpia binary) in ubuntu hardy

 Fast on-disk database where meteorological observed and forecast data can be
 stored, searched, retrieved and updated.
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 The main characteristics of the DB-ALL.e database are:
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  * To make computation easier, data is stored as physical quantities,
    that is, as measures of a variable in a specific point of space and
    time, rather than as a sequence of report.
  * Representation is in 7 dimensions: latitude and longitude geographic
    coordinates, table driven vertical coordinate, reference time,
    table driven observation and forecast specification, table driven
    data type.
  * It allows to store extra information linked to the data, such as
    confidence intervals for quality control.
  * It allows to store extra information linked to the stations.
  * Variables can be represented as real, integer and characters, with
    appropriate precision for the type of measured value.
  * It is based on physical principles, that is, the data it contains are
    defined in terms of homogeneous and consistent physical data. For
    example, it is impossible for two incompatible values to exist in the
    same point in space and time.
  * It can manage fixed stations and moving stations such as airplanes or
    ships.
  * It can manage both observational and forecast data.
  * It can manage data along all three dimensions in space, such as data
    from soundings and airplanes.
  * Report information is preserved. It can work based on physical
    parameters or on report types.
  * Can concurrently access multiple MySQL and SQLite databases via ODBC