Software Tools for GHRSST-PP products
The following list of no-cost data manipulation tools are useful for working with GHRSST-PP netCDF data files
- Unidata netCDF programming library for C, C++, FORTRAN, Java, Perl, MATLAB, Python and Ruby. These are the definitive libraries for netCDF.
- The netCDF Climate Forecast (CF) convention used by GHRSST-PP
- The Windows and UNIX ncview visual browswer for netCDF files
- Windows based UNESCO Bilko satellite image processing system (very easy to use)
- Unidata list of netCDF software for manipulating or displaying netCDF data can be found here
GHRSST-PP standard Colour Tables for SST anaomaly maps
The colour scale below has been agreed as a standard to use when working with SST anomalies. The scale ranges between +/- 4 K in steps of 0.2 K. The top and bottom levels are reserved for >4 K and <-4 K.
An ASCII table of R, G B values corresponding to the colour bar above can be downloaded here. (Thanks to John Stark, Met Office)
The NAVO/GHRSST-PP global 1km Land Sea Mask
The NAVO/GHRSST-PP 1km land and sea mask can be found here.
Software for GDS-v1.5 L2P and L4 data files
The C4 Integrated Data System (CIDS) at the Center for Clouds Chemistry and Climate University of California, San Diego provides a useful set of routines for programmers that will create read routines for netCDF files. See http://www-c4.ucsd.edu/~cids/software/visual.html for more details.
The following software routines will read GHRSST-PP GDS-v1.6 compliant L2P and L4 data files
- C code: ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/GHRSST/software
- FORTRAN code: L2P example L4 example (Not yet available)
- IDL code: L2P example L4 example and also ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/GHRSST/software
- MATLAB code: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/documents/GHRSST_matlab.zip
Software for MDB data records
The following software routines will read GHRSST-PP GDS-v1.6 compliant MDB data records
- C code: MDB example (Not yet available)
- FORTRAN code: MDB example (Not yet available)
- IDL code: MDB example (Not yet available)
- MATLAB code: MDB example (Not yet available)
Software for GDS-v1.5 HR-DDS data files
The following software routines will read GHRSST-PP GDS-v1.6 compliant HR-DDS data records
- C code: HR-DDS example
- FORTRAN code: HR-DDS example
- IDL code: HR-DDS example
- MATLAB code: HR-DDS example
(Last Updated: 09-08-2007)