Data Conversion

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HDF compressor: Useful tool for compressing a HDF4 file

Language/Sofware: C++
Application type(s): Data Conversion
Related project(s):
Description:
This tool compress the datasets of a source HDF4 file using a gzip algorithm to a destination one. It also duplicates the SDS and file attributes.
Author(s): Nicolas Pascal (ICARE)

Jul / 25 / 2012

Fis2raw: A tool to convert the FIS format (from the SATMOS, at Lannion) into a simple, headerless, raw binary file

Language/Sofware: C
Application type(s): Data Conversion
Related project(s): MSG
Description:
The FIS format is a data format provided in particular by the SATMOS Archivage Center, at Lannion (MSG data at Lannion are archived this way). The program fis2raw converts the FIS format into a raw, headerless, binary file. The number of values and their type may be retrieved while performing the conversion.
Author(s): Fabrice Ducos (ICARE – LOA – Univ. of Lille)

Xrit2raw: A tool to convert XRIT/SEVIRI data into a simple, headerless, raw binary file (along with libxrit, the library xrit2raw is based upon)

Language/Sofware: C
Application type(s): Data Conversion
Related project(s): MSG
Description:
xrit2raw is a simple tool designed above the libxrit library, in order to convert the XRIT format into a raw format, for people who don’t want to bother themselves with programming. The output will be a simple, headerless binary file, with 3712×3712 values of radiances for the low resolution channels, or with 11136×11136 values for the high resolution channel HRV (in native 16-bit integer, or scaled simple or double precision floating point values, depending on the options set by the user).
Author(s): Fabrice Ducos (ICARE – LOA – Univ. of Lille)

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