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Note: Files other than daily data files should not be put in the directories with the daily data files.
#Idl tools download#
One way of setting this up is to download the daily data tar files to /usr/me/tovs and untar them from there to create the subdirectories automatically. The daily data files would be placed in the subdirectories /usr/me/tovs/1979 for 1979 data, /usr/me/tovs/1980 for 1980 data, and so on. In this example, the ancillary data files ( tpp_n100_9999999_ancil.hdf and tpp_s100_9999999_ancil.hdf) would be placed in /usr/me/tovs.
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The ancillary data files ( tpp_n100_9999999_ancil.hdf for the Northern Hemisphere and tpp_s100_9999999_ancil.hdf for the Southern Hemisphere) must be in the base directory, while the daily data files must be in yearly subdirectories under the base directory. All the data files must be placed under the same base directory. The IDL tools require that the TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric Parameters data files to be organized in a specific way on your disk.
#Idl tools windows#
These IDL tools have been written for use with IDL 6.0 or later and have been tested on Unix and Windows machines. The tool colorbar.pro is included here with the kind permission of its author, Dr. The IDL tools were developed at NSIDC with the exception of colorbar.pro, which is used for the legends on most of the color graphics displays.
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Conversion routines for (latitude,longitude) to/from (column,row) coordinates.Extracting, saving, and restoring a 3-dimensional array of data and its associated metadata for any variable and range of dates.Displaying a table of general statistics (minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation) for any variable and range of dates.Displaying a time-series plot of any (column,row) coordinate for any variable and range of dates.Displaying a scatter plot of any two variables for a given date.Displaying a color animation of any variable and a range of dates.Displaying a color image of any variable and date.Listing a table of contents, including dates, daily variables and ancillary data.Installing and running these IDL tools allows the user to perform the following functions (this Tutorial contains examples of each): For instructions on installing these tools, see the Getting Started section below. The IDL tools described in this tutorial are available via HTTPS, along with the aforementioned data set, in the /tools/ directory. NSIDC developed a number of IDL programs to browse and visualize TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric Parameters data files.