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[netCDF #TUK-599944]: Convertion to NetCDF

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  • Subject: [netCDF #TUK-599944]: Convertion to NetCDF
  • Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:17:54 -0700
Hi Ritsu,

> Exist some kind of tool to convert radar data (polar) to NetCDF file
> format?

There is a C++ program, RadxConvert, that provides conversion among
various standard Radar data formats, including CFRadial, a netCDF
format:

  http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/titan/docs/radial_formats/radx.html

There is Java software, netcdf-java supporting the Common Data Model 
(CDM), that provides a netCDF-like interface to various standard Radar 
data formats:

  
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/netcdf-java/formats/FileTypes.html

Those are the only two freely available packages that I know about.

--Russ

> The radar data format is composed by Header + Data(Sweep Header +
> Sector Data)
> 
> Header[256] char
> 
> Contain radar site information, observation time, etc.
> 
> Data is constituted by
> 
> SweepHeader[32] char + Data[320] char
> 
> Have 360 sectors(azimuth) of above data.
> 
> The contents of the data is Z(reflectivity) in dBZ.
> 
> The total size is
> 256 + (32 + 320) * 360 = 126,976 bytes
> 
> Thank you for any information.
> --
> ritsu <address@hidden>
> 
> 
Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TUK-599944
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed