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11 <h2><center>TRMM Radar Software Library</center></h2>
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24 Current RSL Version 1.40, released 10/10/2008<br>
25 Supports WSR-88D Level II Build 10 Format</h2>
27 In support of the <a href="http://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov">Tropical Rainfall
28 Measuring Mission</a>'s (TRMM) <a href="http://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_gv/index.html">Global
29 Validation Program</a>, the NASA TRMM Satellite Validation Office has developed a Radar Software
30 Library for working with the various input radar formats. This is an object-oriented
32 <p>This library is an object oriented programming environment for writing
33 software applicable to all RADAR data related to the <a href="http://trmm-fc.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_gv/index.html">TRMM
34 GV</a> effort. This library reads the WSR88D, Lassen, Sigmet, McGill, UF,
35 HDF, RAPIC, RADTEC and native RSL file formats. Additional functions are
36 provided to manipulate the RSL objects. Nearly all of the functions return
37 objects. When they don't, they usually perform actions like output, making
38 images, etc. The most general object in RSL is <b>Radar</b>. The structure
40 is the method used to define the ideal or universal radar representation
41 in RAM while keeping the natural resolution of the data unchanged. More
42 simply, <b>Radar</b> represents the super set of all radar file formats.
43 The <a href="RSL_structures.html">Radar structure</a> is hierarchically
44 defined such that it is composed of <b>Volumes</b>, each containing one
45 field type. <b>Volumes</b> are composed of <b>Sweeps</b>.
47 are composed of <b>Rays</b> and <b>Rays</b> contains a vector of the field
48 type. Some field types are Reflectivity(DZ), Velocity(VR), Spectrum Width(SW),
49 etc. There are approximately 20 field types. See the
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51 Guide</a> for more information. Also, check out <a href="whats_new.html">What's
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74 Supported Radar Data Formats</h1>
78 <td><b>Format Type</b></td>
82 <td><b>Output</b></td>
126 <td>UF - Universal Format</td>
134 <td>HDF - Hierarchical Data Format</td>
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