X-Git-Url: http://pileus.org/git/?p=~andy%2Frsl;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b43a86011d3c6513d7ca5e8ce6006d859a7a1d7a;hp=33a8b80eb53146cd62399599345716f623b8840c;hb=HEAD;hpb=012916676d26251849e408aaf574458e196df2c4 diff --git a/README b/README index 33a8b80..b43a860 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ -v1.40 (Released 10/10/2008) +v1.44 (Released 11/21/2013) This is the README file for the Radar Software Library (RSL). The author of RSL is John H. Merritt. +RSL is maintained by Bart Kelley . + What is RSL? This software manipulates NexRad, Lassen, UF, sigmet, kwajalein, -toga, RAPIC, RADTEC, mcgill and EDGE radar formats. +toga, RAPIC, RADTEC, and mcgill radar formats. The radar data is used by the NASA TRMM Office to produce rain and climatological products. This software @@ -43,8 +45,9 @@ COPYRIGHT NOTICE: System Requirements: - HP (755/hpux), Linux, SUN (SparcII), SGI(4D/IRIX). Should run on any -other hardware. + Linux, Mac OS X 10.5. + +Note: RSL is not supported on Microsoft Windows. Memory Requirements: 16 Mbytes of RAM just to ingest the data. Plus any for your application. @@ -86,11 +89,6 @@ without PKWARE support. Compression library. Call PKWARE, Inc. at 414-354-8699 or via http://www.pkware.com. - libetor The EDGE libraray to decode the EDGE format. - This is available from Enterprise Electronics - Corporation, Enterprise, Alabama, USA 36330 - 334-347-3478. - Example mainlines are provided in the directory examples. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS @@ -98,11 +96,11 @@ INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1. Unpack the GNU compressed tar archive, example: - gtar -xzf rsl-v1.29.tgz + tar -xzf rsl-v1.43.tgz -or- - gzcat rsl-v1.29.tgz | tar xf - + zcat rsl-v1.43.tgz | tar xf - 2. If you DON'T want LASSEN capability or you find that your system can not compile the lassen routines, you must edit acconfig.h and @@ -119,39 +117,6 @@ NOTE: You can specify the --prefix=/some/other/dir as an option to configure to look in the prefix/lib directory for those libraries. The examples installed are any_to_gif and any_to_uf. -APPLYING PATCHES ----------------- - -Using patch files saves network transmission times when upgrading -to the next version of RSL. Patch files are context differences -from one RSL release to the next. The patch files are located -in the anonymous ftp directory pub/software on trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov, -and they typically have the name of the form rsl.v1.14_to_v1.15.patch.gz. - -You will be applying the patch files from the directory where 'rsl' is -a subdirectory (from the parent directory of rsl). - -Follow these steps to upgrade using patch files. This demonstrates applying -patches from version 1.11 to 1.15. - -1. Make a symbolic link called 'rsl' that points to the current version - of RSL you have. For example: - - ln -s rsl-v1.11 rsl - -2. Apply patches. Here we'll go from v1.11 to v1.15. - - zcat rsl.v1.11_to_v1.12.patch.gz | patch - zcat rsl.v1.12_to_v1.13.patch.gz | patch - zcat rsl.v1.13_to_v1.14.patch.gz | patch - zcat rsl.v1.14_to_v1.15.patch.gz | patch - -3. Rename the rsl-v1.11 directory to be rsl-v1.15. You no longer - need the 'rsl' directory. - - mv rsl-v1.11 rsl-v1.15 - rm rsl - BUILDING APPLICATIONS --------------------- @@ -234,4 +199,4 @@ Don Burrows - The edge_to_radar routine. QUESTIONS --------- -Contact the TRMM Office help at help@radar.gsfc.nasa.gov +Contact the TRMM Office help at gsfc-rsl-help@lists.nasa.gov