The Sounder Quicklooks (Sounder-QL) package is a python package for plotting navigated satellite based sounder datasets derived from one of several software packages that create level-2 sounder retrievals. It was developed within the Community Satellite Processing Package, a project funded by the NOAA/NASA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) project.
The CSPP Sounder-QL software is available from the CSPP website:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cspp
Please use the ‘Contact Us’ form on the website to submit any questions or comments about CSPP.
This software package contains the scripts for generating navigated temperature, water vapor, dewpoint and relative humidity plots, and skew-T diagrams. These plots are generated from level-2 product files produced by the following software packages...
- International ATOVS Processing Package (CSPP-IAPP)
- Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS)
- CSPP Hyperspectral Retrieval (HSRTV) Package
- NOAA Unique CrIS/ATMS Product System (NUCAPS)
- Hyper-Spectral Enterprise Algorithm Package (HEAP)
The package obtained from the CSPP website includes a self-contained
python distribution, ShellB3.
System requirements for the CSPP Sounder-QL v2.0 software are as follows:
- Intel or AMD CPU with 64-bit instruction support
- 1 GB RAM
- CentOS-6 (or newer) 64-bit Linux (or other compatible 64-bit Linux distribution)
- 3 GB of disk space (plus space for your own DB data and CSPP-Sounder-QL products)
This package uses:
Original scripts and automation included as part of this package are distributed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE agreement version 3. Binary executable files included as part of this software package are copyrighted and licensed by their respective organizations, and distributed consistent with their licensing terms. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the CSPP software or any accompanying documentation, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. SSEC does not indemnify any infringement of copyright, patent, or trademark through the use or modification of this software. There is no expressed or implied warranty made to anyone as to the suitability of this software for any purpose. All risk of use is assumed by the user. Users agree not to hold SSEC, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, or any of its employees or assigns liable for any consequences resulting from the use of the CSPP software.