LIDAR2NC
LIDAR2NC cindyhg Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:10LIDAR2NC Functionality
The LIDAR2NC tool is used to read Calipso and CATS satellite lidar datasets.
LIDAR2NC Usage
View the usage statement for LIDAR2NC by simply typing the following:
lidar2nc
At a minimum, the input lidar_filename and the output nc_filename must be passed in on the command line.
Run
Run cindyhg Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:16Since LIDAR2NC simply performs a reformatting step, no configuration file is needed.
Run LIDAR2NC on the command line using the following command:
lidar2nc \
$MET_TUTORIAL_DATA/input/lidar_data/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V3-40.2016-12-01T01-24-58ZN.hdf \
-out $MET_TUTORIAL_DATA/output/lidar2nc/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V3-40.2016-12-01T01-24-58ZN.nc
$MET_TUTORIAL_DATA/input/lidar_data/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V3-40.2016-12-01T01-24-58ZN.hdf \
-out $MET_TUTORIAL_DATA/output/lidar2nc/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V3-40.2016-12-01T01-24-58ZN.nc
LIDAR2NC is now reformatting the Calipso lidar file into NetCDF.
Output
Output cindyhg Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:17When LIDAR2NC is finished, you may view the output NetCDF file it wrote using the ncdump utility (if available on your machine). Run the following command to view the header of the NetCDF output file:
ncdump -h $MET_TUTORIAL_DATA/output/lidar2nc/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V3-40.2016-12-01T01-24-58ZN.nc