Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Requested Projections for Satellite Regridding

So, as most of you know, I'm currently working on some scripts that will regrid and reproject satellite data into a usable form. I'm doing this by writing a python framework, and I'm building it with the intention that it should be easy enough to add functionality for a given projection/regridding algorithm once I'm done.

That said, if down the line someone needs a projection I didn't initially program in, they'll have to either A) wait for me to code it in for them or B) figure out enough of how the program works to code in a projection themselves. Neither of those options would take too terribly long, but I figured I'd put as many useful projections in the program as I can now, so that later no one has to wait at all.

The only problem is, I don't really know what projections people want! For now, all I've programmed is the lambert conic conformal, so any and all suggestions are welcome! They don't take long to program, and it's actually kind of fun, so don't be shy. Just drop me a comment below with any projection you'd like to see and I'll put it in there for you.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Scripts and File Description document

I have finally documented all the NCL scripts and data files I have created/compiled over the last few years. The Word document is currently stored on 'sox' at /Users/plachinski/Data_Management_SDP.docx and will probably updated a few more times. All of the NCL scripts described in this document are in my personal directory on 'rainforest', and all of my externals are also currently hooked up to 'rainforest'.

Feel free to utilize anything I have created. Hopefully this will save everyone some time with data analysis.

Steve