Lrose quickstart
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LROSE quickstart tutorial
Follow these steps to get up and running quickly with LROSE, and then continue through the documentation for more details about LROSE software.
A Basic LROSE Workflow
This quick start guide covers a basic LROSE analysis workflow:
- Print data header from a NEXRAD file using RadxPrint.
- Convert Level II data to CfRadial format using RadxConvert.
- Display the data in CfRadial format using Hawkeye.
- Perform coordinate transformations from the polar grid to a Cartesian grid using Radx2Grid.
Install
Follow the install instructions.
Get some data
A sample NEXRAD level II file is available here for use with this quick start guide. If you have your own data, just replace the filename in all the subsequent examples with your data. Open a terminal on Mac or Linux, and change the directory to where your data resides.
cd /path/to/my/data
Inspect the data
LROSE can handle 24 radar and lidar formats (and counting). To see if your data works with LROSE, first use RadxPrint to print the metadata.
The following instructions assume you are using the LROSE binaries. If you are using your own data, replace the name of the file.
/path/to/RadxPrint -f $PWD/Level2_KAMX_20161006_1906.ar2v
If the program returns ‘File format not recognized’ then it is not a file format that LROSE currently supports. Otherwise, you should see text output with all the metadata from your file.