The CSPP Geo GRB Version 0.3 Prototype software package is now available for download. This is the final planned prototype release of software that will allow direct broadcast users to process data received from the GOES-R satellite after it is launched in 2016. The software is publicly available and free to use.
The main new capabilities included in this release are:
Creates Level 1 products from the two remaining instruments, EXIS and SUVI. All six GOES-R instruments are now supported.
Added options for improved configurability
Output is written to mission-standard NetCDF-4 files. Optionally, quicklooks can be generated from the ABI radiance product.
The minimum system requirements for the CSPP Geo GRB software are (same as previous releases):
12 core, 2.4 GHz CPU with 64-bit instruction support,
32GB RAM,
CentOS 6 64-bit Linux (or other compatible 64-bit Linux distribution),
100 GB disk space
Root access may be needed on the target machine to configure network buffer settings to the recommended sizes.
A test data package is provided, including scripts that simulate the GRB data stream by sending artificial data for each of the supported instruments over two sockets. In our internal testing, the software was able to keep up with the expected GRB data rate without packet loss when running on the recommended hardware.
The future version 1.0 release will include performance optimizations, and any changes that are needed to process mission data. We plan to release version 1.0 beta before launch, and the final version 1.0 after any issues have been resolved and correct processing of mission data has been verified.
The CSPP Geo GRB software and documentation can be downloaded from:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/csppgeo/
Please feel free to respond to me if you have any questions or comments, or for technical support contact csppgeo.issues@ssec.wisc.edu.
Best regards,
Graeme, on behalf of the CSPP Geo team