The University of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC is pleased to announce an updated release of software that creates quick look images from input direct broadcast atmospheric sounder retrieval files as part of the Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP). The package consists of CSPP Sounder QuickLook (QL) plotting scripts, which generate navigated upper air pressure level plots of temperature and moisture, as well as Skew-T thermodynamic diagrams. These plots are generated from Environmental Data Record (EDR) and Level 2 retrieval product files produced by the following CSPP sounder software packages:
• CSPP-Hyper-Spectral Enterprise Algorithm Package (HEAP) NOAA Unique CrIS/ATMS Processing System (NUCAPS) (CSPP-HEAP NUCAPS),
• CSPP Hyperspectral Sounder Retrieval (Dual Regression) (HSRTV),
• CSPP-Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (CSPP-MiRS), and
• CSPP-International ATOVS Processing Package (CSPP-IAPP).
What is New in CSPP Sounder Quicklook Release Version 1.3?
• Aggregated HEAP NUCAPS file support added.
• MiRS NOAA-21 support added.
• Finer control over plot elements, such as title, placement, colorbar and size.
• Removed support for HSRTV cloud top pressure and cloud top temperature plots.
System Requirements:
• Intel or AMD CPU with 64-bit instruction support,
• 1 GB RAM,
• CentOS-7.9 64-bit Linux. The software has also been tested on Rocky Linux 8.9 and WSL Ubuntu 22.04,
• 3 GB of disk space (plus space for your own DB data and CSPP Sounder QL products).
The software is Python based, and includes a self-contained Python distribution that is implemented through simple Bash shell scripts. Input and output files are included for verification of a successful installation. Retrieval plots are configurable, with many options available, including atmospheric parameter, pressure level, geographic boundaries, map projection, plot resolution and map resolution.
Geoff Cureton leads CSPP Sounder Quicklook development at the Space Science and Engineering Center located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with funding support from the NOAA/NASA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS).
The CSPP Sounder Quicklook v1.3 software as well as installation and execution instructions may be downloaded from the CSPP website at:
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cspp/sounder_ql_v1.3.shtml