Data Access and Software Tools

The following provides an overview of:

Geostationary Satellite Data Access (Imagery, Near Real-Time L1.5, Non Real-Time)
Low-Earth Orbiting Satellite Data Access (Direct Broadcast, Non Real-Time)
Pre-Processing Software Tools for Low-Earth Orbiting Satellite Instruments
Processing and Analysis Software Tools (open source, commercial off-the-shelf)

Multi-mission broadcast systems such as EUMETCast, CMACast, GEONETCast-Americas, MITRA provide access to a multitude of satellite data and products, and other data (e.g., in-situ) for WMO applications.

GEO Satellite Data Access

Satellite	NRT L1.5 Data Specification	NRT Imagery	Non-RT Data
COMS	HRIT/ LRIT	KMA KMA NSMC	KMA NSMC
Electro-L	HRIT/ LRIT		(ftp upon request)
FY-2	S-VISSR(NRT) CMACast	Link	S-VISSR CMACast
GOES	GVAR	RAMSDIS Online OSPO Imagery	NOAA/NESDIS OSPO NOAA CLASS
INSAT-3A	Link	Link	Link
Kalpana	Link	Link	Link
Meteosat 0°	EUMETCast LRIT	Link	EUMETSAT Data Centre
Meteosat 0°	Overview (L1/L1.5)
Meteosat IODC	HRI	Link	EUMETSAT Data Centre
Meteosat IODC	Overview (L1/L1.5)
MTSAT	HRIT/LRIT	JMA Satellite Imagery MSC Image Gallery	ftp, http (past data upon request)

LEO Satellite Data Access and Tools

Access to LEO Satellite Data is also enabled through Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS) and GEONETCast broadcast systems.

Satellite	Direct Broadcast	Pre-Processing Software Tools	Non-RT Data
Aqua/Terra	Direct Readout X-Band (Aqua) Direct Readout X-Band (Terra)	IMAPP	AIRS, AMSU, HSB AMSR-E, MODIS Snow and Ice MODIS Ocean ASTER, MODIS Land CERES, MISR
CALIPSO	N/A		Link
CloudSat	N/A		Link
Cryosat-2	N/A		Link
DMSP	(encrypted)	SSMIS_PP (UKMO, US NRL)	NOAA CLASS NGDC
Envisat	N/A		Link
FY-1D	CHRPT		MVIRS
FY-3A,B	AHRPT, MPT	FY3L0PP V1.0, FY3L1PP V1.0	VIRR, MERSI, IRAS, MWTS DPT (access upon request to CMA)
GOCE	N/A		Link
GOSAT	N/A
GRACE	N/A		Link
Jason-2	N/A		ftp
Jason-2	Handbook
Landsat	N/A		Link
Megha-Tropiques	N/A		Link (Overview) Link (Archive)
Meteor-M	LRPT Details		Link
Metop	HRPT	AAPP	Link
Metop	Overview (L1)
Oceansat-2	N/A		Link
PARASOL	N/A		Link
POES	Link	AAPP, ITPP	Link
POES	User Guide
Proba	N/A		Link
SMOS	N/A		Link
SORCE	N/A		Link
Suomi-NPP	Direct Readout X-Band	CSPP	Link
TRMM	N/A		Link
Windsat	N/A		Link

Processing and Analysis Software Tools (Open Source)

Name	Provider	Input Formats	Version Update
AWIPS-II	Unidata, University of Wisconsin, USA
BILKO	UNESCO	GIF, PCX, BMP, HDF, NetCDF, Envisat-generic, GeoTIFF	Oct 2009
DIANA	met.no	NetCDF, BUFR, GeoTIFF
McIDAS-V and HYDRA	Unidata, University of Wisconsin, USA
pytroll	DMI, SMHI	Many imager formats (HRIT/LRIT, AAPP, HDF-EOS, HDF5, EOS 1a/1b)
SATAID	JMA	SATAID	Aug 2007
SIGMACast	INPE	GeoTIFF, png, JPEG, gif, shape, CSV, binary image data (.ctl), weather forecast model (.ctl)	Version 1.0.1 (Dec 2011)
SPRING	INPE	GIS formats (ArcView, ArcInfo, MapInfo, DBF), ASCII	5.2.2 (2012)

Processing and Analysis Software Tools (COTS)

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Name	Provider	Input Formats	Version Update
2met	SCISYS	NetCDF, BUFR, GeoTIFF, other
ArcGIS	ESRI
CineSat	GEPARD, TransImage, 3D Research	HDF5, GRIB, BUFR, HRIT, LRIT, HRPT, standard graphics formats, other	V4
ENVI Product Family	Exelis
GEOMATICA	PCI Geomatics	NetCDF, BUFR, GeoTIFF, other
IDL	Exelis	NetCDF, GRIB
MAGICS++	ECMWF	GRIB, NetCDF, BUFR
MEOS	Kongsberg
NINJO	EuMetSys
uFrame	Raytheon
Visual Weather	IBL Software	BUFR, CLIMAT, TEMP, GRIB, other