Like last weekend, the all night coding sessions have left me exhausted, so the change log will have to do for now as a description of the new features.
=== UPDATE 2 March, 7, 2010
The following improvements were made for Update 2:
*) Added AMSUSummary program for summarizing extract data in csv format. Summaries include daily and monthly averages, minimums, and maximums. Includes command line help text.
*) Bash shell script for running AMSUSummary has been added. It's name is amsu_summary and it's located in the Scripts folder. See the comments inside the script for details on using it.
*) Added Limb Effect Check to AMSUQA. This check is turned on using the -l switch. The limb effect check examines channels 4, 5, and 6 to ensure their readings are within expected limb variations as defined in "The Limb Adjustment of AMSU-A Observations: Methodology and Validation" Goldberg, et al. 2001. Footprints 1 through 12 and 19 through 30 are checked. Footprints 13 through 18 are not checked due to their small limb effect values, which allows for even small fluctuations to cause a failure.
The -l switch has an optional tolerance parameter which defaults to 0.5. This parameter specifies how much above or below the values of Goldberg, et al. 2001 a reading can be. A value of 0.5 provides a margin of +/- 50%. A value of 1.0 provides a margin of +/- 100%.
*) Changed AMSUQA -f switch to -i. Added -p switch to specify output file name prefix. amsu_qa script changed to use new switches.
*) Changed AMSUExtract -f switch to -i and -F flag to -f. amsu_extract script changed to use new flags.
*) Added -q switch to AMSUExtract to indicate only data that passes QA should be extracted. The -q switch includes a check for limb effect at 0.5 tolerance. Only data QA values are checked. File-wide QA values are ignored, allowing data to be extracted from files that have not passed QA.
*) Modified amsu_qa Bash shell script. Output is now placed in the directory from which the script is run, to bring it in line within how amsu_extract and amsu_summary work. See the comments inside the script for details on using it.
*) Bash shell script for removing HDF text files has been added. It's name is rm_hdf_text and it's located in the Scripts folder. See the comments inside the script for details on using it.
*) Added Doxygen files for the source code. This is in the Doc/Doxygen/html folder.
*) Added Aqua Satellite PDF book. This is in the Doc folder.
*) Added HTML pages describing the commands and scripts.This is n the Doc/HTML folder.
*) Added zip file for sample AMSU data for October 1st, 2009. This is in the Sample Data folder.
*) Added CodeBlocks projects for cross-platform build support. These are in the CodeBlocks folder.
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