<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear Seyed,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This email forum is for NCAR Graphics users, not NCL users.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Please repost your question to <a href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu">ncl-talk@ucar.edu</a>. You need to subscribe first:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><a href="http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk">http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">You can see lots of NCL examples of handling HDF data at:</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/HDF.shtml">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/HDF.shtml</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Even though these examples don't explicitly mention the "ubyte" type, the same instructions will apply whether you're using byte or ubyte There are some dim_gbits examples on that page.</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">I'm not sure we have specific METEOSAT examples, but if you post to the ncl-talk email list, somebody there will probably ask if you can point to any example files.</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Good luck,</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">--Mary</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Seyed Omid Nabavi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:omid.nabavy@gmail.com" target="_blank">omid.nabavy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Dear NCL users,</div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">I am trying to read Meteosat 5 and 7 (on Indian Ocean) which are in HDF5 (hf) format. As you know this format has no certain data structure. So I need help form some one how has experience with these data. </div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">My questions are:</div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">1- Data type are in ubyte type and I think it should be unpacked via dim_gbits function (<a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/dim_gbits.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/dim_gbits.shtml</a>). Hence, I need following information about Meteosat 5 and 7 in Infrared band:</div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"> </div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">a) A bit-count offset to be used before the first bit chunk is unpacked. </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">b) The number of bits in each bit chunk to be unpacked.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">c) The number of bits to skip between each bit chunk to be unpacked</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">d) The number of bit chunks to be unpacked</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">2- Can you please help me to find latitude and longitude information in metadata?</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please kindly find metadata description and part of data in Infrared band in the attachment. <br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">===========================================</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">Seyed Omid Nabavi;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">PhD student, University of Vienna,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">Department of Geography and Regional Research</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">UZA II Althanstrasse 14 A-1010 Vienna</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">Uni. Email: <a href="mailto:seyed.omid.nabavi@unet.univie.ac.at" target="_blank">seyed.omid.nabavi@unet.univie.ac.at</a></span></p>
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