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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Here’s a NCL page dedicated to the handling of HDF files used by satellites such as MODIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/HDF.shtml">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/HDF.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>/M <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Marston S. Johnston, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Department of Earth Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>University of Gothenburg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Email: <a href="mailto:marston.johnston@gu.se"><span style='color:#0070C0'>marston.johnston@gu.se</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>SkypeID: marston.johnston <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Phone: +46-31-7864901 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Only the fruitful thing is true!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Michael Notaro <mnotaro@wisc.edu><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 13 June 2017 at 22:46<br><b>To: </b>Marston Johnston <shejo284@gmail.com>, "ncl-talk@ucar.edu" <ncl-talk@ucar.edu><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ncl-talk] hdf confusion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Thanks. I tried the following and only end up with a 2d grid of values like 2066, 18709, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>How can I retrieve slot [11-13] land/water flag with values like 000, 001, 010, etc?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>aa=addfile("h10v04_yellowstone/MOD13Q1.A2012001.h10v04.006.2015236172021.hdf.hdfeos","r")<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>lat2d=doubletofloat(aa->GridLat_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI(::-1,:))<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>lon2d=doubletofloat(aa->GridLon_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI(::-1,:))<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>lat2d!0="nlat"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>lat2d!1="nlon"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>lon2d!0="nlat"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>lon2d!1="nlon"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>land=short2flt_hdf(aa->250m_16_days_VI_Quality_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>print(land)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Michael Notaro<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Associate Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>University of Wisconsin-Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Phone: (608) 261-1503<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Email: mnotaro@wisc.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> Marston Johnston <shejo284@gmail.com><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 13, 2017 3:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> Michael Notaro; ncl-talk@ucar.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ncl-talk] hdf confusion</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Hi,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Try this function: <a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/short2flt_hdf.shtml" id=LPlnk689512><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/short2flt_hdf.shtml</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;overflow:auto' id="LPBorder_GT_14973867285290.06995087272877232"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="90%" style='width:90.0%;background:white;border-top:dotted #C8C8C8 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:dotted #C8C8C8 1.0pt;border-right:none'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div id="LPTitle_14973867285280.31343705378197484"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#B70101'><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/short2flt_hdf.shtml" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>short2flt_hdf - ncl.ucar.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt' id="LPMetadata_14973867285290.4505598811685758"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt;line-height:10.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#666666'>www.ncl.ucar.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="LPDescription_14973867285290.9924752587515622"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:15.0pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#666666'>NCL Home > Documentation > Functions > Type converters short2flt_hdf. Converts values of type short to values of type float using the "scale" and "offset" attributes ...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>/M</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>Marston S. Johnston, PhD</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>Department of Earth Sciences</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>University of Gothenburg, Sweden</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>Email: <a href="mailto:marston.johnston@gu.se"><span style='color:#0070C0'>marston.johnston@gu.se</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>SkypeID: marston.johnston </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>Phone: +46-31-7864901 </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>Only the fruitful thing is true!</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p><b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><ncl-talk-bounces@ucar.edu> on behalf of Michael Notaro <mnotaro@wisc.edu><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 13 June 2017 at 22:33<br><b>To: </b>"ncl-talk@ucar.edu" <ncl-talk@ucar.edu><br><b>Subject: </b>[ncl-talk] hdf confusion</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Sorry for the ignorant question but I am having trouble figuring out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>how to properly retrieve the land-lake-ocean mask off this MODIS hdf file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>If I ncl_filedump *hdf, it shows the variable as ushort. If I ncl_filedump *hdf.hdfeos,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>it shows the variable as short. Which should I use in addfile and how do I <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>retrieve the values of 001=land, 000=ocean, etc?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>ncl_filedump h10v04_yellowstone/MOD13Q1.A2012001.h10v04.006.2015236172021.hdf.hdfeos</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> short 250m_16_days_VI_Quality_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI ( YDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI, XDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI )</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> coordinates :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>GridLat_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI, GridLon_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> hdfeos_name :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> projection :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>Sinusoidal</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> unsigned :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>True</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> Legend :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>Bit Fields Description (Right to Left): </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[0-1] : MODLAND_QA [2 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: VI produced, good quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: VI produced, but check other QA </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Pixel produced, but most probably cloudy </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: Pixel not produced due to other reasons than clouds </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[2-5] : VI usefulness [4 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0000: Highest quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0001: Lower quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0010..1010: Decreasing quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1100: Lowest quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1101: Quality so low that it is not useful </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1110: L1B data faulty </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1111: Not useful for any other reason/not processed </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[6-7] : Aerosol quantity [2 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: Climatology </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: Low </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Average </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: High (11) </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[8] : Adjacent cloud detected; [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[9] : Atmosphere BRDF correction performed [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[10] : Mixed clouds [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[11-13] : Land/Water Flag [3 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>000: Shallow ocean </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>001: Land (Nothing else but land) </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>010: Ocean coastlines and lake shorelines </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>011: Shallow inland water </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>100: Ephemeral water </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>101: Deep inland water </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>110: Moderate or continental ocean </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>111: Deep ocean </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[14] : Possible snow/ice [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[15] : Possible shadow [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> _FillValue :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>-1</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> valid_range :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>( 0, -2 )</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> units :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>bit field</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> long_name :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>ncl_filedump h10v04_yellowstone/MOD13Q1.A2012001.h10v04.006.2015236172021.hdf</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> ushort 250m_16_days_VI_Quality ( YDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI, XDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI )</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> long_name :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> units :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>bit field</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> valid_range :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>( 0, 65534 )</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> _FillValue :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>65535</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> Legend :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>Bit Fields Description (Right to Left): </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[0-1] : MODLAND_QA [2 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: VI produced, good quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: VI produced, but check other QA </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Pixel produced, but most probably cloudy </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: Pixel not produced due to other reasons than clouds </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[2-5] : VI usefulness [4 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0000: Highest quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0001: Lower quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0010..1010: Decreasing quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1100: Lowest quality </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1101: Quality so low that it is not useful </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1110: L1B data faulty </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1111: Not useful for any other reason/not processed </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[6-7] : Aerosol quantity [2 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: Climatology </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: Low </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Average </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: High (11) </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[8] : Adjacent cloud detected; [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[9] : Atmosphere BRDF correction performed [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[10] : Mixed clouds [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[11-13] : Land/Water Flag [3 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>000: Shallow ocean </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>001: Land (Nothing else but land) </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>010: Ocean coastlines and lake shorelines </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>011: Shallow inland water </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>100: Ephemeral water </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>101: Deep inland water </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>110: Moderate or continental ocean </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>111: Deep ocean </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[14] : Possible snow/ice [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[15] : Possible shadow [1 bit range] </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes </span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> hdf_name :</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Michael Notaro</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Associate Director</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>University of Wisconsin-Madison</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Phone: (608) 261-1503</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Email: mnotaro@wisc.edu</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________ ncl-talk mailing list 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