Awareness and Training
Processing, Visualization and Analysis Tools
Open Source
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| Name | Provider | Input Formats |
| AAPP | NWP SAF | Direct readout HIRS, AVHRR, AMSU, MHS, IASI data |
| AWIPS | Unidata, University of Wisconsin, USA; Raytheon | GRIB, BUFR, HDF, shapefiles, Others |
| AWIPS-II | Unidata, University of Wisconsin, USA | GRIB, HDF, Others |
| BILKO | UNESCO | GIF, PCX, BMP, HDF, netCDF, Envisat-generic, GeoTIFF |
| CSPP | CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, USA | Direct readout VIIRS, ATMS, CrIS data |
| CSPP Geo | CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, USA | Direct readout of GOES using GVAR, GRB stream |
| DIANA | met.no | netCDF, OpenDAP, GRIB, BUFR, GeoTIFF, HDF5 |
| EUMETView | EUMETSAT | JPG, KMZ, GeoTIFF, GIF, PNG |
| FY-3 Level0 and Level1 pre-processing software | CMA | Direct readout VIRR, MERSI, IRAS, MWTS data |
| ILWIS | ITC, 52North | GIS Raster and Vector |
| IMAPP | CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, USA | Direct readout MODIS, AIRS, AMSU, AMSR-E data |
| McIDAS-V and HYDRA | SSEC, University of Wisconsin, USA | netCDF, GRIB, BUFR, HRIT/LRIT, shapefiles, many imager formats, GEMPAK |
| pytroll | DMI, SMHI | Many imager formats (HRIT/LRIT, AAPP, HDF-EOS, HDF5, EOS 1a/1b) |
| QGIS | Open source, creative commons | GIS Software |
| ROPP (Radio-Occultation Processing Package) | ROM SAF | netCDF, BUFR, GRIB, others |
| SARbian | Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Department of Earth Observation, Institute of Geography |
SAR data |
| SATAID | JMA | GMS/MTSAT and GOES formats |
| SIGMACast | INPE | GeoTIFF, png, JPEG, gif, shape, CSV, binary image data (.ctl), weather forecast model (.ctl) |
| SNAP | ESA | SAFE |
| SPRING | INPE | GIS formats (ArcView, ArcInfo, MapInfo, DBF), ASCII |
| SSMI-S Pre-processing package | NWP SAF | Direct readout SSMIS data |
| SWAP | CMA | Satellite Weather Application Platform |
Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)
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| Name | Provider | Input Formats |
| 2met | SCISYS |
netCDF, BUFR, GeoTIFF, LRIT/HRIT, HRPT, other |
| ArcGIS | ESRI | netCDF, shapefiles, others imagery and raster formats |
| CineSat | GEPARD, TransImage, 3D Research |
HDF5, GRIB, BUFR, HRIT, LRIT, HRPT, standard graphics formats, other |
| ENVI Product Family | Exelis | Shapefiles, standard graphics formats, standard imagery and raster formats, others |
| GEOMATICA | PCI Geomatics |
GeoTIFF, other |
| IDL | Exelis | netCDF, GRI, others |
| MAGICS++ | ECMWF | GRIB, NetCDF, BUFR |
| MEOS | Kongsberg | HRPT, other |
| NINJO | EuMetSys | GeoTIFF, PNG, JPG, HDF5, BUFR, GRIB, other |
| Visual Weather | IBL Software | BUFR, CLIMAT, TEMP, GRIB, other |