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