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Learn about the latest features and updates in the Aura HDF-EOS5 data guidelines, including guidelines for zonal mean and gridded products, naming conventions, data organization, units, and metadata definitions. Find out how the guidelines were developed and access the document location.
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The HDF-EOS5 Aura Data Guidelines“What’s New” Cheryl Craig
What are the Aura Guidelines? • Common data format developed and adopted by four instruments with separate instrument and development teams (HIRDLS, MLS, OMI and TES) • Guidelines developed on top of HDF5/HDF-EOS5 for storing each instrument’s data in a single common format Aura HDF-EOS File Format Guidelines: Overview and Status
What are the new features? • Guidelines for Zonal Mean and Gridded Products • Follow similar set of naming conventions as for the Swath Product (Level 2) • data organization conventions • units • metadata definitions (via HDF/HDF-EOS attributes) Aura HDF-EOS File Format Guidelines: Overview and Status
Aura Guidelines for Standards Process Group • Aura Guidelines rewritten for NASA’s Standards Process Group • Submitted as a Technical Note • Possibly submitting another Technical Note regarding the process Aura used to develop the Guidelines Aura HDF-EOS File Format Guidelines: Overview and Status
Aura Document Location http://www.eos.ucar.edu/hirdls/HDFEOS_Aura_File_Format_Guidelines.pdf Current Authors: Cheryl Craig – NCAR (HIRDLS) Pepijn Veefkind – KNMI (OMI) Peter Leonard – SSAI (OMI) Paul Wagner – JPL (MLS) Christina Vuu – Raytheon (MLS) Doug Shepard – JPL (TES) Aura HDF-EOS File Format Guidelines: Overview and Status