Announcement: SeaDAS 4.8 Update 01 now available

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Dear SeaDAS Users,

SeaDAS 4.8 Update 01 is now available on our ftp site. This update
provides only the new MODIS Aqua LUT's and gains used in the recent
Aqua Reprocessing 1.1. Applying this update will ensure that your
Aqua processing matches our production data. There is an INSTRUCTIONS
file located in the update01 directory on our ftp site that will tell
you how to apply this update. It is also here for your convenience:

Instructions for installing SeaDAS 4.8 Update 01
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This update provides the newest MODIS Aqua calibration LUT's and
gain values, corresponding to those values used in the latest Aqua
Reprocessing 1.1. Note that you must run seadas_setup after
installing this update, prior to running seadas, so that the LUT
environment variables will be set correctly.

NOTE: If you have not installed SeaDAS 4.8 yet, you do need to
install this update after installing the main software, since this
update is not included in the main tar file distributions.

1. Create a directory on your computer to hold the update 01 files:
mkdir update01
2. cd to that directory:
cd update01
3. Anonymously ftp to samoa.gsfc.nasa.gov:
ftp samoa.gsfc.nasa.gov
4. After logged in, switch to binary mode:
bin
5. Change directory to where the update files are located:
cd seadas/seadas/update01
6. Get the zipped tar file for the update:
get update01.tar.gz
7. Log off of ftp
bye
8. Unzip and extract the update files:
gunzip -c update01.tar.gz | tar xvf -
9. Make sure that your $SEADAS environment variable is set correctly:
setenv SEADAS /wherever/your/seadas4.8/is/located (for c shell)
or export SEADAS=/wherever/your/seadas4.8/is/located (for bash shell)
10. Run the update_01.csh script to install the files:
./update_01.csh
11. Run the seadas_setup script:
cd ..
./seadas_setup
12. Enjoy and let us know if you have any problems.

The SeaDAS Development Group (seadas@seadas.gsfc.nasa.gov)