Plotting CALIPSO using R Studio

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Plotting CALIPSO using R Studio

by shravu » Sat May 06, 2023 3:11 am America/New_York

Is there a snippet of R code available for plotting the L1B total attenuated backscatter signal available?

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Plotting CALIPSO using R Studio

by shravu » Mon May 08, 2023 3:03 am America/New_York

How to read CALIPSO level 3 HDF4 file and plot it in R? I have downloaded the CALIPSO Level 3 data and want to plot the subdataset- Total_Backscatter_Coefficient_532. Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.

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Re: Plotting CALIPSO using R Studio

by ASDC - cheyenne.e.land » Fri May 12, 2023 12:31 pm America/New_York

Hello,

HDF-EOS Tools and Information Center has a page on how to download and plot data using R found here:
https://www.hdfeos.org/software/r.php

There is also sample code on how to plot Level 3 data using R:
https://www.hdfeos.org/zoo/GESDISC/AIRS.2003.02.05.L3.RetStd_H001.v6.0.12.0.G14112124328.hdf.r

You can contact HDF-EOS with any questions you might have with their email: eoshelp@hdfgroup.org

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