Directory Title:        CDAWlib - Software Distribution
Directory Address:      Internet > ftp://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/software/cdawlib
Principal Contact:      Tami Kovalick: tamara.j.kovalick@nasa.gov
			telephone: (301) 286-9422
Organization:           Space Physics Data Facility, Code 672
                        NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Computer System:        Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF)

Brief Description:      This directory contains some software tools written
			in the IDL language.  This is a "library" of routines
			useful for reading in data that is stored in the CDF
			format and also for plotting the data variables as
			time series, images, radar, and spectrograms.  
			In order to use this s/w you must have IDL 
			installed on your local machine.  

IDL versions to use
w/ this s/w:		The CDAWlib s/w has run operationally with IDL8.5, 
			6.1 and 6.3 on mainly unix/linux and PC's.  There
			are known problems w/ reading CDFs w/ IDL6.2 
			so that version will not work.  If using CDAWlib
			you should install the latest IDL patch for CDF:
			https://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/cdf_patch_for_idl.html

Software Distribution:  The software files are provided in two ways.
			The source directory contains the individual files.
			The unix directory contains the files in a tar and
			tar/gzip file. 

README.unix		How to extract the s/w from one of the following files.
CDAWlib.tar		The s/w is provided as a "tar" file.
CDAWlib.tar.Z		The s/w is also provided in a "tar" file that has
			been compressed using the "compress" utility.
CDAWlib.tar.gz		The s/w is also provided in a "tar" file that has
			been compressed using the Gnu "gzip" utility.

Usage Instructions:     Basic instructions are at:
			https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/CDAWlib.html
			Use of CDF guidlines:
			https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/sp_use_of_cdf.html
	

Comments Welcome:       Please feel free to send your comments, suggestions,
                        and other thoughts about this section directly to me.
                        Your suggestions are vital in improving service.

                        Thanks,

			Tami Kovalick (tamara.j.kovalick@nasa.gov)