Directory Title: CDAWlib - Software Distribution Directory Address: Internet > ftp://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/CDAWlib Principal Contact: Tami Kovalick: tami.kovalick@gsfc.nasa.gov telephone: (301) 286-9422; FAX: (301) 286-1771 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 IDL5.3, 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 with IDL6.3 you must also install the CDF API IDL bug fixes found at: http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/idl62_or_earlier_and_cdf3_problems.html We will be beta testing IDL6.4 with CDAWlib in Feb. 2007. 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: http://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/CDAWlib.html Use of CDF guidlines: http://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 (tami.kovalick@gsfc.nasa.gov)