New releases:

ISOD Toolbox 1.6
Added the EUMETView under web mapping services (http://eumetview.eumetsat.int/mapviewer/)



January 2017
Added MAMASE-Toolbox, see manual



January 2017
started new version of GNC Toolbox, version 1.8

Included set import routines for MPEF-IODC (high and low temporal resolution products), now also the Divergence product
For Divergence product also isolines extracted with 25 and 50 units intervals including labels, no data excluded

February 2017
now also the Divergence product for MPEF at 0 degree, for Divergence product also isolines extracted with 5 and 10 units intervals

Set of import routines for Himawari-8 added, including conversion to albedo (from 0 to 100 percent) (for visible channels) and 
temperature - in Kelvin (for thermal channels), also B12 is included
Seperate routine to create RGB (using channels 5, 4, and visible-channel 3 respectively)


March 2017
Included METREF (ETo) import routine in LSA-SAF (for whole MSG disk)
Included Import of selected MeteorM_n2 MTVZA-GY microwave imager level 1 brightness temperature channels (Kelvin)



Posted on 52North in September 2016

GNC toolbox 1.7:


New version of Data Manager, including option DOY (Day Of Year)
Upgraded GDAL to version 1.11
Removed INPE GOES-MSG Thermal Composite / SPOT VGT
Updated FY from FY2D/2E to FY2E/2F, removed TSG and 120hr products from BBT and OLR
For FY derived PRE (_006 and _024) for high rain rates still mistake in data source!



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For AVHRR processing and creating quicklooks:
added in main Menu > NOAA AVHRR
Added under menu METP A/B item: METOP-A AVHRR quicklook picture


uses xrit2pic:
download setup_xrit2pic_cmd.exe from: http://www.alblas.demon.nl/wsat/software/winsoft_msg.html to tempory directory
download setup_gtk20dll.exe from: http://www.alblas.demon.nl/wsat/software/winsoft_msg.html to tempory directory
download setup_decompr.exe (JPEG and wvt decompression libs ) from: http://www.alblas.demon.nl/wsat/software/winsoft_msg.html to tempory directory

install xrit2pic_cmd to the same temp directory, repeat for setup_gtk20dll.exe - setup_decompr.exe and extract to the same directory

copy xrit2pic_cmd.exe and 16 dll files to your ilwis directory \Extensions\GEONETCast-Toolbox\util\xrit2pic


Polar orbit satellite tracks can be obained from: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/datacenter/
select from the left hand menu the option: 'Polar Orbit Tracks'
select your satellite, e.g. NOAA 18, 19, Metop A (MO2) and 
select the region of interest, e.g. Europe, Africa, and
select the day and note the date-time of the overpass over your area of interest


files available in GEONETCast:


directory NOAA: LAC
avhrr_20140805_124000_noaa19.hrp.bz2 : 1 minute LAC data (2048 columns by 360 lines)

routine: NOAA19_LAC_quick_import.bat
routine creates map list and calculates day time colour composite, fixed colour stretch

directory NOAA: GAC
AVHR_GAC_1B_N19_20140805124003Z_20140805124303Z_N_O_20140805135012Z.bz2: 3 minute GAC data (409 columns by 360 lines)

routine: NOAA19_GAC_quick_import.bat
creates map list only, no further processing


directory METOP: METOP AVHRR (METOP A - MO2)
AVHR_xxx_1B_M02_20140805101003Z_20140805101303Z_N_O_20140805114320Z.bz2: 3 minutes scan full resolution (2048 columns by 1080 lines) 

routine: MetopA_quick_import.bat
creates map list and calculates day time colour composite, fixed colour stretch


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Added Eumetsat Advanced Retransmission Service (EARS) option for METOP A and METOP B AVHRR

6 tiles of 360 lines are extracted and processed from raw HRP, tif created and visualized with IRFANVIEW
control buttons for IRFANVIEW are V and H (vertical and horizontal rotation), + and - for zooming in and out respectively
time stamp refers to end of scan time
data available on y:\EARS

AVHR_HRP_00_M02_20140822081500Z_20140822081600Z_N_O_20140822081654Z.bz2 (METOP-A)

AVHR_HRP_00_M01_20140822081500Z_20140822081600Z_N_O_20140822081654Z.bz2 (METOP-B)

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Added LSA SAF Fire products for Euro and Africa Window

Fire Detection and Monitoring product for both Euro and Africa windows, output class map
0=water, 1 is land and 2=Land with Fire 

Fire risk map for the euro window only, for 3 forecasts (24, 48 and 72 hours)
routine checks if all 3 layers are available, else it aborts
3 layers imported:

Fire Weather Index, value map. Scaling used is 100
Daily Severity Rating. Scaling used is 100
Fire Risk map. Class map, less equal 0 =undefined, 10=low, 20=moderate and 30= high risk respectively 

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Added import routines for Proba Vegetation:

Africa: DMP and VPI dekadal products - including product specific scaling and offset
Latin America: DMP, VCI and VPI dekadal products - including product specific scaling and offset

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Added: GEOTif export for float data
in menu under: to other applications /export to QGIS
Purpose make it compatible with other softwares, like QGIS
if nodata exisist in the input data, first reclassify to e.g. value of -9999
expects data in latlon corner coordinates should be entered in degree.decimals

Uses powershell routine to display popup window
All routines are under sub directory 'Extensions\GEONETCast-Toolbox\toolbox_startscript\import_export\'
No extensions of ilwis and geotif file required

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Added visualization of Dust products from Barcelona Dust Forecast Centre
Products are covering Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe for:
Dust Optical Depth, Dust Surface Concentration, Dust Load, Dust Dry and Wet Deposition and Dust Surface Extinction

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Added Import of GPM Level 2 rainfall (mm/hr) as 5 minutes orbit files for 1 hour
Added Import of GPM GMI Temperature for S1 and S2 - for 1st BT channel a point/raster map is created only!

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Removed the btool (bufrtool, from Northern Lighthouse) routine and replaced it with bufrextract (http://www.elnath.org.uk/),
this version (0,2,7) is only available for 64 bits OS! Affected following routines:Ascat wind bufr data, ADNET bufr data, MSG MPEF bufr data
MFG bufr data, MPEF MFG bufr data, RSS bufr data
Included a new version of BufrDisplay version 0,7,5 see: http://www.elnath.org.uk/, this version is only available for 64 bits OS! 

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ISOD Toolbox 1.5:

Included Chirps daily Africa,
see: ftp://chg-ftpout.geog.ucsb.edu/pub/org/chg/products/CHIRPS-latest/africa_daily/README_africa_daily.txt
data from:
ftp://chg-ftpout.geog.ucsb.edu/pub/org/chg/products/CHIRPS-latest/africa_daily/tifs/africa_p05_tif/
unit: total daily precipitation (mm), africa_daily

Coverage:
      40.0N -- 40.0S Latitude
      20.0W -- 55.0E Longitude
      1500 samples (west - east direction)
      1600 lines (north - south direction)

Resolution:
      0.05 x 0.05 degree: africa_p05 directory

Version 1.8 released 2014.05.14, data available from 1981 onwards, till end of 2 months before current

Added Chrips 10 day processing routines: sum of 10 days, days no rain and days prior no rain

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TRMM 3B42 day archive -java -jar added so it is independent of file association set on computer
changed archive as openDAP requires username and password. This is done for both the daily and 3 hr products

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Change of import routines for the 3 hr data:
Modified the GWADI import routines, for 3hrs data window changed to 60 N - 60S, file is now 1440 by 480
for 6hr data no changes, still 50 N to 50 S.

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Added TAMSAT Daily Precipitation
Spatial and temporal coverage:  as for the dekadal product, only Africa is covered; from 1983 till now (and NRT).
Temporal resolution:  daily
Spatial resolution: as for the dekadal product, 0.0375 ° at the equator
Delivery time:  Daily files are released every 10 days at the same time as the 10-daily cumulative rainfall estimates
Download: from the new TAMSAT site: http://tamsat.org.uk/public_data/yyyy/mm/

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GMTED changed www address for all resolutions

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STAR, changed all import routines:
16 km AVHRR-VHP is a re-processed Vegetation Health data set derived from AVHRR GAC data. 
It was processed by the newly developed operational VHP system. The new VHP system was improved from 
GVI-x VH system and some changes/improvement were made to meet the requirement of operation and improve 
data quality. It can process GAC data from NOAA-19, as well as FRAC data from METOP A and METOP-B. 
In the future, it will produce vegetation health products from VIIRS on NPP satellite. 
VHP system is operationaly running at NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations(OSPO) and providing 
official VHP products. This web site provides recent VH data as a backup/alternative data source. 
VHP product posted on this VH web site should be consistent to that released by OSPO. 
GVI-x is replace by AVHRR-VHP dataset. 
(http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/vci/VH/vh_ftp.php)

two new routines, star_sm.bat and star.vh.bat
expect input yyyyww (ww=weeknumber, 2 digits, 01-52)


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Added under insitu the sasscal weathernet link, http://www.sasscalweathernet.org/
Station data from a number of Southern African countries

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Added under Web Mapping Service a 'life ship tracking'
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Added from JRC the vegetation and global agro meteo data from http://spirits.jrc.ec.europa.eu/download/downloaddata/

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Under web mapping service added routines for GFS thematic forecasts, animations of rainfall and 850 Mb forecasts (till 144 hrs / 6days)

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Modified some batch routines so they also work under ilwis 385 and display a mapview and also modified some scripts from 372 and 385 compatibility
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Added routine to download the GFS 10 day - daily accumulated rainfall forecast. Data is pre-processed at ITC and made available through FTP

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WFS-Ethiopia Toolbox 1.4:


incorporated new routines to import and process the Met-UK Exeter office UDM for various layers:

	2mDewpoint: Dew point temperature [C], timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)
	2mRH: Relative humidity [%], timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)
	2mSpecificHumidity: Specific humidity [kg/kg], timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)
	2mTemperature: Temperature [C], timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)
	ConvectiveCloud: Convective cloud cover [%] range 0 - 1 , timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)
	ConvectiveRainRate: Unit - , timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)
	DynamicRainRate: Unit - , timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)
	GPH: for 850, 750, 500, 250 per timestep
	LWRadiation: Net long wave radiation flux (surface) [W/m^2]
	TotalPrecipAcc: Total precipitation [kg/m^2] / 0[-] SFC (Ground or water surface), timesteps 17, from 0, with 3 hr interval (total 48 hr forecast - 172800 sec)

Provision of 3 generic import routines: UDM_gph.bat, UDM_various_2m.bat, UDM_atmosph.bat and used own created georef (at 0.15 degree). 
Coordinate info original file is wrong

Removed the btool (bufrtool, from Northern Lighthouse) routine and replaced it with bufrextract (http://www.elnath.org.uk/),
this version is only available for 64 bits OS! Affected following routines:ASCAT_ssm_import.bat, MPEF_eth_toz_import.bat, 
MPEF_eth_th_import.bat, MPEF_eth_gii_import.bat, MPEF_eth_csr_import.bat, MPEF_eth_cla_import.bat, MPEF_eth_amv_import.bat

Added processing routines for the GIACIS project
see: http://g4aw.spaceoffice.nl/en/Projects/G4AW-projects/64/Geodata-for-Innovative-Agricultural-Credit-Insurance-Schemes-GIACIS.html


Added routines to import Proba V VPI (unit in percentage) and DMP (unit as kg dry matter per ha / day)