HDFView HDF-EOS Plug-in

HDF-EOS Plug-in extends the functionality of HDFView for browsing any HDF-EOS object such as Grid, Swath, Point, and Zonal Averages.

Download

We provide links to both HDFView and HDF-EOS Plugin-in packages on the following platforms. In the table below, the three letters inside the parentheses indicate the file extension of installation packages.

Platform	HDFView	HDF-EOS Plugin
Windows (i386)	2.10.1 (zip)	2.10.1 (zip)
Windows (x86_64)	2.10.1 (zip)	2.10.1 (zip)
Mac OS X (x86_64)	2.10.1 (zip)	2.10.1 (tgz)
Linux (i386)	2.10.1 (tgz)	2.10.1 (tgz)
Linux (x86_64)	2.10.1 (tgz)	2.10.1 (tgz)
Solaris	2.10.1 (tgz)	2.10.1 (tgz)

HDF-EOS Plug-in is not open source software. No source code download package is available.

Installation

Please follow the steps in the HDF-EOS Plug-in README^[1] document.

Usage

We provide 2 examples.

HDF-EOS2 to HDF-EOS5 Conversion

1. Please download the sample MOD11_L2.A2007278.0350.005.2007280073443.hdf file.
2. Select File > Open menu to open the sample file.
3. Using right mouse button, click the sample file name.
4. Select Convert File to HDF-EOS5 at the bottom of pull-down menu.

5. Save dialog box will appear. Give a new file name MOD11_L2.A2007278.0350.005.2007280073443.he5.
6. HDFView will load the newly converted file automatically.

HDF-EOS5 Grid Visualization on Map

1. Please download the sample GSSTF_NCEP.3.2008.12.31.he5 file.
2. Select File > Open menu to open the sample file. Expand NCEP grid to display fields (datasets) inside the NCEP grid.
3. Using right mouse button, click the SST field name.
4. Select Open As from the pull-down menu.

5. Select Rainbow palette. Press OK button.

6. Zoom out the image by pressing the icon.
7. Click the world coastline icon. A new dialog box will appear. Choose WHITE color and press OK.

8. Fill value is not handled correctly. You can correct it by selecting Image > Set Value Range. Set the Lower Bound value to -2.
9. Image is upside down. You can correct it by selecting Image > Flip > Vertical. The below is the final image after fill value correction and flip operation.

Limitations

• The HDF-EOS2 to HDF-EOS5 file conversion has not been tested on many different products; therefore, it may have some minor problems.
• Visualization on map is limited to Grid. Swath will not work.
• Some upside-down HDF-EOS5 Grid products such as OMI-Aura_L3-OMTO3e_2005m1214_v002-2006m0929t143855.he5 file cannot be visualized on map correctly.

See Also

• HEG

References

1. HDF-EOS Plug-in README https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/DAS/HDFView2.10+Plug-in+README

Last modified: 08/17/2023