Libraries

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HDF-EOS Libraries

HDF-EOS libraries are software libraries built on HDF libraries. HDF-EOS libraries support the construction of data structures: Grid, Point and Swath.

• HDF-EOS2 -- HDF-EOS2 library built on HDF4 (Support Info)
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  Description: The HDF-EOS2 is a software library designed built on HDF4* to support EOS-specific data structures, namely Grid, Point, and Swath. The new data structures are constructed from standard HDF data objects, using EOS conventions, through the use of a software library. A key feature of HDF-EOS files is that instrument-independent services, such as subsetting by geolocation, can be applied to the files across a wide variety of data products.
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• HDF-EOS5 -- HDF-EOS5 library built on HDF5 (Support Info)
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  Description: The HDF-EOS5 is a software library designed built on HDF5* to support the same Grid/Point/Swath functionality in HDF-EOS 2 and to the extent possible it will be built with the same calling sequences as the original HDF-EOS 2 library.
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• H4CF Conversion Toolkit -- provides CF-compliant access to HDF4 and HDF-EOS2 files
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  Description: HDF4 CF (H4CF) conversion API can be used to access various types of NASA HDF4 and HDF-EOS2 files by following CF conventions. We also provide an HDF to netCDF-3 conversion tool that follows CF conventions by using this conversion API.
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Other Libraries

• h5py -- HDF5 Python Interfaces
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  Description: h5py is a Python interface to HDF5.
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• PyHDF -- HDF4 Python Interfaces
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  Description: PyHDF is a Python interface to HDF4.
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• GDAL -- A geospatial translator library that supports HDF4 and HDF5
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  Description: GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats such as HDF4 and HDF5. Since HDF-EOS2 and HDF-EOS5 are built on HDF4 and HDF5, this library can also be used to access HDF-EOS data fields.
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• R -- A statistical computing library that supports HDF4 and HDF5
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  Description: R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
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• Rust -- A language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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  Description: Rust is a programming language that emphasizes performance, type safety, and concurrency.
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• HDF5 Node.js -- HDF5 Node.js Interfaces
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  Description: HDF5-NI is a Node.js interface to HDF5.
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• MDSplus -- A programming interface that simplifies data access and supports HDF5 (Support Info)
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  Description: MDSplus is a set of software tools for data acquisition and storage and a methodology for management of complex scientific data. MDSplus allows all data from an experiment or simulation code to be stored into a single, self-descriptive, hierarchical structure. The system was designed to enable users to easily construct complete and coherent data sets. The MDSplus programming interface contains only a few basic commands, simplifying data access even into complex structures. Using the client/server model, data at remote sites can be read or written without file transfers. MDSplus includes x-windows and java tools for viewing data or for modifying or viewing the underlying structures.
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• hdf5read -- A Fortran-90 programming interface that simplifies data access and supports HDF5 and HDF-EOS5 (Support Info)
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  Description: This module is written to read user selected datasets and attributes from HDF5 and HDF-EOS5 datafiles for further processing without having to go into the details of reading such files. The user only needs to know what he/she wants to read and of what data type (integer, real, string, ...) and rank (scalar, vector, ...) it is. The package includes a sample data file and a sample program showing how the module has to be used. The routine have been tested on only a few HDF5 and HDF-EOS5 files and does certainly not cover all possible types of data in such files.
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• he2he5_lib -- a library of HDF-EOS 4/5 Compatibility Layer (unsupported)
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  Description: This library allows an application to use an API to handle an EOS Grid or an EOS Swath stored by using either HDF-EOS2 or HDF-EOS5.
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Last modified: 02/15/2023