| Date: | 2008-01-28 10:39:00 | |
| Sender: | Randall Ricklefs, ILRS Data Formats and Procedures WG <slrmail@dgfi.badw.de> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 1642: Update on the Consolidated laser Ranging Data (CRD) format | |
| Author: | Randall Ricklefs, ILRS Data Formats and Procedures WG | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2008-01-28 10:39:00 UTC Message No. 1642 ******************************************************************************** Author: Randall Ricklefs, ILRS Data Formats and Procedures WG Subject: Update on the Consolidated laser Ranging Data (CRD) format Dear Colleagues, There is progress to report in the CRD format implementation. The latest version of the CRD format document (v0.27) and the first release of the CRD sample code are now available on the ILRS web site. MLRS CRD test data (normal points, sampled engineering, and full rate) is being uploaded to the CDDIS on a daily basis. Please see http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/products_formats_procedures/crd.html for details. It is hoped to have one or two more stations uploading data in a couple of months. The version 0.27 document has quite a few changes, but the format itself has only a few new or redefined data fields. If testing goes well, this version will be renamed version 1.00, the production version, within a few months. The sample code contains routines to read and write files in the new format, conversion programs to convert between the CRD and older formats, CRD file split and merge programs, and a format compliance checking program. These are all offered ”as is” as a possible starting point for working with the CRD format. Please let me know if there any questions or comments on the software. I would encourage any interested analysts to download CRD test data to insure that there are no usability issues and that the CRD format data as implemented at the station(s) matches the quality of the older formats. Thank you. Best regards, Randy Ricklefs -- ----------------------- Randy Ricklefs ------------------------ ricklefs@csr.utexas.edu Center for Space Research, University of Texas Phone:(512) 471-8121 Austin TX 78712 FAX: (512)471-3570 From: slrmail@dgfi.badw.de ******************************************************************************** |