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Aura data products are mostly in the new HDF-EOS5 file format (level 2 and 3), however there are some products which are not (level 1 OMI is in the old HDF-EOS2.x, and level 1 MLS is in plain HDF5).You will need to choose the correct software to read a particular data product (see the descriptions of the data product levels below for more information).

In some cases, conversion tools exist to convert data from one format to another.One may convert older HDF-EOS2.x to the new HDF-EOS5 format.One may also convert files from old HDF4.x to the new HDF5 format, and vice versa. Note that HDF-EOS files are a collection of HDF objects.Thus HDF software will read HDF-EOS files, but you must choose the correct version, as HDF5 is not backward compatible with the old HDF4 format.

The table below lists some readers and visualization tools including**Giovanni**,an on-line visualization service.

Descriptions on other tools can be found at the HDF-EOS home page. For information about the HDF or HDF5 format, please see the HDF home page.

Readers and Visualization Tools for Aura Files in :
Data ToolComputer LanguageOperating System / PlatformInput Data FormatsOutput Data FormatsVisualizationSubsetting
read_h5CSun, SGI, LinuxHDF5,
HDF-EOS 5		ASCII, BinaryN/AParameter, Channel, Spatial
read_hdfCSun, SGI, LinuxHDF4,
HDF-EOS 2.x 		ASCII, BinaryN/AParameter, Channel, Spatial
atmos_h5IDLAll platforms, needs IDLHDF5, HDF-EOS 5ASCII, Binary, JPEGQuick LookParameter, Channel
atmos_h4IDLAll platforms, needs IDLHDF4,
HDF-EOS 2.x, 		ASCII, Binary, JPEGQuick LookParameter, Channel
read_mls_l2IDLAll platforms, needs IDLHDF5, HDF-EOS5ASCIIN/AParameter
read_omi_l2IDLAll platforms, needs IDLHDF-EOS5 N/AParameter
omi_dispIDL

All platforms,
needs IDL or IDLVM
(IDLVM is available free)

HDF-EOS5ASCII, JPEG, TIFF, PNGDifferent Projections

Parameter & Spatial Subsetting for Aura/OMTO3 product

HDFViewC, JavaSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF4,
HDF-EOS 2.x ,
HDF5, HDF-EOS 5		HDF, ASCII, XML, JPEGQuick LookParameter, Channel, Spatial
H5_BrowserIDLAll platforms (needs IDL)HDF5, HDF-EOS 5ASCII, Binary, JPEGQuick LookParameter, Channel
HDF_BrowserIDLAll platforms (needs IDL)HDF4, HDF-EOS2.xASCII, Binary, JPEGQuick LookParameter, Channel
HDF ExplorerC, JavaSun, SGI, Web-based InterfaceHDF4,
HDF-EOS 2.x,
HDF5, HDF-EOS 5		HDF-EOS Grid, GeoTIFF, BinaryDifferent ProjectionsParameter, Channel, Sub-sampling
HEWC, JavaSun, SGI, Web-based InterfaceHDF4,
HDF-EOS 2.x,
HDF5, HDF-EOS5		HDF-EOS Grid, GeoTIFF, BinaryDifferent ProjectionsParameter, Channel, Sub-sampling
HEGC, JavaSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF4,
HDF-EOS2.x		HDF-EOS Grid, GeoTIFF, BinaryRe-projectionParameter, Channel, Sub-sampling
BEATC, Java,

(IDL, Matlab, and Python Interface)

Sun, SGI, Windows, Linux, MACHDF,
HDF-EOS2.x
HDF5, HDF-EOS5, ASCII, Binary		HDF,
HDF-EOS2.x
HDF5, HDF-EOS5, ASCII, Binary		Different ProjectionsParameter, Channel
Format Converters and Other useful tools for Files in HDF Formats
Data ToolComputer LanguageOperating System / PlatformInput Data FormatsOutput Data FormatsVisualizationSubsetting
h4toh5CSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF4,
HDF-EOS2.x		HDF-EOS Grid, GeoTIFF, BinaryDifferent ProjectionsParameter, Channel
h5toh4CSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF4,
HDF-EOS2.x		HDF-EOS Grid, GeoTIFF, BinaryDifferent ProjectionsParameter, Channel
heconvertCSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF4,
HDF-EOS2.x		HDF-EOS Grid, GeoTIFF, BinaryDifferent ProjectionsParameter, Channel
hdfeos52netcdfCAll platformsHDF5,
HDF-EOS5.x		netCDFN/AN/A
hdp
(for HDF4 dump)		CSGI, SUN, HP, Linux, Cray, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac, etcHDF4,
HDF-EOS2.x		ASCII, BinaryN/AObject
h5dumpCSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF5,
HDF-EOS5		ASCIIN/AArray, Object
hdfls
(lists objects for HDF4 files)		CSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF4,
HDF-EOS2.x		ASCIIN/AParameter, Channel
h5lsCSun, SGI, Windows, LinuxHDF5,
HDF-EOS5		ASCIIN/AParameter, Channel
Data Mining & Data Servers for Aura and Aura related Data Products
Data ToolComputer LanguageOperating System / PlatformInput Data FormatsOutput Data FormatsVisualizationSubsetting
MLS-Giovanni
(on-line, web-based annalysis)		GrADS, perlAll PlatformsHDF-EOSASCIIVertical Profiles of Parameters and Std. DevAll types
OMI-Giovanni
(on-line, web- based annalysis)		GrADS, perlAll PlatformsHDF-EOSASCIIDifferent Projections, Area Maps (temporal average), Time series (spatial average)All types
TOMS-Giovanni
(on-line, web- based annalysis)		GrADS, perlAll PlatformsHDF-EOSASCIIDifferent Projections, Area Maps (temporal average), Time series (spatial average)All types
HALOE-Giovanni
(on-line, web-based annalysis)		GrADS, perlAll PlatformsBinaryASCIIVertical Profiles of Parameters and Std. Dev., Event SelectionAll types
AIRS-Giovanni
(on-line, web-based annalysis)
GrADS, perlAll PlatformsBinaryASCII

Vertical Profiles and column amounts; Geographical Distribution,Time series, and HovMoller plots

All types
MODIS-giovanni
(on-line, web-based annalysis)
GrADS, perlAll PlatformsBinaryASCIIArea Maps ( temporal average), Time Series (spatial average), Parameters ComaprisonAll types

Other-Giovanni
(on-line, web- based annalysis for SeaWiFs,TRMM)

GrADS, perlAll PlatformsHDF-EOSASCIIDifferent Projections, Area Maps (temporal average), Time series (spatial average)All types
S4PM-DAM
(Near-line Archive Data Mining)		Algorithms in C, Fortran, IDLAll PlatformsHDF4 & 5, HDF-EOS2.x & 5 ASCII, BinaryQuick LookAll types
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