Development and implementation of a HDF converter For the observation and atmosphere measurement station, CEILAP- RG

The thinning of the ozone layer over the South Pole of our planet is a seasonal phenomenon that occurs since the 80s every year during spring usually reaching the southern part of our country. Several measurement campaigns have been developed to monitor this variation since 2005 in the facilities of...

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Main Authors: Hallar, Karim Omar, Sofia, Albert Anibal Osiris
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral 2014
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Online Access:https://publicaciones.unpa.edu.ar/index.php/ICTUNPA/article/view/582
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Summary:The thinning of the ozone layer over the South Pole of our planet is a seasonal phenomenon that occurs since the 80s every year during spring usually reaching the southern part of our country. Several measurement campaigns have been developed to monitor this variation since 2005 in the facilities of the Atmospheric Observatory of Patagonia Austral, located in the city of Rio Gallegos. In these measurement campaigns, and through a variety of instruments that generate a significant volume of data, the possibility of study such vast amount of information was limited by the need to process and convert to the HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) which is the standard of data manipulation for scientific information institutes of the atmosphere study. In this work we show the development of a software product whose main function is to convert data acquired from the instrument data equipment of the Differential Absorption LIDAR to the HDF format. El adelgazamiento de la capa de ozono sobre el polo sur de nuestro planeta es un fenómeno estacional que desde la década de los ‘80 se desarrolla cada año durante la primavera, alcanzado usualmente en sus bordes la parte sur de nuestro país. Para monitorear su variación, se desarrollaron desde 2005 varias campañas de medición a través del equipamiento del “Observatorio Atmosférico de la Patagonia Austral”, emplazado en la ciudad de Río Gallegos. En estas campañas de medición, y a través de una variedad de instrumentos se obtiene un volumen muy significativo de datos, cuya posibilidad de estudio estaba acotada por la necesidad de convertirlas a formato Hierachical Data Format (HDF), que es el estándar de manipulación de datos para información científica de los institutos de estudio de la atmósfera. En este trabajo se muestra el desarrollo y aplicación de una interfaz de conversión de datos medidos por el instrumento DIAL (Diferencial Absorption LIDAR) al formato HDF.