ceil2nc

This program converts Vaisala lidar ceilometer data to netCDF, a widely used format in meteorology and oceanography. The data is read from standard input:

cat file2.dat [file2.dat ...] | ceil2nc [options]

Output filenames have the form YYYYMMDD_lc.nc.

Options

-prefix s

Put the netCDF files in the directory s.

-date date

Output only data written on the specified data (of the form YYYYMMDD).

-averays n

Average groups of n rays together.

-avegates n

Average every n gates.

-noisefactor f

Set the noise-rejection threshold. The default value is now 4.

-noclean

By default an attempt will be made to get rid of the peculiar speckle noise that very often occurs throughout a whole ray. Specify this option if you like noise.

-verbose

Print progress information, such as points for each ray processed.