1. Support for NPP/NPOESS by The HDF Group Mike Folk The HDF Group HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII October 17, 2008 Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII1

2. Goal Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII2 To develop and adapt HDF5 software and provide HDF5 support for NPP/NPOESS.

3. NPOESS Priorities and HDF5 Data calibration/validation Data accessibility and usability Tool development System maintenance User support Oct. 17 20083HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

4. Areas of immediate need 1.Ensure easy and intuitive access and use by diverse communities 2.Enable producers and consumers to view content, manage metadata, and convert data to other formats. 3.Provide high-quality, rapid-response support of HDF5 for NPOESS users at all levels. Oct. 17 20084HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

5. 1. Ensure easy and intuitive data access and use by diverse communities Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII5

6. Region references Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII6 Root -/ Data Array Product GroupAgg Gran N Reference Object Reference Region Reference Region

7. New routines to facilitate data access Access data pointed to by region references  Retrieving data pointed to by region references requires a series of complex function calls.  New API would encapsulate these into a few routines. Rewrite region references in datasets  When a dataset with region references is moved from one file to another, the references of the datasets are invalid in the new file.  The process of updating reference values is complex and error prone.  New functions can address both of these concerns. Oct. 17 20087HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

8. Access individual quality flags.  NPOESS quality flags are packed into an integer.  In HDF5, integer types are “atomic” – any I/O operation access an entire integer.  To access individual NPOESS quality flags in a convenient and consistent manner, routines are needed that can unpack and return individual quality flags represented by bits packed in an HDF5 integer. Oct. 17 20088HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

9. 2. Enable producers and consumers to view content, manage metadata, and convert data to other formats. Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII9

10. Tools enhancements There is interest in tools to view and export packed quality flag values, as well as data pointed to by region references. Tools of particular interest:  h5dump – a command line utility for dumping information from an HDF5 file.  HDFView – a graphical tool for displaying and editing the contents of HDF5 files. Oct. 17 200810HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

11. Tool enhancements H5dump modifications  Extract, display, and export a subset of packed bits corresponding to NPOESS quality flags.  Extract, display, and export data pointed to by region references. HDFView modifications  Display a rectangular region of data in a dataset corresponding to set of region references.  Display packed bits corresponding to the NPOESS quality flags. Oct. 17 200811HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

12. 3. Provide high-quality, rapid- response support of HDF5 for NPOESS users at all levels. Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII12

13. Support enhancements Assign high priority to helpdesk requests from the NPOESS user community, and ensure a one business-day response to all queries known to be NPOESS-related. Support HDF5 on AIX 5.2. Oct. 17 200813HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

14. Thank You! This report is based upon work to be supported by a Cooperative Agreement with NASA under NASA contract NNG08HZ14C. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII14

15. Questions/comments? Oct. 17 2008HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII15